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    You've got a friend in porn…porny porny porn... AJ
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    If this were a standard grading scale, then all four operators would earn an A grade. Or if the teacher were an asshole who refused to round up, then Sprint would earn a B grade. So, if 5-8 points is a wide gap and 89.9 points is an embarrassing score, then the RootMetrics scale is flawed. AJ
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    If anyone wants to see RootMetrics reports that are truly embarrassing, just take a look at the T-Mobile humdingers from Omaha: http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/omaha-ne/2015/1H http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/omaha-ne/2015/2H The results even got worse from 1H 2015 to 2H 2015. And that is with zero official market share on the skeleton, license protection network. If Sprint put up across the board performance like that in any top 100 metro, then people rightly could call it embarrassing. That is appropriate perspective. AJ
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    I do not think that I am taking a hard line, Robert. NGN or not, Sprint will be last in some markets. Each of VZW, AT&T, and T-Mobile will be last in some markets. That is just playing the odds and running the statistics. Not all of the children can be above average. The hard line is the unequivocal attitude that "Sprint cannot be last in my market. That is embarrassing." If Sprint finishes a distant fourth place, then that may be embarrassing. However, if Sprint finishes a reasonably close fourth place and provides usable service, then that is not embarrassing. AJ
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    You have a penchant for negative overreaction, and that is you embarrassing yourself. The 2H 2015 RootMetrics results are not great, but they are hardly embarrassing. If Sprint had scored 20 points below the others -- like T-Mobile does in Omaha -- that would be embarrassing. In the end, face the facts. Sprint is going to be last in some markets. Charlotte, you need to get over yourself. Charlotte is the most important market to you. But it is not even close to the most important market to Sprint. AJ
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    As David indicated, those speeds are in the average range for a 5 MHz FDD carrier. They are perfectly usable. But why are you concerned about LTE speeds at home? You should be on Wi-Fi via your wired broadband. And you are posting from an Everest IP address, so you do have wired broadband. People unnecessarily running speed tests and using LTE in places (home, work, school) where they may have secure, fast Wi-Fi are contributing reasons why mobile data speeds slow down. AJ
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    Yeah, you have to watch out for those boat loops. They can be dangerous. AJ
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    And this is why I wish that wireless operators would get out of the consumer electronics business. So much hassle. Opportunity for complications or fraud runs rampant. Over the last 2.5 years, none of my three handsets (Nexus 5, 2014 Moto X, 2015 Moto X) plus one pending handset (Nexus 5X) have I purchased through Sprint. No subsidized upgrades. No contract extensions. No trade ins. I know that many of you like the iPhone Forever idea. But that should be on you -- not on Sprint or any other operator. Buy your iPhone from a third party. And if you want to upgrade every year, afford it. Or sell your iPhone to a third party. AJ
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    Yes, you did walk into it. Now, do you hear the five note sequence? Walk into the spaceship and go back to your home planet. AJ
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    That depends. Motorola as of 2015, yes. Motorola 2013-2014, no. Then, it was ##DEBUG#. AJ
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    Engineering screens? On most Android devices with Sprint service, the dialer codes are either ##DEBUG# or *#*#DEBUG#*#*. AJ
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    In Northwestern Kansas, that is Nex-Tech Wireless. AJ
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    Nope, you cannot get away with that. You are still moving the goal posts. Is Direct 2 You "a great idea" right now? What you think it would have been last decade is irrelevant to right now. And you seem to speaking out of both sides of your mouth. Trying to praise Direct 2 You as "a great idea," yet simultaneously cutting it down. Just own up to it. You do not have evidence from inside to Sprint to support your assertion, but you do think that Direct 2 You is "a waste of money" and "[n]ot the market Sprint should be targeting" right now. Those are your own words... http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/6319-marcelo-claure-town-hall-meetings-new-family-share-pack-plan-unlimited-individual-plan-discussion-thread/?p=450900 AJ
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    That is moving the goal posts. If you think Direct 2 You is "a great idea that arrived 5-6 years too late," then you no longer think it is a "a great idea." Well, Sprint can be the judge of that. But based upon your posting history that leans optimistic toward T-Mobile and pessimistic toward Sprint, I doubt you think that Sprint is capable of making such a decision in its best interest. AJ
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    Huh? Irrelevant. I do not need access to that data. I am not making an argument for or against Direct 2 You. I am merely pointing out flaws in your argument -- of which the gist is "I think Direct 2 You is a stupid idea. Therefore, it is a stupid idea." AJ
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    All your base are belong to us. Every two child did. I will. AJ
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    Exactly. luvixuha and Terrell352 take the myopic view of "Well, I wouldn't use the service, so no one should use the service. It's a waste." The problem is that neither of you has done any market research on Direct 2 You. But Sprint has. Neither of you has any usage stats on Direct 2 You. But Sprint does. And neither of you knows the cost structure of Direct 2 You. But Sprint knows. Thus, both of you are posting from positions of ignorance. I will never use Direct 2 You. I think it is an odd service. However, let Sprint decide if Direct 2 You is worthwhile. Of course, your objection to that might be "Sprint never makes good decisions. Direct 2 You must be a bad idea." AJ
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    No one has stepped up. AJ
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    And then those Google Maps based coverage maps could not be so easily harvested to high resolution GIFs, which S4GRU has used at times to archive historical coverage. As I have said before, beware what you wish for... AJ
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    If you are close to AARP age, I doubt you have to worry about "premature fallback." That is more of an overly excited teenager problem. Instead, you have to worry about "getting up" your "4G" in the first place. I think the pill for that is called LTEvitra. AJ
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    No, there ought to be a pill for "premature fallback." AJ
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    I concur with that experience. It mirrors my own. With solid, urban coverage, cellular RF performance is quite good. Signal strength is right up there with known strong performers, and tri band switching is seamless -- although the switch to band 41 can seem to be few seconds late at times. AJ
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    On Sprint, HTC handsets seem prone to premature fallback to eHRPD/EV-DO. I would put the 2015 Moto X a notch above the HTC handsets but a notch below the other handsets I mentioned. AJ
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