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Maybe they get it b/c Clear's hardware is already on the towers there so its one less thing that has to be worked in later since the whole point is having the multimodal tower across all freq. I'd think if Clear's WiMax is not there then the hardware for the 2.5GHz band isn't either on the tower and in turn would just be one more thing they would have to add(cost wise) along with possibly having to co-ordinate with Clearwire to get them to add it to the tower. Otherwise wouldn't Clear have to come back through later and add said hardware and get up with the partners or Sprint to have ti hooked into the NV basestation?

That's what I hear but I don't know that I believe it. There are Clear 4G protection sites in areas sprint doesn't serve like Billings, Montana.

We announced Sprint's NYC Market as the next city this evening. Make sure to join us for our live chat Sunday evening where will announce our next city!

Somehow, I knew they would get it.

I really don't understand why WiMax areas should get LTE first. They already have a fast network, in my area we have super slow 3G most of the time. Sure we have 3 wimax protection sites but they run at low power and barely reach my window if I position my phone just right.

 

Dish spent about $3 billion last year purchasing about 40 MHz of wireless spectrum from DBSD North Americaand TerreStar in the hopes of launching its own broadband service in the future, most likely with a partner. However, the company needs the Federal Communications Commission to grant it a waiver to offer the service.

40 Mhz!!! That would be epic! 20x20 LTE!

Are we getting another release tonight? *fingers crossed*

Would be nice. I would really like to hear about some non-wimax areas getting LTE this year.

I was with AT&T since they were called Southwestern Bell Wireless then switched to Sprint Christmas of 2010. It was too expensive for everyone in my family to have smartphones with AT&T.

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So, I've mused about something opposite to this. Will there ever come a time when you are your own carrier? If we can get some talent together I say yes.

The 900mhz, 2400mhz and 5ghz ISM bands are free for the public to use and would be great for creating a coordinated and truely community-supported Nationwide Broadband network.

The devices which make up this network would not be unlike traditional 802.11b/g/n devices but instead of building them with cheap antennae we would produce them to make use of the maximum gain allowed by the FCC.

The devices would have two component networks, a private network which is given bandwidth priority (like wifi). It would be reserved for use by the businesses and homeowners who buy the device. The second component network would be a public network which all owners of these and other compliant devices could access freely.

In order to provide a seamless and secure experience every base station device would have VPN server capabilites on board. When connecting to a public base station, the end device accessing that network can only gain internet access via VPN client connection to their home base station.

To make these base stations smarter, I would like to implement multimode logic into the base station so that it will listen to other base stations and end devices' noise to coordinate with those other devices. As the devices coordinate they will determine which spectrum overlaps and which devices are at capacity. The base stations will use this information to reconfigure the network to be more efficient by offloading users onto other base stations, adjusting power, finally switching frequencies to accommodate range and load requirements.

If the new spray on antenna material that Google endorsed really works on end devices as well as they say, we could be looking at coverage that goes toe to toe with private carriers and wins.

My biggest issues from a big picture perspective are figuring out how much range we would really see and installation of base stations along unpopulated areas like highways.

For estimating the range, I would assume a base station using 4 monopole antennas (for mimo) inside a home at maximum gain (+36dBm ?) and an end device with a (+20dbm) gain.

For the highway issue I feel that the cost for local governments to install these stations would be minimal and could therefore be justified.

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I'm in Oklahoma City and have noticed that 3G data speeds are overall much better than they were even as recently as early December, even during peak times (i.e. late afternoon through mid evening). I would often be stuck in the 300-400 kbp/s range (sometimes less) before, but now I will almost always hit between 700-just under 1000, and have occasionally gotten as high as 1.2mbp/s, though not often.

 

However, there are still times when I'll get slow data speeds, and when I run a speed test I will once again see download speeds slower than upload speeds (something that happened a great deal last year from about late summer through early December). Overall, though, this issue is far less common than before, though I'm not convinced it's due to Network Vision (Sprint's Network Vision site does claim that the 3 towers closest to me have all had voice/data/data capacity upgrades in the past few months, though).

From what I understand, on their website, a Data Speed upgrade is the addition of a T1 line and a Data Capacity upgrade is the addition of another EVDO carrier so the network isn't starved for spectrum. I don't think any of it is network vision related unless you see 1500kbps+ all the time in a high traffic area (like the Jenks tower I was talking about in the OP).

I definitely have noticed that these upgrades have helped. My phone rarely skips on Pandora anymore. LTE and network vision will be really nice when they arrive though.

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(I figured that last one was too hard)

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Do you all know if prl 1115 is compatible with the evo 3d being that its prls start with 21***?

Until 800mhz CDMA is deployed it shouldn't matter, but Digiblur and WiWavelength would be the better people to ask.

PM either of them on here or on Howard Forums and they should be able to hook you up

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I use the 11115 PRL to get EVDO roaming but I always restrict myself to 300mb. Do I need more? As long as my native EVDO is greater than 400kbps, no.

If it gets bad again (it has gotten better) and my music streaming skips again then I think Sprint should allow users in this situation to roam more.

edit: I use Roam Control to force roam when my native EVDO is unusable.

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Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 4 January 2012

I have had terrible 3G service from Sprint since last year however some areas in my city, Tulsa, have drastically increased in speed and signal strength. In these areas I get at least 1000 kbps CDMA speeds.

I have noticed that the cell sites in these areas have one thing in common, they all have what appear to be small radio boxes next to their clean new antennae (as Sprint said they would). That being said they could be another carrier's cell site but I always have full signal bars near them with absurd (by sprint standards) 3G speeds.

I will take some pics, run some tests and do a little online research to confirm but I believe these to be live network vision sites.