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Several sites have gone live in the market this week. A site in Spring Hill, one near Wesley Chapel and one in St. Pete. More and more will go live every week. You can track them in our Sponsor maps, and at at Sensorly here: http://sensorly.com/fullscreen/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=tampa,florida Robert

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If you get a chance to take some pictures and post them, I may be able to add your site there in Paonia to the NV Sites Map as "In Progress." On another note, I'm usually in your area every summer for the Night Vision festival in Olathe. Robert

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Sprint had no choice but to use WiMax for its initial deployment. LTE was not ready for deployment on 2600MHz in TDD form until almost the expiration of its FCC build out requirements. Also, Sprint's adoption of 4G in WiMax caused the other American carriers to speed up their plans to LTE to be competitive. If Sprint had not done WiMax, American carriers would have likely taken their time with LTE like the European carriers have. Sprint is often chided for WiMax, but it brought about the 4G rush here in the states. All in all, we probably would not have gotten LTE much sooner if Sprint hadn't deployed WiMax. Not to mention, they would have lost the additional spectrum for not meeting build out requirements. Come next year, we will all be glad Sprint has that old WiMax spectrum for extra LTE capacity. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

I don't think it gets more official than adding it to the coverage map. I don't think there has been an official Press Release on the subject. And there may never be. But a Press Release is just a snapshot in time. There is nothing different about the network the day before or the day after any announcement. And right now, Sprint has more square mileage of LTE coverage in the Chicago metro area than Verizon or AT&T did when they launched LTE in Chicago. And there are more square miles of Sprint LTE coverage than WiMax coverage now. What more do we want? And they are even still deploying. Sprint may be waiting until 100% coverage before they say something further about Chicago. I don't know why we get caught up on the launched announcement. It just doesn't mean anything, really. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

If you were able to connect again a short ways away, it makes you wonder if it was device related. I have no idea. That's very odd. I don't recall anyone else reporting that same issue. But then again, with the EVO, nothing can be ruled out. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

Correct. The Spring Hill site was marked In Progress for a couple days and went to 4G after it showed on the update. I will only manually move a site to 4G if it doesn't show up on official reports after a few weeks and the site stays live. That doesn't happen very often. I even got some sites reported to me as accepted from a Sprint source this week and only marked them as In Progress. Because I only do the official updates once per week. Between official updates, I will only add In Progress sites. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

The FCC will not flat out bar Sprint from bidding on H Block. But they may require them to divest some EBS/BRS spectrum. And divesting EBS spectrum is easy. You just terminate the lease with these schools and pay the fee. They don't have to sell it. Let the schools figure it out. On another note, SoftBank's cap of $2.97 is a smart move. Clearwire right now is at its maximum value. Over the next few quarters, it will likely decline. Because without Sprint, Clearwire is hemorrhaging money and will run out of cash next year. As the dire circumstances of Clearwire's financial position becomes clearer in 2013, the stock will start dropping. All of Clearwire's value is because of Sprint. Just because Mount Kellet et all believe they can squeeze out $4 or $5, doesn't mean that its worth that. How much would Clearwire go for on the open market with all its debt? Nothing. Clearwire's only value is in spectrum, which no one wanted the last time they tried to sell it. And Clearwire's spectrum is probably worth less than its debt when any reasonable value is assigned to it. Sprint's deal is the only thing on the horizon that will make shareholders money. Guaranteed $3 today, or the promise of $4 next year after a bad string of monthly financials, loss of WiMax customers, and cash burn? The fundamentals for long term Clearwire investing maintaining the status quo are not there. And even Mount Kellet has to know that. I'll take my $2.97, please. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

I do have a fiber easement across my property. Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

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Network Vision sites are not placed in buildings and they definitely would not build a new one that way. Sprint has almost zero sites with buildings unless they are on mountain tops. Very, very few. You are probably confusing colocated sites. Mostly Verizon and AT&T have site base stations located in buildings. Sprint and Tmo use exterior cabinets open to the weather. So if this is not a colocated site, then it is almost certainly not Sprint. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

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That looks like a hot swap. I don't see any legacy panels, just NV panels. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

To answer your question, CDMA 800 support exists on all Sprint LTE devices and some of their WiMax devices in the past year. LTE 800 support will not arrive on any Sprint devices until some time in 2013. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Based on your comment "if at all" and your screen name, it sure came off as a little trollish. And if you are a troll, then you won't last long here. That is his point. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

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Sprint has launched Chicago. It's on their coverage maps over the whole city. That's official to me. I changed them to launched on the NV Running List. Even though they aren't complete, they are farther along in the Chicago market than even any other Sprint market. Launched or not. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

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SBA leases to Sprint in a lot of locations. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

It has a building, so it is not likely Sprint. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

I think this is a factor, but SoftBank has already shown it is definitely interested in Clearwire. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Noise. Quality of signal. Signal strength is only one factor. I experienced this in Wichita Falls at one site. One sector had a lot of noise and speeds were maxing out around 18-20Mbps with a really strong signal. I went a half mile away on the other side of the tower, the signal quality improved and speeds increased to 35Mbps. Same site, but different sector and out of the noise. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

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