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I'm not surprised. They would be happy to over pay even what Crest wants for Clearwire. This is all a game for Charlie Ergen. Robert

Done. Robert

Maybe Robert knows why the mw backhaul seems to be lagging in the Chicago area (or if that is even a correct statement). Ethernet connected towers seem to have fired up much faster then mw towers. Large areas like Crystal Lake and Dekalb that have groups of interconnected towers with mw seem to be lagging. Crystal Lake is almost unusable for data. I have seen some towers fire up with microwave, such as the one by 25 and 62, so progress is being made. They all seem to be a mw tower by themselves though and not a cluster. My phone switches to 1x in that area so I imagine that is why SMR service makes that much difference with apps. I understand the frustration. I hope one day you wake up and suddenly it's a different network. Sent from my EVO LTE I do not the reason of the MW backhaul hold up in the Chicago market. I'm flabbergasted it's taken this long. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

The notification went to every person who has the Sprint Zone app nationwide. Even I received it. However, the first site will likely go live in the Springs within the next month. But it will take many months to have widespread LTE service in the area. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

This is expected, as the sites left without LTE are the ones problematic to get backhaul. Every site with 3G accepted also have LTE equipment installed too. The sites that do not even have 3G accepted likely have issues with the site Owner or zoning/permitting. The final sites in the market take the longest. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

My wife's only consistent complaint with hers is battery life. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

They have just started deploying in the West Texas market. If something goes live in the Midland/Odessa area soon, it would be one or two sites. Sprint takes every site live, one at a time. They will not light up all the sites in the area all at once. It is going to take months to do all the sites in the area. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Something that is often forgotten or not commonly understood...a lot of cities require you to go through the planning/zoning dept. first before you can even file for permit. And this is very common in California, especially in the Bay Area. I have done a dozen projects in Northern California from 1997-2009. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Yes, a rant tends to be one's personal opinion. You agreed to the terms of our site when you created your S4GRU account. My response was not hostile. But I'll delete your account as requested. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

They must be physically installed at the site. As long as existing panels/radios have enough capacity, it's nearly a plug and play type of situation. When additional radios/panels are needed, then it becomes a bigger job. Also, at times, more backhaul is required. Theoretically, a carrier could be turned off an on. However, if anyone was connected to it, they'd be dropped. I don't think anyone does that. Once they install an additional carrier, it stays on 24/7. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

My only fear is OSHA creating any unreasonable safety requirements as a result, or a temporary moratorium on tower work while they investigate. This is an obviously isolated and tragic incident. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

No wireless carrier deploys all their spectrum all over a market. It would be a huge waste of money...both on the install and operationally. Someone would need to be fired wasting so much money and resources. And it wouldn't be very green. This is not a Sprint thing. Every carrier deploys only what is necessary. For instance, if Sprint fully deployed 40MHz of spectrum at every site in a market, but 70% of them only needs 10MHz, and 20% need 20MHz, and 7% need 30MHz and 3% need 40MHz...well, you can see how boneheaded that would be. If each 10MHz cost $10k in additional equipment per site and an additional $500 per month in operational costs per site, that would add up quick. All for unneeded capacity. Let's take a market with 1,000 sites. If we added all 40MHz of spectrum to every site, the amount wasted would be $25.7M in equipment and $15.42M every year in operational costs. That is just in one market. It would be billions of wasted dollars over the entire network. Add all these up over the entire Sprint network and they'd be bankrupt in a year or two. That's why no one does this. Given the way AT&T and VZW are beholden to profits, their shareholders would crucify them publicly if they wasted money like this. And there is no value to doing it either. There is one big fact about wireless networks, the load from each site, and each sector of a site is highly variable. Populations are dynamic. And usages by neighborhood are dynamic. What Sprint needs to do is monitor their network closely and deploy additional carriers to more free spectrum before there is a congestion problem. To be ahead of the curve. This is what VZW does. And this is what Sprint will attempt to do much better in a post Network Vision world. And it's something that SoftBank understands well. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

No matter. My prediction: we will all have hoverboards and holodecks by the time that Robert's home VZW site gets AWS. AJ It would be stupid for VZW to add a second LTE carrier at my site. It almost never drops below 20Mbps. However, there are places in the city where I go that already could stand another carrier. I found a site in Farmington that dropped below 1Mbps in the evening. VZW 3G was actually faster. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

This thread, while good intentioned, has to be closed. It is so riddled with inaccuracy and confusion that it is not helpful. I don't want anyone to Google backhaul, end up in this thread and think this is an official S4GRU definition of backhaul. I'm sorry, rwhittaker13. Nothing personal. But this does not quite meet the level of a helpful terms definition thread. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Your post is a rant. It violates our posting guidelines. The entire East Bay has not been launched, only Eastern Contra Costa County. Face it, your area has a very high level of difficulty of working with the government. It will be last in the area. AT&T and VZW started working in that area a long time before Sprint. Of course, they're done. They also had much easier installs. Sprint is completely rebuilding all the hardware in their entire network. It is 5x the scope that VZW or AT&T did in their LTE overlays. If Sprint doesn't meet your needs, then you should go. But complaining about it in our boards will not solve your problem. And will only lead to problems with us. And Sprint won't lose a moments sleep about it. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

It seems to have been sent nationwide. However, with that said, the West Texas market has started deployment. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

It's just testing, as it has not been accepted yet. But probably will be soon. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Thank you so does the full build mean new back haul and panels. Sorry I'm just wondering and thanks for the reply A full description of a GMO site and a full build site is in the article I linked in my response. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I took it about 10 years ago. I am an ISTJ. The Wikipedia description of an ISTJ seems pretty accurate for me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTJ Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

That is permissible. Just reference where you got the Site ID if posting it in a public place. That way our Mods don't think you are quoting it from Sponsor content. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

It seems this announcement was nationwide. At least a dozen people so far have reported it across the country. Including me, here in New Mexico. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I received the same message in New Mexico. And so far even a dozen other members around the country have reported getting the message. I think it went nationwide. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Robert, do you foresee Sprint keeping the public up to speed with the spectrum migration as things progress or are we to rely on our own tools? Has Sprint announced any concrete plans yet for the USCC spectrum in the Chicagoland area or is that still TBD? Thanks. Rob No. I don't think Sprint will say anything publicly. They will just add carriers as needed when the spectrum is available. Sprint also has not announced what they will specifically do with the spectrum. I would guess in the Chicago market, they will add another LTE 1900 carrier on high capacity sites right away. And then maybe add them to other sites as needed. They may also add an EVDO carrier or two to high capacity sites as well. In other markets, like Ft. Wayne, they may add another EVDO carrier now. Or they may save the new spectrum for just one additional LTE 1900 carrier. No one knows outside the walls of Sprint just yet what their plans are. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Exactly right! For instance, when AT&T advertises their HSPA+ "4G" network, they make it seem as their entire 3G footprint has HSPA+ speeds, when in all reality that is not true. Sure maybe they may have the updated equipment installed on the majority of their network, but the enhanced backhaul is what mainly delivers the faster speeds AT&T brags about. Same with sprint. When 3G upgrades are taking place, backhaul may not yet be installed. That's the problem around here. AT&T has a large HSPA+ network with 3G or less speeds. They desperately need upgraded backhaul. They even still have a lot of EDGE coverage in Northern New Mexico. Even Tmo has the same problem. The HSPA+ in my town on Tmo runs under 1Mbps, and will drop to 200kbps at peak times. People bitch about Sprint 3G running like that. Can you imagine 4G with those speeds? Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I purchased a new LTE AWS capable hotspot last March. Unfortunately, there will be no way to tell whether I'm on 750 or AWS, except for possibly performance. I'm hoping to discover some sort of debug screen accessible via laptop. But so far, no dice. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta