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Definitions: Status: This is the current deployment state of the market. A full build site is a site that will receive all equipment (including LTE) at initial deployment. A GMO site is a Ground Mount Site, which initially only goes live with 3G and may not have LTE for some time. In most Third and Fourth Round markets, GMO sites were started 6-12 months early. NV Sites Accepted: This is the percentage of sites in the market that have have received any Network Vision upgrades. This is within the entire market boundaries, not just the named city. Markets often extend far out past the suburbs and include rural communities up to a hundred miles or more away. LTE Sites Accepted: This is the percentage of sites in the market that have have received LTE upgrades. This is within the entire market boundaries, not just the named city. Markets often extend far out past the suburbs and include rural communities up to a hundred miles or more away. Original Schedule Completion: This is the month or quarter that the original baseline schedule had planned for all sites to be Network Vision converted within the market. LTE Launched: This is the month Sprint officially launched LTE service in the market. A market launch is usually just a press release, as Sprint has completed sites and made them active well before launch. Anticipated LTE Launch: This is an estimate by S4GRU based on the current production rate of a market and how LTE coverage is filling out. Current Production Rate Completion: This metric is often misunderstood. This is not when the market will be complete. It is more a measurement of how fast they are working this month in a specific market. Production rates can vary wildly from one month to the next. This date essentially says when the market is expected to be 100% complete with all Network Vision upgrades, based on their current rate of production in that market. Note this has nothing to do with a market having 100% coverage. 100% coverage typically occurs around 50%-60% completion. Note that even Verizon does not have any markets with 100% site conversion.

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Ericsson is also deploying in clusters in DFW. I think it's pretty universal. The clusters were determined in RF design.

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In Chicago, Samsung is starting in the rurals and working their way inward to the dense clusters. It will be interesting to see if this repeats itself in other markets. - Robert

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Too bad you couldn't pull the 1.3 and 1.6's consistently!

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Not only that, they both are correct. These are not really conflicting thoughts. We cannot give too much power to ATT and Verizon or we all will suffer in a few years. And on the other hand, people have to make choices in wireless based on their needs. And Sprint is losing some good amounts of these customers in the short term. Network Vision better be all the things its supposed to be. That's all I'm saying. It will allow us who want to continue to give a big middle finger to the duopoly a place to be. Posted via Forum Runner

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by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 5:49 PM MST Today, Sprint 4G Rollout Updates is prepared to tell you about another Round Two market in Sprint's Network Vision/LTE deployment plans for 2012. Portland, Oregon. More specifically, Sprint's Oregon/SW Washington market. Sprint's Network Vision vendor Samsung will likely begin Network Vision and LTE deployment in the Oregon/SW Washington market in 2012. This is not an imminent start in the next few weeks. This is a Second Round start. Which means that the start of this market is dependent on when the previous market before it wraps up. There is no way for me to determine at this point which Samsung markets will precede this. Sprint's Oregon/SW Washington market Sprint's Oregon/SW Washington market basically covers the entire State of Oregon and the parts of Washington State that are part of Suburban Portland. This includes the Oregon cities of Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, Salem, Medford, Bend, Newport, Klamath Falls, Pendleton and Ontario. In Washington State it includes Vancouver, Battle Ground, Kelso, Longview and the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge. It is bordered by the West Washington market to the north (which we already announced) and the Inland Northwest market (Spokane/Tri-Cities) to the Northeast, the Idaho market to the east and the Upper Central Valley market to the south, which are yet to be announced. 549 sites in total after NV is complete. Sprint's Oregon/SW Washington Market. Approximately 550 Network Vision sites are shown for the Oregon/SW Washington market in this map. Click on image to enlarge. We would love to give you the date, but... There is absolutely no way for S4GRU to be able to provide a start date for these markets, or any of the Second Round 2012 markets that will be announced after these. We are announcing these markets to you for your information, to give Sprint customers a rough idea of when these second round markets can be anticipated. There is absolutely no guarantee of the order in which these markets come live, because there is a lot of variability in the plan. The most significant variable being how quickly the preceding market before it wraps up. If things go quickly in the preceding market, work may start early. Things go late, these would likely start late. And to complicate start dates in each market, Sprint has said they may elect to slow down Network Vision in future quarters if cash flow becomes strained. Sprint has three different OEM vendors, with several different crews in many markets at once. There could be final permitting and design delays, some vendors and/or crews will work at different speeds, weather issues and any number of unforeseen circumstances to complicate matters even further. First round market starts are much easier to predict, but second round and third round markets starts are increasingly difficult to predict and put dates to. This is likely the reason why Sprint has elected not to announce these markets themselves at this time. But we know you don't want to wait for Sprint to tell you! With these caveats understood, we are releasing the Network Vision second round markets in the order that they are anticipating to start deployment, based on the schedules as they exist to date. We won't stop digging for you! Sprint 4G Rollout Updates will continue to scour through the data and gather deployment information for your use. It is our intent to provide at a minimum, all the Sprint markets that will likely begin Network Vision/LTE upgrades in 2012. And we intend to do so in a series of articles over the next few weeks. We will not likely announce communities slated for 2013, because the dates we hold for 2013 markets appear very tentative and subject to change. With the many variables to sort out between now and 2013. Sprint could make significant shifts in deployment plans based on dynamic need change, funding, market permitting difficulties, etc. With the release of the Oregon/SW Washington market today, that brings the total of Network Vision markets announced to 16. We have created a thread in our forums where we are keeping track of all the markets announced by Sprint and S4GRU.com. Click on this link here to view the Network Vision Market Running List. Stay tuned to Sprint 4G Rollout Updates. On Monday we will be announcing the next two Round Two markets for Sprint Network Vision and LTE deployment. We will be talking about in a few hours in advance in a S4GRU Live Chat at 9:30 PM Mountain Time. Come join us! Photos Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Information about the source: The information for all of our Network Vision information has been freely provided by several sources close to the Network Vision program who choose to remain anonymous. No source information will be released to protect anonymity. Special thanks to S4GRU Member digiblur for creating the Oregon/SW Washington Market map! Thank you!

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