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Yep. I believe I read that Sprint got something like over 8 million requests for GPS/logging information per year and in fact has an automated system they set up for this very purpose. ATT has colocated facilities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A to dump mirrored information directly to the NSA.

Rolls off the tongue like projectile vomited alphabet soup. I'd probably still buy it as all I am waiting on right now is pretty much any triband phone to arrive.

Yes. This is actually a big problem in Austin. T-Mobile is rolling out LTE here and the speed is fantastic but many places that were unpopulated 10 years ago are down to edge here. I actually borrowed a friends phone for a day to test it on the way to some of my work stops that I make during the week and couldn't stick with it. Particularly north of Austin in the leander/cedar park area and anything S of slaughter. Whereas my Sprint coverage does drop to 3g but it remains usable.

On the other hand, Apple has a duty to protect the patents it owns by litigating against people who imitate it and refuse to pay a license fee. I'm not saying it is right as I feel many of these patents should not have been granted but it is the reality of the patent system.

My reign as timelord will soon come to an end. In the words of Bender: "REMEMBER ME"

What I mean is that if you look at my name off to the side of this post <--- It will be clickable or able to hover over. Yours does not and I have never seen someone without a profile link before. Sorry it just caught my eye as I read over the new posts in the forums.

Offtopic: why does your username not have a hyperlink/profile link on hover? Or any profile at all actually.

I would not be surprised. Here in Austin Time Warner is rolling out free Wifi for subscribers to combat the pull of Google Fiber. It would make sense if Comcast and TW wanted to offer mobile TV as a similar way to fend off Google or other competitors. I know that these companies already offer rebranded Clear internet in some markets as it is.

An MNVO with a 2 year contract? No thanks. Texting is only unlimited if you pay more? No thanks. The cost without any texting is higher than what I currently pay at Sprint for a family plan! If you want a good MNVO on the Sprint network just use Ting.

My time on the clock has come! KNEEL before your timelord!

Robert, Can you explain this quote from the techhive.com article linked above? I thought the antennas Sprint uses have 3g and 4g together connected to the same backhaul. However, I have also seen NV posts of over 1.5 mpbs. So what is going on here? I've noticed this in Austin as well where LTE capable towers are often an extremely slow .1 - .2 mbps on 3G. Or are these towers just active but without improved backhaul?

All this means to Sprint customers is more delay on buildout of an advanced network. I don't think anyone really thinks Clearwire is doing much in the way of upgrades to its network right now after already publicly scaling back the planned rollout. At least under the control of Sprint/Softbank Clearwire would have a unified direction. If Dish is wanting to offer its subscribers mobile video then why pick the carrier with the most expensive rollout, with the least coverage, with the worst spectrum for it? Why not just pay this money for like a 10 year agreement with T-Mobile to host it's network? Oh right Charlie Ergen just wants to have control.

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Capacity = potential maximum bandwidth IE 5x5 LTE theoretical speeds. Think of this as a street. Throughput= your end to end data transmission speed. Think of this as the speed you travel through various stop signs and street lights. /edit: To answer your question: Sprint has said repeatedly that they are not shooting for the super high numbers game and are looking at 3-8 Mbps speeds for each user (throughput). They can scale up backhaul to improve this speed before reaching the capacity of the network if you follow my explanation.

On a slightly related note, whatever happened to HD Voice? Was there an issue between Network Vision vendor equipment communication with each other or did that get resolved?

This thing doesn't even support LTE much less Triband! Also, I hear it will be super expensive on contract with monthly fees.

They probably didn't mention Motorola simply because no one knows what the heck Motorola is doing these days.

That is for sure true. However, Clearwire is a relatively small carrier and simply did not have the clout to really get WiMax moving here. Verizon NEEDED LTE similar to how Sprint NEEDED WiMax due to being CDMA carriers and not having HSPA available to scale up their 3G speeds. By waiting a bit they managed to latch on to LTE and the rest is history. Also important to note is that Verizon is #1 in global procurement for smartphones with AT&T #2. That type of buying power is huge!

Awesome news!

Considering this type of news http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/04/18/record-wireless-margins-boost-verizon-profits/: I'd say it has worked out just fine for them to be a first mover into LTE, even if it costs them money to retrofit their towers. They will have backhauls in place and be ready to go, unlike Sprint who seems to be experiencing some major delays in getting backhaul actually in place.

As far as I know no current phones support LTE-Advanced but I wouldn't be surprised to see it next year. I believe Verizon has stated that their LTE rollout will be done this year and then they will switch to LTE advanced deployment. However, it won't be as difficult for Verizon as they have the backhauls already in place for a faster network. T-Mobile is in a similar boat as Sprint in that its LTE network is easily upgradeable to LTE Advanced rather than a hardware change like Verizon.

Does the Premier section also include clearwire towers/information as well?

Are there any s4gru maps of nextel towers? It would be interesting to see which towers were decommissioned here in Austin. I believe we already have one confirmed tower so far. It wouldn't be much effort for me to cover a lot of S. Austin to check out sites as I am frequently driving around everywhere for work stuff.