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That is correct. mhammett should know that we have several Network Vision vendor specific infrastructure ID threads. I know we have them for at least Ericsson and Samsung. Those threads contains lots of antenna pics. AJ

Your discussion of LTE bandwidth is a bit off. You are using "5 MHz chunks" to describe Sprint holdings but "40 MHz pipe" to describe T-Mobile holdings. Your first follows the FDD convention, while your second references total paired spectrum. That is inconsistent. In band 25 and/or band 26, Sprint will have multiple 5 MHz FDD carriers in all markets; in band 41, it will have 20 MHz TDD carriers in top markets. In band 4, T-Mobile will have one 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, or 20 MHz FDD carrier in some markets. To be supremely clear, T-Mobile will not have 20 MHz FDD in that many markets, though T-Mobile would like to have you believe so. Do you see how that fixes the comparison? AJ

For clarification, band 27 includes the entire SMR 800 MHz band. So, Sprint could have gone the band 27 route. But I suspect Sprint saw the much greater economy of scale from band 26, since it also includes all of the Cellular 850 MHz band. Possibly no operator in the world will use band 27. But as VZW and AT&T eventually refarm their Cellular 850 MHz holdings, they will likely have to follow band 26. Or even if they anti competitively drag their feet with band 5, they will likely be required to use MFBI. AJ

I am not sure S4GRU wants to be an app file sharing site. That potentially invites unlawful distribution, which we do not want to police. AJ

Guys, as I have stated previously, Sprint would not pay any breakup fee. SoftBank would. AJ

Sprint is deploying band 26, not band 27. AJ

"It is turning into a circus"? Try "it is a circus," filled with untrained people who operate on speculation, hearsay, and half truths. AJ

Some have a similar reaction to the over proliferation of emoticons. AJ

You lose on that post. AJ

It is better than the LOL LTE found in Fort Wayne. AJ

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...in bed. AJ

Robert, you do know how you are supposed to read your fortune, right? "Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants...in bed." AJ

Another great fortune cookie message would read "Beware a man selling magenta snake oil." AJ

I thought that it was going to read "There are many colors in the world, but magenta is not yours." AJ

Outside of the IBEZ, that would be wise for e/CSFB purposes. Otherwise, the older SVLTE handsets would have a significant advantage with basic signaling through CDMA1X 800 instead of signaling tunneled through LTE 1900. AJ

That is a comparison of networks, not iPhones. If people complain at all, they do not complain to Apple. They complain to Sprint. AJ

No way. Your thinking is blatantly wishful. When upwards of 80,000 people congregate together in a small area, network congestion is inevitable. So, that 80 percent completion rate is a downright success. And it will not get better until there are small cells in every section of the stadium and on every light pole in the parking lot. Do not hold your breath. For a parallel, have you ever seen an ambulance try to exit a stadium parking lot against the flow of thousands of other cars filing in to the parking lot? I have. The lights may be flashing, the sirens blaring, but that ambulance is moving as slow as molasses. Sorry, but an NFL football game is simply a bad place for anyone to have an emergency. Those are the breaks. The crush of people is too great. AJ

As I have factually stated before, this went down under the W. Bush administration. The rationale was that the competitive market had changed -- mostly, because of PCS 1900 MHz. And, indeed, that was part of the goal in creating the PCS band. So, this was basically the argument: some PCS licensees hold upwards of 40 MHz per market, why should Cellular 850 MHz licensees be limited to 25 MHz? More recently, AT&T has complained that the current FCC is picking winners and losers in the wireless industry. Well, I would argue that the previous administration FCC rewrote rules that would help make VZW and AT&T bigger winners. Those rewritten rules largely ignored the propagation and public good associated with the Cellular band. This was several years prior to the AMPS sunset, so one operator could then control all AMPS in a given market. That had, for example, important 911 ramifications. Among many decisions made by that era FCC, it was foolish. And here I thought the W. Bush administration could not get "fooled" again. AJ

Mark Duper asks that all of you please stop using his name. AJ

Whatever the HTC M8 is ultimately called, it is not going to have a significantly better processor than the Nexus 5. At best, it will be a modest upgrade. At worst, it will use the very same Qualcomm chipset as the Nexus 5. If that is inadequate for you, you may need to rethink your usage profile. Otherwise, you may need to move to more appropriate hardware than a smartphone, which you should remember is still at its core a phone. AJ

And for many of our less patient members, it is ADHD LTE. AJ

In Utah, it is mostly LDS LTE. AJ

What is the only thing that survives the plane crash? "The black box." Why not make the screen or even the entire handset out of "the black box"? AJ

Yes, Robert, this is you walking down the street with your device just a few years from now... Kidding aside, I am actually talking about cell site directional antennas that are high gain on both links. Oddly enough, the parabolic reflector in that pic is a decent example of the concept. Put a receiver inside, such as in a satellite dish, and get high gain Rx. Put a transmitter/emitter inside, such as in a car headlight, and get high gain Tx. AJ