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    WiMax Protection Site Operation Confirmation

    in WiMax

    Posted

    Any idea when this will come to Little Rock, Arkansas?

     

    This thread is about WiMax Protection Sites. There are already 6 active WiMax Protection Sites in the Little Rock metro area. See the map below.

     

    However, Sprint will not be getting to Little Rock with 4G LTE deployment for awhile still. Some time in 2013.

     

    Robert

     

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    Comments related to the NV Running List Thread

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Here's my educated guess:

     

    Sprint is installing shiny new site equipment with new backhaul (microwave, fiber, or what have you). So they set up shiny new network "cores", or data centers, with all the network routers and such. Cutover is probably much simpler and less disruptive than trying to work with the legacy locations.

     

    That's what I figger anyway.

     

    Sounds good and completely plausible.

     

    Robert

    LTE Network Buildout - A Comparison between carriers

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Qualcomm's 700MHz "Mediaflo" spectrum is unpaired. Not sure I understand the part about Qualcomm 700MHz spectrum they can roll out 10x10 config?

     

    Fierewireless actually had a good special report on it about a year ago:

     

    http://www.fiercebro...trum-double-lte

     

    According to that, it is just being aggregated - and not to 700MHz B/C block due to interference issues.

     

    This is my understanding as well. The Qualcomm spectrum will not be used with their current LTE 700 deployment. It is going to be some time before AT&T can figure out how to use that with LTE Advanced.

     

    Robert

    LTE Network Buildout - A Comparison between carriers

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    AT&T is also rolling out a 10x10 configuration in markets that they can thanks to the acquisition of the Qualcomm 700 MHz spectrum. Everywhere else AT&T plans to launch a 5x5 configuration at 700 MHz.

     

    Tmobile is planning to rollout LTE in 2013 and they are planning on a 10x10 configuration on their AWS spectrum in their top 25-50 markets. I would assume for the rest of the markets it would use a 5x5 configuration.

     

    Also noteworthy is that AT&T is deploying no LTE in one third of the country at this moment where they have no 700 spectrum. For AT&T it roughly breaks into thirds. One third 10x10 LTE 700, one third 5x5 LTE 700 and one third no LTE 700. Presumably AT&T will try to cover that last third with LTE AWS. However, AT&T doesn't much care about that last third. Because rural and tertiary markets are of no concern of AT&T.

     

    Robert

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    Picture of Sprint's LTE footprint once NV rolled out

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    In regards to the Nextel tower shutdown, correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that they would decommission sites that were built to enhance network capacity, which for a total user base of 4.1 million, is overkill x100. I'm also assuming the equipment located in those sites is duct-taped together and has to get the hamster spinning the wheel replaced monthly.

     

    This is mostly true, and likely the intent. However, there are real coverage impacts that are occurring as a result of the thinning. So it is not completely accurate to conclude that Sprint is only removing iDEN where redundant capacity occurs. However, it is necessary and wise to do it, in my estimation. It also helps get the attention of remaining iDEN customers that they need to start moving on to other pastures.

     

    Robert

    Two Sites supposedly live with CDMA 800 in Rural Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    It is not so much inaccurate as it is ambiguous. For many years' date=' Cellular 800 MHz, CDMA 800, TDMA 800, etc., were all accepted nomenclature. But the ascendance of iDEN 800 and the creation of the GSM 850 standard about a decade ago led to a clarification in terminology from Cellular 800 MHz to Cellular 850 MHz. That said, many do still reference Cellular 800 MHz in some way, shape, or form. While that is not entirely wrong, as there is established precedent to deem it 800 MHz, it certainly does lack absolute clarity.

     

    AJ[/quote']

     

    Agreed. But referencing this way in this day and age with Sprint's new use of SMR causes mass confusion and is misleading. And it won't make the iPhone run on Sprint 800, but so many people mistakenly think it will. :dep:

     

    Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

     

    EDIT: I too was confused back in October when those specs were first posted by Apple. I had to be corrected in another forum. Which definitely hurt my ego. :dazed:

    GSlll rumored specs

    in Samsung

    Posted

     

    I hate it too! I hate it too!

     

    Most of the people I know who have used the term "droid" to refer to an Android phone have been properly yelled at for it and no longer talk to me about phones.

     

    ROFLMAO!!!!

     

    Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner

    Two Sites supposedly live with CDMA 800 in Rural Chicago Market

    in Markets

    Posted

     

    Robert:

     

    I was looking at the iPhone 4S specs on the apple site and it shows the following:

     

    Cellular and Wireless

     

    World phone

    UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850' date=' 900, 1900, 2100 MHz);

    GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

    CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)3

    802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)

    Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

     

    It clearly shows 800 right there on the CDMA section. I really hope the iPhone can support 800 CDMA because I am not eligible for an upgrade until July 2013. By then i'll be buying the new iPhone.

     

    Please let me know Robert and thanks

     

    Walter[/quote']

     

    Walter

     

    This is inaccurate. I wish Apple would correct it. The iPhone 4 and 4S do not support 800 SMR, irregardless of what they keep saying. They only support 850 Cellular band, and they incorrectly label it as 800.

     

    The FCC testing docs on the iPhones clearly show the frequency sets supported, and they start just outside of 800 SMR and only include 850 Cellular frequencies.

     

    Your iPhone will not run on Sprint 800. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

     

    Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner

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    i wish you could surf the web and talk to people at the same time like on tmobile or at&t

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    It's really annoying when my downloads fail because someone called me' date=' especially if it happens to be a large file. Also, wifi calling would be nice.[/quote']

     

    I never download "large" files via 3G. I even have 1Mbps+ speeds. Its too slow for large files. I download large files on WiFi.

     

    The largest things I ever download on 3G are occassional apps and songs. Usually 3 to 4 MB, tops.

     

    Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner

    i wish you could surf the web and talk to people at the same time like on tmobile or at&t

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I do occassionally use simultaneous voice and web. It doesnt happen for me when Im barrelling down the highway at 75mph. Im usually at my office, my home or one of the many state offices around New Mexico I visit.

     

    Someone calls me. They say they sent me something to look at, and often it's my wife, and they want me to look at it and discuss with them on the phone.

     

    However, Im almost always on WiFi when this happens. And sometimes when at state offices in Santa Fe, Farmington and Albuquerque I can sometimes be on WiMax too. So I can do simulataneous voice and web without issues.

     

    For me, it is only an issue when Im driving. And Im not going to use it then anyway. I just tell the offending party I will check it out when I get to my destination because Im busy avoiding other insane New Mexican drivers.

     

    And simultaneous voice and LTE will be more than sufficient in the long term, because Sprint is taking LTE over its entire footprint. Once you have LTE coverage, you can talk and surf to hearts desire.

     

    Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner

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    GSlll rumored specs

    in Samsung

    Posted

    Do we have any info on whether or not the gsIII will support 800 LTE? I'm waiting to buy a GN until I find out.

     

    I think you will be waiting until the Fall then. I don't suspect to find out any details about the Sprint version of the GS3 for a long time.

     

    Robert

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