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But what about the Mackinaw peaches? The Mackinaw peaches, Jerry! AJ

On the iPhone in another 2-3 years? Is that what your crystal ball says, Madam Vince? AJ

Better to be in Chana, IL than China, AL. Southerners who shop at Walmart would get quite confused at the latter. AJ

If you are idling on LTE, any CDMA2000 engineering screen readouts are spurious, since the LG G3 is a single RF path handset. Regardless, band class 3 is not correct, as that is the JTACS band, which is not in use in North America. AJ

Unless/until we know the actual costs Sprint absorbs for data roaming, this is all academic. But I doubt my $0.05/MB example is that far out of the ballpark. AJ

Nope, that is eroding practically by the week, as postpaid plan costs approach prepaid levels. If, for illustration, Sprint is paying an average of $0.05/MB to its roaming partners, then a sub on a 300 MB plan who uses the entire roaming quota has paid no overage and just chopped $15 off the top of Sprint's margin. That is huge. It could mean the difference between profit and loss on that line. AJ

This is why, if you are a serious network observer, these alternative, home brew ROMs are bad ideas. In my opinion, too many people are "flashaholics" obsessed over OSes. AJ

I disagree -- to an extent. Many of you probably have not been Sprint subs long enough or simply do not remember that, prior to 2004, Sprint offered no included voice roaming and no data roaming, period. All voice roaming was paid -- either in pre purchased allotments or by the minute. Data roaming did not come into the mix until 2006-2007, as handsets required a data roaming setting be instituted in firmware. Older handsets were never able to data roam. And it was around this time that the voice and data roaming quotas were put in place. Providing data roaming at just a 10 percent markup would be fine -- if all data roaming from the first megabyte were paid, much like voice roaming before 2004. However, if Sprint cuts prices across the board and retains the 300/100 MB quotas, something has to cover the costs of those who routinely use most of their quotas but do not accrue overage charges. The profitability of those subs is compromised. As I see it, that is the business case for the sensibly capped yet large markup on roaming overage. Let the overage charges subsidize the substantial amount of included roaming every month. AJ

It will support carrier aggregation. But it may not support band 41 carrier aggregation. We shall see. AJ

No, you misinterpret. I said to balance "that" ledger -- the roaming ledger. You seem to be extrapolating to Sprint's entire balance sheet. As for Kansas footprint, you probably are aware that the pseudo native coverage came from Pioneer, United Wireless, and Nex-Tech. Pioneer, for example, took Sprint spectrum for seven years, then turned its back on Sprint, running off with the VZW LTE in Rural America program. I recently had contact with Pioneer executive management about the Sensorly LTE tracks in Woodward, OK. I asked a follow up question about the dissolution of its Sprint Rural Alliance partnership with Sprint. I then got the cold shoulder. No response. Pioneer does not want to talk about it because Pioneer basically betrayed Sprint. So, if you are going to blame Sprint for that, you are placing blame in the wrong place. AJ

The key is learning how to use the Market tab. AJ

It could be "labor efficiency." Alternatively, when Japanese businessmen get all excited over robots, it could mean sexbots. AJ

Multiple band 25 carriers are impractical in many markets, irrelevant in all markets. The only carrier aggregation that Sprint currently has planned is in band 41. So, take that for what you will. AJ

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3218-fcc-rejects-requests-to-delay-softbanksprint-deal-review/page-3&do=findComment&comment=105723 I know the FCC ULS -- inside and out. This is why I get paid the big bucks as S4GRU Technical Editor. AJ

That seems unlikely. One of the differentiators between postpaid and prepaid is roaming coverage -- especially data roaming coverage. AJ

That ambiguity was not necessarily a bad thing. Many people exceeded their roaming quotas, were subject to termination, but skated by on Sprint largesse. Somebody has to pay for those who routinely have substantial roaming usage but not enough to accrue actual roaming charges. Roaming overages may be a way to balance that ledger. AJ

You both could be correct. Canada is small potatoes, so its operators generally do not get their own handset variants. Rather, they get piggybacked on a US operator variant. But this handset does not appear to support SVLTE, making it unlikely to be headed to VZW, despite the boutique band 13 capability. AJ

I disagree. I am quite representative of the top end of the market. I buy what I want and am not very price conscious. For example, I did not blink an eye at spending $300 on a retina iPad mini just to serve as a remote control for JRiver Media Center and Spotify on my kilobuck audio system. But whenever I want to do something productive with a tablet, I cannot help but think to myself that Android does this better than iOS does. So, I set down my iPad glorified remote control and reach for my 2013 Nexus 7 -- with its superior multitasking capability, notifications/settings shade, app drawer, navigation buttons, Google integration, etc. AJ

I am not sure how you guys can be certain that the next Sprint variant iPhone will support band 41. While that seems likely, it is by no means guaranteed. And as for carrier aggregation, get ready for some taunting from one side, some bitching and moaning from the other side, since the next iPhone will support carrier aggregation for AT&T but not Sprint. AJ

ManBearPig roams the Earth alone. ManBearPig simply wants to get you. AJ

No. What would Deutsche Telekom gain in France? It has no native wireless presence there. AJ

If so, as at least I have previously predicted, that throws TD-LTE carrier aggregation capability out the window. Now, let us see if the next Sprint variant iPhone supports band 41 at all. AJ

Who roams on who? Uh oh, did Citizens United make wireless operators "people," too? AJ

To quote a cliche standup comic line, who are the ad wizards who came up with this one??? Sprint would just end up with a bunch of angry former VZW subs who erroneously think that Sprint's reputation for a poor network continues to be accurate. They would be forever stuck on "3G" because their VZW handsets do not support band 25/26/41 LTE nor band class 10 CDMA1X, just band class 1 CDMA1X/EV-DO. And persistent EV-DO 1900 would not leave them impressed. AJ

No, you are a bit confused. For various reasons, I prefer a Snapdragon chipset with an integrated baseband. But performance is not one of those issues. A Snapdragon chipset with an integrated LTE baseband is automatically 3GPP/3GPP2 compliant, so the OEMs do not have a real choice to go with a 3GPP only baseband. That makes building and testing for the FCC a single hardware variant that also happens to be Sprint compatible far more sensible. For example, look at the MSM8974 based Nexus 5 -- single inventory for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. However, when OEMs opt for a Snapdragon processor that lacks an integrated baseband, they typically utilize a 3GPP only Gobi baseband for the international variant. Then, Sprint needs a separate variant with a 3GPP/3GPP2 baseband. And the justification for building and testing a Sprint compatible handset starts to erode. AJ