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Green Acres Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

EVDO and 1x share backhaul with LTE, don't forget. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

It will not be that long. Sites will start work soon. In the next 30-45 days max. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

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I thought the Pinto only made food char-grilled? Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

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I cannot tell by the photos with certainty. However, new cabinets can show up more than 6 months in advance. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Yea. That's why you see people post, "it's like my phone is learning where LTE is." Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

There is a site In Progress in Murfreesboro. The Nashville market is under deployment. More sites will go live in the area every week. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

You are misunderstanding me. I said that I do not see Network Vision improvements. This site has not been converted yet. This is my point. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

We post what we know, when we know it. We don't know what kind of information we will get in the future. Our information comes from internal confidential sources. Robert

Official updates are typically only once per week. However, I add "In Progress" sites whenever I'm given the information. Which is almost every day. In fact, I'm about to add some in a few minutes. Robert

The LTE Record logs all the CDMA sites you are connected to while you were connected to LTE. It is believed that your device uses the LTE Records to optimize scan for LTE. For instance, your phone logs a CDMA site in the record every time it connects to LTE. And when you connect to that CDMA site again, your device then knows it is in a LTE area, and increases the frequency it scans for LTE. Therefore, battery life is not reduced when you are not connected to CDMA sites not reflected in your LTE Record. Because when you are not connected to a CDMA site associated with LTE, your device scans for LTE much less often. Like every 30 minutes. Presumably it scans for LTE at the same rate as EVDO when you are connected to a CDMA site that is in your LTE Record file. Robert

Nope. The market is quite far behind it's projected start. I hope it starts soon. Robert

Verizon does not use RRU's. And T-Mobile doesn't, yet, but will start using them with LTE (but they may be integrated with the panel). AT&T does use RRU's, though. Robert

I do not see Network Vision panels or RRU's in these pics. The top rack looks like AT&T to me. Because what would be legacy panels on that rack also have an RRU attached. So that cannot be Sprint. Robert

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If you can go to those two sites and take pictures of the progress, we can upload them as "In Progress" in our maps. Robert

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Welcome to S4GRU. We have a pretty good contingent of members from the JAX area. Hope to see you around the site. Robert

Yes, but Clearwire has spectrum resources where they can deploy 20MHz TDD channels. And Clearwire does not need to spend billions buying more spectrum in order to deploy ultra wide channels. Sprint does not have the spectrum to deploy 10MHz channels now, and they have to spend a lot of money to be able to deploy it in PCS. And it will only be in one spot they will be able to do 10MHz channels. There will not be many places they will be able to do a 10MHz channel in A-F blocks, and it will be years before they can. And they will likely never be able to in SMR band. So they will be having lots of 5MHz LTE channels for a long time in the future, even with any 10MHz G-H block combo (which is years out anyway). And then what about all the devices dependent on G block for LTE? You going to take away their access to the G block when you change it a 10MHz channel? This is why Sprint will likely not do a single 10MHz channel between G and H blocks. They would likely use Carrier Aggregation and have two separate carriers in G and H Block. And this is what I would do too. Robert

It is highly variable. From five blocks to 10 miles. Sprint specifically engineers each site based on the anticipated customer demand of each cell. A cell can only support so many customers. Areas with more customers have much smaller cells. They engineer the site panel mounting height and downtilt (panel angle) to cover the area needed. If you go to the Sponsor maps, and look at the site, then look at the adjacent sites around it, they will likely design the cell sector to reach 2/3 of the distance to the next site. That will help you figure out the distance likely that will be covered when any particular site goes live. Robert

I've wondered about this possibility myself. Robert

Your photo is blurry. It's hard to see. Where in the world is this? Robert

I don't get the whole "Sprint must have 10MHz LTE channels or the sky is falling" mentality. I think deploying several 5MHz carriers for capacity is a better option, all things considered. Customers do not have any use for speeds faster than 10Mbps. Really. And what's going to happen when Clearwire TD-LTE with 60-90Mbps goes live? Even 10MHz channels from Verizon and AT&T will feel slow in comparison. Or will they? Will anyone notice the difference between 20Mbps, 37Mbps, 50Mbps or 90Mbps? Not on a smartphone. And not for 98% of what they would do on a tethered computer. And people are not going to pay more for faster speeds. If there was a premium for speeds greater than 20Mbps, 90% of customers wouldn't pay the premium. Because they do not have a need for the faster speeds. It's all a pecker size contest. And I'm tiring of it, frankly. Robert