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  1. WiWavelength
    And I suspect that we have now seen how Sprint will meet the impending PCS G block construction requirements in the next three years in those BEAs where Sprint does not currently have native network coverage. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3703-potential-sprint-rural-buildout-by-2016/ AJ
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    As a follow up, we started writing articles about SMR 800 MHz spectrum usage a year and a half ago. Trust S4GRU as basically the definitive source. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-90-fcc-ready-to-give-sprint-official-go-ahead-on-smr-800-mhz-wideband-operation/ http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-131-updated-prl-builders-and-network-spelunkers-pay-heed-sprint-cdma1x-800-channels-and-sids-revealed/ AJ
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    I love what Anthony is doing. He is obviously very talented in coding methods to pull data automatically. But his data is not hand massaged, is not always accurate -- especially pertaining to partitions and disaggregations. I have long advised people to use his maps only as thumbnail sketches. In this case, the FCC ULS is at fault. SMR 800 MHz is in disarray during the Public Safety rebanding process. For now, the ULS indicates that Sprint holds the rebanded SMR X block 12 MHz license: 818-824 MHz x 863-869 MHz. However, across most of the country, Sprint controls an additional 1 MHz below both the uplink and downlink for the following total: 817-824 MHz x 862-869 MHz. In short, that is 7 MHz FDD -- sufficient for one CDMA1X carrier, one LTE 5 MHz FDD carrier, and guard bands. AJ
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    Can we just start referring to the Nextel iDEN network as the "jelly of the month club"? AJ
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    Is the official language of S4GRU now Pidgin? AJ
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    And when you start melting, well, that might not be an antenna. It could be the Ark of the Covenant... AJ
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    Neal thinks that TD-LTE 2600 will be the primary roaming band between Sprint and SoftBank, since SoftBank has the equivalent of BRS/EBS 2600 MHz spectrum in Japan. Lots of infill sites will be required to make that TD-LTE 2600 overlay more consistent here in the US. AJ
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    Not exactly. Recovering from surgery after having the Nextel tumor removed takes time, and the tumor is still to blame for the pain of recovery. AJ
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    Put it this way. The customer is not always right, and it is often better to dispose of disgruntled customers than to continue to serve them. Let them go be another business' potential problem. AJ
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    Actually, I am well groomed and exceedingly polite in person. Just do not mention certain topics: AT&T, GSM cartel, data abuse, etc. Those make me go all Bruce Banner. AJ
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    Sorry, Rickie, I have an appointment tomorrow in Topeka, so I am headed west, not east. But we shall see if this CDMA1X 800 attachment lasts overnight and if it continues tomorrow along the Turnpike. AJ
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    Ahem, what escaped mental patient do you think noticed, tracked, and reported to Robert all of those newly live CDMA1X 800 sites tonight? AJ
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    I have seen nothing to indicate that "4x2 MIMO" is anything but 2x2 MIMO with spatial diversity from two antenna sets. And spatial diversity is nothing new, is not deserving of the term MIMO, which reflects distinct traffic over separate spatial channels. If I am incorrect, I would like to see some evidence to the contrary. AJ
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    "Skids" and "shit"? Are you talking to your underwear? AJ
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    If you are calling about WiMAX, I heard that this is the hold music... AJ
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    Ah, if that is accurate, I was not aware that T-Mobile had recently divested control of the Des Moines market to iWireless. Good to know. And it makes sense -- at least, far more so than the reverse. As you seem to be aware, Iowa Wireless Services is quite the cooperative of local telcos. If you have never seen the FCC ULS entry for T-Mobile's PCS A block 30 MHz license in the Des Moines-Quad Cities MTA, it is probably the most heavily partitioned and disaggregated license in the entire FCC database. Take a look: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMarketSum.jsp?marketType=O&licKey=8940&archive=&x=7&y=11 Though Iowa Wireless Services manages the whole thing, each local telco technically is the license holder of its own little piece of spectrum. So, T-Mobile might have a dastardly trying to buy out Iowa Wireless Services interest in the rest of the MTA. Back to the sell off of Des Moines, I hope that something similar may happen in Omaha. T-Mobile operates only a skeleton, license protection network in the market. No local stores, no local numbers. T-Mobile users do exist, but they are just passing through or have moved to Omaha and maintained their previous numbers homed to other market MSCs. Divest it to Viaero, which will then have coverage throughout almost the entire state of Nebraska. And that may insulate Viaero against an almost inevitable acquisition by AT&T. AJ
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    Alternatively, we could start calling Robert, "Maximus"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqJFIJ5lLs AJ
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    I think we need to start calling Deval, "McKayla"... AJ
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    I would not give T-Mobile native footprint credit for Iowa Wireless Services aka iWireless. As a sidebar, I hate that grocery chain Kroger also uses i-wireless as its MVNO brand, but it has nothing to do with iWireless. Anyway, iWireless is a T-Mobile affiliate, and its spectrum did come from T-Mobile. But, unless circumstances have changed, the affiliate agreement is rather limited. For example, certain T-Mobile data devices have no access on iWireless. And the coverage is depicted as partner, not native, so it may be subject to T-Mobile's very stingy roaming restrictions. As for other local carriers in Iowa, besides iWireless, the only one left is Cellular 29 Plus aka Chat Mobility, the Cellular B block licensee in the two southwesternmost CMAs in Iowa. It is CDMA2000, but is part of VZW's LTE in Rural America program Trojan horse, hence will be bought out in the next few years. AJ
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    Sprint does not need a second 20 MHz TDD carrier until WiMAX is officially shut down. AJ
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    Northwestern Iowa falls to AT&T's manifest destiny, as Long Lines sells out its wireless division. http://www.longlines.com/about/pr.php?id=34 http://longlines.com/wireless/coverage.php Look out, Viaero, Plateau, and Union. You are next on the block... AJ
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    Most anything PrimeCo has been VZW since the turn of the century. The exceptions would be in Chicago what became USCC, in Richmond what became nTelos, and in Honolulu what became Sprint. AJ
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    That looks like a Canadian SID on steroids. AJ
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    Forget SMR 800 MHz. You got the 7000 MHz band. AJ
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    Some of you are so prone to flashing that you might have to register as sex offenders. AJ
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