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  1. WiWavelength
    No, the WCS 2300 MHz band plan is 2305-2320 MHz x 2345-2360 MHz. As long as AT&T controls the entire WCS band, it will be able to deploy 10 MHz FDD LTE. AJ
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    Gotta know your local SIDs, baby. And that, appropriately enough, is going to be the focus of my next engineering screen article. I am thinking of calling it "SID and NIDsy." Anybody get this music reference? AJ
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    But sometimes a mother has to tell her little boy not to "play with his LTE" in public. AJ
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    No, soft handoff is possible only on the very same carrier channel. Plus, USCC has substantial Cellular 850 MHz footprint in the Carolinas. So, if this handoff really did happen as described, it was almost certainly an inter band, inter MSC hard handoff. I would like to see it demonstrated again to show that it is repeatable. Then, we could examine how it is possible. AJ
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    Yeah, and I wish that Tata Motors would buy GM. Then, I could easily get my hands on a couple of Tatas. AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    I vote to bring back the "VoiceStream" brand. But, as that is now a bit out of date with today's typical wireless network usage, tweak the name a little bit -- call it "TrivialMindlessMusicVideoStream." AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    Based upon all of the discussion of Russian composers, several readers of this thread wonder if they have browsed to s4g.ru by mistake. AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    You bet. I have decided on a topic and started data collection for the next installment in the article series. Look for it in about a week. AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    Yep, they may be separated in the AWS alphabet, but "D" and "F" are right next to one another on the keyboard. AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    You reversed those figures. The first is the highest, the second, the lowest. AJ
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    I suppose, among Network Vision markets, this makes Denver almost the last dinosaur. AJ
  12. WiWavelength
    No, you should not see any cutback from AWS DC-HSPA+ in Austin. At its peak, T-Mobile in Austin held 50 MHz of AWS -- three non contiguous blocks of 20 MHz, 10 MHz, and 20 MHz. The AWS D block 10 MHz license, which T-Mobile received from AT&T, is gone, leased to Leap. Otherwise, the AWS A block 20 MHz and AWS D block 20 MHz licenses are still in the fold. So, in AWS, T-Mobile will continue to run DC-HSPA+ and will launch 10 MHz FDD LTE. Heck, since T-Mobile also swapped PCS spectrum with Leap in Austin, it has 30 MHz of PCS -- two non contiguous blocks of 10 MHz and 20 MHz. So, T-Mobile can run DC-HSPA+ in PCS, too, with the isolated 10 MHz block left to GSM. As for potentially cutting down DC-HSPA+ right away in other markets in order to deploy larger LTE carrier bandwidths, I will continue to rail against that possibility. It would be a slap in the face to subs who have acquired DC-HSPA+ devices. After all, T-Mobile only recently began selling LTE devices, so it is not as if most of those subs even had a choice. AJ
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    That area of Michigan is one where T-Mobile already has fairly extensive geographic coverage. So, no, Cellular 850 MHz licenses would not help T-Mobile a great deal. Additionally, unlike other Cellular 850 MHz transactions, the one proposed here would be limited to spectrum. It would not come with an existing network because VZW has long since integrated the desired infrastructure from the Alltel network into its own. So, T-Mobile would be responsible for building out its own Cellular 850 MHz network, beholden to FCC geographic coverage requirements, and that really would not fit T-Mobile's strategy. AJ
  14. WiWavelength
    With Deutsche Telekom likely to exit its stake in T-Mobile USA in the coming years, the MetroPCS brand may very well be expanded to cover all operations. And that would be a fitting name for this "urban" network. AJ
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    LG Optimus G

    WiWavelength replied to khammondnm's topic in LG

    As far as Robert is concerned, AGOG might be a better nickname for this handset. AJ
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    VZW does, but Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Saginaw are all top 100 CMAs, supporting my point that allowing T-Mobile to acquire one of the two Cellular 850 MHz licenses in the affected CMAs would do relatively little to help its coverage. AJ
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    You know, I mistyped those lyrics previously. They actually are as follows: "Ain't nothin' in the world like a big screen phone, Make me act so nerdy, spend my doggone money..." AJ
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    Yep, that was me. Using my username, I am certain that you could find the post via search. Numerous. If Cellular 850 MHz reconfiguration happens -- and that is unlikely -- it is years away, maybe by 2020. Regardless, you will have to wait to read my proposal submitted to the FCC. AJ
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    T-Mobile already has a Cellular 850 MHz license for one CMA -- Myrtle Beach, SC -- that it inherited in its acquisition of SunCom properties. But the further Cellular 850 MHz acquisition proposed here would have very restricted scope. The CMAs where AT&T (e.g. Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Miami) or VZW (e.g. Phoenix, Cleveland, Charlotte) holds both Cellular 850 MHz licenses are anomalies, are limited to a handful of urban areas. And T-Mobile already has substantial network coverage in those urban areas. Rural areas where T-Mobile could really benefit from Cellular 850 MHz would be unavailable, as those CMAs have separate license holders. Not to mention, Cellular 850 MHz deployment might be infeasible for T-Mobile. Most T-Mobile sectors are running three panels: two modernized and one legacy. There is currently little, if any room remaining for a sub 1 GHz panel. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    "Ain't nothin' in the world like a big eyed girl, Make me act so funny, spend my doggone money..." AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    Wait, are Daniel's speed tests coming from Raleigh-Durham or Washington? AJ
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    Judging by Daniel's LTE speeds and the spectrum situation in Raleigh-Durham, it looks like T-Mobile took DC-HSPA+ out of service in order to deploy 10 MHz FDD LTE. That is a pretty shoddy move on the part of T-Mobile, as it now leaves the W-CDMA users with one HSPA+ carrier in AWS and one HSPA+ in PCS -- the latter of which many of them cannot access because they have AWS only devices. AJ
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    Oh, and just FYI, "The Isle of the Dead" recording that I posted is also Ashkenazy (this time, at the podium) and the Concertgebouw from that early 1980s era. AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    Yeah, for about 15 years, I have had the two disc set that covers Ashkenazy's full Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Nos. 1-4 cycle with Haitink and the Concertgebouw. I also have another full cycle set of Ashkenazy with Previn and the LSO. That latter set from the 1970s tends to get the highest recommendations for its interpretations, but I truly prefer the former set for its darker, grander recordings made in the 1980s in the Concertgebouw. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    For that comment, I may have to send you on a full expenses paid trip here... AJ
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