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This is already being discussed. If staff decides this warrants its own thread, we may reopen -- but not now. AJ

Unless you turn off LTE on the handset, you cannot use an Airave with a tri band handset. So, if you have consistent LTE at home, all calls incoming/outgoing will be through the macro network. The Airave will sit unused. AJ

My understanding of the poll -- though this was not explicitly stated -- is that it is intended to assess data usage per line, not per account, not per person across multiple lines/accounts. Arysyn, is that correct? If so, I am afraid that the poll now contains a contaminated data set. Some users answered per line; others answered in total. AJ

I am pretty sure that 1100 dBm or 1 mW x 10^110 is basically the equivalent of the Sun. So, I expect that you, as an FCC employee, are required to report this egregious transmitted power violation to the enforcement bureau. AJ

Please be careful with accusations of malice. "They lied"? Or they are largely unskilled workers put into the difficult position of providing tech support across dozens of devices for millions of people? AJ

The Nex-Tech EV-DO network never went away -- it was just removed from the Sprint PRL. Now, it is back in the PRL. So, your PRL is out of date, and you need to update it. AJ

That sounds like a factual assertion. Unless you have evidence to corroborate, let us not jump to those wild conclusions/accusations. And, if anything, existing evidence seems to point to the contrary, since Sprint prefers USCC over VZW as a roaming partner in PRLs for the last several years. Now, as for possible reasons why USCC may not be counted as pseudo native coverage, USCC has to protect itself. Far more than any other CCA/RRPP member, USCC moderately overlaps or is directly adjacent to Sprint in many areas of the country. USCC cannot stand to have current or potential subs sign up with Sprint for "unlimited" data, national footprint, international roaming, etc., then freely use USCC service 70 percent of the time, for example. AJ

I see that Hawaii is vacationing in Bermuda. AJ

Soon™ http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-385-updated-use-the-4th-lg-may-the-4th-be-with-you/ AJ

Settle down, Beavis. No one publicly knows why the Sprint variant HTC One M9 does not support domestic GSM/W-CDMA bands. But this is what we do know. VZW, AT&T, and T-Mobile are not reciprocating by fully supporting Sprint's bands/band classes in their devices. They are more than happy, though, to poach Sprint subs and any compatible devices. So, maybe this is an experiment. Let us see if lack of domestic GSM/W-CDMA bands has any negative effect. In my opinion, the other operators can f@#k off -- until they are willing to create a level sub and device porting playing field. And not that many Americans travel outside of the US. Heck, I have relatives in Canada, yet I travel there on average maybe once every three years. Now, this may be a deal breaker for those who live in Detroit, Buffalo, etc. For the rest of us inside the massive continental US, meh. AJ

Some of the coverage map is not accurate -- not overestimating but shortchanging Sprint. California's Central Valley footprint, for example, appears to have been off for a long time now, probably since the Ubiquitel days. While I have not been in the area in years, I honestly do not believe that the highway and rural Sprint sites in that exceedingly flat terrain produce just isolated lily pads of coverage with seemingly only 3-5 mile radii. Meanwhile, T-Mobile has an AWS site in the Texas Panhandle that its coverage map claims has something on the order of a 50 mile radius. I do not believe that either. AJ

You just did it again. Deflection and redirection. Hey everyone, look at that red…or is it Magenta...herring. You cannot help yourself. You are a lost cause, terrible at legitimate argumentation. AJ

Well, "worldwide" generally means GSM 900/1800 and/or band 1 W-CDMA 1900+2100 -- none of which apply to Canada. CSRs are not apt to know this. And my findings were only regarding "domestic" GSM/W-CDMA bands, which do apply to Canada. AJ

maximus, what does this have to do with anything? Honestly, it smacks of your typical deflection tactics: instead of addressing criticism of T-Mobile, redirecting the same or similar at Sprint. Now, if you are referring to the T-Mobile "islands of LTE" comment, you can be more specific in your quote. You should stop posting so much from your handset. Get on a real computer, man. Fix your lazy posting and quoting practices. And, yes, Sprint's LTE was much better even before any band 26 activity. While T-Mobile LTE -- just like W-CDMA before it -- was confined to big cities, Sprint had band 25 not only in big cities but also in smaller towns, along highways, in rural areas, etc. Before or after band 26, Sprint has not had "islands of LTE." AJ

Now that exactly 100 users have been polled, here are some other interesting stats. Again using the median value in each data tier, the top five percent consumes 367.5 GB per month; the bottom 95 percent consumes 857.5 GB per month. That brings the total to 1225 GB -- of which the top five percent accounts for exactly 30 percent. AJ

From the data accumulated thus far, here are some sobering statistics: Those who average less than 10 GB of data usage per month make up 65 percent of the polled population, while those who average greater than 75 GB of data usage per month make up just four percent of the same population. If the median data usage value is applied to each of the polling categories, giving the 90+ GB category the benefit of the doubt at just 90 GB, then the aforementioned 65 percent average in total 217.5 GB of data usage per month, and the latter four percent average in total 262.5 GB of data usage per month. AJ

Actually, the line as read was "So, basically, I can't text outdoors, which seems pretty bad." Now, I am not sure if Aidy Bryant flubbed the line, SNL writers tried to be wireless savvy but got it wrong, or SNL writers wanted to be wireless savvy yet ironic. But, taking into account in building wireless signal attenuation, the line should have been "So, basically, I can't text indoors, which seems pretty bad." With that delivery of the line, the opportunities for comedy would have been immense... "Girl, that not my problem. This be Sprint. Now, get you and your skank ass T-Mobile phone movin'. You gone." …or... "You indoors but not on Wi-Fi? Why you clownin' on the network, ho? You gone." AJ

Yeah, agreed, the Sprint network has gotten really good in a lot of places. Woo hoo! But how do you "forget" to use Wi-Fi at home? You should almost never turn off Wi-Fi. Rather, you configure your device once for each trusted network -- after that, it should automatically connect to only those trusted networks. I pull into my driveway and, boom, my handset is already off LTE and on one of my two home Wi-Fi SSIDs. Consider this a public service announcement. Everyone, there is little reason if you have your own secure Wi-Fi network that you should not be using it. Please do not unnecessarily increase the load on the macro network while at home. Each bit of Wi-Fi offloading may be small, but it adds up and helps maintain capacity for truly mobile users. AJ

Most likely, performing certain data activities that violate the contractual Ts and Cs. But that is cool, lol. AJ

Nope. Your understanding of First Amendment law is inadequate. At the very least, read the link I provided. SNL does not have to seek a public figure's or trademark holder's permission to broadcast a parody. Otherwise, SNL never would have been a TV program in the first place or would have been litigated into the ground by now. AJ

No. Both of you are wrong. It was not an advertisement -- it was satire. And I can practically guarantee that no money changed hands. SNL uses trademarks all the time, but satire is generally protected speech. See this famous Supreme Court case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell AJ

First, please remember to refer to it properly as W-CDMA. Always remind the GSM zealots, who hate to admit that their 3G solution is heavily based on Qualcomm's cdmaOne and CDMA2000. Now, you are located in the Gary, IN market, where AT&T is band 17 LTE 700 and band 5 W-CDMA 850. In real world path loss, that 700 MHz has roughly a 3 dB advantage over 850 MHz. So, that can at least partly explain why your W-CDMA signal is also weak -- even though W-CDMA can be a much more robust signal. AJ

I disagree. While the sketch is funny, it will not go over well for Sprint -- despite any free brand placement. Sprint haters and Magentans will have a field day with this, saying that it accurately depicts the reputation of Sprint employees. The SNL writing staff may even think so. After all, why did they choose Sprint and not VZW, AT&T, or T-Mobile? Was it just for the now defunct "Framily" joke? I immediately sent Robert an SMS when the sketch opened on a Sprint Store last night. I said that FierceWireless will probably even publish on Monday a negatively slanted article about Sprint in the sketch, and the comments will be a train wreck. We shall see if my prediction comes to fruition... AJ

That, too. Plus, a latex salesman and an assistant to the traveling secretary. I am what they call a polymath. AJ

I am master of the "Seinfeld" domain. And I am also an architect, by the way. AJ