cletus
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I think they so that so more people experience coverage in diff areas as they put up. It's just a rotation, but still the same panel
Offtopic: why does your username not have a hyperlink/profile link on hover? Or any profile at all actually.
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Hate to quote myself, but wanted to expand my thought further. Could the cable providers be in cahoots with Softbank/Sprint to offer OTT video to their subscribers over Clearwire spectrum? I see no other reason for Sprint to be holding on to that much spectrum.
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.
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Credo has some interesting deals going on right now.
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.
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My time on the clock has come! KNEEL before your timelord!
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Only 66% of sites have been upgraded to LTE 1900 in the DFW market. So still aways to go for full coverage on PCS. Additionally, when LTE 800 starts to be deployed around DFW, you will need a new device to use it.
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Robert, Can you explain this quote from the techhive.com article linked above?
“In some markets, such as Atlanta and Dallas, the 4G LTE deployment is nearly complete, while 3G work has just begun.”
Sprint 3G’s worst showings came in Atlanta (200-kbps downloads) and Dallas (300-kbps downloads). The service did not hit average download speeds of greater than 1 mbps in any of the cities we tested. Upload speeds were no better, reaching the 500-kbps mark in only one city, San Francisco.
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?
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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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I agree that lower pings are desirable, but AT&T and Verizon's pings are similar to Sprint's. So where are we now? The three other companies' LTE is faster than Sprint's on a bandwidth level, and similar in ping. In fact, many of these test results for Sprint look like 3G speeds, save for the upload speed.
Back to my point, how does current average speed not correlate with future network speed (many more users on LTE wanting more bits)? After all, this is what we're talking about, right? Granted, Sprint's network is probably closer to starting than close to being finished, but I just can't see how the number of users per tower is going to go down in the future. Sprint needs a growth plan to survive, and they may be increasing their number of towers with LTE (admittedly by orders of magnitude) but so will the number of data-hungry LTE smartphones. It looks, to me, like Sprint's network is already getting full.
How, then, do we judge "capacity," (meaning how many users the network can support while maintaining a decent speed) if not for speed? What am I missing?
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.
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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?
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This thing doesn't even support LTE much less Triband! Also, I hear it will be super expensive on contract with monthly fees.
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Well they only mentioned tri-band phones from LG and Samsung, but that doesn't necessarily mean we won't see a tri-band iPhone. We all know how closely Apple guards this info. I'm disappointed they didn't mention Motorola though.
They probably didn't mention Motorola simply because no one knows what the heck Motorola is doing these days.
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But that doesn't work out for clearwire, though they were first into WiMAX
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!
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Awesome news!
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I was thinking when a carrier deploy a new technology. And only after two years they need to do upgrade. Is it really good on ROI?
Considering this type of news http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/04/18/record-wireless-margins-boost-verizon-profits/:
Operating income was up 19.8% to $6.2 billion, thanks in large part to margin improvements. Those improvements were most noticeable in wireless, where Verizon booked $19.5 billion in revenue, up 6.8% from a year prior, and record margins. The company reported wireless operating income margin of 32.9% and EBITDA margin on service revenues of 50.4%.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.
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For Verizon using LTE Release 8, how difficult it is to upgrade to LTE-Advanced? Does it needs cellphone side support?
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.
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Yes, the Premier section contains historical iDEN site maps.
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Does the Premier section also include clearwire towers/information as well?
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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.
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In the Game of Loans, you accept the Sprint offer or go bankrupt trying.
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According to an analysis by Reuters, investors that own a combined 31% stake in Clearwire have said in statements or interviews with the news service that they are unsatisfied with the current proposal up for a vote on May 21.
At least 50% of Clearwire’s minority shareholders must vote in favor of the deal for it to go forward.
Meanwhile Clearwire doesn't have the financing to continue it's network upgrades
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I am not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand it is great that Sprint has expanded business partnerships beyond the normal MVNOs but I am concerned about all the new users bogging the network down. AT&T stopped offering straight talk sims for reasons unknown but I bet it had to do with the impact these lower revenue users were having on it's network. I wonder what consequences there will be in adding these subs do to the 3g side of the network that is currently in shambles on non NV sites (and even some NV sites here in Austin do not seem to really be much faster).
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I don't think so, I've been hitting 40/20's.... I think they are 10x10 in the DC area. Maybe tmo4gru.com will have more info?
Sigh. I actually typed that in thinking there was a tmo4gru.com. I saw a truck coming South on I-35 today with about 12 T-Mobile LTE antennas. I've been shocked how much faster T-Mobile is rolling out LTE in Austin than Sprint. They have absolutely surpassed Sprint here in S. Austin even though Sensorly does not show it. I've been really impressed by T-Mobile's progress so far.
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Would this mean quad or penta-band phones? I really don't see what the gain is here for Sprint as it has so much spectrum when Clearwire is included.. I would rather they take those $$Billions$$ and use it to have a fully functioning network that can finally compare to AT&T and Verizon.
If anything, T-Mobile needs the spectrum the most by far.
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What I mean is that if you look at my name off to the side of this post
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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.