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  1. WiWavelength
    Now that we are down to the final week, what do you think Nextel iDEN will request for its last meal? Perhaps a lunchpail sandwich and a thermos of coffee. Or maybe some chicken wings and a vial of crack. AJ
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    Well, that was worth having it stolen, right? AJ
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    Yep, SIM cards are the work of the devil known as GSM. AJ
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    NID 308 is spreading like wildfire. Along K-10, the former NID 43/41 transition has leaped an additional two sites west -- from De Soto/Kill Creek past De Soto/Sunflower to Eudora. So, the NID 43/308 effective boundary is now in the Wakarusa River floodplain just east of Lawrence. We will have to wait and see if that is where it remains or if Lawrence is also assimilated. I-70 has experienced a similar shift. NID 308 has expanded from the Bonner Springs/K-7 site to include at least the Reno site. I was not looking for any further NID 308 expansion, so I did not notice the change until I was right underneath the Reno site. Thus, I missed the Lawrence Service Area site. I will do a bit of drive testing today or tomorrow to clear up that discrepancy. AJ
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    It disturbs me how many people refer to the "government" as some third party entity. We created the government, and we are the government. AJ
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    Besides the BRS 2600 MHz buildout requirements and LTE non availability, what many people fail to appreciate is that, had WiMAX really taken off, Sprint would have flung the doors wide open for connected devices. See, LTE is standardized by 3GPP, which is basically under the thumb of wireless operators. And those wireless operators have their own self interest at heart. But WiMAX is standardized by IEEE, hence controlled by engineers, electronics manufacturers, and ultimately consumers. WiMAX sweeping success would have meant electronics manufacturers routinely embedding WiMAX chipsets in handsets, tablets, laptops, etc., just as they do with Wi-Fi (another IEEE standard) chipsets today. Consumers would have been able to buy countless off the shelf devices and just supply MAC addresses to attach them to WiMAX data plans. So, those who fault Sprint for going down the WiMAX path may also be those who complain about wireless operator control over devices. Well, they should realize that Sprint tried something that would have really shaken up the wireless industry. And, even though it was unsuccessful, Sprint should be commended for that. AJ
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    I am quite impressed by the bidding already. From the auction proceeds and the daily sponsorship the past several weeks, the countdown clock has been the most profitable aspect of the Nextel iDEN network in years. AJ
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    Well, it was tested for 10 MHz FDD bandwidth in band 26, not specifically SMR. Remember that band 26 is a superset of SMR 800 MHz and Cellular 850 MHz. Now, Sprint cannot deploy anything greater than 5 MHz FDD in SMR, so 10 MHz FDD is moot here in the US. But that does not mean operators holding band 26 spectrum in other countries cannot deploy 10 MHz FDD. AJ
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    This is some of the best unintentional comedy. digiblur means literally "by looking up." Go outside. Raise your head. Open your eyes. There is a whole world out there beyond the World Wide Web. AJ
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    That does not warrant a smiley face. Come on, you chose to move to a market where Sprint does not provide native coverage, and you are out of contract, thus face no ETF. Port out to another wireless operator now. Sticking it to Sprint by roaming so much that you violate your Ts and Cs is juvenile. It is akin to renting an apartment that does not allow pets, sneaking in a smelly dog, getting evicted, then sticking the landlord with a hefty cleaning bill. AJ
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    Well, some *penny ante* cities are complete. Oh, you Chicagoans and your broad shoulders... AJ
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    Even assuming same/similar bands, LTE is not as robust as EV-DO is not as robust as CDMA1X. Those are just the facts, ma'am (sir). So, signal strength among those airlinks does not correlate to usability. At the same signal strength, LTE will drop off before EV-DO will drop off before CDMA1X. That is the price we pay for network evolution. AJ
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    At this point, I am starting to look and feel more like tired, old Yoda. Just a few feet taller... AJ
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    Tsk, tsk, mr.phoneguy, none of what you say about me above is true. That is your wishful thinking. Not to mention, I have already contributed significantly to this thread several times. But I make a creative riff on your error, and you take umbrage. You have been at S4GRU for three months, have posted many times, yet have not given a dime to sponsor this non profit site. Now, you use inappropriate language and challenge a staff member. Keep it up, and you will be disciplined or banned. AJ
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    Well, the Boy Scouts may have camped there prior to any cellphone service, but that does not mean they had a gay time in doing so. (And that joke is equal opportunity for both sides of the issue.) AJ
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    To say that Sprint intends to "deceive" is a stretch. You need more evidence to back up that assertion. As for total disclosure of truth in advertising, Sprint devices would have to display separate CDMA1X, EV-DO, and LTE icons, not to mention, separate signal strength indicators. After all, even when a device is connected to LTE, it is almost assuredly also connected to CDMA1X. But all of those icons and indicators would be information overload for average consumers. Hence, CDMA1X and EV-DO are appropriately labeled "3G," while WiMAX and LTE get lumped together as "4G." To paraphrase a notable saying, do not attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by *consumer* incompetence. AJ
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    A few former iPCS affiliate areas -- such as what I refer to as the Norfolk, NE "loop" -- are still CDMA1X only. With Network Vision, they will transition directly from CDMA1X only to CDMA1X + EV-DO + LTE. AJ
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    When you are communicating with hundreds, thousands, or even millions of people online, you should put your best foot forward. If you repeatedly cannot spell simple words or observe standard grammar, then that indicates deficiency. You lack knowledge or attention to detail, and that cheapens the validity of your message. So, I will poke fun, especially when I can make a quite clever play on your mistake. In the end, that should be motivation for you to improve. AJ
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    Your *summary* is not very *summery* here on, oddly enough, the first day after the solstice. AJ
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    Josh, did you beat me to the first FCC OET filing for a Sprint tri band LTE device? I will never forgive you... AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    You missed your chance. I hope it turned out alright in the end -- without having to resort to any "apparatus." AJ
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    Not to mention, the correct spelling is "gyros." But you guys need to cool it. This will not turn into yet another mobile OS "holy war" thread. AJ
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    I disagree on the "neglect" part. Sprint put its eggs in the Clearwire WiMAX basket. That was Sprint's proactive effort -- the opposite of neglect -- but it did not pan out. So, to add insult to injury with the Nextel merger struggles, Sprint was in no position to add RF bandwidth or backhaul capacity. That is not callous disregard; it is unfortunate circumstance. AJ
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    Well put. Your post, in its entirety, is a great thumbnail sketch of the history of what I still like to refer to as Sprint PCS. I lived through all of those times as a sub for the past 13 years and can certainly corroborate your observations. What is interesting is that T-Mobile seems to be taking up the mantle that Sprint PCS held for the first few years of this millennium. Limited coverage, top shelf network technology, sexy devices, low prices, and liberal credit requirements (in this case, due to prepaid). That attracts a polarized sub base: the well off urban technophile and the sub prime urban ghetto dweller. We know how that panned out for Sprint PCS. We will have to wait and see how it works out for T-Mobile. AJ
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    Young Padawan learner, that would be AJ, capitalized. AJ
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