WiWavelength

You are commenting on the wrong article. S4GRU already covered that 2014 Moto X variant in this piece: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-373-teaser-x-marks-the-spot-for-the-first-sprint-ccarrpp-fully-compliant-handset/ It was destined for Sprint, then scrapped. Now, whether that variant purchased through Republic Wireless can be activated on Sprint, we have our doubts -- but we are already working on some experiments. Results to come... AJ

Have you ever seen a mass of zombies piling on and climbing a wall "World War Z" style? That, sadly, is the way the hoi polloi basically "attack" wireless data networks. In my dream scenario, the iPhone would have never existed, and the unwashed masses to this day still would have little interest in wireless data. The iPhone is "patient zero." AJ

I like my LTE network signal strong -- but not like "eww!" strong. AJ

Either AT&T lacks any Lower 700 MHz (band 17) in your market or it has enabled carrier aggregation between band 2 and band 17. The oddball aspect of carrier aggregation in the Nexus 6, though, is that it supports the PCC (Primary Component Carrier) on only band 2 or band 4, not band 17. So, band 17 can be only the SCC (Secondary Component Carrier). That is a bad combo for coverage, since the PCC on band 2 or band 4 will drop before the SCC on band 17, causing momentary loss of signal. AJ

Meh, I do not watch amateurish video clips -- especially if they do not provide substantial synopses. Better yet, just forgo shoddy camerawork. Instead, provide intelligent write ups with relevant screenshots. AJ

Band 13 downlink is 746-756 MHz, not 736 MHz. AJ

That depends upon the site locations for both Sprint and T-Mobile. In path loss, the most important factor is not frequency but proximity. AJ

Welcome to HEL&L. AJ

Sprint's SMR 800 MHz holdings are not from a nationwide license. Rather, those holdings are a somewhat varied national collection of about 200 BEA based licenses. I cannot think of any terrestrial services, only satellite services that the FCC has ever licensed on a nationwide basis. AJ

And the Nexus 6 supports both band 13 + band 2 and band 13 + band 4 carrier aggregation. That was a curious inclusion, but the VZW announcement explains it. I will say, though, that the band 13 Release 8 infrastructure "rip and replace" Tim describes above will be selective. So, Robert, do not count on VZW carrier aggregation in South Dakota any time soon. AJ

Where does VZW have carrier aggregation capable band 13 infrastructure? Most of it is old, non RRU, Release 8 infrastructure. AJ

Let me clarify the above statement that I made earlier today. It was neither "insulting" nor "racist." Rather, it was a commentary on Neal's views on US band plans versus international band plans -- views of which many of you may not be aware. Neal and I share like minded thoughts and have even worked together on possible reform of the Cellular 850 MHz band, but we diverge greatly in our perspectives on other band plans. If honest, Neal would not disavow his advocacy for Sprint's band 41 TDD deployment to be rolled back to a clean slate -- in favor of a much smaller bandwidth band 38 TDD deployment to allow the BRS/EBS 2600 MHz band to be realigned for band 7 FDD employed in some other countries. Furthermore, Lower 700 MHz and Upper 700 MHz would be scrapped and rejiggered to conform to the APT 700 MHz band plan. Sure, different band plans elsewhere can have advantages. But they may be years behind what is already in place here in the US. And, in the end, why is it important to be in sync with other countries? I cannot answer that, but as I stated, it is a "Eurasian centric" mindset. Now, some of you can unbunch your panties... AJ

For that, you can thank the Michael Powell and Kevin Martin lead, Republican controlled FCC from 2000-2008. It abolished the Cellular cross ownership rule, which had forbid Cellular licensees from holding interest in both licenses in a given market. The rationale was that PCS licensees had provided competition sufficient to obviate the rule. But many of us at the time a decade ago and still today know that was a load of RF physics ignorant, big business friendly, duopoly influenced bullshit. For the record, since the sunset of the cross ownership rule, no operators other than AT&T and VZW have held both Cellular licenses in any market. Hmm... AJ

Be clear -- pun intended. That was Clearwire, not Sprint. AJ

It is a disaggregated portion of the former PrimeCo PCS license for the Richmond-Norfolk MTA. Because of the spectrum cap at the time, VZW could not retain the entire license. AJ

Give me a break, Neal. My assertion is not "dumb" at all. I do not have time to address it at length now, but I will offer a short retort. Other countries had to auction band 1 just to deploy W-CDMA. The US did not do that, could not do that. But, knowing you, you would probably fault the FCC for not doing so. Basically, W-CDMA was built on the Eurasian expectation of "green field" spectrum. That was not the case in the US, certainly not until AWS-1 became commercially usable, circa 2007-2008. Meanwhile, AT&T had to devour egregious amounts of Cellular and PCS spectrum to deploy its W-CDMA network. And T-Mobile was stuck in the GSM dark ages for lack of spectrum available to deploy W-CDMA. If that is not "non American friendly," then I do not know what to tell your "Eurasian centric" self... AJ

Of course, to accomplish that, T-Mobile W-CDMA requires three to nine times the spectrum outlay of EV-DO. Because T-Mobile went with a Eurasian centric, non American friendly 3GPP standard, it has had to agglomerate an undue amount of PCS and AWS spectrum -- especially for its smallish subscriber base. And that inefficiency should not be celebrated. AT&T has been criticized for its excessive spectrum accumulation -- so should T-Mobile. AJ

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I am sorry for your predicament. But it is hardly Sprint's responsibility to provide you with a simulacrum of home ISP access -- especially at the opportunity cost of other Sprint users in your area. For legitimate home broadband, maybe you should consider moving or locating your work space elsewhere. No, I seem to recall another staff member pointing out that the top five percent of "unlimited" data users may be throttled. How is that not clear? AJ

If you are using as much data as you, yourself, have revealed in these very forums, then you are effectively overusing Sprint as a home ISP replacement. Others have pointed out that you may -- legally and within terms of service -- be throttled. That is my point... AJ

Not bloody likely. In the roughly six years of Android handsets, no such engineering screen app has existed -- outside of the few hidden, internal APKs. If it were possible, mikejeep likely would have built it into SignalCheck Pro by now. AJ

…not if you are getting throttled because you are overusing Sprint as a home ISP replacement. AJ

Uh, yeah, since the implementation of adaptive modulation and scheduling mechanisms, that is the nature of every wireless network in existence. You have a lot yet to learn... AJ

If you are that hungry, go eat an Apple. I hope that it has a worm inside. AJ

Wonder why you would not check for a thread here already? AJ