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For a fair comparison, you need to detail what base plan and add ons you will receive from T-Mobile. Plus, you need to factor in surcharges, fees, and taxes, just as you did with Sprint. The other issue is device subsidy. Will you be content to use the same smartphone on T-Mobile for 4-5 years, even long after it is terribly outdated? That is about what it will take to come out way ahead with T-Mobile's less expensive plans but no devices subsidies. As for coverage, well, that affects each person a bit differently. But the monetary points are more or less universal. AJ

Now, if this guy could raise over three grand regarding little ol' Albuquerque, could S4GRU do likewise on Kickstarter with any national Sprint info projects? AJ

And we're living here in Allentown... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU3hAYQREU4 AJ

Orange you glad you did? Orange you glad you didn't? AJ

...and would probably signal the end of Sprint, too. AJ

I like to make a point, let it sink in, yet allow for a contrary response. AJ

Just remember that Father Time is not on your side. AJ

Please. You are posting old information. And these "unlimited" or not threads never go well. Expect it to be closed soon. AJ

Are we sure that Disney World employees are actually using Nextel? Using iDEN devices does not necessarily mean using Nextel. Reports are that all operators have spotty service inside the park. But Disney would certainly have the wherewithal to set up its own private iDEN network. AJ

But Clearwire has other wholesale WiMAX contracts that it must honor. It is safe to say that WiMAX will not be going anywhere before 2015. AJ

What was it about true wireless network nerds and iPhones? Oh yeah, I remember. But we will not broach that subject again... AJ

I know a number of web sites where Google could take the comments section and seek to harness the power of a lot of hot air. AJ

Do not take this as the final word, but in my engineering screen and spectrum analyzer observations, I have not found a Clearwire site with greater than one WiMAX carrier per sector. For technical, regulatory, and/or unknown reasons, Clearwire chose to forgo unity frequency reuse, to instead employ a frequency reuse pattern. Put simply, each sector in a given area has a WiMAX carrier with a different center frequency. Typical frequency reuse patterns in a sectorized network are N=3×3 and N=4×3. In either case, even with only one 10 MHz TDD WiMAX carrier per sector, Clearwire has around 100 MHz tied up in WiMAX. AJ

Yeah, and when are you guys gonna let me graduate? AJ

No, in most markets, a single CDMA1X 800 carrier channel -- for both voice and data -- will be just an added lane on the highway. CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900 will continue at previous or even expanded bandwidth. AJ

Not exactly. WiMAX spectrum usage is all over the map. Cutting its BRS/EBS spectrum resources back to even 80 MHz would hamper Clearwire in its ability to continue to operate WiMAX and deploy TD-LTE. Clearwire needs as much BRS/EBS spectrum as it can for the next several years as it runs WiMAX and TD-LTE in parallel. AJ

I started that project for BRS. I might go ahead and finish it. But no way am I doing EBS for free. Tracking those site based licenses is a Herculean headache and a half. AJ

So??? LTE speed tests are practically e-penis measuring contests to see who can hit the highest peak speeds, which are completely unrepresentative of average speeds. Why should EV-DO be any different? Alternatively, maybe people could just stop running pointless speed tests. AJ

...and your call will be answered by Veruca Salt. After her dad's peanut fortune went tits up, she moved to the US and became a receptionist. JG Wentworth was the natural fit -- every call is now answered with the catch phrase, "I want it NOW!" AJ

We already have at least one productive thread on the PCS/AWS-2 H block. So, this thread will be closed and merged later this afternoon. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2840-fcc-announces-service-rules-for-pcsaws-2-h-block/?hl=block AJ

No, but CDMA1X has always been 3G, too. So, referring to EV-DO as "3G" is akin to referring to Coke as a "cola" -- yet insisting that Pepsi is not one. AJ

That contraption must have been designed by Dr. Arliss Loveless. AJ

I see one of my biggest pet peeves pervades this thread, too. So, we need to start a "3G" jar. Anyone who calls EV-DO generically "3G" has to put a dollar in the jar that then gets donated to the site. AJ

Actually, it is 9 MHz occupied bandwidth. A 10 MHz FDD LTE carrier has twice as many subcarriers as a 5 MHz FDD carrier does, so just double everything. Then, triple for 15 MHz FDD, quadruple for 20 MHz FDD. CDMA2000 does not require guard bands to be 625 kHz. That is just how the math works with 1.25 MHz carrier channels in typical PCS 1900 MHz license blocks in multiples of 5 MHz. Guard bands are either 625 kHz or zero. In Cellular 850 MHz, though, 275 kHz was the typical guard band separation between CDMA1X and AMPS control channels, which were exceedingly important to be protected. AJ

Right, I am aware of those facts. But another fact to consider is that Clearwire does not hold all BRS in all of those BTAs. In some, Clearwire shares BRS with at least one other licensee. AJ