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I routinely call it having "more cents than sense." AJ

Woodside is the home of many Silicon Valley CEOs and VCs. AJ

Or maybe Brett just has "cankles." I am pretty sure that, at his age, he is retaining water...or more likely...beer. AJ

Yep, that is typically part of the deal. I suspect the change in status will happen soon. And let me throw this out as an advertisement. If you have an article in mind worthy of The Wall, make us a pitch. We accept, you write it, we publish it, and you, too, can become a Contributing Author (with all of the benefits endowed). The Wall has gone a bit spare of late. We could use some new blood, some fresh ideas. AJ

Your addiction is too strong. Something interesting about the first Sprint LTE BlackBerry will emerge, and your defenses will wither. Mark my words... AJ

From one the Fierce Wireless article comments, we are apparently viewed as something of an S4GRU gang. That is an interesting perception. But, hey, it is recognition. AJ

In other countries, GSM based carriers commonly seem to have wide ranging reciprocal roaming agreements, but that is not the case in the US. For whatever reason, GSM based carriers here cannot seem to get along, thus they limit roaming on a granular LAC basis simply because they can. Our CDMA2000 carriers, on the other hand, are practically paragons of roaming openness. And Sprint is the tip top. In many markets, Sprint has roaming agreements with and includes in the PRL all other CDMA2000 carriers. That means at least one, often two (or more) roaming partners. AJ

Was this with a Sprint handset? I have been in Chicago 3-4 times over the last seven years. Even back in 2006, I seem to recall that Sprint roamed on USCC in "L" tunnels. AJ

Great idea and solid article, digiblur. This was sorely needed. Hopefully, the article will become something of an Internet meme whenever people commonly misconstrue a PRL as a "list of towers." One clarification I have, though, is "Band Class 25." There is no such thing. Band 25 is on the 3GPP (W-CDMA/LTE) side for the extended PCS A-G block range, while band class 14 is the 3GPP2 (CDMA2000) equivalent. Band class 14 is basically irrelevant now, since we know that Sprint is not going to deploy any CDMA2000 in the PCS G block. AJ

koiulpoi, if you want to research the provenance of a particular SID, a good starting point is this list: http://ifast.org/files/NationalSID.htm AJ

In related news, RIM is formally changing its name to BlackBerry. In that honor, I think we need a RIM shot... AJ

When I initially glanced at this thread title, I saw "This tower is going to be destroyed." Is that indicative of a negative mindset? AJ

Hmm, the Fierce Wireless article comments are heating up. I like it. Nothing gets my heart pounding like a good dispute. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-pushes-spectrum-ownership-caps-sprints-purchase-clearwire/2013-01-29 AJ

digiblur has a curious fixation with skinny jeans. Maybe this is the explanation. I heard that, back in the 90s, digiblur went by the name of "Cosmo" and tried to wear skinny jeans himself. Well, let us just say, the results were not good. AJ

Please check for preexisting threads before starting new threads, especially regarding news topics. AJ

Anybody want to help Tony and me take on the obvious lobbyist in the Fierce Wireless article comments? http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-pushes-spectrum-ownership-caps-sprints-purchase-clearwire/2013-01-29 AJ

I thought maybe it was Fandango for Sikhs. AJ

This is a commonly misunderstood topic. Technically, no frequency travels any farther than does any other frequency. So, 850 MHz does not travel any farther than does 1900 MHz. But from a communications standpoint, lower frequencies tend to be easier to receive at greater distances than do higher frequencies because lower frequencies have larger antenna apertures. That means more of the available RF power is received by the antenna. If talking free space path loss, 850 MHz is able to receive about 7 dB greater power than 1900 MHz is at the same distance. Solving the free space path loss equation for distance instead, 850 MHz is able to receive equivalent power to 1900 MHz at approximately double the distance (or four times the coverage area). AJ

Here is VZW's FCC filing: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6017160602 By the way, Tony, even prior to this thread, I saw your comment following the Fierce Wireless article. Good job. AJ

Man, you guys fail to appreciate good headline writing. This thread title was supremely clever. AJ

And if you missed it a few days ago, Cisco is selling Linksys to Belkin. AJ

I sense a Fox News headline coming: Samsung Galaxy S3, the left leaning phone for liberals. AJ

Goodbye, Sierra. Hello, Netgear. http://gigaom.com/20...rnet-of-things/ AJ

I wish that I could find a video clip because, folks, you have not lived until you have seen this Saturday Night Live sketch. "Civil War Memories: Ordinary Americans who never completed high school look back at the war between the states." The sketch video is great, as it is done in the archival documentary and talking heads style of Ken Burns. Alas, I can find only the transcript: http://snltranscript...gcivilwar.phtml AJ

No, not exactly. At its greatest extent, Sprint's rebanded SMR 800 MHz spectrum is 817-824 MHz x 862-869 MHz. In some markets, Sprint has less licensed/usable spectrum than that 14 MHz maximum because of proximity to an international boundary or presence of another ESMR incumbent. See the articles that I wrote last spring: http://s4gru.com/ind...band-operation/ http://s4gru.com/ind...-sids-revealed/ AJ