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  1. WiWavelength
    It is a tower -- an electrical utility tower. AJ
  2. WiWavelength
    We are rapidly heading toward a situation in which the only two options will be OS based smartphones for most of us and a few fringe feature phones for small children and decrepit old people. AJ
  3. WiWavelength
    According to Sensorly, VZW LTE is also largely limited to highways, is not everywhere it claims to be. OMGZ, LTE must be a scam. AJ
  4. WiWavelength
    I think we need to find someone who has had corn very recently. Give Charlie a nice corn eyed brown trout fillet. AJ
  5. WiWavelength
    Hey, if it is "outdoor penetration," it often has to be quick. (See this thread: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4125-lte-coverage-more-like-a-road-line-not-a-blanket/) AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    Now, the question is -- how is Sprint with "nostril penetration"? AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    No, outdoor penetration is definitely the best. It is wild. Sorry, I could not resist... AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    Maybe a better variation would be "All your 800 MHz are belong to us." AJ
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    AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    Abuse! Abuse! We do not condone phone abuse, and we report it to the authorities. AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    But mobiles are not limited to 23 dBm. Either that is conducted power, not radiated power, or OEMs frequently disregard that spec because we have documented in our FCC OET article series many devices that exceed 23 dBm EIRP for band 25 LTE 1900. One Sierra hotspot, for example, puts out a maximum of 32.63 dBm, which is just below the 2 W max for PCS 1900 MHz mobiles. AJ
  12. WiWavelength
    I am not accusing anyone or anything of directly lying, but stats can be fudged in many way. So, I am just trying to further my long researched understanding of the industry. And 51,000 discrete sites for T-Mobile sounds impressive, but it does not line up with what I know otherwise. As such, I want to know why -- is my knowledge lacking or is that number somehow inflated? AJ
  13. WiWavelength
    Alright, so the contest is continued from The Lounge tonight. Keep them coming, guys. The best Nextel iDEN postmortem wins my $50 donation. I have already submitted mine: "LeRoy is dead. Vive le Roi!" AJ
  14. WiWavelength
    Math could still be fuzzy. Is T-Mobile counting GSM and W-CDMA panels separately, for example. I am just not buying it. Otherwise, T-Mobile should be a world beater in urban areas. But that is not the case. AJ
  15. WiWavelength
    No, there is absolutely confusion, considering that the supposed site density does not line up with T-Mobile's in market coverage problems. I still claim some fuzzy math until I see an S4GRU like accounting of T-Mobile sites. AJ
  16. WiWavelength
    No, Sprint is pulling the plugs on the iDEN MSCs. But the RF signals may last for a few days while crews make the rounds to pull the plugs on the individual sites. AJ
  17. WiWavelength
    We welcome your first post. But the naming rights opportunity is over. In fact, the iDEN countdown clock is counting down its own existence as we speak. AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    Oh, come on. As if you did not already know, this is a wireless *network* nerd site. We care how the networks originated. If not, then we would all be fans of duopolists VZW and AT&T, both of which did not build but acquired most of their amazingly extensive wireless network assets. AJ
  19. WiWavelength
    Meh. Get a history lesson. T-Mobile did not build out California; PacBell did. Pacific Telesis spun off its Cellular 850 MHz assets as AirTouch. Then, PacBell got back into the mobile game via the first PCS 1900 MHz auction in 1995. That allowed PacBell to go GSM (barf!) and focus its efforts on only one state and basically one other market -- California and Las Vegas. With such a limited scope, PacBell built out a very good GSM 1900 network. A few years later, SBC acquired PacBell. Then, SBC spun off the PacBell mobile network to T-Mobile in order to help Cingular's merger with AT&TWS. So, do not give T-Mobile much, if any credit in California. T-Mobile essentially stumbled into a pre built network. I documented all of this nearly a decade ago... AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    Oh, I have my quip ready to go. It is topical, sophisticated, humorous, and multi lingual -- thus, difficult to beat. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    It must be tough to get a cable drop to that house on the 40 acre estate. AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    Hmm, the "beer hole" is questionable. Which one is that? After all, you do not buy beer -- you rent it. Does Charlie truly live in the western suburbs of Denver? Evergreen, maybe. I am a geography guy, so I know what I am talking about. But I was more expecting him to live in the southern suburbs, probably the Parker area. Regardless, we should find an S4GRU member willing to drop a flaming bag of poop on Charlie's porch, then play "ding, dong, ditch." AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    Uh, everywhere. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, LG Viper, HTC EVO LTE, and Samsung Galaxy S3 were all available before Sprint "loosed" LTE on the public in any markets. Sprint took quite a bit of heat from the tech press for that move. AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    That is a great question, one that I have wondered myself. But I have yet to see any Sprint LTE device penetration stats. My guess is that, even only a year into LTE device availability, the percentage is surprisingly high. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    I am sending in my periodic $50 donation to the cause tonight. To make things a bit more interesting, my donation will be credited to the account of the member or sponsor who comes up with the best iDEN postmortem quip. I will announce the contest in The Lounge, too, and the winner will be decided by 12:30am CDT. AJ
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