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  1. Sprint CDMA and Clearwire WiMax are only co-located together on less than 40% of WiMax sites. I would guess that WiMax would remain separate, but I cannot say with certainty until I see NV Site Drawings where a WiMax site also exists.
  2. I think the biggest issue with Clearwire participating in Network Vision...is who's going to pay for it? Sprint doesn't have the funds to add $3-$4 Billion to its NV costs to include Clearwire on every NV tower. And Clearwire has even less money. That's what started the whole bru-ha-ha between Sprint and Clearwire (so I've heard). Sprint really wanted Clearwire on board in NV, but not willing to give them a free ride. Clearwire wouldn't accept anything less than a free ride and held their spectrum hostage. Hesse called their bluff and divorced from them publicly on October 7th. Then they both paid dearly by Wall Street and tech media attacks until they both relented and kissed and made up.
  3. Long Island is getting NV. Just not at the same time as NYC market. That slide showed area coverage post Network Vision, not post NYC market deployment. It's not really an issue of coming back. The OEM's bid based on Sprint markets. Sprint has their network broke up this way. The crews that are doing the NYC market NV work may not even end up working on Long Island. Or N Jersey, C Jersey, S CT or Upstate NY East for that matter. We will be discussing Long Island deployment in the future. Sprint is not relegating LI out to the wastelands like Clearwire. Stay tuned.
  4. NV sites are spaced apart based on 1900 propagation characteristics. Even if Clearwire was on every NV tower, their coverage would look like a bunch of islands covering a city. They would still need to come back in and infill between NV towers.
  5. Do you not recall the huge uproar when Sprint all but wrote out Clearwire in the October 7th conference? They not only threw Clearwire out of Network Vision, they virtually were throwing them to the wolves and nearly bankrupted the company. Also, where 2500 was shown in early NV schematics, it was not a contract saying that 2500 was definitely going in Network Vision. It was just demonstrating the multi-modal capabilities of hosting other spectrum. Sprint wanted to include Clearwire in NV if possible, but they were never going to pay Clearwire's way. It was always up for negotiation. It just never was negotiated in. By October 7th, things got so bad between Sprint and Clearwire, they both announced they were going it alone with LTE without each other. I have never seen a real engineering or planning document with 2500 on Network Vision. Only early schematics. - Robert
  6. Yes. But note that not all first round markets have started in the field yet.
  7. Not defending the rollout selections, because I would have done it differently. Just to clarify, Protection Sites do not run on reduced power. If you aren't getting a very good signal, it is most likely due to the propagation characteristics of 2500. Also, protection sites typically don't have engineered downtilt to maximize penetration characteristics. They typically broadcast out straight 90 degrees from the antenna to maximize coverage and enhance the coverage area reported to the FCC. Those sites were not designed for superior customer use, but to appease the FCC Minimum Coverage requirements. Sprint's LTE is not co-located with Clear's LTE, per se. Sprint is installing 800/1900 CDMA/LTE at every one of their Network Vision sites. Clear is installing its TD-LTE on select sites of their own in markets they already have service. Additionally, Sprint has worked out an arrangement where Clearwire will come and deploy additional TD-LTE at Sprint NV sites upon request, as needed to supplement Sprint's LTE capacity. Sprint's multi-modal setup will certainly help host Clearwire TD-LTE where needed, but Sprint is not counting on putting it on all 38k sites. I'd be willing to guess that Clearwire will not be at more than one third of all Sprint sites 24 months after NV is complete. Thanks for the compliments and A tip section is a good idea. I will consider that in future updates. Until then, feel free to e-mail at s4gru_@_herronweb_.com There are no underscores in the real e-mail address. Fixed. There was an issue with the publishing. Sorry. There are some areas of WiMax congestion. I was told last year that Clearwire was considering adding a 4th WiMax carrier in some select locations. But I don't believe that ever was implemented. Also, their retail model has been pulled and their retail subscriber numbers are slowly dropping. Now with the obituary of WiMax written, I would be very surprised if Clearwire does any additional WiMax capacity upgrades. There was a technical delay in publishing. The article is up now...http://s4gru.com/ind...sionlte-market/ 2500 was pulled from Network Vision on October 7th. No NV documents issued since then have referenced 2500 at all. It was actually pulled much earlier than that, but that's when the public knew about it. If you look at the NV Drawings for Lawrence, KS, they were printed before October 7th and they do not include 2500 at all. Sunday may be slightly earlier. I will announce in the Bulletin Board, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter when we go live. Only 20 members will be permitted in. Be early to catch a seat!!!
  8. All the markets that will start for Ericsson, A/L and Samsung by Midyear will have been released by S4GRU by Monday. These are for the most part the First Round deployments. We will then announce the Second Round deployments starting on Wednesday next week. We will not be giving dates for these, because the starts will be very dependent on the conclusions of the First Round starts. But if everything goes to plan, the Second Rounders will have start dates between October 2012 and January 2013, should no significant delays or issues arise with the first rounds of NV deployment. Stay tuned.
  9. Who said that? I never did. I said in past posts there were several tri-state area markets. NYC/Westchester, Long Island, N Jersey, C Jersey, S Connecticut.
  10. by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Friday, February 24, 2012 - 5:59 AM MST OK, a pattern is emerging. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning we are releasing the next Network Vision/LTE market Sprint is planning to start deployment during 2012. And today is Friday, so that means we will announce a new market name... New York City! Yes, the Big Apple. Sprint's Network Vision vendor Alcatel/Lucent will begin to deploy its Hail Mary Network Vision and LTE in the Sprint NYC market. We are announcing the Sprint markets that will receive NV/LTE in 2012 roughly in order. There is absolutely no guarantee of the order in which these markets come live, because there is a lot of variability in the plan. Three different vendors, with several different crews in several 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. First round market starts are much easier to predict, but second round and third round markets starts are predicated on the timing of the previous market wrap up preceding it. This is likely the reason why Sprint has elected not to announce these markets themselves at this time. With these caveats understood, we are releasing the Network Vision markets in the order that they anticipate to start deployment. For Alcatel/Lucent, Baltimore and Boston will start first. DC, NYC and the market to be announced on Monday may start after those wrap up. There could be some overlap if A/L has the manpower to execute them sooner, given that the design work and permitting associated with all 5 markets is largely complete. Sprint's NYC market covers all the Boroughs, Westchester, and the Hudson Valley all the way up to Saugerties. North Jersey, Long Island and Southern Connecticut are in separate markets and will deploy at a later date. Alcatel/Lucent will be preparing for mobilization in the near future and work should commence on converting these 1,100+ sites to Network Vision standards. The entire market will take more than 8 months to complete, but there will be many sites coming online monthly for first round LTE device holders to enjoy. Sprint's NYC Market. All 1,100+ Network Vision sites are shown for the NYC market in this map. Click on image to enlarge. We 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 New York City today, that brings the total of Network Vision markets announced to eleven. Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Baltimore and Kansas City as announced by Sprint. Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C. and New York City announced by Sprint 4G Rollout Updates. Stay tuned to Sprint 4G Rollout Updates. On Monday we will be announcing another Network Vision/LTE market that Alcatel/Lucent will be working to bring online for Sprint in 2012. This is likely the final A/L market for 2012. If A/L gets ahead of schedule (and Sprint has the cash flow to accelerate), it's possible they may start the next round of market deployments prior to the end of 2012. Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Information about the source: The information for all of our Network Vision information has been obtained by several internal 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 NYC Market map! Kudos!
  11. FOURTH ROUND MARKETS (27): Below are markets that are in the Fourth Round, with scheduled starts from June 2013 to December 2013. However, some markets with GMO sites have started a little earlier. Alabama Albuquerque Arkansas Buffalo Cincinnati Columbus East Texas Hawaii Louisiana Lower Central Valley Mississippi Northern Connecticut North LA North Wisconsin Pittsburgh Rochester Richmond Southern Virginia Swiftel The Panhandle Toledo Upper Central Valley Upstate NY Central VT/NH/ME Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Winston/Salem Updated as of Friday, March 6, 2015.
  12. I almost sang, "Oh, I just died in your arms tonight." But that might sound gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Posted via Forum Runner
  13. Definitely not me. None of the Sprint folks I know have one. But I don't exactly quiz them with PM's/Tweets about what they're holding at any given moment. We don't have that kind of rapport. ;-) I bet Deval has played with one, though. Posted via Forum Runner
  14. I'm very dedicated. And I have a wonderfully patient wife. Posted via Forum Runner
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