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That's what she said. You walked right into that one! AJ

Calls to landlines will not benefit, as those will almost certainly be transcoded to PCM with an 8 kHz sample rate at some point. In other words, those calls will not have an extended frequency range. AJ

Are you teaching tricks or turning tricks, "GinaDee"? AJ

SO73. Now, do you see it? AJ

No, it is not Iowa Wireless Services, which is confined almost exclusively to Iowa. The only GSM centric provider that offers native service in Rapid City is AT&T, and even that came to pass only in the last 3-4 years with divested Alltel properties. Prior to that, the only GSM centric service -- and it was purely GSM, no W-CDMA -- in the area was the barebones roamer network that WWC built with disaggregated spectrum from T-Mobile, circa 2004. GSM centric service in the West has been nonexistent or a mess for a long time, while CDMA2000 has ruled the area. But that has waned somewhat now that AT&T has taken over the former Alltel/WWC and RCC properties that VZW divested. So, T-Mobile roaming service in Rapid City is either the now AT&T native network or the barebones WWC roamer network, which is in the hands of VZW or AT&T -- I have honestly forgotten which one retained it in the transaction. AJ

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Sorry, if you are planning on doing that, shame on you. That is abuse of "unlimited" data, a violation of Sprint's Ts and Cs, which you signed. So, S4GRU does not allow discussion of unethical tethering. AJ

From the Sprint LTE era, I already have the HTC EVO LTE, HTC One, LG Optimus G, and Nexus 5 in my stable. However, I will almost certainly grab the HTC "M8" (or whatever it is ultimately named). I do not expect it to live up to quite the unparalleled fit and finish of the HTC One. I doubt that we will see that level of construction again soon -- the hand feel of the HTC One is like the cool other side of the pillow. But I do expect that the build quality of the next gen HTC flagship will clearly trump that of the next gen Samsung Galaxy S flagship. Honestly, I am becoming a Robert. He may have the Robert M. Herron Museum of Modern Cellphones, but I am creating my own substantial collection. I call it The Hermitage. AJ

It is not "most." That means a majority of the country. And that was my point. Look, I get it -- everyone thinks that his commonly used wireless coverage area is the "most" important. But that is not the way the Network Vision rollout works. AJ

Nope, not gonna happen. Out of principle, I decided years ago that I will not subscribe to any services from the Twin Bells. AT&T and VZW represent most of what is wrong with telecom/broadband regulation and infrastructure in this country. You do not need to tell me about AMR. I have been reading and writing about it for years, and I could probably lecture you on it, "GinaDee." AJ

Uh, no. I am sorry, but you Arizona peeps think that your plight is representative of the rest of the Sprint network. It is not. Your markets were just near the end of the line. And that is just the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. However, "most places" in the Sprint network have at least some band 25 LTE 1900 by now. Plus, your pessimistic projection about tri band usability is way out of whack. AJ

It is still Thanksgiving, but Christmas comes early... AJ

I am not buying "GinaDee's" word on the matter. AT&T has been notorious for years for awful AMR-HR voice quality. I want to see substantial evidence to the contrary. AJ

As is appropriate today, I want to say that I am thankful for S4GRU. In honor of that, I made my most recent donation tonight to our collective cause. Many of you have contributed financially to S4GRU over the last year and a half; many of you have contributed so generously as to reach Premier status. Thank you, but please remember that S4GRU still needs your support. If you are thankful for S4GRU, I encourage you to make your first donation or your latest donation. For reference, the PayPal donation link is in the upper righthand corner on the main page of The Forums: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/index Additionally, we all like hot deals this time of year, so do not sleep on Robert's "Black Friday/Cyber Monday" Premier sponsorship offer: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5112-special-premier-sponsor-offerfor-black-fridaycyber-monday/ As always, S4GRU is non profit, and staff is all volunteer. All donated funds go toward site hosting and data acquisition costs, which run several hundred dollars per month. Network Vision has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Exciting times are ahead, especially with the first band 26 LTE 800 sites coming online this week and thousands of band 41 TD-LTE 2600 sites providing a "Spark." S4GRU is in this for the long haul. We have a lot yet to cover. We are thankful for our entire membership -- over 17,000 members and 240,000 posts strong. And we could use your continued support. Happy Thanksgiving... AJ

I do not care a whit. Live music that requires wireless mics is largely junk, if you ask me. You can keep your Grand Ole Opry, Celine Dion, etc. But that is my opinion of live entertainment, and my opinion of live entertainment is not important. What is important is FCC regulation: wireless mics have been living in borrowed UHF spectrum. Wireless mics have not received nor do they deserve protection from interference. That said, I am not a fan of throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, at mobile broadband spectrum. I would rather not have the 600 MHz auction at all. It just causes further fragmentation when we already have too many damn, different, divided bands. No, I would nationalize the whole freaking infrastructure. Like roads and highways, broadband should be public works. Cut out the asshat profiteering capitalists with their anti competitive practices. Let them all compete fairly by buying capacity over the top on the public network. But, hey, I am just a pinko commie radical... AJ

I know this sounds pedantic, but if you do not want to do your diligence in the thread, read my article and its comments. If the info is important, I almost always ensure that it is included. Then, you can get by with the equivalent of only a few pages of reading. AJ

Cry me a river. Wireless mics have never had primacy in UHF spectrum. TV broadcasters do/did. Wireless mics can move into unlicensed bands, as they should have done years ago. AJ

Some holiday reading for you... http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/11/htcs-2014-flagship-phone-gets-benchmarked-reveals-2013-hardware-specs/ http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/125412-htc-m8-specifications-revealed-in-antutu-benchmark AJ

With e/CSFB, SMS can tunnel through LTE, so there is no need to fall back to CDMA1X and wait on the typical 5.12 sec slot cycle. AJ

I understand that you consider yourself something of an expert from operating a WISP. But the engineers, physicists, and mathematicians involved with Qualcomm, 3GPP, IEEE, etc., probably have the upper hand on you. Unity frequency reuse cellular networks have been in operation for nearly 20 years. Single frequency LTE is not some unforeseen failure. AJ

If it does not have the proper antennas, amps, filters, and RF paths, then the "hardware does not support tri band LTE." Plain and simple. AJ

The Note 3 supports SVLTE. Do you really think it also has tri band hardware? AJ

Welcome to last month. We have known about that screen for quite a while. It is proof of nothing, so do not get excited. Note 3 hardware does not support tri band LTE, rendering that menu screen irrelevant. But software often leaves in vestigial menus. AJ

So that the network settings gurus can supply interpretation, we would appreciate caps of all of the screens. Thanks... AJ

Oh, not this again. You have been around long enough to know why your question above is wrong. AJ