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well this was posted in the Philly market, I dont know what to make of it

There are sites that have been fully lit with just T1 backhaul (Delaware Avenue across from Pier 70 comes to mind) so the process is moving.

 

Onto other news, my company is now focusing on South and Central Jersey with the majority of the work that still have to be done is new fiber construction, which slows things down considerably. We are focusing mostly on coastal communities and several of those sites have directional LTE arrays (the one site in particular in Margate has all three LTE attennas on a rack together all facing towards Wildwood instead of AC.) Philly itself has taken a slight back burner temporarily since Sprint and Alcatel-Lucent wants those sites on yesterday!!

Hey guys,

I am trying to figure out the best "market" forum for South Jersey. Since the towers id Themselves as "Philadelphia" market. I have been following that thread. I consider South Jersey Philly metro. Having said that I will now also monitor this thread. I live in North Wildwood, and eat often at the Dragon house Chinese restaurant. It is at the corner of Pacific and Lincoln avenue. Right across the street is a an old NJ Bell office. They have a tower their. The sprint network vision map shows a voice update. I can confirm that service on 3g in building increased by about 500%, no 4g signal, but Im hoping.

_{Here are my thoughts as a long time Sprint customer.}

While Dish may have the ability to do a bit more in mobile video content, I do not see much synergy. I have comcast. I have 100mb internet service. Satellite internet speeds will not come near wired speeds in the next five years. Fibre is going to keep making inroads. I just do not see what I as a sprint customer get from a dish merger.

I am a Sprint share holder. When I look at what Softbank has done in the Japanese market, I think they have a good understanding of wireless. They have a track record as a value carrier. They also have committed funding. This merger is going to involve alot of debt. I think that Softbank's balance sheet is simply stronger than Dish. I stay with sprint for unlimited data. ATT has double the speed in my market at the moment. With Network Vision I will be getting close to the network performance of Verizon, but with unlimited data, and the advantage of knowing what I will pay every month. If Dish wins I do not see how they will keep unlimited data with the amount of debt they will take on to close this deal. I think Softbank understands the sprint customer base better than Dish. If I lose unlimited data why should I stay with Sprint. I simply will either go to Verizon, or a prepaid carrier.

I just have this feeling that Dish will run Sprint into the ground.

Hey Nolan great info.

I live in North Wildwood, any information on The Wildwood area and Southern Cape May County?

Thanks

Hey, Im in Wildwood, Ill be happy when LTE crosses into New Jersey, any other folks use sensorly in South Jersey?

Since I am within Wifi coverage most of the time, the lack of Lte is not as bad as it can be. I use wifi for my Galaxy Note two most of the time. I use an app that tells me 90% of my data use is wifi

I have to agree with Happyhappy. Philadelphia is one of the most challenged markets. I am in Wildwood. We never got Wimax, and our hopes of getting LTE any time soon is a toss up.

Having said that. I have used LTE in New York. The value of unlimited data with sprint makes it an easy choice for me. I think we have to look more at Softbank. They are the Japanese firm that is buying Sprint. They are a CDMA LTE carrier. They grabbed market share by doing an aggressive lte buildout, and the best pricing in the market.

Robert the moderator of S4gru also lives out in the sticks in New Mexico by the way, and he shares some of the same experiences that I have, in living in an under served area.

I know we heard this song before. But, I strongly believe if we give Sprint another nine months it will be well worth it. You guys might want to make a donaton to S4gru like I did. Robert has to do an amazing amount of data work on this site. The sponsor maps are great.

Im in Wildwood, Wildwood os part of Philly Metro. I am waiting for any sites in South Jersey so I can Sensorly map them

Just donated. Thanks Robert.