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And there has been no further movement since that update. Robert

For me, if hit reply to a post, there are three buttons at the bottom of the text box using Forum Runner. Attachments is the middle one. Robert

East Michigan Status: LTE Launched/NV Upgrades Complete/LTE Deployment Continues NV Sites Accepted = 100% LTE Sites Accepted = 90% LTE Launched = February 21, 2014 (Flint/Saginaw launched 7/2013, Adrian launched 10/2013, Midland/Owosso 1/2014) Original Scheduled Completion = September 2013 Complete = March 2014

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I bought the 32GB, but I'm starting to think I got carried away. 16GB internal and 32GB SD Card would have been more than sufficient for my use. Oh well... Robert

We do not host members pictures. But if you hosted it somewhere else, you can add the photo to your post using the image button above the text box and entering the URL of the photo. Also, if you use Tapatalk or ForumRunner apps, they will host your photos for you and you can upload them through the app and attach in your posts. Robert

They didn't sell it down to 47.1%. Clearwire sold more shares this year. It's kind of like adding water to a bucket. If you own 2 gallons of water in a bucket that has 4 gallons of water, you own 50% of the water. However, if someone adds a half gallon (or more shares), the percentage you own goes down to 44%. This is an analogy of what happened with Sprint and Clearwire shares. And now that Sprint owns less than 50% of Clearwire, they should have voting rights restored on all their interest, back up to the maximum percentage owned, not to exceed 49%. Robert

Thanks for your post, photo and update of what's going on in your area. Looks like NV panels have been installed there at the top of that site. Signals improve up to 20% in Network Vision towers. They will improve even more once 800MHz is deployed and you have a 800MHz capable device. Robert

It's under way now. There are 60 sites live at the moment, more being added every week. Robert

Deployment has already begun in PR. It will run through the end of the year. However, LTE will not likely start to go live before the end of summer because they are still working on the 4G core in Bayamon. Robert

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Monday, June 11, 2012 - 10:01 AM MDT In our continuing Network Vision/LTE deployment schedule update series, S4GRU brings you the latest information for Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. Sprint announced to the world early in Network Vision that the DFW market is one of their first LTE launches. Sprint boasted to the world that the Dallas area would be enjoying LTE and Network Vision enhancements by Mid 2012. Sprint's Network Vision OEM Ericsson has been steadily deploying around the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. As of this week, there are approximately 40 Network Vision sites broadcasting a LTE signal. These sites are all around the market from Waxahatchie to Sherman. Network Vision Sites in DFW. Forty sites are complete in the market. All of these broadcasting Sprint LTE, but being blocked from accessibility by Sprint. 40 Live LTE Sites, but still being blocked by Sprint Despite the good news of these live LTE sites, Sprint is still actively blocking LTE connections. They originally planned to allow sites converted to Network Vision standards to go live immediately upon completion by the OEM Contractor. This is still the case with 3G EVDO and even CDMA 800 sites when they are completed. In Sprint's original Network Vision plans, they were also planning to allow 4G LTE signals to be handled the same way. Turn them on and allow them to be discovered prior to the formal market launch at 50% site completion. Market Launch and Remaining Schedule In recently seen correspondence, Sprint has decided to move up launches sooner than 50% completion. This is likely to maintain a Mid 2012 launch in markets that have already been announced...like Dallas. If they waited for 50% now, it would delay launch until September. In the case of the DFW market, should Sprint launch by Mid July, they would only be complete with approximately 30% to 35% of all NV sites. This doesn't sound like a lot, but it would provide pretty good coverage. A little known item is not even Verizon launches 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 on Mid July, these are the anticipated sites that would have LTE complete at that time. This would provide fairly good LTE coverage over many parts of the market. At market launch, some areas will be well covered with LTE, and others may be kind of spotty. However, more sites will come online every week until the whole market is complete. And even with one or two bars of LTE signal on your device, you will still get speeds that are double to triple that of well performing 3G EVDO in most instances. And speaking of 3G EVDO, Sprint is not reporting any of these live Network Vision sites are currently broadcasting EVDO, only LTE. According to the NV schedule, these should have started coming online in May. However, none have shown up as NV 3G active to date. We know the new backhaul is in place at these sites since they are broadcasting LTE. That most likely means that the Switch Center is not ready for these sites. A huge backlog of 3G 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 Dallas/Ft. Worth market. We believe they are targeting a launch month of July based on internal Sprint documents. However, we hope that they will actually remove LTE blocking before the launch, since there are quite a few active LTE sites that can be used now in this market. Sprint's Network Vision schedule for this market currently has 39 Network Vision sites complete. Ericsson is plotting continual progress from here with production ramping up to a rate of almost 70 sites per month. S4GRU has poured over the schedule in this market and sees a November 2012 completion date. In our estimation of the schedule, it appears that Ericsson is slightly behind in the market. But with the rate the schedule is supposed to pick up in June, Ericsson has ample opportunity to finish on time. You Sprint LTE device holders will have to ride it out there in North Texas for a little while longer. Hopefully Sprint will lift the LTE Blockade soon. LTE everywhere, but not a bit to spare...from Sprint at any rate. Photo of Dallas skyline 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

Complete or launch? The difference is huge. Atlanta and San Antonio are being prepared for launch before the end of June according to my sourced info. However, I am not holding my breath. The first market to get 100% complete is likely San Antonio at the very end of summer, or early Fall. Some 2nd Round markets are starting to mobilize now. Especially in Florida. See that one 4G LTE site that is supposed to be live before the end of the month? Although Jacksonville and Orlando is very quickly starting too. That's the point of this new market schedule series. Stay tuned. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Deployment has already begun in PR. It will run through the end of the year. However, LTE will not likely start to go live before the end of summer because they are still working on the 4G core in Bayamon. Robert

No. There are only five sites in Chicago that Sprint has accepted from the OEM that have CDMA 800 operational. There are reports of an 800 connection here or there. But in those cases it is the NV OEM testing in places where Sprint has not taken over the site yet. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Selling CLWR almost never yields profit except for very well timed day traders. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Because no one has ever requested it, but you. Also, I'm afraid it will lead to confusion. Also, making those maps is a lot of work. It takes me about 3 hours or so to prepare the next month for this thread. However, just to make a 3G June Map for Boston only wouldn't be too difficult. I will try to do that for you this week. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

There is only one dot, because according to the NV schedule only one site is scheduled to go live with LTE in the market in June. It is scheduled at the very end of the month. Next month there is more. I didn't want to make a map for one site. And as pointed out above, Sponsors have access to many interactive maps, including being able to zoom in and pan around these sites in the June schedule. But more importantly, there is an NV Sites Complete map in the Sponsors section. Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

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Charlotte Status: LTE Launched/NV Upgrades Substantially Complete/Problem Sites Remaining NV Sites Accepted = 99% LTE Sites Accepted = 91% LTE Launched = April 18, 2013 (Asheville launched 3/4/2013) Original Scheduled Completion = December 2012 Substantial Completion = March 2014