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I interpreted Kevin's report meaning the State has authorized for these sites to proceed. I didn't interpret it to mean work has already started at these sites. And if that is the case, they still may need local county, city and/or neighborhood advisory board approval to begin. The State of Connecticut is just one jurisdiction that would sign off on them. Robert

No. When at the time I went to Waco, the only report I had seen regarding that option was that someone with a GS3 said they had to do a factory reset afterward, so I didn't dare try it with any devices. The first time I saw someone report good success with doing that was approximately two weeks ago. And it may have been you. Robert

#1 is possible. #2 is not possible. #3 is possible. #4, another theory...it is also possible that the cluster your work and home are in has been taken down (for some unknown reason). In Chicagoland, Lake County has been launched and appears on Sprint coverage maps. The rest of the area is in prelaunch mode. Coverage will be coming and going. However, to help you verify that it is not associated with your ROM, radio or anything else with your device, do you know anyone else who has a LTE device that can replicate the issue in your area? Robert

It's hard to tell from the pictures with certainty, but I do not see Network Vision panels on that tower. Also, I have found this site in the schedule, and if it has been converted now, it is indeed early. Robert

An additional panel is not necessary. The 800 antenna in the center of an NV panel can run the CDMA and LTE on it. Each panel can handle up to four RRU's. Each RRU can handle up to four carriers. When you exceed that, then you need a second panel. A second panel is not common at NV sites. Only really, really busy sites with lots of carriers need a second panel. Robert

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I used four LTE devices at once in a 100% complete market. The EVO's LTE connectivity issues are real and magnified when used side by side with other LTE devices. And perhaps even magnified further by three other LTE devices side by side at the same exact time. When you get trounced by an LG Viper, an LG Viper for crying out loud, with LTE Connectivity performance, you get a little more than frustrated. I think that when you only have an EVO running on LTE, you just don't notice it. Ignorance is bliss. The thing that frustrates me is that HTC has not been able to solve this problem. Not only does it frustrate me, it actually nearly scares me. I own an EVO LTE. I want HTC to solve the problem. But three OTA's has not solved the problem. Whereas, the first OTA solved the threshold issues with all the other devices. This is more than a threshold issue. Back on April 24th, I warned everyone that there were problems with LTE Connectivity that the EVO was having in lab testing. It was described in lab reports as, "LTE device connectivity in lab testing continues to be problematic due to under defined processes and complications around provisioning and SIM UICC profiles. Escalation of this issue is in progress." This is more than just a threshold setting. Otherwise, it would have been fixed with the other LTE devices. I'm not certain what the italicized content above means. But we know LTE Connectivity issues existed since lab testing and continue to this day. And HTC is the culprit, not the network. That much we know. Since I did testing in fully deployed areas in an FIT, I can tell you having a fully dense network did not solve the problem. In fact, it made it more frustrating. Because you were being bathed in LTE and the other devices were going strong, staying connected when you drove through an underpass, or turned behind a big brick building. And the EVO would revert to the 3G. And you would have to cycle through airplane mode again to get back to 4G. And sometimes it didn't go back the first try. Even though the other devices were at -108dBm. If I didn't have the other devices, or if I was in an area that wasn't fully deployed, I would just assume it was the network not being completely ready, and I just drove out of range of a live LTE site. This is a real problem for us EVO Owners, and we need to make it HTC's problem. Not ours. Robert

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I was without eHRPD for about 8 hours yesterday. But it came back around 3 PM. I have been on eHRPD all day here in Los Alamos. Robert on Samsung Galaxy S-III via Tapatalk

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Sprint has the best voice network by far between the top three. I have used VZW and ATT for many years. Sprint is a little better than Verizon and night and day better than ATT. I've never used Tmo. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

And this is the quote that RIM should be fearing. And it's people like you that RIM should have been hurrying to market with BB10 OS and new hardware. What a missed opportunity. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

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As pointed out above, iDEN thinning is complete. The final decommissioning of remaining iDEN will not occur until June 30, 2012. However, 800MHz voice is already starting to be deployed and is not dependent on a full iDEN shutdown to be implemented. CDMA 800 has already been turned on in half the Chicago sites completed and in Waco, Texas. It will be added to more markets over the next 6 months or so. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner