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This is true. For further reference, I wrote an SMR broadband article two years ago that touched upon Public Safety rebanding. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-90-fcc-ready-to-give-sprint-official-go-ahead-on-smr-800-mhz-wideband-operation/ AJ

Hoarding gold, Josh? AJ

No, it would be more like "Back in my day..." AJ

Maybe we can all gather around the fireplace in The Lounge while I tell wireless licensing history stories. AJ

I noticed the no money down offer. Does that mean I can finance my spatula and just have a monthly charge added to my grocery bill? And if I am still paying off my spatula, what if in a year I break or get tired of my spatula, can I flip to a different spatula? AJ

Round 9: Provisionally Winning Bids Total Items: 111 Items 1-111 of 111 License Bid Round Bid Amount AH-BEA003-H Boston-Worcester MA-NH-RI-VT 9 $10,430,000 AH-BEA004-H Burlington VT-NY 8 $518,000 AH-BEA005-H Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 4 $437,000 AH-BEA006-H Syracuse NY-PA 9 $434,000 AH-BEA007-H Rochester NY-PA 9 $353,000 AH-BEA008-H Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY-PA 6 $282,000 AH-BEA010-H NYC-Long Is. NY-NJ-CT-PA-MA-VT 8 $134,656,000 AH-BEA012-H Phil.-Atl. City PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 $9,306,000 AH-BEA013-H Wash.-Balt. DC-MD-VA-WV-PA 9 $12,449,000 AH-BEA014-H Salisbury MD-DE-VA 9 $31,000 AH-BEA015-H Richmond-Petersburg VA 8 $2,052,000 AH-BEA016-H Staunton VA-WV 8 $67,000 AH-BEA019-H Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 9 $1,563,000 AH-BEA020-H Norfolk-Virginia Beach VA-NC 9 $6,468,000 AH-BEA021-H Greenville NC 9 $155,000 AH-BEA022-H Fayetteville NC 9 $87,000 AH-BEA023-H Charlotte-Gastonia NC-SC 9 $1,098,000 AH-BEA024-H Columbia SC 9 $1,310,000 AH-BEA025-H Wilmington NC-SC 9 $1,532,000 AH-BEA026-H Charleston-North Charleston SC 2 $317,000 AH-BEA027-H Augusta-Aiken GA-SC 5 $76,000 AH-BEA028-H Savannah GA-SC 2 $238,000 AH-BEA029-H Jacksonville FL-GA 9 $1,780,000 AH-BEA030-H Orlando FL 3 $4,651,000 AH-BEA031-H Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL 2 $4,993,000 AH-BEA032-H Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL 2 $302,000 AH-BEA033-H Sarasota-Bradenton FL 2 $329,000 AH-BEA034-H Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 9 $4,902,000 AH-BEA035-H Tallahassee FL-GA 9 $233,000 AH-BEA037-H Albany GA 5 $74,000 AH-BEA040-H Atlanta GA-AL-NC 4 $5,939,000 AH-BEA041-H Greenville-Spartanburg SC-NC 8 $1,095,000 AH-BEA049-H Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 1 $1,376,000 AH-BEA052-H Wheeling WV-OH 5 $29,000 AH-BEA053-H Pittsburgh PA-WV 9 $1,026,000 AH-BEA054-H Erie PA 6 $69,000 AH-BEA055-H Cleveland-Akron OH-PA 9 $1,591,000 AH-BEA056-H Toledo OH 3 $219,000 AH-BEA057-H Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI 1 $5,625,000 AH-BEA058-H Northern Michigan MI 9 $60,000 AH-BEA060-H Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI 3 $213,000 AH-BEA061-H Traverse City MI 9 $66,000 AH-BEA063-H Milwaukee-Racine WI 1 $1,679,000 AH-BEA064-H Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 9 $19,279,000 AH-BEA065-H Elkhart-Goshen IN-MI 9 $144,000 AH-BEA067-H Indianapolis IN-IL 1 $1,462,000 AH-BEA069-H Evansville-Henderson IN-KY-IL 9 $132,000 AH-BEA071-H Nashville TN-KY 1 $1,813,000 AH-BEA072-H Paducah KY-IL 9 $60,000 AH-BEA073-H Memphis TN-AR-MS-KY 1 $1,784,000 AH-BEA083-H New Orleans LA-MS 6 $633,000 AH-BEA095-H Jonesboro AR-MO 9 $92,000 AH-BEA096-H St. Louis MO-IL 9 $3,126,000 AH-BEA099-H Kansas City MO-KS 1 $1,626,000 AH-BEA100-H Des Moines IA-IL-MO 6 $780,000 AH-BEA104-H Madison WI-IL-IA 3 $561,000 AH-BEA105-H La Crosse WI-MN 3 $196,000 AH-BEA106-H Rochester MN-IA-WI 3 $66,000 AH-BEA107-H Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI-IA 1 $3,634,000 AH-BEA108-H Wausau WI 8 $345,000 AH-BEA109-H Duluth-Superior MN-WI 8 $117,000 AH-BEA110-H Grand Forks ND-MN 9 $80,000 AH-BEA111-H Minot ND 9 $49,000 AH-BEA114-H Aberdeen SD 9 $64,000 AH-BEA115-H Rapid City SD-MT-NE-ND 5 $55,000 AH-BEA116-H Sioux Falls SD-IA-MN-NE 5 $105,000 AH-BEA117-H Sioux City IA-NE-SD 5 $103,000 AH-BEA118-H Omaha NE-IA-MO 8 $445,000 AH-BEA119-H Lincoln NE 8 $180,000 AH-BEA120-H Grand Island NE 9 $265,000 AH-BEA121-H North Platte NE-CO 9 $25,000 AH-BEA123-H Topeka KS 5 $101,000 AH-BEA127-H Dallas-Fort Worth TX-AR-OK 9 $9,907,000 AH-BEA130-H Austin-San Marcos TX 9 $1,641,000 AH-BEA131-H Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 7 $11,101,000 AH-BEA132-H Corpus Christi TX 6 $169,000 AH-BEA133-H McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX 6 $338,000 AH-BEA136-H Hobbs NM-TX 2 $29,000 AH-BEA137-H Lubbock TX 9 $68,000 AH-BEA140-H Pueblo CO-NM 9 $172,000 AH-BEA141-H Denver-Boulder CO-KS-NE 9 $2,591,000 AH-BEA142-H Scottsbluff NE-WY 9 $56,000 AH-BEA143-H Casper WY-ID-UT 9 $241,000 AH-BEA144-H Billings MT-WY 9 $120,000 AH-BEA145-H Great Falls MT 9 $51,000 AH-BEA146-H Missoula MT 9 $152,000 AH-BEA147-H Spokane WA-ID 9 $420,000 AH-BEA148-H Idaho Falls ID-WY 9 $381,000 AH-BEA149-H Twin Falls ID 9 $104,000 AH-BEA150-H Boise City ID-OR 9 $563,000 AH-BEA151-H Reno NV-CA 9 $341,000 AH-BEA152-H Salt Lake City-Ogden UT-ID 6 $3,708,000 AH-BEA153-H Las Vegas NV-AZ-UT 1 $2,045,000 AH-BEA155-H Farmington NM-CO 5 $64,000 AH-BEA156-H Albuquerque NM-AZ 6 $664,000 AH-BEA157-H El Paso TX-NM 6 $573,000 AH-BEA158-H Phoenix-Mesa AZ-NM 8 $3,654,000 AH-BEA159-H Tucson AZ 4 $587,000 AH-BEA160-H LA-Riverside-Orange Cnty CA-AZ 8 $81,844,000 AH-BEA161-H San Diego CA 6 $3,833,000 AH-BEA162-H Fresno CA 7 $1,009,000 AH-BEA163-H San Fran.-Oakland-San Jose CA 9 $6,581,000 AH-BEA164-H Sacramento-Yolo CA 6 $1,305,000 AH-BEA165-H Redding CA-OR 3 $49,000 AH-BEA167-H Portland-Salem OR-WA 1 $1,909,000 AH-BEA168-H Pendleton OR-WA 9 $45,000 AH-BEA169-H Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA 9 $165,000 AH-BEA170-H Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA 7 $5,671,000 AH-BEA172-H Honolulu HI 7 $371,000 AH-BEA174-H Puerto Rico-US Virgin Islands 9 $1,308,000 AH-BEA176-H Gulf of Mexico 9 $78,000 AJ

I am bringing the results up to date from yesterday afternoon... Round 8: Provisionally Winning Bids Total Items: 108 Items 1-108 of 108 License Bid Round Bid Amount AH-BEA003-H Boston-Worcester MA-NH-RI-VT 1 $9,027,000 AH-BEA004-H Burlington VT-NY 8 $518,000 AH-BEA005-H Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 4 $437,000 AH-BEA008-H Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY-PA 6 $282,000 AH-BEA010-H NYC-Long Is. NY-NJ-CT-PA-MA-VT 8 $134,656,000 AH-BEA012-H Phil.-Atl. City PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 $9,306,000 AH-BEA013-H Wash.-Balt. DC-MD-VA-WV-PA 1 $10,774,000 AH-BEA014-H Salisbury MD-DE-VA 8 $27,000 AH-BEA015-H Richmond-Petersburg VA 8 $2,052,000 AH-BEA016-H Staunton VA-WV 8 $67,000 AH-BEA019-H Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC 8 $1,316,000 AH-BEA020-H Norfolk-Virginia Beach VA-NC 8 $5,390,000 AH-BEA021-H Greenville NC 8 $130,000 AH-BEA022-H Fayetteville NC 8 $73,000 AH-BEA024-H Columbia SC 8 $1,092,000 AH-BEA025-H Wilmington NC-SC 8 $1,304,000 AH-BEA026-H Charleston-North Charleston SC 2 $317,000 AH-BEA027-H Augusta-Aiken GA-SC 5 $76,000 AH-BEA028-H Savannah GA-SC 2 $238,000 AH-BEA029-H Jacksonville FL-GA 8 $1,515,000 AH-BEA030-H Orlando FL 3 $4,651,000 AH-BEA031-H Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL 2 $4,993,000 AH-BEA032-H Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL 2 $302,000 AH-BEA033-H Sarasota-Bradenton FL 2 $329,000 AH-BEA034-H Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 1 $4,243,000 AH-BEA035-H Tallahassee FL-GA 8 $203,000 AH-BEA037-H Albany GA 5 $74,000 AH-BEA040-H Atlanta GA-AL-NC 4 $5,939,000 AH-BEA041-H Greenville-Spartanburg SC-NC 8 $1,095,000 AH-BEA049-H Cincinnati-Hamilton OH-KY-IN 1 $1,376,000 AH-BEA052-H Wheeling WV-OH 5 $29,000 AH-BEA053-H Pittsburgh PA-WV 8 $892,000 AH-BEA054-H Erie PA 6 $69,000 AH-BEA055-H Cleveland-Akron OH-PA 8 $1,354,000 AH-BEA056-H Toledo OH 3 $219,000 AH-BEA057-H Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint MI 1 $5,625,000 AH-BEA058-H Northern Michigan MI 8 $50,000 AH-BEA060-H Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah WI 3 $213,000 AH-BEA061-H Traverse City MI 8 $56,000 AH-BEA063-H Milwaukee-Racine WI 1 $1,679,000 AH-BEA064-H Chicago-Gary-Kenosha IL-IN-WI 1 $16,686,000 AH-BEA065-H Elkhart-Goshen IN-MI 6 $129,000 AH-BEA067-H Indianapolis IN-IL 1 $1,462,000 AH-BEA069-H Evansville-Henderson IN-KY-IL 8 $114,000 AH-BEA071-H Nashville TN-KY 1 $1,813,000 AH-BEA072-H Paducah KY-IL 7 $52,000 AH-BEA073-H Memphis TN-AR-MS-KY 1 $1,784,000 AH-BEA083-H New Orleans LA-MS 6 $633,000 AH-BEA095-H Jonesboro AR-MO 8 $77,000 AH-BEA096-H St. Louis MO-IL 8 $2,717,000 AH-BEA099-H Kansas City MO-KS 1 $1,626,000 AH-BEA100-H Des Moines IA-IL-MO 6 $780,000 AH-BEA104-H Madison WI-IL-IA 3 $561,000 AH-BEA105-H La Crosse WI-MN 3 $196,000 AH-BEA106-H Rochester MN-IA-WI 3 $66,000 AH-BEA107-H Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI-IA 1 $3,634,000 AH-BEA108-H Wausau WI 8 $345,000 AH-BEA109-H Duluth-Superior MN-WI 8 $117,000 AH-BEA110-H Grand Forks ND-MN 8 $67,000 AH-BEA111-H Minot ND 8 $41,000 AH-BEA114-H Aberdeen SD 8 $54,000 AH-BEA115-H Rapid City SD-MT-NE-ND 5 $55,000 AH-BEA116-H Sioux Falls SD-IA-MN-NE 5 $105,000 AH-BEA117-H Sioux City IA-NE-SD 5 $103,000 AH-BEA118-H Omaha NE-IA-MO 8 $445,000 AH-BEA119-H Lincoln NE 8 $180,000 AH-BEA120-H Grand Island NE 8 $221,000 AH-BEA121-H North Platte NE-CO 8 $20,000 AH-BEA123-H Topeka KS 5 $101,000 AH-BEA127-H Dallas-Fort Worth TX-AR-OK 1 $8,574,000 AH-BEA130-H Austin-San Marcos TX 8 $1,415,000 AH-BEA131-H Houston-Galveston-Brazoria TX 7 $11,101,000 AH-BEA132-H Corpus Christi TX 6 $169,000 AH-BEA133-H McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX 6 $338,000 AH-BEA136-H Hobbs NM-TX 2 $29,000 AH-BEA137-H Lubbock TX 8 $59,000 AH-BEA140-H Pueblo CO-NM 8 $143,000 AH-BEA141-H Denver-Boulder CO-KS-NE 8 $2,252,000 AH-BEA142-H Scottsbluff NE-WY 8 $45,000 AH-BEA143-H Casper WY-ID-UT 8 $193,000 AH-BEA144-H Billings MT-WY 8 $101,000 AH-BEA145-H Great Falls MT 8 $43,000 AH-BEA146-H Missoula MT 8 $128,000 AH-BEA147-H Spokane WA-ID 8 $354,000 AH-BEA148-H Idaho Falls ID-WY 8 $317,000 AH-BEA149-H Twin Falls ID 8 $85,000 AH-BEA150-H Boise City ID-OR 8 $472,000 AH-BEA151-H Reno NV-CA 8 $287,000 AH-BEA152-H Salt Lake City-Ogden UT-ID 6 $3,708,000 AH-BEA153-H Las Vegas NV-AZ-UT 1 $2,045,000 AH-BEA155-H Farmington NM-CO 5 $64,000 AH-BEA156-H Albuquerque NM-AZ 6 $664,000 AH-BEA157-H El Paso TX-NM 6 $573,000 AH-BEA158-H Phoenix-Mesa AZ-NM 8 $3,654,000 AH-BEA159-H Tucson AZ 4 $587,000 AH-BEA160-H LA-Riverside-Orange Cnty CA-AZ 8 $81,844,000 AH-BEA161-H San Diego CA 6 $3,833,000 AH-BEA162-H Fresno CA 7 $1,009,000 AH-BEA163-H San Fran.-Oakland-San Jose CA 1 $5,696,000 AH-BEA164-H Sacramento-Yolo CA 6 $1,305,000 AH-BEA165-H Redding CA-OR 3 $49,000 AH-BEA167-H Portland-Salem OR-WA 1 $1,909,000 AH-BEA168-H Pendleton OR-WA 8 $38,000 AH-BEA169-H Richland-Kennewick-Pasco WA 8 $139,000 AH-BEA170-H Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton WA 7 $5,671,000 AH-BEA172-H Honolulu HI 7 $371,000 AH-BEA174-H Puerto Rico-US Virgin Islands 8 $1,127,000 AH-BEA176-H Gulf of Mexico 8 $65,000 AJ

Eh, where are you located in Connecticut? That was SNET territory, which became SBC then Cingular then AT&T territory. Are you in the northwest corner of the state? That is the only CMA where AT&TWS ever had native presence. AJ

This is part of the problem with "unlimited" data. It absolves people from understanding and taking responsibility for the extent of their actual usage. Checking e-mail once should not consume 25 MB -- unless you are also downloading quite a few attachments. If anything, a typical refresh of e-mail should consume less than 1 MB. Knowledge is key... AJ

No problem. That is a fair assessment. I do get a bit carried away at times and could stand to tone down my rhetoric. T-Mobile, though, is a good example. Magenta's almost exclusively young, urban network focus -- which, in an odd dichotomy, dually appeals to both the uneducated poor and educated wealthy -- plus its potshots at Sprint have really raised our ire here at S4GRU. I have no love lost for T-Mobile -- and yet I still have a secondary T-Mobile line. AJ

No, we mainly like to make fun of Cleveland, as many others do. Say, you finally got a new football coach -- after getting turned down right and left. I wonder how well that hire is going to work out. Jokes aside, I admit that I can be callous. I have problems with the negative correlation between poverty and education. But thanks to the modern ubiquity of the Internet and the Gen X/Y mystique that everyone's opinion matters, we now get bombarded online with badly written, inadequately thought out comments from under educated people. Moreover, many of the poor supposedly cannot afford laptops or home broadband, yet they have top of the line handsets that they use for all of their data needs, including streaming to their flat panel TVs and tethering to their gaming systems. They place an undue burden on "unlimited" data. The rest of us pay the price in network congestion. As for T-Mobile, it seems to be catering to that young, dumb, poor, and urban crowd. I just have little respect for that -- especially as T-Mobile leadership belittles the far more expansive network that Sprint is rebuilding. Now, I am not sure why you felt the need to broach this subject... AJ

One, I do not think my post "condescending." I just say it like it is. Two, I have to assume you are factoring in the $20 charge for "unlimited" data, correct? So, exactly how much Sprint data do you use per month? And do you have some sort of volume pricing discount on your current plan? AJ

Raise prices? Not really. You can make the argument that Sprint has increased the cost of "unlimited" data, but that is as it should be. As we have stated ad nauseam, "unlimited" is not sustainable. So, if you want "unlimited," than you should have to pay a considerable premium for the opportunity cost that your usage causes to others users on the network. As for your existing plan, you will soon have no future subsidized upgrades, but you will still be paying subsidy every month. That seems foolish, but suit yourself. AJ

First, LTE is being rolled out across the entire Sprint network. This is not a selective deployment. Pittsburgh is a late round market in Network Vision, so it got a later start than most. But the metro already has several dozen live LTE sites, and the rest of the sites will be completed this year. Second, if you would like to follow the progress in Pittsburgh, consider becoming an S4GRU sponsor. We have maps that are updated on a daily basis. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ Third, we have a Pittsburgh market thread that is accessible to all. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1140-network-visionlte-pittsburgh-market/ AJ

Nope. Sprint and other operators want out of the subsidy system, so it will no longer be an option. Honestly, if you are financing the handset, the difference between that and paying subsidy is negligible. So, I do not know why you have gotten your panties in a wad over it. AJ

On W-CDMA, yes. On CDMA1X, doubtful. Where did you find evidence that any iPhone implements support for EVRC-NW? AJ

There was no need to rescan for CDMA1X 800. Your -90 dBm CDMA1X 1900 signal is perfectly fine. AJ

That is why dmchssc used -95 dBm RSSI as the figure of merit. CDMA2000 should be usable down to about -105 dBm RSSI, but LTE is not. It is usable down to about -115 dBm RSRP, which equates to roughly -95 dBm RSSI. Make sense? AJ

All signals propagate infinitely. AJ

Honestly, I am sorry that Sprint ever got associated with SoftBank now. This is just going to screw Kansas City. If so, Son can go to hell. AJ

It could not have picked up channel 150 because there is nothing CDMA2000 there to pick up. Channel 150 is right smack in the middle of AT&T's PCS A block license. See the FCC license linked below: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=8908 My guess is that you caught the screen in the midst of a scan. AJ

It comes out the same either way, as the uplink and downlink are inherently paired. That 80 MHz FDD offset is standard in the PCS band. AJ

No, that is not Revol spectrum; it is AT&T spectrum. Something is amiss. I highly doubt that your handset was actually connected to an EV-DO carrier at that center frequency. AJ

No way. That one fell right into my lap. The thing was spotted in Vietnam of all places?! It is almost as if I anticipated it. AJ

Heck no! The pink Batman needs to go. AJ