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I have been having the same issues here in New Mexico for the past 3 or 4 days on my GS3 and EVO LTE. Been driving me nuts. So it must be something more network related. NV definitely has not started here in NM. Robert

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This is along the lines of what I've been saying. That the earliest that the Missouri market is likely to begin deployment is around the first of the year. Thanks for the update and corroboration. Robert

We have several Tony Chachere's seasonings in our pantry (Creole, Spicy and Blackening). I use them in my smoking/grilling rubs. The Pride of Opelousas! Robert

I'm shocked how sweeping the victory is. Winner: Apple. Loser: The American Consumer http://www.cnbc.com/id/48783982

I use Walmart branded Lousiana hot sauce, because I eat whatever my wife buys. Robert

Must be why I've gained 40 lbs. since moving to New Mexico. Robert

The demographics of New Mexico only score high with chile and liquor. Otherwise, New Mexican consumers score low with all other market metrics. Robert

Too bad I don't live in a Papa John's market! Robert

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It's the one on Hwy 53 between Laraway and Sweitzer. I received it in a notification from Sprint today. Robert

Wow! Sprint needs to drive home with bulletins and training to make sure their employees know not to speculate ever about LTE availability. It's one of the biggest problems with customer dissatisfaction. It may get them off the phone happy now, but will be a bigger problem after that date comes and goes. Robert

Yes, this is the most likely scenario. Robert

What's the nearest major cross street? Maybe you can download the Sensorly app and drive over to the area and connect to LTE. It will then log the signal on its maps. Robert

If we were going to do it for the best optimized situation when every adjacent site went live, it would be way too large to RF engineer, manage and implement. Just as you have pointed out. However, it could be simplified to this: How about two settings...early deployment and final engineered setting? Set the initial early sites deployment with very little downtilt. When adjacent sites start to come online, use the internal downtilt adjustment to reset them to formal and final engineered settings. Since there is this trick remote controlled adjustment that can be done, it's a shame to not use it to your advantage now in early deployment. Robert

What I hope Sprint is doing (at least with the 4G LTE), is starting with little to no downtilt on sites (for maximum coverage), and then adjusting the downtilt down as adjacent sites come online. However, since our coverage maps are pretty accurate (and they are figured with downtilt based on built-out site spacing), it doesn't appear that they are doing this. Robert

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I don't know about hospitals jamming. However, I have built hospitals where they have deployed RF shielding. Especially around CAT scan/MRI equipment. Robert

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I was wondering the same thing. I think that one of the vendor's legacy equipment cannot handle anything other than T1's. But I cannot recall which one. However, they should deploy AAV over more T1 lines at all these maintenance speed upgrades sites where they can. AAV is faster and cheaper. It's also quicker to get an AAV vendor out to a site for backhaul then it usually is for an ILEC. However, there needs to be room in the legacy telco box for the AAV backhaul. Robert

Other than Chicago, most markets are actually done in a shotgun approach. Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner