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    "Get crazy with the Cheese Whiz!" Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    I should also keep my eyes on this freeway in front of me. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    All this info for all 97 Sprint markets is available in the S4GRU Sponsor section and a lot more. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    S4GRU will be down from 11 PM to 3 AM EST tonight as IP Board works on our servers. That's 8 PM to Midnight for you Pacific time folks. So, please don't email me or text me unless it's still down after 3 AM. Thanks! Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    It sounds like Sprint may have changed their minds with dbag Charlie. Either playing hardball or telling him to fly a kite. So he thinks that if Dish can score Clearwire, he can force Sprint back to the bargaining table on a hosting deal and capacity leasing plan. It's a shrewd tactic. But I don't think it's going to work out the way he wants. Sprint now has a sugar daddy and doesn't need to be raped by Charlie anymore. And the Clearwire deal doesn't seem to be working out for him. "Sorry, Charlie." Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    The difference between the GS2 and GS3 is huge. But, since you're this close to the GS4, I see why you'd want to wait. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    mesquite chips Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    But doesn't Sprint actively sell service and have stores in nTelos areas? Every customer of theirs in these areas would be racking up nTelos billables. Additionally, I would think nTelos has to realize the capture rate of Sprint customers joining nTelos would be less than one third. Most of these customers would likely go to someone else. A Sprint customer is guaranteed revenue. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    I bet this right. However, it's counterintuitive. nTelos should want as many Sprint customers in the area as possible running up billable costs on their network. If customers like Samantha leave Sprint because of poor home performance, it is less money for nTelos over all most likely. Sprint and nTelos should work out the ability for Airaves to run in their area. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    It's possible. The only way to figure it put is to have another LTE device in the same area over a period of time to see if it experiences the same problems. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Charlie Tuna Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    By jove, I think you've got something! Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    No need to be sorry. However, I'm willing to give up battery life for some LTE performance...especially over the legacy network. And what you're asking for isn't going to happen. I'm surprised that I haven't heard more complaints. Your usage must be more sensitive to battery life than most of our members. Or there is something particular about the settings of your device that makes it more susceptible to battery life degradation. Are you running a custom ROM? Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Tower workers are just like the general population...some are friendly and some are just jerks. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Because not all the sites in a city are ready. If they wait on sites to be ready, it will take longer. For instance, let's say the last site in the Joplin area will be ready on August 1st. If they wait to start your area on August 1st, they may be able to work more efficiently and be done with all the sites by September 30th. Yes, this is more efficient and probably will cost less money. But Sprint is looking for the best results as soon as possible where customers can experience benefits and improvements now. Even if not everywhere all at once. So what Sprint is doing is when each site in Joplin comes ready, they jump right on it. So on March 1st, they have 1/4 of the market covered, and on April 15th they have 1/2 covered and on June 15th, they are near 100% covered. Just waiting on the last site or two. So, come August 1st, when the last site is ready, they already have coverage over the entire market. They just need to pick up that last site that is most likely just adding density to redundant coverage. This is a much better solution than what you're suggesting. It creates a much faster deployment. And it actually will have customers happier. If they wait and leave Joplin on the legacy network until the end of September, the performance degrades more and more. And they would lose some more customers. If customers see improvements every few weeks with more sites and it gets better and better, customers get happier and happier. Make them wait and they'll get angrier and angrier. Additionally, it may seem inefficient to you. However, Sprint bid the work out this way. This is the way their contracts read. They work on each site when they're ready. It appears that you want all your market to be done now, and that's the motivation for your comment. But in reality, if they had to do Joplin all at once, you would be waiting 6 more months. Enjoy your coverage. You are better off than 75% of Sprint customers in similar markets.
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    I don't think you get it. They would love for places that have more customers to be done first. It's not because of third parties making decisions for them. However, if Sprint was able to pick and choose sites first, Joplin wouldn't be getting deployment at all now. It's because there are sites ready in Joplin now is the reason why they are working there instead of St. Louis. You, of all people, should be glad they are deploying in ready order instead of the markets with the most customers. Because Joplin wouldn't even be on the radar. And the bottom line is every site in the country needs to be upgraded. To say your site is more important than the customers in Neosho is a little elitist. People in St. Louis or NYC would probably say they should have service over you too. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    They aren't throttling. They don't have any reason to. The market is in a prelaunch phase. There are dozens of reasons why a prelaunch site can be under performing. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    The entire legacy network is overwhelmed. Network Vision, additional capacity and backhaul are required to right the ship. It is going to be painful the next few months until AlcaLu gets started on Oahu. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Yeah, it varies. I've had guys so nice, that they stop work and open plans and show me what's going on. Telling me where they've been and where they're going. And then others have chased me off and threaten to call the cops. And everything in between. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    You are in a prelaunch market. Signals will come and go. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    There is already a market thread for your area: http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2290-Network-Vision/LTE---Southern-Connecticut--Market-(New-Haven,-Fairfield,-Danbury,-Stamford,-Waterbury) Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    That site has been accepted for a long time, but no one has yet reported a connection. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    How strong was your LTE signal in RSRP? In my experience in Wichita Falls, Sprint LTE slaughtered Tmo HSPA+ and left it bleeding to death in the corner. I averaged 29Mbps on Sprint LTE, 18Mbps on Verizon LTE and 11Mbps on Tmo HSPA+ testing in fully deployed areas in my field testing. Charlotte is nowhere even close to fully deployed. LTE performance is very closely tied to signal strength, and most Sprint devices do not show LTE signal strength in bars. You need to find out your RSRP. More info here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2040-bars-lie-for-lte-signal-strength-how-to-determine-your-actual-lte-signal-strength/ Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Sometimes 2 speed upgrades can mean LTE, but not always. If the site had upgrades to the legacy side within the past 6 months, it can also show 2 speed upgrades. Even though LTE would not be complete. But a 2 speed upgrade site is worth checking out when in the area. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Chicago and NYC started roughly the same time. However, half of Chicago sites are in the distant suburbs, exurbs and rural areas which are much easier and faster to work than urban New York. Also, Sprint spent a lot of money expediting Chicago deployment because of incompatibility issues between legacy Motorola equipment and new Samsung equipment that was causing huge problems of dropped calls when transferring between the two. It was a disaster. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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