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    Network Vision Explained

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Since my post above, we have announced 5 Florida markets. Including the market that houses Lakeland/Winter Haven. Which I believe is the Orlando market,trying to recall off the top of my head. I believe the transition between Orlando and Tampa markets is between Lakeland and Plant City, if memory serves.

     

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    LG LS831 Windows Phone

    in OS'es/ROM's & Themes

    Posted

    It will be a dud. *yawn*

     

    Why offer a non LTE device at this time? Waste of money. They need to develop their WP flagship with MSM8960 and start getting people excited about it now. Like they did with the GNex. Dumb.

     

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    Google thinking of abandoning Android??

    in General Topics

    Posted

     

    I kinda had that issue but in reverse. That is how I became an Android user. I had bought the 1st iPhone on day one. Once they came out with the 3G I was like' date=' "Wow! I have to have it." That phone was fantastic. I could do just want I wanted. (at the time) I loaded it up with songs from iTunes and I have this IM chat app that I could always run while I was at work so I could still chat with my friends. It was about as much multitasking I could really ask for at the time. But what I liked about it the most is I could have that IM app going while I what streaming podcast from the Itunes music store. To me it didn't get much better.

     

    Then the 3gs came out. I saw it as most 3G owners did as a small upgrade that I could pass on. Then the iPhone 4 came out along with iOS4. Well if anyone doesn't know the 3g did kinda received iOS4 but it wasn't the full version. It couldn't multitask or do a few other things that the 3gs and 4 could do. Also it was very buggy and slowed down my phone. (Kinda what the 3gs owners went through with iOS5 but worse.) I still didn't see the need to upgrade. Sure the CPU was better and the camera but it was still only on 3G and the OS didn't really change. Besides I was still happy with my phone. But one thing iOS4 did do to my 3g phone was block me from streaming podcasts while using my IM app. I had to jailbreak my phone to get it to work but it was very buggy. Something I could do for over 2 years all of a sudden stopped. At this point I said no more. The EVO had just come out and the Epic was on its way. I said F iOS and the two year cycle they put on their phones just so you'll want the next one.

     

    Don't get me wrong, had the iPhone 3gs or 4 been a big break through or really did something different that I would actually use. I would have been more then happy to hand over my money. Siri helps the 4s a little but I know I wouldn't use it.

     

    I now have an evo 4g and I would be very happy using it for a few more years if I wanted to. But when I saw ICS and the Nexus I knew I WANTED to upgrade. Unlike Apple, Google created a product that made me want to buy something new.

     

    /end rant[/quote']

     

    I have a similar story. I had the iPhone, 3G and 3GS. But I didn't jump to the 4. I moved to Sprint and the EVO on launch day back on June 4, 2010. I don't miss AT&T nor iOS one iota. Android fits my nerdy life style much better.

     

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    CDMA 800 Testing PRL

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Applied the PRL to my EVO 3D. I may sound like a noob for asking' date=' but how will I know if I'm connected to 1x Advanced? Do I check the debug menu?

     

    Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk[/quote']

     

    Yes. If you connect to one of the unofficial channels in PCS G Block or 800 SMR, then you are on 1xA. And if you ever connect, let us know here right away. No one has, yet.

     

    The markets where testing is occuring right now include, Chicago, LA Metro, Boston, Austin, DFW, Kansas, Central Jersey, Washington DC and Baltimore. It is also assumed in Atlanta and Houston too.

     

    However, the timing has to be just right. You have to be at the right tower at the right time.

     

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    Comments related to the NV Running List Thread

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I can't really see them passing up a chance to start talking about LTE and what strides they have made. People need to know the network is going to get better. We take a lot of the info get gain from sites like this for granted. The average joe only knows what Sprint tells him or he/she sees from their phone. If I didn't know about NV I would have split from them by now. Great pricing and unlimited data don't get you far if what you want to use your phone for doesn't work.

     

    If they talk about it, it will be of a general nature. Nothing earth shattering or anything you wouldn't already know about. Things like, "And this new HTC device will be running on our new high speed LTE network. The first markets of Atlanta and San Antonio will be live in June."

     

    Anything beyond those type of generalities will be shocking. :imo:

     

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    Height Advantage

    in WiMax

    Posted

    I don't think anyone thinks you are being disrespectful. We appreciate direct communication. Your points are understood and well received. I am glad that you understand the differences. However, someone who does not, may misinterpret your point. I appreciate AJ's post to help differentiate for anyone else who comes along in the future. The internet is forever. ;)

     

    Samuel, the Ball State WiMax sounds great. However, there are likely some key differences between the Muncie protection site and the Ball State deployment that you may not have considered.

     

    1. Protection Sites, as AJ references, are designed to maximize coverage to inflate POP numbers to satisfy a FCC coverage requirement. They have zero, or very little downtilt. Those panels often stick out 90° from the towers. This is the worst way to try to get 2600 to penetrate anything. I am sure Ball State has engineered downtilt to be useful. This is also why you are getting such a great signal higher off the ground. The Muncie protection site WiMax signal is pointed at you, not the ground. I get a better signal/faster speeds from the Santa Fe protection site on a hill side 4 miles away than I do next to the tower.

     

    2. Ball State likely has small cells and users are much closer to the signal. In traditional Clearwire WiMax cells that are well engineered, users within a 1/2 mile usually can receive signal indoors just fine. I imagine the Ball State WiMax network is designed where users are never more than a half mile away either.

     

    3. Beamforming. Some schools that use WiMax deploy it with beamforming. This offers a penetration boost as well. I have no idea if Ball State employs this.

     

    As you can see, Protection Sites are just not an apples to apples performance comparison to standard WiMax deployments. They are hastily installed, under engineered islands of WiMax signals. And their usefulness is highly variable.

     

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    Sprint to do ok with LTE iPhone

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    Lol dude calm yo goofy down I already know sprint changed they minds bout duel 4g (which is possible) no more WIMAX OK whatever dude lol

     

    Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

     

    I am definitely calm, and I am a tad bit goofy. :)

     

    Be that as it may, these are my forums. The purpose of S4GRU is a place for Sprint wireless nerds to congregate and to help inform the public about the technical workings of the Sprint network, spectrum and changes. You were singled out because your posts in this thread are contrary to our mission and could be misinterpeted and confuse people.

     

    You are welcome to ask questions. However, any thing you post as fact are being read by hundreds of wireless dorks who are in the know. And if they are inaccurate, you will be called out. It's OK to post mistaken points. I have done it myself. There are dorks that are much smarter than I am. I have been called out before.

     

    However, our tolerance for trolls and flamers is very low here at S4GRU. We are not that kind of community. Your comments in this thread set off the "radar." If I was mistaken in interpeting your posts, please accept my apologies. If your intent is to be a flaming troll, then S4GRU is not the place for you. :lurk:

     

    Robert

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    Network Vision/LTE - Phoenix Market (including Flagstaff, Prescott)

    in Markets

    Posted

     

    It's not unsual for those bandages to be applied at the same time? It seems weird that all of a sudden I'm getting decent speeds everywhere I go.

     

    If those increased speeds are because of increased backhaul coming online, then no. It wouldnt be unusual.

     

    Network Vision upgrades will even come online tower by tower and cluster by cluster.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Phoenix Market (including Flagstaff, Prescott)

    in Markets

    Posted

    For the past 3 days I've been experiencing much faster data speeds throughout the Phoenix metro area. Last week the highest speeds I would get were about 900kbps and that was standing a few feet from Sprint's tower' date=' now I can get over 1000kbps standing 2 miles from that tower.

     

    The apartment complex I live in is almost a dead zone, speeds there have always been around 10-40kbps, standing outside. It has been that way since I first got Sprint about 1.5 years ago but last Friday night I hit about 1400kbps and my phone showed almost all bars, typically I get anywhere from 0-2 bars. The speeds did drop on Saturday and Sunday but not by much, I'm getting about 500kbps.

     

    So what gives? Did Sprint flip on some sort of switch or was there some issue with my phone or am I going crazy?[/quote']

     

    Switch? Wouldn't that be nice. Sprint has been spending over a billion dollars on network upgrades since the iPhone announcement to try to get things improved to tie us over until Network Vision arrives. Sounds like some of the band aids have shown up in your area of Phoenix.

     

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    WiMax & rain

    in WiMax

    Posted

     

    In New Mexico' date=' you shouldn't worry either way-- not enough moisture in the atmosphere to matter; however, here in Louisiana... I can't help but think of how poor WiMax would do on this foggy 75° morning here if they actually had WiMax here... Fortunately, the 2500 band will not affect future Sprint plans, so no more worries.[/quote']

     

    We do get a "monsoon" season here most summers. However, it is nothing like Louisiana. Also, we only have limited coverage protection sites here. Which are more of a novelty. They are only useful to me at concerts and events when the EVDO network crashes under the burden. Then having WiMax backup is appreciated.

     

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