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    Deployment should be hella fast for them, since they are just slapping up an integrated panel and running a fiber line to the cabinet. Put in a carrier card in the existing cabinet and hook up to their existing backhaul. They should be able to overlay most of their HSPA+ network pretty easy. This is good for Tmo. Anything the little 2 does to better compete with the big 2 is good for all consumers. Plus I want to try out my Nexus 4 on some Tmo LTE. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    filthy bum Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Samsung has already started work in all three Iowa markets. Sprint announcements are more about crystal ball guesses of where they think stars will align for launches. It has nothing to do with where work is occurring. There is already one site accepted as complete in Iowa. In a town called Anamosa. There are dozens of sites in the state being worked on. Des Moines will likely have a site live and complete before some of these cities listed even get their first site working. I wouldn't put too much weight in those lists. They are not exhaustive by any means. Lots of cities had their first sites complete before being announced on those lists. And there are some cities on those lists who don't have their first site complete even 5 months later. The best way to track Network Vision/LTE deployment is on S4GRU Sponsor maps. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Ross is a great resource to S4GRU too! Thanks Boomerbubba! Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Nothing new being reported here. I've said from the very beginning of S4GRU that Puerto Rico would not get 800MHz deployment initially. If I had the choice between a full NV upgrade with LTE 1900, or just 800 voice service, I'd take the first one. Sprint would deploy 800 now if they could. It's not their choice. But it will likely occur in the future when whatever is limiting them to use their SMR spectrum is resolved. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Something is definitely wrong. If it last more than a few hours, call Sprint. Insist on getting a ticket number. That way you know somebody has to go look it at. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    There is. The legacy backhaul is insufficient. And they may even be over capacity with the air link too. Additional spectrum needs to be deployed via new EVDO carriers. Both of these issues will be fixed when the site downtown receives Network Vision upgrades. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Yes, this is neither a Republican nor Democrat issue, because both have had power of all houses and neither treated it as a priority. That's the end of the political element of the discussion. However, we should not settle for less. The internet is the modern highways of the 21st century. We need to have a massive nationwide system of fiber to every corner of the country. The modern broadband equivalent to Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System. The private sector never would have built that on their own. And they will never build an internet appropriate for the future and the whole country either. Instead of bailing out more poorly run companies, we should spend those billions on infrastructure for nationwide last mile fiber. It will employ hundreds of thousands of people, and spur commerce and industry. And we would be investing in our future. People scoffed at Eisenhower for putting freeways in rural Kansas, Montana and Vermont, chiding him they weren't needed. However, that forward thinking proved to be appropriate. As will proper fiber and broadband deployment nationwide. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Yea, one year ago, I used to think the same thing. However, tablet prices are less expensive than smartphones now. But smart phones are not really dropping in price. And the reason has to be subsidies in my mind. Carrier subsidies are squashing true price competition for smartphones. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Probably not. Sprint is upgrading all their sites. Subcontractors go to each site the moment it is ready. Many rural sites are easier and faster to permit and often already are located on regional fiber trunks. Each site is worked on the moment it is ready. I'm sure there are a few instances where sites were selected to be early for a priority. However, there is something of equal importance as the juvenile prison in almost every community in the country. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    I have a friend who has a friend who still has Nextel service. He received a notice saying Sprint was disconnecting his service in 60 days, but Sprint would give him a new CDMA device for free. Seems like they may be forcing iDEN to shut down early. I don't know if this is only a local thing, regional or national. First time I heard it was this past weekend. Exciting to consider. But even at the worst, just over 5 months left! Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    The easy to convert sites are just about done. The ones left are the grinders. Difficult permitting, difficult logistics, or still waiting on backhaul. Samsung is still plotting along, but I think we are in a little bit of a logjam. We probably will have less sites for a few weeks until the jam clears. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Do they have the full 14MHz of SMR in PR? The delay in PR may be related to international interference concerns...much like the 75 mile international boundary zone with the Canada and Mexico boundaries. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Preliminary work is ongoing now. I think it will be at least 45-60 days before the first site goes live in the RGV. It will start with one or two sites at first. Then an additional one will go live every few weeks. It will take several months before it all is covered. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    to S4GRU. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Man, those new integrated panels are hot. I know I'm a dork, but I've got panel envy. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Good speed for a miserably weak signal. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    photo finish Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    It's going to be a painful first few months. It will get better and the move will be good for you in the long term. However, Sprint is not going to be doing anything to legacy sites in your area now that Network Vision upgrades are occurring. When the sites in your area get NV upgrades, the 3G speeds will increase and LTE will appear. That's when you will see relief. Sites go live one at a time as soon as each completes. Sprint allows connections to each site early and does not wait for the whole market to be ready. Oh...and welcome to S4GRU! Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Often the same installers make the same mistakes. It is quite possible that there's a plethora of the same issues on the punch lists for the sites around Baton Rouge. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    It will be. Every Sprint market will be. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    What Sprint is doing in the rural areas with Network Vision is just unprecedented. Although I still feel Sprint falls short in some regards with rural service, they are the best at how they treat them of the big 4. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    S4GRU replied to 9erHater's topic in Tablets

    . That would be a problem. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    I will be in Branson over Spring Break. It would be cool if there was some LTE to dork around with. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Work is starting in the UCV soon. Press releases only discuss markets that will have launchable service in a 3-4 month rolling window. Even if they start Sacto tomorrow, it wouldn't be in the next Press Release most likely. But the end is near. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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