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I haven't seen any movement yet on webos since declaring it open source. I think I'm skeptical it will get legs under it. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

I know a person I am debating feels like they have lost when they start saying things like: - I guess I am just stupid. - And they jump to extreme positions like, "I guess no one should use any Sprint data" No one as ever suggested that you not be allowed to use your Sprint data. I say, use an unlimited amount of Sprint data on your smartphone. However, at times you can offload your data on your personal WiFi (as long as your personal WiFi performs to what your needs are on your phone at the time), then you should use it. I have never advocated in this thread that you should use your personal WiFi if it is not fast enough for the task you are trying to do. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

The Chicago market extends past Rockford to Freeport and Dixon to the west, La Salle to the SW, Kankakee to the south, Portage IN to the east and the Wisconsin border to the north. They are putting LTE on all the sites in the market. All of them. Even the rural sites. Even sites in DeKalb, Marengo, Ottawa, Rochelle, Matteson, Kentwood, Valparaiso. All of them. And the physical work at most of these sites is complete. Just waiting on backhaul. Some will start to go live as soon as this weekend. Others will take a few more weeks, and some a few more months. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

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The point that I believe is being made here is an aggregate drain on the network by all the people who do not even attempt to offload, even when it is convenient for them, out of principle, spite or ignorance. It's not the resources of any one person makes on the network. It's when dozens of users per sector refuse to offload when they could. It is especially going to worsen when LTE arrives, because LTE will be faster than half of customers have for a home ISP. Many of them will reason that they should just use the faster network (like Proxcee says above), even if they don't need the faster speeds. Like I discussed earlier tonight, the pass/fail capacity performance threshold is too close together for LTE. That once you cross the line in capacity, the aggregate amount of users wasting the resource becomes really a factor. Because if you could get 25% of that tonnage to offload, you are right back into pass performance for the sector. This really is a big deal, and the abusers don't get it. Robert

1x is weak on the Viper. But EVDO was fine, and LTE was great. However, we still don't have ICS, now do we? Robert

I agree with AJ's take. Sprint has no choice but to offer unlimited. It's not a gambit, it's survival. Robert

You are allowed to have a differing opinion. And everyone else certainly can debate your points. But I am starting to tire of this kind of childishness. Please refrain from this and stand up for your points. Robert

Yes, and customers with your mindset will cause it to happen sooner. You should be willing to use WiFi, even if it is slower than the mobile network, if that slower speed meets your needs. For instance, if you are streaming Netflix to your smartphone, and you have a 3Mbps DSL service, then WiFi is way more than ample to handle that. Using the mobile network would be wasteful in this instance. In an instance where you were doing something that may need something faster than 3Mbps at home on your smartphone (but I can't imagine what that is), then I can understand why you may use your mobile network at times. However, if you consistently need faster speeds of highly consumptive data, then you should look to another home ISP solution. I guess I'm warming to data caps more and more after debating the craziness in this thread. That way you can do whatever you want with your data within your tier. Heck, you can even tether. And I won't care. I'm beginning to think you guys can't handle the responsibility of unlimited data. It's not a service, it's a shared resource, and there is responsibility. And if this mindset is as pervasive as I fear, our unlimited days are numbered. Robert

I'm willing to try a Windows Phone 8 on a flagship device, as a secondary phone. I'm trying to get one for my work phone on a Verizon line. Maybe this one? Robert

Rings so true! I don't want an Apple device. But I love the fact that there is an Apple. But I do not love that Apple wants to limit my choices. We all benefit from competition. I hope the Windows mobile platform gets leg under it too. Better for all of us. Robert

Thanks Stan. I added this site to our NV Sites Complete maps for the next update. Robert

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Profit margin? What planet are you from? Sprint hasn't earned a profit for many, many years! Robert

When the physical Network Vision upgrades are complete in your area, should get up to a 20% stronger signal (depending on downtilt and site density in your area). So if you see 3G improvements on your site on the NV Site Complete map, this work is done in your area. This has nothing to do with backhaul. When you see 800 marked on sites in your area, then the 800MHz voice carriers are active. And they produce even stronger signals. Up to 50% (depending on downtilt and site density in your area). These will be the only improvements to the voice network. Backhaul is the connection from your site to Sprint's switch centers and data cores. Both the legacy backhaul and new Network Vision backhaul will provide adequate backhaul for voice services. However, new NV backhaul will improve 3G data speeds at most sites. It should provide no noticeable benefit to voice services. Robert

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Where was he speaking? Goldman Sachs Conference. To whom? Investors. What do investors want? Sprint to increase revenues. Is this surprising to me? Not in the least. Sprint is always under pressure from investors to do anything to maximize revenues...and to make a profit. Sprint is always hearing from Wall Street about raising rates when the network recovers. Dan is just playing the crowd. However, always expect Sprint to charge the most they think their customer base will pay. Right now, with the network in the condition the way it is, we are paying the maximum that we will bear. I have a feeling that 12 months after Network Vision, we will have a different opinion. And if the big two raise their rates, Sprint will have some breathing room to raise rates. Robert