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Nothing? Ah, but in terms of rack space, Sprint has more available real estate than does T-Mobile. Most Sprint sites are sporting now just one or two antenna panels per sector -- leaving ample space and weight/wind loading capacity for one or two additional antenna panels. Conversely, T-Mobile in my NSN area is already running three antenna panels per sector -- two "modernized," one legacy. Those racks are basically full, even prior to any Lower 700 MHz deployment. Sure, antenna panels can be replaced with new, consolidated versions. Or additional racks can be added to some sites. But all of that costs money. So, let us be honest about this. T-Mobile is not in the best position to host Dish -- unless money does not matter. Look, I do not want Sprint to host any spectrum for or sell/trade any spectrum to Dish. Charlie can suck it. I also hope that the 600 MHz incentive auction keeps getting pushed off into the distant future. Tough beans for low band challenged T-Mobile. Sprint truly needs neither Dish nor 600 MHz. Spectrum wise, Sprint is pretty much set for the time being. AJ

Really? I thought you would vote for "I Can't Believe It's Not Wrigley Field." AJ

Yes. S4GRU has some band 41 projected deployment schedules in the Premier sponsor section. AJ

You may be thinking of this backward. USCC has never held an entire MTA based PCS A/B block license -- what you could deem an original call sign license. All of those licenses in the contiguous US are in the hands of Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and VZW -- in basically that descending order. So, USCC did not sell off or lease the spectrum in the aforementioned metro areas of Boston, Washington, and Pittsburgh. Rather, for cash or trade, other licensees partitioned or disaggregated that spectrum to USCC in smaller markets outside of the titular markets. AJ

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/14560/the-cell-not-in-line-for-name-change Two years have passed. Nothing has changed. Why now? And we do not need Sprint Park. We already have Sprint Center in Kansas City -- but that naming right purchase was more of a civic pride contribution than anything else. After all, where is T-Mobile Field? Yet, Magenta seems to be doing okay. Naming rights have been shown to provide little benefit for already well known brands. AJ

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Uh, I hate to call that a stupid question, but Sprint did not acquire USCC. Additionally, USCC is still headquartered in Chicago and bought New Comiskey Park naming rights for fully 20 years. AJ

Yeah, Lloyd, you nailed it. AJ

Is that the best you can do? AJ

Read the comments following Jim Cicconi's AT&T Public Policy blog entry on the Net Neutrality rulemaking. Note how many clearly come from AT&T employees. That company is an astroturfing machine. http://www.attpublicpolicy.com/broadband-classification/thoughts-on-todays-vote/comment-page-1/#comments AJ

Hickory, eh? Were you there when Jimmy Chitwood hit the state championship winning shot against South Bend Central? AJ

I get your point. I get Kevin's point. Because of the massive FDD offset for AWS, that makes it much easier to explain to the layperson 2100 MHz as the downlink and 1700 MHz as the uplink -- rather than, say, 850 MHz as the downlink and 850 MHz as the uplink. Wait, what, 850 MHz for both? How does that jive with this article about full duplex as developing technology for both links? No, no, no, it is actually 869-894 MHz for the downlink and 824-849 MHz for the uplink. In the end, just 2100 MHz and 1700 MHz are clean and neat. But I do think a tech press bias is evident. From anecdotal experience, most use VZW, AT&T, or T-Mobile. They do not come across as though they like VZW and AT&T, but many still subscribe for overall coverage reliability. Those who use T-Mobile as their primary provider seem to take a rooting interest in Magenta. And that colors their published pieces -- pun intended. Much of that can be attributed to the replacement of journalism with blogging. AJ

Yes, and all four national networks use PCS frequencies in some manner for LTE. Touché. AJ

The PCS A/B blocks are licensed on an MTA basis. MTAs are large -- they are roughly the size of entire states. That is the problem. USCC may hold partitioned and/or disaggregated chunks of PCS A block spectrum in the Boston MTA, Washington-Baltimore MTA, and Pittsburgh MTA, but none of that spectrum is in the titular cities proper, just in the outlying areas, possibly hundreds of miles distant. Again, that automated site does not accurately and precisely account for such partitions and disaggregations. AJ

To be fair, compare prices. The Nexus 5 was $350. Other flagships of the time ran $600+ unsubsidized. So, if the Nexus 5 does not cut it, you may need to shell out more for a handset. AJ

I wholeheartedly agree. But I believe that is called punishment. AJ

For Boston, Washington, and Pittsburgh -- completely inaccurate. And therein lies the problem with that site... AJ

I know that site. I know the creator. I respect the work that he has done -- because his automation is beyond my means. But I have issue with the imprecision. From over 12 years experience, I know automation does not cut it. That site gives a general bird's eye view but not an accurate snapshot. So, you tell me. What spectrum does USCC hold in Boston, Washington, and Pittsburgh? It certainly is not PCS. Thus, if anything, what is it? AJ

No, I am not sure where you are sourcing that info, but USCC does not hold spectrum in those major markets. AJ

I am sorry. But that thing is a fat, fugly, low res piece of plastic. I guess that is what $99 buys. AJ

If Sprint chooses to do so, it can already run an additional PCS A-F block 5 MHz FDD or even 10 MHz FDD carrier in most rural areas and smaller markets. Fallow spectrum is aplenty in those locales, since they are typically running on just one or two band class 1 CDMA1X and EV-DO carriers apiece. For PCS A-F block spectrum refarming, the large markets are the sticking points. But USCC has very few large markets -- really only Milwaukee, Omaha, Tulsa, and Knoxville. So, I continue to remain skeptical about any USCC acquisition. It brings little to the table outside of largely rural areas in a few scattered regions of the country. I hope USCC remains independent for years to come. AJ

That is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Band 23 is still 20 MHz FDD, not 15x20 MHz FDD, for example. AJ

Keep in mind that the Motorola Mobility of old is gone. It now belongs to Lenovo. The 2014 Motorola X may have been the last true Motorola flagship caliber handset. Future products have to be considered as much Lenovo as they are Motorola. For that reason, I would take a wait and see attitude. AJ

I like Kevin Fitchard, but gee, I wonder which is his primary wireless provider. #TechPressBias AJ

Come on, you know better than this. Those are poor parallels. Band 25 and band 26 are symmetrical bands -- just like all other 3GPP FDD bands. Additionally, Dish's spectrum is not useless. The S band spectrum is already standardized at 20 MHz FDD as band 23. And the PCS/AWS-2 H block can be standardized on its own or added to a band 2/25 future superset band. AJ