WiWavelength

That is a straw man argument, a distortion. Do not do that. Now, what are the legitimate smartphone uses for 50 Mbps? Please define them. If anything, 50 Mbps speeds indicate cherry picked speed tests or an underutilized network. But if Sprint can supply a reasonably consistent 5 Mbps, that is a network being utilized and one that is ready for nearly all legitimate smartphone use cases. AJ

I am not any more snarky in responding to you than I am to anyone else. But if people are going to grumble over 4-5 Mbps average speeds, they deserve snark. LTE speeds should be about usability, not a pissing contest -- though many seem to want to turn them into one. AJ

Is 4-5 Mbps not a big enough e-penis for you? It is already at the point of diminishing returns for legitimate uses on a smartphone and is smack dab in the middle of the average speeds that Sprint has projected. If you need to be the fastest, if that is what gives you a hard on, you may need to go somewhere else. But look at the greater picture. Maybe Sprint cannot compete with VZW LTE deployment. T-Mobile and AT&T are another story. Sprint has deployed LTE to ridiculously greater area than T-Mobile has. Heck, Sprint even has LTE in places where Ma Bell does not and may not for years because of spectrum issues. However, people and comparison articles -- like the recent PC Mag test -- are alternately wowed by or envious of cherry picked peak speed tests run in city A, while neglecting highway corridor X or rural area Y. In other words, that does not tell the whole story. AJ

Yes, rouge members, Magenta members, Big Red members, etc., can be problematic. AJ

Some of that is market share driven. AT&T owns the Oklahoma City market. The other three operators are just fighting for the scraps. And fewer subs means fewer sites needed for capacity. AJ

I think you miss Fraydog's point. Sprint needs to stop listening to the complainers on the Internet and just stay the course. Network Vision is getting things done -- even if it is not getting things done quickly enough for the complainers where they are located. AJ

No, not necessarily for EBS. It is licensed on a radius basis. AJ

One carrier is deployed in EBS spectrum, the other in BRS spectrum. And "40 minutes outside of Chicago" is not necessarily still in the same licensed market -- especially for EBS. AJ

Well, if you are one of those who want the continuation of "unlimited" data and subsidized devices, operator installed network management and device diagnostic software is what you get -- because the operator is then tasked with juggling "unlimited" data and ensuring that your device functions properly on its native network. The operator cannot, for example, just tell a sub that he is on his own, like AT&T does with Robert and his Nexus 5 on a tiered data plan. So, pick your poison carefully. AJ

KCUR, for those who are unfamiliar, is the public radio station at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. AJ

Like Robert, I have never heard of C.A. Bass. Is it like L.E. Funt? AJ

I would expect the top 5 percent throttling to take a month to kick in following the initiation date earlier this month. AJ

Do you have a red Nexus? AJ

What if you underestimate how much the Japanese rearry rike Neir Young? AJ

Nope. Give me a break of your KitKat, all you Android version obsessives. AJ

Sweet home Arabama... Where the skies are so brue... AJ

That is a straw man argument, and you know it. HTML browsing is never -- never -- the issue with excessive data usage. So, give me a break. AJ

Yes, because nothing goes together quite like Japanese businessmen and Southern rednecks. AJ

That is why I find it flabbergasting that people who have smartphones with HD screens and full web browsers continue to use apps to parse forums. Welcome to 2005. For your forum usage, you might as well be back on a flip phone with a QVGA screen that runs J2ME or BREW apps. AJ

Okay, but I was hoping for the name Flaccid Savings & Loan instead. AJ

Wow, Josh knows high finance. He must be getting good advice at Ray's Acupuncture & Stock Brokerage. AJ

Please do not start nor feed additional Airave threads. They are like weeds, and we already have too many of them. AJ

That will be generally correct but will not hold universally true across all markets. In fact, expect at least one outlier in the Chicago market due to misconfiguration or number of sectors. That is why I use SignalCheck for easy access to RSRP. But for band, EARFCN, etc., there is still no substitute for engineering screens. AJ

I have never liked the SoftBank name. But I will definitely take it over Magenta. AJ

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack. And you may find yourself using a Nexus 5... AJ