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  1. WiWavelength
    Sprint.net refers to Sprint's IP backbone. That maintenance page is irrelevant to this issue. AJ
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    No, your market is not even close to 41 percent complete. We map completed and in progress sites, plus we long ago mapped every Sprint site in every market. And the Inland Northwest has no completed LTE sites yet and only 25 completed CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900 sites out of about 150 total sites in the market. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/517-nv-sites-complete/ http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/652-network-vision-site-map-west-washington-oregonsw-washington-and-inland-northwest-markets/ If you become an S4GRU sponsor, you can view those maps and see the progress taking place in your market. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ AJ
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    Here is a friendly tip. The authors who create content here at S4GRU want to help, but some of us do grow weary of spoon feeding info. So, please, do as much individual research as you can. The question you ask above should be, honestly, something that you already know. If not, the answer is already published in an article on The Wall and posted numerous times in The Forums. AJ
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    Wait, 15 miles down the Interstate from St. Charles to Clayton is now considered a "road trip"? What is your vehicle, a unicycle? AJ
  5. WiWavelength
    And doing so might be a felony, as the Sprint variant is not authorized to operate on those modes in the US. AJ
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    The Inland Northwest market thread already exists. Threads merged. AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    Good grief. If I had made a sweeping generalization about most/all T-Mobile users, then that would have been "unfair." However, I did no such thing. Instead, I made an objective observation about a strategy that T-Mobile is pursuing. Go back and reread my post. AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    Tuff nutz. If you want that to change, then the entire system needs to change. Carriers need to be forced out of the consumer electronics business so that all devices are sold multi mode, multi band, and unlocked on the open market. But as the system stands now, Sprint would not draw in many more subs with unlocked domestic GSM/W-CDMA capabilities because most do not know nor care about those things. But it certainly could allow many more subs to leave with their Sprint handsets in tow because Sprint is now supporting removable SIMs. AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    It is band 2 LTE 1900, not band 25 LTE 1900. Plus, the Developer Edition uses the MDM9215 baseband, which is 3GPP only. Thus, no CDMA2000. So, go ahead and try it, irev. You will be SOL. AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    The Sprint variant HTC One was not tested and authorized for any domestic GSM nor W-CDMA -- in other words, no GSM 850/1900, no band 5/2/1 W-CDMA 850/1900/2100+1700. And why should it be? Sprint does not have roaming agreements with domestic GSM/W-CDMA carriers. But the Sprint variant almost certainly does support international GSM and W-CDMA -- at the very least, GSM 900/1800 and band 1 W-CDMA 2100+1900. Now, is that really a problem? The Sprint variant is -- wait for it -- intended to be used on the Sprint network. Sprint has no incentive to support capabilities that would allow someone to take the Sprint variant with them to AT&T or T-Mobile. And for that, I can hardly blame Sprint. AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    I doubt that anyone here has the info to answer that definitively. But Sprint does have rather limited SMR 900 MHz bandwidth. Still, feasibility was not really the issue anyway. It was permissibility. The FCC did not approve wideband operation in the SMR 800 MHz band until Network Vision was well underway. I wrote about the proposed FCC rulemaking last spring, and it was not approved until a few months later. http://s4gru.com/ind...band-operation/ AJ
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    If we had that kind of leaked info in advance, we would report it. What we do have, though, is far more valuable than the expectation of some largely meaningless press release. We have mapped over 10,000 confirmed completed or in progress sites across the country -- including several in the South Texas market. If you would like to view that map to see deployment evolve in your market, you should consider becoming an S4GRU sponsor. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ AJ
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    Sprint may see it as a calculated move. Launch markets as early as possible. Try to intrigue/placate as many of the complainers and skeptics as possible and get them to re up for two more years with an LTE device. Then, they are stuck and Sprint at least gets another two years of revenue or an ETF out of them. AJ
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    Then, other people would complain, "I can't believe that T-Mobile launched LTE in 'market X' before Sprint did! What a joke!" or "VZW has had LTE in 'market Y' for two years, and I'm still waiting on the WiMAX that Sprint 'promised' me three years ago. Sprint sux!" Yes, folks, these kinds of exclamations are representative of an unfortunately significant segment of Sprint subs. Honestly, I do not know how these moronic people manage to navigate their daily lives. AJ
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    To put it quite simply, if that leak meant anything for the South Texas market, then it would have mentioned the South Texas market. AJ
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    If the HTC One is not a solid RF performer on Sprint, then I give up. If so, there is something wrong with HTC and/or Sprint because the One has the makings of an RF champ. The ERP/EIRP is there, and the dual, actively tuned antenna system is something that no other current Android handset can match. But, mostly, I cannot, just cannot deal with chintzy Samsung plastic... AJ
  17. WiWavelength
    Guys, let us just hope that both the Engadget reviewer and XDA poster have finalized firmware and that the engineering screens, etc., are not pulled from the final ROM. AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    Here is a long focal length pic that I took of a local T-Mobile cell site that has been modernized with NSN infrastructure. AJ
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    Honestly, I think the zero downtilt is a popular myth. If Robert has solid evidence to the contrary, I will be happy to stand corrected. But my empirical experience has been that LTE sites go live with their designed downtilt, even though that often leaves LTE coverage gaps until other surrounding sites also go live. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    From everything that I have seen, T-Mobile's "UNcarrier" strategy offers both postpaid and prepaid options on most/all plans. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    The statement above the table in the pic refers to internal Sprint markets, not cities. Miami/West Palm is a Sprint market, and it contains many cites. West Palm Beach is being launched. Miami is not. For reference, we long ago created a Sprint market map: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/page/index.html/_/articles/nationwide-sprint-market-map-is-here-r31 AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    Silver is the way to go. Because the One is aluminum, the black anodization is going to scratch off and look ass bad (not badass) relatively quickly. AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    I am using "sub prime" in the financial sense, as in T-Mobile is increasingly setting itself up to attract urban, poor, credit challenged subs. AJ
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    If Miami were being launched, the release would have included Miami. AJ
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    I am not certain that we know at this point. My best guess is that any new Sprint CDMA2000/LTE device with removable SIM will require at least a first time activation on your account. Then, once it is attached to your account, you may be able to swap the SIM into other CDMA2000/LTE devices with removable SIMs, provided that they, too, have been attached to your account. That, however, may not be accurate, and a device switch may require both a SIM swap and an online activation. We shall see... For coverage and reliability, VoLTE is not ready to take over any time soon. CDMA1X voice will still be around for at least the next five years. AJ
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