WiWavelength

Oh, and I thought of some more merger candidates for T-Mobile. Rent-A-Center, Check into Cash, and TitleMax. Rent your new phone using a payday loan as a down payment, then get a title loan on the value of the new phone with the phone itself used as collateral. With the clientele that T-Mobile strategy now seems to be courting, that would fit to a "T." AJ

To that end, I hear that VZW is considering changing its name to LVZWMH. AJ

Grey traces do not indicate LTE. Sprint has no native coverage whatsoever north of Las Vegas. AJ

They are on their way. Enjoy the hold music while you wait... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn4QwQAQnHc AJ

Some peoples gots to pay they's bills in cash. AJ

First example, two very different sites. The CDMA1X 800 upgraded site is likely miles away, while the EV-DO 1900 site is very close. Second example, the same site. Both CDMA1X 1900 and EV-DO 1900 (eHRPD 1900) are approximately equal in signal strength. AJ

RSSI is not a very appropriate metric for LTE because RSSI varies with carrier bandwidth. And the guy who coded Advanced Signal Status used some suspect equations, including the one for RSSI, which he geared to VZW's 10 MHz FDD carrier bandwidth. So, it is definitely not correct for Sprint's 5 MHz FDD carrier bandwidth. Basically, we need to get used to RSRP and just know that -110 to -120 dBm is poor signal strength. AJ

Not likely. Why would those apps be more helpful? AJ

In that case, you're fired! AJ

Having fewer MSCs is only anecdotal at this point. The Kansas market has consolidated down from four NIDs to only one, even across SID boundaries. Now, that does not prove MSC consolidation, too, but it does suggest it. AJ

Some of you are going to have to realize that you are edge cases, such that the market may not serve your needs. You use the device too much and/or store too much media. My suggestion is to get a life. AJ

My condolences for your loss... AJ

Yes, true, but that was a decade ago. As I recall, Nokia did not want to deal with Qualcomm, so it used its own CDMA2000 chipset. It was not a success, and that was the end of it. AJ

Sony and Nokia serve only the "jizzum" cartel. Thumbs down. AJ

I have great respect for Colorado School of Mines, among many other science and engineering schools (e.g. MIT, Caltech, Rensselaer, Harvey Mudd, Missouri S&T, etc.). The large state research universities are the ones that draw my greatest concern. In many ways, those schools function like massive liberal arts colleges, but so many students are not interested in liberal arts. They want nothing more than job skills that could be better delivered in community colleges and vocational-technical schools. AJ

No way. The "K" codes look way too much like FCC call signs. AJ

Is this is a plug for Colorado School of Mines, the alma mater? AJ

If you have limited, cramped bandwidth, my suggestion is to go TDD. The FDD gap between uplink and downlink -- plus potentially multiple guard bands against other services in the vicinity -- is a pain in the ass. I like Qualcomm more than many do. But I think that Qualcomm's objections against TDD may be related to fears that WiMAX would take some of the TDD business, not so much legitimate technical concerns. AJ

Do it, Charlie, do it... http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/boosters_bits/2013/08/dishs-thwarted-sprint-bid-made-money.html AJ

If a politician, for example, deems the Internet a "series of tubes," does his reading the largely lobby written legislation make any difference? He is probably not competent to assess the quality and effect of said legislation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes AJ

When the electorate sends so many "aw, shucks" country doctors and lawyers to Congress, many of those politicians are ill equipped to deal with specialized legislation. So, the lobby practically writes the laws for them. AJ

I would not be surprised if the person really is an "engineer." Increasingly, titles and labels are worth little credence. In my day job in continuing ed, I routinely see people of marginal competence trudging through college or even aspiring to grad school, not really caring about learning, just focused on getting the degree, as if it were some sort of job certificate. I hope that those people pick up some higher learning and critical thinking -- if only via forced osmosis -- along the way. I do what little I can to instill those values. But many in our society probably would be better served by a stronger system of vocational education, not college education. In this country, learning for the sake of learning is virtually dead. And that is sad. AJ

The key is that it is DSL, not DOCSIS. Had it been the latter, Comcast, headquartered in your state, would have gotten its lobbyists to squash it. Many lobbyists, like many lawyers -- and, not surprisingly, many lobbyists are lawyers -- are mercenary scum of the earth. They frequently advocate and defend lies and garbage that deserve nothing. AJ

The real issue was that a hodgepodge of 65 nm process chipsets, battery, and big screen did not mix well. As airlinks, WiMAX and LTE had relatively little to do with the issue. Thankfully, with chipset consolidation and 28 nm process, the problem has been largely solved. AJ

The ambiguities in that article are massive. I still expect Network Vision 1.0 to be 95 percent complete by this time next year, and progress points toward that end. But TD-LTE 2600 taken in house -- now that the SoftBank-Sprint-Clearwire tie up is final -- is a whole new ball of wax. And that is what I think the article may reflect. AJ