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Nope. "Substantial service." AJ

"Substantial service" by next summer, 2016. AJ

Ryan, I think that we all know the benefits of low band spectrum. The problem is that T-Mobile practically throws itself at the charity of the court of public opinion on this matter. "Oh, if only we had low band spectrum, we would be so great. We could be the "uncarrier" VZW. Please help us." Pay the freight, T-Mobile. What did Sprint pay, $40 billion, for Nextel? And Sprint then paid billions more for public safety rebanding. That is how it got a national portfolio of low band SMR and high band BRS/EBS. T-Mobile could have been the Nextel merger partner instead. T-Mobile could have bid in Auction 73 in 2008 for Lower 700 MHz or Upper 700 MHz spectrum. Today, T-Mobile can buy up the Lower 700 MHz spectrum speculators. It will cost billions, but that is the going rate. No, T-Mobile trumps itself up as an underrepresented minority and basically wants low band "Affirmative Action" in the wireless industry. It wants charity, not equality. AJ

Or check out the comments when ArsTechnica writes a wireless focused article. The level of knowledge, research, and discourse that goes into those comments tends to be leagues better than the juvenile fanboy back and forth that pollutes the FierceWireless comments. AJ

FierceWireless is not directed at the general populace or even the enthusiasts. It is an industry focused site geared toward professionals. For that reason, you would think that most of the comments would be more professional, but they are anything but. That is the irony. The actual industry professionals read the articles yet rarely comment. Meanwhile, the amateur enthusiast fanboys run the comments section asylum. AJ

Right. But if Sprint has ample BRS/EBS spectrum, the carriers do not have to be adjacent. Carriers with different TDD configurations or supplemental downlink CA could be placed as much as ~150 MHz apart in the BRS/EBS band plan. Anyway, as much as I have been on the record for something like the last three years for BRS/EBS to be used as supplemental downlink CA, that is not going to happen soon, if ever. It is not 3GPP standardized. AJ

That is the spirit. AJ

That is because Little Sisters of the Poor aka T-Mobile is not licensed any band 12 spectrum for better propagation in Las Vegas. God really should do something about that. AJ

S4GRU exists as a result of food. If no food, then we and S4GRU will die. Need we say more... AJ

But you clearly love Apple and iOS. Would you sell off your children every year or two to get new ones and fund other purchases? No, you would keep your children, even as you added to the family. #handsetfamily #phonehistory AJ

License protection. Those licensees are not going to lose their Lower 700 MHz A block BEA licenses or be forced to sell them between now and then. They can build out, may have already built out license protection coverage -- not that hard to do with some tall sites and experimental mobile terminals to reach 35 percent geographical area coverage. Even if licensees do not reach their interim construction requirement benchmarks, the licenses do not expire. Rather, their license terms would be reduced in length, accelerating them to reach their final construction requirement benchmarks. If the FCC ULS were not down this holiday weekend for server relocation, we could spot check for already filed interim benchmark construction requirement filings. AJ

Hmm, how did Gaffigan miss that one? AJ

A sticking point for many Sprint users who have ordered a Nexus 5X / 6P will be the need to acquire a new 4FF nano UICC/SIM card running the CSIM activation program. That can be a simple process or a difficult one. We cover some of that discussion in The Wall article. To help S4GRU readers obtain or purchase the correct Sprint "CSIM 4FF V5," we have posted below the relevant info for both Sprint and Best Buy Mobile. Sprint (corporate store with repair center or international support online chat): Part: SIMGLW446C SKU: CZ2144LWC UPC: 019962040146 Best Buy Mobile: Part: SPRINT HTC M9/MOTO X PURE SIM SKU: SIMLTGSM4FF UPC: 7000116 For activation of the Nexus 5X / 6P on Sprint, if you already have a compatible and activated 4FF nano SIM (such as from the HTC One M9, 2015 Moto X, et al.), you can reuse that CSIM in the Nexus 5X / 6P. However, you first must add the Nexus 5X / 6P IMEI/MEID to your account. The Sprint online activation tool had no difficulty with that process today, perfectly recognizing a 16 GB Nexus 5X, even including the proper handset image. Any Nexus 5X / 6P purchased from the Google Store appears to be already whitelisted on Sprint. As you add the Nexus 5X / 6P IMEI/MEID to your account, the online activation tool gives you the explicit option to reuse your current SIM. You do not need to reenter the UICC ID. With the Nexus 5X / 6P IMEI/MEID addition complete, you can power cycle the handset. The hands free activation process will then start and successfully complete. AJ http://s4gru.com/ind...hread/?p=444079

I always had you pegged as more of a Lululemon guy. AJ

Saul Bass: AJ

Possibly, if San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose is the target in a potential spectrum transaction with T-Mobile. Here is the provenance of the spectrum in question. Sprint held the entire PCS A block 30 MHz (15 MHz FDD), then partitioned and disaggregated the PCS A5 10 MHz (5 MHz FDD) to AT&TWS about 15 years ago. Cingular nee PacBell had the entire PCS B block 30 MHz (15 MHz FDD). But in the Cingular-AT&TWS merger a decade ago, Cingular voluntarily decided to divest its former PacBell network assets and some but not all spectrum to T-Mobile in California and Nevada. T-Mobile previously did not have a native network in those states. So, that is how T-Mobile came to hold the PCS B5 block 10 MHz (5 MHz FDD) disaggregation, while AT&T nee Cingular retained the remainder of the PCS B block. That PCS B5 10 MHz (5 MHz FDD) block T-Mobile received from its Cingular nee PacBell legacy in California could be a good chip to trade. It would require a secondary transaction with AT&T, but I think that AT&T would be game to make its PCS B block basically whole again, as Sprint would do the same with its PCS A block. However, T-Mobile acquired 20 MHz (10 MHz FDD) of PCS C block spectrum in the MetroPCS merger. So, that could be an alternate trading chip. Or other markets that I mentioned, such as Atlanta or Marcelo's own Miami, could be alternate targets. All of this, of course, is predicated on capitulation of the leases to actual spectrum transfers from C Spire to Sprint. AJ

A Southern woman with an EVO based username who watches too much NASCAR wants to punch me? Now, that is high class. And, yes, I became a moderator by paying simony to Robert. In actuality, I am not a moderator, per se. I was a Contributing Author with moderator powers, if needed, then became Technical Editor with moderator powers, if needed, when we created that official position. True, I am one of the largest donors to S4GRU -- but never has that been to curry favor with or position from Robert. It has been to support the site, to return the favor that S4GRU exists. And I earned my position here by being one of the foremost wireless spectrum authorities elsewhere on the Web for the past decade, then following that up at S4GRU with dozens of researched articles and thousands of factual posts -- with plenty of comedic posts mixed in for good measure. So, these malcontents and kooks can create false narratives in their heads about S4GRU. But they are just operating in their own little distortion fields. AJ

Yes, it does. And that is hilarious. AJ

It is possible -- just not worth the added cost, extra engineering, and reduced RF performance. The rest of the world uses single radio handsets. The single radio paradigm shift with tri band handsets brought Sprint in line with SoftBank and the rest of the world. Otherwise, Sprint never would have gotten the likes of the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6. AJ

A PRL allows network access; it does not control whether you are "roaming." That is an authentication and billing issue handled on the back end. You could have an old PRL that indicated you were roaming, but you were not. On the flip side, you could have a hacked PRL that indicated you were not roaming, but you were. AJ

With AT&T deploying boutique spectrum in band 29 supplemental downlink and band 30, you will not be able to use most any unlocked handset -- or you will be missing out on a lot of spectrum bandwidth. It will vary from market to market, even site to site, but AT&T is having a hard time keeping pace with usage on more standard bands. If you want the best experience on AT&T, you likely will be limited to AT&T destined handset variants. Just FYI... AJ

Nein! The German government did not own part of Nextel. And, besides, the name "Legere" sounds French. The word "douche" is most definitely French. AJ

You guys are so software update happy. The update is not going to cure cancer or change your life. I often refuse updates for years, especially if they are OS updates. And software developers, you obviously are hung up on change for the sake of change. Anyway, somebody needs to preserve a handset sample with the Spark icon intact for the Robert M. Herron Museum of Modern Cellphones. AJ

Your comparison is way off. WiMAX years ago to LTE now. Two different time periods, two different situations. Not as many users had smartphones, especially WiMAX smartphones, and there never was a WiMAX capable iPhone. Today, LTE smartphones are the rule. And people are using more "unlimited" data every year, too much "unlimited" data. Times have changed. If WiMAX were still Sprint's "4G" platform, it probably would be congested by now, too. AJ

Check the date, Mr. Magoo. Welcome to September 3, 2009. AJ