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    Yeah, you gotta watch out for STD4GRU. AJ
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    No, no, no, you chose the wrong SNL character. New car. The right answer is Mr. Subliminal. $980. Sensorly owes us compensation. Hot sex. http://www.hulu.com/watch/271783 AJ
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    More and more, as much as it pains me, I think that Sprint recovery faces a necessary rebrand. But it cannot be "Soft-uh-Bank." Consumers are ignorant -- and that is one reason why I am not a free market champion. Consumers do little research and have short memories -- just look at T-Mobile's recent vox populi. The greatly improved Sprint by another name could be a real contender. AJ
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    Sensorly owes Robert a car in North Dakota. And me a 14 hour day's pay in Oklahoma -- my standard rate is $70 per hour. AJ
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    Either way, because of Brightstar, I doubt that Marcelo's bank account will be hurting. These guys must love money -- or the pursuit of money. As I work in education, I make less than $50,000 per year. But I have the time and money to do what I want to do -- such as research and write for S4GRU. Even if I made 100 times my earnings, I do not think I would live my life that differently. Maybe I would just buy every handset released, set up my own RF testing lab, and publish the results for free. AJ
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    As I recall, C Spire -- by the way, I still hate that ridiculous name change from Cellular South -- was in a similar position to USCC. The band 12 ecosystem was stagnant, no thanks to AT&T and Apple. So, C Spire went ahead with band 2, band 4, and maybe band 5. Now that band 12 is finally gaining some momentum, it will be interesting to see what C Spire and USCC (King Street) do with that spectrum. Keep it, or sell it. AJ
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    If I had to make a prediction, T-Mobile will get close to nationwide band 12 spectrum. Even AT&T does not have truly nationwide band 12/17 spectrum, but T-Mobile will approach that same level, though it make take several years. AJ
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    Outside of North America, the most common W-CDMA is band 1 (i.e. W-CDMA 1900+2100). AJ
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    I have almost zero interest in the Huawei Nexus handset. Huawei is too much of a Chinese wild card. And because of the 2015 Moto X, my interest in the LG Nexus handset is not that great -- unless I decide the Moto X truly is too big. AJ
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    I am glad that you posted this. You read my mind, as I thought about posting the same thing. If we do get two Nexus handsets this fall, I would not be shocked if the smaller LG Nexus supported CDMA2000 but the larger Huawei Nexus did not. AJ
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    What is the travel tip? "Do not go! Are you crazy or an insurgent?" AJ
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    For Sprint coverage, USCC devices generally support only band 25. To maintain capacity for single band users and roamers, that could be a driving factor in the band 25 additional carrier deployment and load balancing that many tri band users seem to be experiencing, putting them on band 26 or band 41, rarely on band 25. AJ
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    Processor aside, if the Huawei handset supports CDMA2000, it will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon baseband. AJ
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    Members, the posted graphic (now hidden) from behind the WSJ paywall could be serious copyright infringement, which could mean the end of S4GRU. We do not have the funds for litigation. So, please be careful. AJ
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    I cannot get excited either. Where is Yemen?! I have traveled to training camps there numerous times. Back to being serious, some people will always be displeased with these roaming plans because they do not include certain countries. My reaction -- who cares? Unless you are a global jet setter, you use your wireless service 99.999 percent of the time in the US, probably very close to home. That is my pressing concern. International travel is way, way down the list. AJ
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    Do not get bent out of shape over the clarification. But it is a common theme that people overestimate the extent of USCC licensed coverage. They put USCC close to the level of Alltel after it merged with WWC. That is not true, however. I have posted this USCC map previously. I will post it again. The number of states and square miles where Sprint would gain coverage is greatly outnumbered by where Sprint would not gain anything. By the standards that we use to define the four national operators, a USCC acquisition would not make Sprint qualitatively any more "nationwide" than it already is. AJ
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    And is that fuck ton a short ton or a long ton? AJ
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    To call it "nationwide" is quite a stretch. USCC is very much a regional operator. It would fill in a few regions for Sprint. But across most of the country, it would have no impact. AJ
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    And though I am no fan of allowing subs to remain on the outdated sweetheart deals from the dark Sprint days, if they are allowed to be grandfathered, just without future subsidized upgrades, then they also can benefit from the non contract, direct sale $200-400 handsets that are becoming more and more common. That is part of my counterpoint to dedub, who seems just to want the outdated sweetheart contract plans to continue. AJ
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    The consensus seems to be that "unlimited" data may remain or be grandfathered on legacy plans. But subsidized upgrades will no longer be available. In such case, the choice may be yours. Is that still worth it to pay your plan price and receive no subsidized upgrades? Or should you move to a newer non contract, non subsidy plan? AJ
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    No, you and others miss my counterpoint. Why should the $350 2013 Nexus 5 and $400 2015 Moto X -- to use just two well known examples -- even exist if someone can get an Android or iPhone for "$200" on contract? That is a rhetorical question, and the answer is the rise of non contract, non subsidy plans. It will take time, but the non contract, non subsidy plans are making many people realize that those actually $700 handsets are too damn expensive for them. The non contract, direct sale $200-400 handsets will continue to grow in number and popularity. Hopefully, they will move the wireless operators out of consumer electronics sales, which they never should have been in the first place. And, like it or not, plans are going to have to become more expensive. Because nearly everyone is using much, much, much more wireless data. That requires tremendous network investment, which has to be paid for somehow. If you do not like that and want to lower your plan costs, limit your data usage on a tiered plan. If you want to keep your old sweetheart deal of "unlimited" data, yet subsidized upgrades have been discontinued, too bad. AJ
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    Heh heh, Robert likes crappy 80s "hair band" music, heh heh... AJ
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    Salinas is in California. Salina is in Kansas. And Nex-Tech has covered that stretch of I-70 west of Salina to east of Denver with pseudo native or good roaming EV-DO for nearly 10 years now. Is your experience there that old? AJ
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    Missouri is the Midwest. Eastern Kansas is the Midwest. Central Kansas, western Kansas, and eastern Colorado are the Great Plains. There is a difference... AJ
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    If you had a handset as old as your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on VZW, you would lack band 2 and/or band 4. On AT&T, you would lack carrier aggregation, band 29, and band 30. On T-Mobile, you would lack band 2 and/or band 12. So, do not turn this band support and upgrade thing into a Sprint issue. No, the issue is mostly with you and your situation. And it sounds like Sprint is not the right provider for you. Move on. We wish you the best. AJ
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