WiWavelength

Yeah, that came up in a discussion on Twitter yesterday. Tim Farrar already corrected Harold. AJ

Have you connected to LTE previously? If so, that is probably just extant data. I have noticed that sometimes the engineering screen readouts get "stuck." AJ

A typically solid piece from Public Knowledge's Harold Feld... http://tales-of-the-sausage-factory.wetmachine.com/crests-moronic-petition-to-deny-in-sprintclwr-symptom-of-broader-idiocy-that-actually-matters/ AJ

It is a great name for a telecom company, a lot better than SoftBank. AJ

Why are you being so opaque? What is your problem? Treat the staff here with respect, or face the consequences. AJ

Then, all that you need to say is that "I can live within a 3 GB, 6 GB, or 12 GB cap" because the hotspots are NOT eligible for unlimited plans. And most home broadband users at S4GRU would exceed those stated caps. Now, please do not take an argumentative tone with staff members here. There is no need for that. AJ

Does the user experience matter if none of the data/price tiers meet your needs? I am trying to assist you, but your response comes off as a bit curt. AJ

A hotspot is not a replacement for home broadband unless you can live within the 3 GB, 6 GB, or 12 GB data caps. And for the 12 GB quota, you are likely paying less for your current cable broadband. AJ

Yes, a liberal dose of it. AJ

Hmm, then we need to send that engineer to Cal-Berkeley for some continuing education. AJ

Yep, if I-40E to the Texas state line is going to be without SMR 800 MHz, Sprint might as well skip LTE 1900 on those sites, too. The Alamosa legacy CDMA1X 1900 coverage on that route is already stretched incredibly thin. LTE 1900 coverage would be like a series of hotspots along the Interstate. AJ

Daniel really is the LTE Nazi. We just had the wrong Daniel. Not Daniel Holt, Daniel Hesse. AJ

Ah, yes, that makes sense. Legacy panels would be an even greater choke point than the coax runs. AJ

VoLTE, blah, blah, blah. Not ready for ubiquitous use in North America anytime soon. And is anyone really disappointed in the battery life of recent LTE devices, such as the EVO LTE or Galaxy S3? Just to be clear, this is not a slight against you, kckid, it is a slight against the industry fixation on VoLTE. AJ

That could be true, but I would not be so confident in that assertion. I think that you would need to define "improvement." AJ

For those sites that will utilize ground mount RRUs, will they lack just LTE 800 or also CDMA1X 800? If they will lack both, one theory that came to me recently is that the coax infrastructure up the tower/structure may be ill suited to 800 MHz, such that Sprint would have to replace it or run a second set for 800 MHz. Any credence to that? AJ

...because most US market devices are built for specific carriers, and that is not apt to change as long as the contract-subsidy system remains in place. AJ

Nonsense. Apples to oranges. WCS 2300 MHz is FDD spectrum. BRS/EBS 2600 MHz is TDD spectrum. TDD spectrum has historically been less valuable. WCS 2300 MHz is entirely licensed. BRS/EBS 2600 MHz is mostly leased. Leased spectrum is definitely less valuable. What WCS 2300 MHz and BRS/EBS 2600 MHz have in common is that no other carrier really wants either, so the FCC should be happy to have AT&T and Sprint, respectively, put both to use in the public interest. AJ

"Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird." AJ

True, but how useful do you think that will be anytime soon? Sprint is a CDMA2000 carrier, which is becoming rare, so essentially all CDMA2000 devices are made for specific carriers. Not to mention, fully functional Sprint LTE devices will need to support bands 25, 26, and 41 -- all of which are unique to Sprint in the US. Back in the day, some tried to use GSM 1900 only handsets on Cingular, but they missed out on the capacity and coverage of GSM 850. The experience was lackluster, mainly style over substance. AJ

I heard that the chickens said you made them feel uncomfortable. They said you looked at them with this salivating glint in your eyes. AJ

To clarify, when I said 20-40 MHz bandwidth, I meant total bandwidth, not downlink bandwidth. So, T-Mobile may already be running 20 MHz bandwidth as DC-HSPA+ (two 5 MHz x 5 MHz aggregated W-CDMA carriers) in Wichita Falls, as it has the AWS spectrum there to do so. But we would need an engineering screen readout or a few sectors on my spectrum analyzer to confirm that the deployment is indeed dual carrier. That said, T-Mobile is also running traditional circuit switched voice on its DC-HSPA+ carriers, so that more or less continuously adds "noise" to the channel and degrades packet data performance. For QC-HSPA+, DC-HSPA+, or even HSPA+ to come close to its full potential throughput and coverage, it would have to be run as just a packet data carrier with no voice traffic -- à la EV-DO. AJ

I am always wary of third party retailers. In almost all cases, you are signing a secondary contract with the retailer to try to ensure that you do not do anything that would void the retailer's commission from the wireless carrier. That is why you cannot move the device to another line within 180 days. If you do anything that violates the secondary contract and affects the retailer's commission, the retailer can charge you an ETF, even though you have done nothing to violate the contract directly with the carrier. This is yet another reason why the contract-subsidy model needs to go away. AJ

HSPA+ (W-CDMA), but you have to be willing to throw a ton of bandwidth (20-40 MHz) at it. AJ

To be clear, it does not support SMR 800 MHz, however. AJ