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Interviews are all about psychology. If the person interviewing you seems secure and confident, then they are basically looking for people who act like them. They are secure in themselves, and like themselves and want to hire people who are like them. If the person interviewing you seems insecure, then you are looking for someone with qualities different from them. They seem to think that many people are better than they are. If you come across an insecure person who is paranoid...run! Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Gotcha. I was falling asleep when I read it. I thought it was a correction. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I may not have been clear, but I was speaking about that the S-band was enough spectrum to last him 4-5 years. He would still need someone to host his network. I addressed in this string about how he could not build an organic network from the ground up. The scope of something like that would be unprecedented in wireless history and he would have to spend billions in extra funds to pull it off in such a reduced time scale. Something that Charlie would never be willing to do. Robert

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Site acceptance reports from Tuesday (5/28), Wednesday (5/29), Thursday (5/30): Alabama - 3 updates (3G) Albuquerque - 2 updates (1 LTE) Arkansas - 1 update (3G) Atlanta/Athens - 13 updates (6 LTE) Austin - 3 updates (3G) Baltimore - 3 updates (2 LTE) Boston - 8 updates (LTE) Central Jersey - 1 update (3G) Charlotte - 3 updates (LTE) Chicago - 8 updates (7 LTE) Colorado - 2 updates (1 LTE) DFW - 11 updates (4 LTE) East Iowa - 4 update (3G) East Michigan - 23 updates (5 LTE) East Texas - 6 updates (3G) Georgia - 2 updates (3G) Houston - 5 updates (1 LTE) Indianapolis - 16 updates (1 LTE) Inland Northwest - 14 updates (3G, 1 new site) Jacksonville - 8 updates (4 LTE) Kansas - 12 updates (1 LTE) LA Metro - 6 updates (5 LTE) Long Island - 1 update (new 3G site) Louisiana - 3 updates (3G) Memphis - 8 updates (2 LTE) Miami/West Palm - 9 updates (6 LTE) Milwaukee - 1 update (LTE) Minnesota - 23 updates (6 LTE) Mississippi - 1 update (3G) Missouri - 4 updates (2 LTE) Nashville - 8 updates (5 LTE) New Orleans - 7 updates (3 LTE) New York City - 8 updates (3 LTE, 1 new 3G site) Norfolk - 3 updates (2 LTE, 1 new 3G site) Northern Connecticut - 1 update (3G) Northern Jersey - 5 updates (2 LTE) Oklahoma - 6 updates (1 LTE) Oregon/SW Washington - 4 updates (LTE) Orange County - 2 updates (1 LTE) Orlando - 5 updates (3G) Philadelphia Metro - 12 updates (8 LTE) Phoenix - 4 updates (3G) Pittsburgh - 5 updates (1 LTE) PR/VI - 5 updates (LTE) Raleigh/Durham - 8 updates (LTE) Riverside/San Bernardino - 3 updates (3G) San Antonio - 11 updates (1 LTE) San Diego - 1 update (3G) SF Bay - 32 updates (8 LTE) South Bay - 1 update (LTE) South Carolina - 3 updates (3G) Southern Connecticut - 1 update (3G) South Texas - 2 updates (LTE) South West Florida - 3 updates (2 LTE) Tampa - 4 updates (3 LTE) The Panhandle - 5 updates (3G) Tucson/Yuma - 1 update (3G) VT/NH/ME - 2 updates (3G) Washington DC - 5 updates (3 LTE) Western Pennsylvania - 1 update (3G) West Michigan - 20 updates (4 LTE) West Texas - 3 updates (3G) West Washington - 8 updates (1 LTE) Maps have been updated. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

Yes. If they upgrade their entire network to HSPA+, they will have 37,000 HSPA+ sites. But they do not have that many HSPA+ sites now. The entire Tmo network with HSPA, HSPA+, GPRS and EDGE, not including MetroPCS is the 37k total number of sites. The only reference I could find of 51,000 Tmo sites was a Kevin Fitchard article, and that must be an error. Because in all my Google searches, I keep consistently finding that the Tmo network pre-merger had 37,000 sites. Robert

Is it possible the 37k towers are the HSPA/LTE and 14k are the EDGE-only sites? No. Tmo doesn't have anywhere near 37k HSPA+ sites. Not even close. The 36k is the entire Tmo network, pre-merger. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57576440-85/how-t-mobile-is-priming-a-stronger-lte-network-with-metropcs/ http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mobile-says-making-great-progress-on-4g-network-modernization/ http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/131241-t-mobile-makes-great-progress-on-network-upgrade-begins-lte-trials Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

This is a known issue: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3886-google-services-slow-over-sprint-lte/?hl=%2Bgoogle+%2Bplay Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

They have been installing it since last Fall. And they are adding it to sites that already are connected to their high speed network. It's a simple overlay for them to add LTE. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I had this problem with a Samsung Victory. Had to do a Factory Reset. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

poor taste Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

It didnt get deleted. It was moved to the appropriate place. This thread is closed. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2985-network-visionlte-western-pennsylvania-market-erie-state-college-williamsport/?p=147396 Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Tmo has said they have 36,000 sites in the past. Long before any mergers. Even the 1, 2 Kalamazoo commercial said they had 36k sites. I've never seen where Tmo had 51,000 before the merger. That is not believable. Tmo has slightly less coverage than Sprint. Sprint has 38,000 CDMA sites. 36,000 Tmo native sites before the merger sounds just about right. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I always ran a quick speedtest when I went to the gas station in front of the first bank to see if it was online but always got 4mb from another tower farther away. Yesterday I went to the gas station and I was getting 30mb+ consistently. So I am 100% sure that tower has been LTE enabled. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 Five sites just went live in Puerto Rico. This is probably one of the new ones. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Three LTE sites accepted on Martha's Vineyard yesterday. The first for the islands! They will appear on the Sponsor maps later this evening. Robert

Can you imagine if Dish were able to get the kind of control they say they would require to be a minority owner? You think the public battles with Clearwire and Sprint were insane, can you imagine what a Sprint and Dish ownership partnership of Clearwire would be like? It would be insanity! There is no way in the world Sprint would agree to this. And there is no way for Dish to compel Sprint to agree to it. Sprint has all the cards here. Clearwire can agree to Dish's terms, put it up for vote, and it fails. There is no way out of this for Ergen that I can see. Unless there is more that I do not understand. It basically makes Dish's offer not possible. Clearwire cannot accept it, because it cannot be implemented without Sprint's approval. Period. Sprint is the only company that can buy out Clearwire. It was set up that way on purpose for Sprint to protect their majority investment and their spectrum. Charlie Ergen cannot force Sprint to give up its majority right. It paid for it. And it is the only company to continually invest in Clearwire to keep it afloat. The only way another company can buy out Clearwire is to woo Sprint. The largest shareholder. That's how the investment world works. You can't buy out a company without the largest shareholder approval, if he owns more than half. This is all just a charade. Robert

I believe Charlie would rather have the Clearwire network host Dish, if he owned Clearwire, rather than a hosting deal with Sprint. This has gotten to the point it is bigger than just a Sprint hosting deal. If that's all he wanted, he could have closed that deal back in 2011 or 2012. Sprint was eager to host somebody, anybody. And Sprint was desperate for a hosting deal after LightSquared fell through. There is nothing wrong with the Clearwire network. There is only a problem with Clearwire being under funded. Yes, Sprint can stop any deal for Clearwire. Any spectrum sale, anything really. Sprint increased its offer because it does really want Clearwire. And SoftBank really wants Sprint to have Clearwire. So they thought it may actually result in winning the shareholder vote. Sprint would love to close with SoftBank soon. Not run out the clock. Robert

Additionally, to piggy back on lilotimz, currently there are no Sprint TD-LTE devices on the market. A hotspot and USB stick with TD-LTE will go on sale this summer. Smartphones with TD-LTE capability will start to sell this Fall. Also, Verizon is just now including AWS LTE in their new devices being released. Robert

I believe that Ergen could do his Dish plans by using his S-Band, at least for the first 4-5 years. However, he is such a control freak, that he is afraid to do a network hosting deal with Sprint. For two reasons, he wants Sprint to do it for less than a reasonable cost and he is afraid to get caught up depending on Sprint in the long run, especially renewals. Charlie Ergen is paranoid. A thief always think he's being stolen from, and a liar always think he's being lied to. Charlie is incapable of making a deal, because he cannot work out a win/win deal and he always think he's going to get screwed. Because that is his goal. If Charlie had made reasonable terms with Sprint about network hosting and purchasing EBS leases from Clearwire before SoftBank was in the picture, this would be a non issue. He would already have his contract, regardless of SoftBank when they made the move to purchase Sprint. Now I believe Son/Hesse hate Ergen so badly that it will be impossible to make a deal. The only thing Ergen can do now is fight to take over a network. Because he has pissed off so many people in the wireless industry, he likely will not be able to make a nationwide hosting deal with anyone now. Or, he will have to overpay for it, and have too short of a term. That's why Ergen's moves always wreak of desperation...he is desperate. He may have just screwed himself out of a network, unless he builds it organically from the ground up. And it would be the most expensive and ambitious wireless project in American history if he does. Being overly shrewd can backfire. He will have to fight for Clearwire or Sprint until there is no fight left to physically fight. Robert

Short answer: Sprint with Clearwire TD-LTE and its own spectrum resources will have quadruple the LTE capacity of Verizon. Also, Sprint TD-LTE will allow super fast LTE speeds of 60-100Mbps. Verizon AWS will expand Verizon's LTE capacity beyond their 700MHz holdings. Verizon could use its AWS Holdings to deploy even faster LTE in a few LTE markets where they hold 40MHz. But in most places they do not hold that much AWS. But for the most part Verizon LTE AWS is just additional urban capacity. But Verizon is getting to where it's desperately needing it. Robert

Currently, Sprint/SoftBank is the best bet at competition for the duopoly. Funding + competitive nature + low frequency spectrum + oodles of spectrum capacity. Dish has shown no interest in having a wireless telecommunication network. No quotes about that, or taking competition at all. All Charlie talks about is getting spectrum and network for his purposes. This will not be good for competition in the wireless market. Robert

She has no problems with Mexicans in a suit. The obscure clips you come up with... Robert

There is no way in the world Clearwire and Sprint will agree to give so much power to a 25% owner. None of these conditions will get approved by Sprint and they need Sprint approval. Charlie Ergen is totally bonkers. Robert

Now if someone would just make an AlcaLu thread! *wink, wink* Robert

The acceptance update summaries will be listed below this post, every few days. Robert