WiWavelength

I wonder if Sascha Segan may be reading my work. But are you reading my work? I have been on top of the Download Booster issue for weeks now. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5239-samsung-galaxy-s5-announced-launch-date-41114/?p=286811 http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-363-teaser-samsung-galaxy-s5-gets-a-boost-via-wi-fi-but-not-carrier-aggregation/ This thread can stand alone for now, but it will eventually get merged into the regular Samsung Galaxy S5 thread. AJ

Yes, anyone who desires a golden shower of S4GRU knowledge, that can be arranged... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sX24usBvQ AJ

I suspect that your increased latencies are related to your needlessly massive screenshots that you posted. AJ

I am sorry, but who the hell cares about tourists? Tourists get hit with airport, hotel, and rental car "taxes" all the time. If you can afford to travel, especially overseas, then you can pay. Otherwise, do not travel. So, I do not really understand how your evidence makes your point. AJ

Yeah, why bother? Consider this your ultimatum. You seemingly have an agenda to preserve your discount laden subsidy plan in perpetuity. If you can jump through hoops or raise hell and do so, good for you. Guess what? We do not care. S4GRU is not a Sprint exploitation site. Unlike other sites that you are reportedly familiar with, S4GRU is primarily a technically astute Network Vision tracking web site. But, apparently, you do not care about that info, as you have not bothered to sponsor the site. We have Sprint employees sharing official communications about the retirement of equipment subsidies. And you, then, are countering with something that some manager or Best Buy employee told you. Nope, not good enough. We will take internal communiques over your hearsay every time. If you do not like that, too bad. Take it elsewhere. AJ

No, you did not truly fix it. Your grammar still sucks. Or, as you would probably say it, "sux." AJ

You added an extra "l" there. He said that "pubicly." AJ

Hey, you plagiarized my "death by a thousand cuts" line. But, seriously, I have made the same argument. That the duopoly has been allowed to slowly but surely erode competition by buying out dozens of smaller operators over the last 15 years but Sprint-T-Mobile will not be allowed is creeping normality at its worst. AJ

Yeah, if I win or lose, you have to reveal that you truly are a magenta lover. AJ

CDMA1X 800 -- the service you can take with you even when you are six feet under. AJ

No, that is indeed band class 10 CDMA1X 800. The 22xxx SID is a dead giveaway. AJ

Of course, Neal Gompa thinks that T-Mobile can get this done in record time. I am still not buying it. http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/178517-t-mobiles-lte-will-cover-250-million-people-in-2014-everywhere-in-the-us-by-2015 AJ

LTE is the wireless cause célèbre. In a short span of time, CDMA1X, EV-DO, W-CDMA, etc., have become peripheral, almost irrelevant. As such, Sprint-T-Mobile could gain significant traction simply by having both LTE networks broadcast both Sprint and T-Mobile PLMN IDs (MCC-MNCs). That is exactly what T-Mobile did to get MetroPCS subs on the magenta LTE network. People spend so much time on LTE these days that integrating the 2G/3G network technologies could be put on the back burner with little consequence. AJ

That is not how PRLs work. Priorities are set consistently across SIDs, and Sprint has about 50 SIDs, each one covering urban and rural areas. It is not possible to have the PRL favor PCS in the city and SMR in the country. AJ

Play ball! Strike one! AJ

You might be the only one because I disagree. If backhaul constrained, T-Mobile should -- after years and years of neglect -- deploy W-CDMA to those sites. W-CDMA has greater utility than LTE. If T-Mobile does otherwise, then the celebrated magentan leadership is either stupid or just pandering to the LTE-penis crowd. AJ

The new HTC One on eBay was reportedly a VZW variant, correct? If so, the ESN, IMEI, MEID issue is basically irrelevant for someone who wants to buy it and pop in a T-Mobile SIM. That AWS LTE capable handset will will work nicely on T-Mobile. Magenta loves it some some stolen and/or blacklisted other provider handsets that are compatible with its network. And this is one key reason why Sprint has no obligation to make its handsets support T-Mobile network technology. AJ

Sascha Segan published an article today, interviewing "rock star" CTO Neville Ray: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454940,00.asp The article is fine. But here is my question: in a similar article, would Sprint get the same kid gloves treatment? AJ

Cincinnati is a great point. In AWS, T-Mobile has no path to LTE. Because of spectrum constraints, it is stuck at just one measly AWS W-CDMA carrier. But T-Mobile does hold a total of 30 MHz of PCS spectrum in the market -- 20 MHz of which is contiguous. So, T-Mobile could deploy up to a 10 MHz FDD carrier in band 2 LTE 1900 in Cincinnati. AJ

Have you actually read the thread that you started? Or are you just accepting at face value T-Mobile press boilerplate like this? http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251624&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1908666&highlight=%27%20target= Several of the people whom I hope you respect at S4GRU are calling shenanigans on this T-Mobile announcement. It will not, cannot happen across the entire rural footprint like T-Mobile suggests it will. If it does, then Sprint is in deep "nifty shit." But we do not believe that. AJ

Actually, they are called magentans. And we hope that many magentans died to bring us this information. AJ

Well, let Madam WiWavelength look into his crystal ball... AJ

Many of you may be overstating the extent of this announcement. T-Mobile seems to be indicating that it will start refarming PCS for band 2 LTE 1900. That could happen relatively easily in T-Mobile's current W-CDMA/LTE coverage islands. I do not accept this as an express promise to convert all of its GSM only sites to LTE by mid 2015. I will believe it when I see it. If so, the one year time frame seems wishful thinking to run advanced backhaul to all of those rural sites. Obtaining backhaul for Network Vision deployment has shown us that. And it is not as if magic magenta has the backhaul fairy, who can use his magic wand to zap advanced backhaul to every site. AJ

Nope. Those screenshots do not offer any proof. AJ

Thank you. Start posting this on comment sections and message boards everywhere. Give the magentans a wake up call. They have had their fingers stuck in their ears for too long AJ