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  1. WiWavelength
    No…no… No Swifter. Consuela no clean floor. AJ
  2. WiWavelength
    So, the NPANXXXXXX@pm.sprint.com service is still available? Even though Sprint shut down Picture Mail in 2014. AJ
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    Cite language in the leases that the lessors are entitled to -- regardless of airlink technology, deployed bandwidth, and network speeds -- x number or "unlimited" number of "unlimited" data accounts to disperse for free or sell for $x at their pleasure. Then, you might have something. And I probably would agree with you. AJ
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    It looks nice. But each handset has a diagonal scratch near the bottom. Lenovo/Motorola quality control must be going downhill. AJ
  5. WiWavelength
    Try sending yourself a test e-mail to SMS by using your 10 digit phone number (NPANXXXXXX@messaging.sprintpcs.com). That portal is over 15 years old, but it may still be open. AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    Engineering screens. Or it did not happen. AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    Yes, thanks to an LTE equipped car, T-Mobile users will have Wi-Fi down in the valley about 10 seconds from now... AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    Hardly. I am the engineering screen pimp. I slap those things around until they give me my signal metrics. AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    This is the better question: How does the T-Mobile CFO know that Sprint roaming costs on VZW run $500 million/yr? Roaming costs on one other specific operator are not public information. Should I take his word for it? I mean, T-Mobile executives never distort nor exaggerate anything, right? AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    Well, here is a tit for tat for some members in another thread once again bemoaning current Sprint handsets' lack of simultaneous voice and data -- except when on Wi-Fi for data. Good luck, T-Mobile users, finding Wi-Fi for voice and data inside those buildings, in those wooded areas, behind those hills, and down in those valleys. AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    The "No Service" areas are not just outside of metros. They are in cities inside buildings, in wooded areas, behind hills, down in valleys, etc. Because at T-Mobile our mantra is "We do not do in market roaming. We would rather leave you with 'Emergency Calls Only.'" AJ
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    They also are leasing to Sprint nee Clearwire largely out of necessity -- because they are in a "use it or lose it" situation with their EBS spectrum from the FCC. Most of these educational institutions lack the ability to deploy their EBS spectrum to any good use, so they make money by leasing it out. It basically is FCC charity to them. But they have to maintain at least 5 percent of their capacity toward educational purposes. Sprint is the one providing them with that ability. Otherwise, they risk having their EBS licenses cancelled and returned to the FCC. AJ
  13. WiWavelength
    Now that the Nexus 6P is shipping, what about screenshots of the LTE engineering screens? Oh, won't somebody please think of the S4GRU children? AJ
  14. WiWavelength
    I feel sorry for people who are required to or feel the need to talk on their cellphones. It is such an unpleasant form of communication. I cannot recall the last time that I made an actual cellphone call. Oddly, I have made two phone calls in the past two days. But both calls were via Gmail VoIP from my laptop, and this was an anomalous week. I might go another month without making a phone call. AJ
  15. WiWavelength
    Yes, those have been the average speeds, at best, for any WiMAX users. But throttling these "disadvantaged" users to 8-9 Mbps on "unlimited" LTE would not solve the potential problem. Even at typical but varying speeds no greater than that on WiMAX, it has been documented that many of these charity cases have been consuming tens or even hundreds of GBs per month. To make matters worse, they are not mobile users but mostly fixed location users, almost constantly loading down certain sectors, and they are not paying Sprint a dime for their service. If given a more consistent 8-9 Mbps on "unlimited" LTE, their usage is apt to remain the same or even increase. Put the 8-9 Mbps throttling and 23 GB/mo prioritization policies in place for these users. Then, you might have a feasible plan. AJ
  16. WiWavelength
    Yeah, well, that probably is not as true as you assert. Even today, T-Mobile still is not doing a full "3G" overlay. Many of the rural sites are remaining GSM with ground mount band 2 LTE. AJ
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    Maybe Sprint would pursue a massive rural buildout if VZW attempted a merger with Sprint that was blocked, thus Sprint lucked into a $6 billion breakup fee. If you catch my drift... AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    Where Robert lives in South Dakota, Sprint roams on VZW. Most Sprint PRLs limit that roaming to CDMA1X, though some PRLs allow EV-DO. AJ
  19. WiWavelength
    Sprint and T-Mobile are trading places -- in both perception and reality. We have already seen Sprint drop to fourth, T-Mobile rise to third. T-Mobile finally is improving its rural network beyond "2G" -- much like Sprint did twice over, first with EV-DO, then with LTE. And in the near future what I see Sprint becoming is the "city" operator -- much like T-Mobile has been for the last several years. Sprint is not going to engage in a massive rural buildout. Sprint will focus its ample band 41 resources on cities, aim to be the network speed/capacity king in those cities, and try to thrive in that category. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    Translation: We have a lot of areas of "No Service" and prefer not to pay the roaming costs that would be incurred in those areas. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    "Disadvantaged" individuals using cheap/free WiMAX for home Internet, I can understand. But somebody needs to explain to me rationally why any schools and libraries -- as these non profits claim -- are using WiMAX for Internet access? Is it their primary Internet access? Seriously? I will say it again. Seriously? Where are these schools and libraries? Better yet, who and what are these schools and libraries? Via tax payer funding, government programs, and other charitable outreach, schools and libraries have access to far superior wired broadband services almost everywhere. AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    Those handsets supported both SVDO and SVLTE. Later handsets supported only SVLTE. Tri band, single RF path handsets support neither. AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    I think you know this, but it is technically true that Sprint supports simultaneous voice and data. However, your handset does not support it. Now that Sprint is deploying band 25 second carriers -- some even 10 MHz FDD -- those who miss simultaneous voice and data may want to consider going back to older SVLTE handsets. AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    Yes. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    You may be mixing in band 26 with band 25. Sprint has not operated three 5 MHz FDD band 25 carriers in Chicago. It was two 5 MHz FDD band 25 carriers. Now, the second carrier is being widened to 10 MHz FDD. AJ
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