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Our Verizon speeds have dropped here in New Mexico. My rural site hums along at 20-25Mbps. However, sites in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Espanola started high around 20-25. Then after 2-3 months it was around 10-15. And now it is 5-8Mbps, with some sites at peak times dropping 2-3Mbps. It's been amazing to watch them drop. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

This question has been asked before. Yes, a lot of testing is done at night to minimize impacts to customers. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

Paul: We have in our Sponsor section maps that show all the completed Spritn Network Vision/LTE sites. They get updated weekly. You can find out more how to become a S4GRU Sponsor here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ Robert

Exact locations are discussed in our Sponsor threads and shown on our Sponsor maps. For more information about how to become a S4GRU Sponsor, you can go to this link: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ Robert

None of the Orange County sites signed off yet have been seen broadcasting LTE yet. Now that San Diego sites are starting to go live, I fully expect the Orange Co sites will start to go live too soon. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

I hate crowds. I love sports events, but most of the time I would rather go to a quiet mountain lake and go fishing. I don't think I could ever attend a Green Bay game where you have physically be pushed against the person next to you. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

He was right about WiMax? So he told you that Clearwire was deploying WiMax Protection Sites around Detroit to just meet FCC substantial service requirements? Because, if he didn't say that, he wasn't right about WiMax. Sprint is not deploying LTE Protection Sites, its a full build out. Every site. And it's under way now. Not to sound haughty, but S4GRU is where Sprint employees come to find out about Sprint's Network Vision/LTE deployment. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

The whole market will be deployed all over. They will start with the first sites that are ready, no matter where they are. Redlands will likely start going live with the other communities in the market. It will be more of a shotgun approach. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

It has not been announced, no. We have dozens of sources inside Sprint, Clearwire, Samsung, Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent and even some subcontractors that give S4GRU information. Almost all Samsung markets with Ground Mount Sites are already underway, including the West Iowa/Nebraska market. And full build sites will be starting soon, in the next 2-3 months. Initial work will be all over the market, including Lincoln and Omaha. Later, it will start to concentrate more on urban full build sites in Omaha and Lincoln. If you become a S4GRU Sponsor, you will get access to a lot more data. We show which sites gets accepted by Sprint from the OEM's every week. When sites start getting accepted in your market, you can be among the first to know. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ Robert

I wouldn't mind that write up myself. But it is not something I'm qualified to author. Robert

Yes. But I don't like the term time division to be used here, because that could imply something completely different...like TDD. However, that is an effective way of understanding it. It would take SVDO to be able to do both exactly at the same moment, but to have your phone connected to a different 1x and EVDO site is common...especially in a densely deployed area. Robert

Sprint doesn't prefer the outlying communities in the Philly market. Those sites are just ready first. The sites in the city take longer to plan, permit and expedite. Its just reality. The folks working out in Reading and the Lehigh Valley are the same ones working in Philly. They work off a dispatch list of sites that are ready. And they work on dozens of sites at once. They work on sites in the city as they become ready too. It is not as if one crew goes out and works on a site from start to finish until it is done. There are different trades doing different work from different contractors. One group delivers equipment, another group set base cabinets, another group installs panels and RRU's, then there are electricians that hook up the power to everything, there are backhaul vendors, there are RF technicians, there are techs that come and set up the base station cabinets and fire everything up, there are other still that get things online and test. Each one of these groups works at site when the preceding activity is finished and ready for them. So the fact that an electrician is working on a site in Quakertown today is not material to all the sites not ready to start inside the City of Philadelphia. When a site is completely ready in Philly, then the sequence of activities will begin at sites there. If it ever gets to the point in the Philly market where a lot of sites are ready to be worked on in the city, but they don't have enough workers to do the rural and the city, they will then move the workers into Philly and start ignoring the rural a. That has happened in many markets. But if rural and outlying sites are ready to be converted, they will not leave crews sitting on their hands waiting for something in the City to show up. They will keep them moving. And this makes sense. Because Sprint is upgrading its entire network, even the rurals. Which is more than Tmo and AT&T are doing with LTE. They are skipping the rurals altogether, and will only have islands of LTE. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

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Anita Springs and Lacombe. And here I thought all the Sponsors lived and breathed on the NV Sites Complete map. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

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This is true of even non SVDO devices. Its just that both sessions are not active at the very exact same moment. You maintain a 1x connection at one site and it keeps checking in every few seconds. And you pretty much are dedicated to EVDO. But if a call comes in or a text, it switches over to 1x only until the conclusion of the call or text. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

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Entner and Moffet both have a special place in my heart. It's the place where heartburn comes from, I'm sure of it. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

Even though I have no idea what this is about, the fact that you offered a public apology for this is admirable. Good job on that front. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Why do I get this sinking feeling that he'll end up AT&T? Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Received notification that 12 more LTE sites were accepted in the Raleigh/Durham market the past few days. Seven in the Raleigh Metro area and 5 in the Wilson area. More details in the Sponsor section: http://s4gru.com/ind...post__p__100135 Robert

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Found out nine sites were accepted in the past few days in the South Bay market. One near Salinas, another near Santa Cruz, one in Mountain View, one in Milpitas, one in Santa Clara, one in Cupertino and three in San Jose. More details in the Sponsor section: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/653-network-vision-site-map-northern-californianevada/page__view__findpost__p__100128 Robert

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