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What is possible is that eHRPD upgrades could be happening in the market now. Have you ever had a confirmed eHRPD connection before? Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Sorry, I don't have a Photon. Robert

RIM could still be the top of the World. They blew it. They are the most dinosaur tech company incapable of being swift or nimble. It has taken years for them to get their newest OS with an up to date device and still nothing LTE capable. They are burning money faster than a Colorado forest fire. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Mine is on a truck from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. Looks like it will be delivered today. Yay! Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Yep. I was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids in 1976. I have a lot of family remaining in the area. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Network Vision is just about to begin in the Jacksonville market. Subcontractors are mobilizing. But I would be surprised if they are doing anything right now that could lead to service disruption. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 6:00 AM MDT The next market in our Network Vision/LTE deployment schedule update series is The River City...Memphis. The Memphis market has yet to be announced by Sprint, but is expected to be announced in the near future. Perhaps around the time of the first market launches. The Sprint Memphis market encompasses all of the Sprint native coverage in western Tennessee, northern Mississippi and NE Arkansas. This includes the Memphis metropolitan area, Jackson, Dyersburg, Tupelo, Mississippi's Golden Triangle (Columbus, Starkville, West Point), Greenwood and Jonesboro in Arkansas. Sprint's Network Vision OEM Ericsson is scheduled to begin mobilizing in this area with its subcontractors in early August. Completed Network Vision sites should start coming online in September. Memphis Market Launch It was Sprint's original plan to launch markets when they reached 50% of sites converted to Network Vision. However, it has now been determined that Sprint will move up launches sooner than 50% completion in several markets. This is likely to maintain a Mid 2012 launch in markets that have already been announced. However, in an unannounced market like Memphis, we don't know if they will resume pushing back market launches to 50%, or if they will now settle on a 40% completion to be the new normal for market launches. If Sprint waits for 50% completion to launch the Memphis market, it would make the launch month to be December (should the OEM stay on schedule). If they plan on a 40% market completion for launch, that would be November. You may think that 40% - 50% site completion is not enough to launch LTE service, but it would provide pretty good coverage. Even Verizon doesn't launch on all sites in a market initially. Usually less than 50%, then filling in with more and more sites every few months. Anticipated Sites Complete at Market Launch. According to the Network Vision schedules that S4GRU has reviewed, if Sprint launched the market in November, these are the anticipated sites that would likely have LTE complete at that time. This would provide fairly good LTE coverage over many parts of the market. Some sites will are scheduled to be live in Jackson, Dyersburg and Jonesboro at the time. However, Mississippi sites won't start until early 2013. Schedule details and the bottom line We currently do not have a date that Sprint will formally "launch" the Memphis market. It is difficult to try to pick a date now this far out. And we know Sprint won't want to do that. But we will take a stab at it. In looking at the schedule as of today, it would indicate a November market launch (going on a 40% - 50% completion for launch). But there is no way to know if Ericsson and their subcontractors will actually hit their schedule dates this early in the deployment for this market. We will be able to gauge better after a few months of production. Ericsson will only need to hit a production rate of 40 sites per month to stay on schedule. This should be an easy to achieve rate. If properly prepared and equipped, and if backhaul is ready timely, this market shouldn't have problems staying on time. But this is easy to say before they get started. S4GRU has examined the schedule in great detail in this market and sees that most of the sites will be complete by February 2013. However, there may be a few sporadic sites that will linger past the completion. Photo of Memphis provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. NOTE: S4GRU Sponsor Members can track regular updates of Network Vision sites completed nationwide. Completed sites are shown in an interactive Google Maps interface. Information about sponsorship can be found here: S4GRU Sponsorship

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I just checked my status 30 minutes ago and it still said backordered. However, I decided to check again before going to bed and the status changed to shipped and there is a tracking number. I checked the tracking and my 32GB GS-III is sitting at the Louisville Airport. I hope UPS has a late night flight between Louisville and Albuquerque. However, I don't anticipate delivery until Thursday. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

It cannot be related to Network Vision, IMO. It's just that usage keeps growing and growing on the legacy 3G network, so performance will keep reducing and reducing until the new network is activated in your area. Robert

We have not reported one single NV site completed in San Antonio has 3G EVDO activated yet. The only sites with NV 3G live so far in Texas are around Waco. Robert

Wow...I did say that. That was a mis-type on my part. I meant that we we are releasing the info early on these two markets. Not that they are early in deployment in the second round. That is a huge error on my part. Now I see what you are referring to. I thought you were referring to the list order in the thread. My apologies for the confusion. Robert

As a fellow Michigander (well, ex-patriot), I feel your pain. However, the list was just recently put into order. It was not in order previously where you noticed West Michigan. I'm sorry to be the source of your discomfort. Robert

My guess in LTE priority is 1900 > 800 > 2600. Since Sprint has to pay Clearwire for usage on the LTE network, they are going to make that the lowest priority. However, an ideal set up from a network standpoint is 2600 > 1900 > 800. Or even 1900 > 2600 > 800 would be fine. Ideally, you want to protect the 800 capacity at all costs, so there is always a LTE signal for customers with poor in building coverage and at the edge of service. But if the 800 carrier is always full because Sprint is trying to minimize the number of customers being shunted to 2600, then there will not be enough capacity in the long run for the customers who would best benefit from 800MHz LTE service. The LTE network has very good monitoring and control capabilities. It is possible that Sprint could reserve a certain capacity of the LTE 800 carrier. If they know they need 30% capacity for in building and edge of service customers in the cell, they can start shunting customers with good signals over to 2600 after reaching 70% capacity. They don't necessarily have to wait until the carrier is exhausted. It will be quite remarkable in contrast to the old network management and controls. The network will know what kind of signal your device is getting and decide which carrier you are going to use based on the dynamic loads at any given moment. It's just a matter of setting it up correctly and monitoring it appropriately to make sure it is working they way it should. A lot of adjustment will be necessary to pull it off with the best performance. Robert

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Holy moly! "Martha, I think the well done run dry!!!" Robert

Sometimes rumors is all the info we have. Robert

Congrats! Robert

gold bling Robert via Galaxy Nexus using Forum Runner

Yes and no. Yes, it updated and overwrote the old one, with the same one. No, in the fact that there is no net change. Robert

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 5:09 PM MDT I hear from yous guys all the time, so I know that the Big Apple is ready to take a big bite out of the upcoming Sprint LTE network. So it is with great joy, that the next market in our Network Vision/LTE deployment schedule update series is...New York City. This market has not been announced by Sprint, but appears to be on the way for a November/December launch. The Sprint NYC market covers all of the New York Boroughs, up into Westchester and the Lower Hudson Valley up through Newburgh and Poughkeepsie. Sprint's Network Vision OEM Alcatel/Lucent has been actively deploying in the New York City market since April and is making good progress. As of this week, there are approximately 30 Network Vision sites that have completed upgrades. These sites are located throughout the market. Network Vision Sites in the New York City market. Approximately thirty Network Vision sites are complete in the market. Market Launch and Remaining Schedule It was Sprint's original plan to launch markets when they reached 50% of sites converted to Network Vision. However, it has now been determined that Sprint will move up launches sooner than 50% completion in several markets. This is likely to maintain a Mid 2012 launch in markets that have already been announced. However, in an unannounced market like New York, we don't know if they will resume pushing back market launches to 50%, or if they will now settle on a 40% completion to be the new normal for market launches. If Sprint waits for 50% completion to launch the NYC market, it would make the launch month to be as late as January (should AlcaLu stay on schedule). That being said, if Sprint should launch some time in November (as we suspect), then the market would be less than 50% complete. This doesn't sound like enough, but it would provide pretty good coverage. Even Verizon doesn't launch on all sites in a market initially. Usually less than 50%, then filling in with more and more sites every few months. Anticipated Sites Complete at Market Launch. According to the Network Vision schedules that S4GRU has reviewed, if Sprint launched the market in November, these are the anticipated sites that would likely have LTE complete at that time. This would provide fairly good LTE coverage over many parts of the market. Sprint is not reporting any of these live Network Vision sites in the NYC market as currently broadcasting 4G LTE, only 3G EVDO. According to the NV schedule, these should have started coming online in June with LTE. However, none have shown up as LTE active to date. This most likely means that either the backhaul is not quite ready to service 4G LTE, or the 4G cores that these sites are tied to are not quite ready for LTE traffic. A huge backlog of LTE sites will probably come online in this market suddenly when the network is ready. The bottom line... We currently do not have a date that Sprint will formally "launch" the New York City market. We believe they are targeting a launch month of October based on reports internally within Sprint. However, after reviewing the schedule, we don't see how they could launch before November unless the market deployment speeds up faster than scheduled, or they lower the percentage for launch to be less than 40%. We will be listening closely when Sprint announces the next round of market launch projections to see if they include New York, or even if they so boldly announce a date. Sprint's schedule for this market currently has 31 Network Vision sites complete. Alcatel/Lucent is continuing to progress and is planning to increase the production rate up to 90 sites per month from here forward. This seems like a very high rate, but plausible with the right resources allocated to the job. S4GRU has examined the schedule in great detail in this market and sees that most of the sites will be complete by May 2013. However, there are several sites that will linger past the completion. In our estimation of the schedule, AlcaLu is currently a little behind schedule, but can recover if they start increasing production to 20+ sites per week in July. Photo of Manhattan provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. NOTE: S4GRU Sponsor Members can track regular updates of Network Vision sites completed nationwide. Completed sites are shown in an interactive Google Maps interface. Information about sponsorship can be found here: S4GRU Sponsorship