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The downlink EARFCN 2000 converts to a center frequency of 2115 MHz, which is smack dab in the middle of the AWS A block 20 MHz license. AJ

I have a different take on Legere's response: "yes they are.... The next 2.5 years ... See you in 2016" He is making another potshot against Sprint, insinuating that the 2.5 year Network Vision initiative will extend into the next 2.5 years. For that reason, I am already finished engaging Legere (or his social media lackey). He and his "rock star" CTO are filled with bravado but not much substance. AJ

Well, I have John Legere (or, more likely, his Twitter assistant) on the line based upon my tweet today in response to his Sprint "deadline" statement yesterday. https://twitter.com/wiwavelength/status/355342540326707200 AJ

After the VZW-SpectrumCo-Cox transaction with Big Cable that sticks a fork in wired broadband competition across much of the country, VZ/VZW has become just as much public enemy #1 as has AT&T. But too many members around here also use VZW for various reasons, so I have to bite my tongue. AJ

I have an interesting factoid as a follow up... When AT&T took over the divested Alltel (former WWC) properties, it started by overlaying W-CDMA 850. So, big swaths of acquired coverage in the Rocky Mountains and the Dakotas were depicted with those diagonal blue lines, indicating "3G Handset Required." But here is the cuckoo part. Since then, AT&T has been going back and underlaying GSM 850. I have watched the progress on AT&T's coverage viewer over the past year or two. The Dakotas used to be W-CDMA only -- except for those old AT&TWS GSM 1900 protection sites we wrote about in my Bob Quinn rebuttal last year -- but are nearing completion of GSM underlay, while the Rocky Mountain states are still almost entirely W-CDMA only, just as you experienced in rural northwestern New Mexico. Check out the AT&T coverage viewer. AT&T itself may act like a tool, but its coverage viewer is a decent tool... http://www.att.com/maps/wireless-coverage.html AJ

Do VZW and AT&T rely on charity for CAPEX? AJ

R-E-V-E-N-U-E! There, I spelled it out for you. AJ

No, you are living far too much in the present, forgetting (or not knowing) the past, and failing to project the future. By 2007, T-Mobile had no "3G" to show for itself, had fallen at least two years behind VZW and Sprint in that regard. Then, T-Mobile took at least another two years to catch up -- but only in urban areas. That is how T-Mobile had ample time to establish advanced backhaul to its urban sites. Four years, four years. Now, Sprint is doing likewise. The difference is that Sprint is doing likewise across its *entire* network. And Sprint is doing so in two and a half years. Show some respect for that. On the other hand, if all you care about is results, then you are in my mind a shortsighted, ignorant consumer. AJ

No, to function correctly, the free market requires consumers to be inherently knowledgeable. Otherwise, we get anti competitive corporations who take advantage of consumers' ignorance, leading to oligopolies, such as VZ and AT&T, that run roughshod over the public interest. For that, we can thank the idiot consumers. AJ

Sprint did plan for "expansion of increased data usage." It was called Clearwire WiMAX. It did not work out as expected. But do not ever say that Sprint did not plan. AJ

And, with that, you just described phone subsidies. As this is about T-Mobile, do you see the irony? AJ

No, the time has come to close this 38 page long thread. It covers the pre SoftBank lead up. We need a new thread to discuss the current SoftBank era. AJ

The board of directors of the Robert M. Herron Museum of Modern Cellphones might have something to say about you potentially trading in your old handsets. AJ

But, under T-Mobile's latest strategy, new subs pay unsubsidized prices for their devices. So, what is the allure of "new customer" prices? Honestly, it sounds like T-Mobile is already hedging its bet on eliminating subsidies. AJ

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On the other hand, imagine how difficult it must be to train thousands to serve millions with technical issues. Like it or not, the entry level workers that Sprint employs are not highly educated people with engineering degrees. AJ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0xkfEOSj4 AJ

My post is from today. So, Grizzly Adams, what you were doing yesterday matters not. AJ

Are you sure Lake Superior is that "pristine"? AJ

Are you calling me a wop? Right back at you, guido. AJ

Wireless spectrum coordination across international boundaries is not always difficult. For one example, Cellular 850 MHz and PCS 1900 MHz usage in the border zones has been a non issue for many years. Regulations set downlink field strength limits at the border, and basically, that was that. It also did not hurt that Cellular and PCS mobiles are rather power limited (7 W and 2 W, respectively) with cdmaOne/CDMA2000 and W-CDMA mobiles transmitting at only small fractions of those max ERP/EIRP figures. But, most of all, Cellular and PCS are entirely commercial operations -- Public Safety is not a factor. SMR 800 MHz is another story entirely. Public Safety is the elephant in the room, thus must be protected from interference. Furthermore, Public Safety operates exclusively over narrowband channels, which are more susceptible to catastrophic co channel interference. And, to add one more complicating factor, SMR mobiles can transmit up to 100 W. For those reasons, international channel coordination was an absolute necessity. Now, however, Sprint is refarming its SMR 800 MHz spectrum from narrowband iDEN to broadband CDMA1X and LTE. Because of their broadband nature, those airlinks -- especially when deployed on relatively low sites -- are less likely to cause significant interference to narrowband operations on the other side of the border. If anything, the concern goes the other direction. The high power, high site narrowband operations are more likely to interfere with the low power broadband operations. But if Sprint is will to accept the possibility of some interference, then Sprint may have been able to gain permission from the Canadians to utilize in parts of Ohio all 51 narrowband channels centered around SMR 476. Of course, having Lake Erie as a buffer certainly helps matters. AJ

You guys need not have looked very far... http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3964-htc-8xt-windows-phone-discussion-thread-was-new-htc-wp8-for-sprint/?p=165731 AJ

As long as the Sprint PR person and article author got it right, the figure of merit is 40 percent POPs. I would prefer a 40 percent sites threshold. http://www.wirelessweek.com/articles/2013/06/sprint’s-tri-band-lte-could-be-valuable-differentiator AJ

"ALL YOUR SENSORLY DATA ARE BELONG TO US." AJ