Thomas L.

The PRL for Android phones prefers SMR over PCS, so if there's a usable SMR signal, even if weaker than another PCS signal, Android phones will connect to it. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2

I'd contact Verizon about it. It might be an issue their aware of, or it might not be. I've been surprised how often some issue I'm having can be repaired easily on the carrier's side once they actually know about it, so I'd try to ask them about it.

I think Sprint would be smart to sit on their hands for a bit even after they've completed their improvements. Trust me, I think it will get around my word of mouth if Sprint really does make improvements, and I'd prefer that they have things really sorted out before they start any kind of marketing "blitz." I think Sprint should be really really conscious with setting expectations and making performance claims.

This explains so much!!!!!!! I was wondering WTH was going on with my latency on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network in my area, good speeds but just terrible latency. Thanks for the knowledge xD

What spectrum would they be authorized to deploy in inside the park, for a private network? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2

I only ask because that phone already sounds outdated - in a year it'll be an antique in cell phone terms, lol.

I have no idea why, but I've noticed that if I am connected to Wifi, my S3 connects only to 1X data. When I turn off wifi and it starts using data, it seems to switch over to 3G/EV-DO. It's possible that the correlation is just my imagination, but I'm fairly sure that's what is happening.

Launches 6/14??? Do you mean 6/13?

I had a PPC-6700 Then a PPC-6800 (HTC Mogul) Then an Evo 4G (Really a great phone) Now an S3.

May I ask where in San Jose you are? If T-Mobile is as good as you say, I might need to give them a try. What is the phone you are using on T-Mobile?

I know you've talked about this before, but I can't remember what your response was: is this going to be like a switch-flipping event, on June 30th we'll wake up to 1X 800, or...?

What exactly does "turned up to full" mean?

Has anyone else noticed that Engadget and a couple of other sites have stated that Sprint's HTC One will support WCDMA on 700mhz and AWS? Do we think that's a mistake? As far as I know there are no deployed WCDMA 700 networks, and even if there were I can't imagine why Sprint would integrate such a rare band into their version of the product. It's very odd.

Is this while you're on LTE? I'm in California, but everytime I'm on LTE my time gets screwed up by at least an hour.

Do they still offer that plan?

I read in an article earlier today that an AWS baseband for the original A1248 would enable AWS on both LTE and HSPA+, but that Apple isn't doing that for some unknown reason. I think this just has something to do with internal machinations on the part of Apple.

I wonder if their LTE coverage estimates, in terms of population, are like Clearwire's or like their CURRENT HSPA+ coverage estimates, meaning, coverage you'll get on the street, if you're lucky.

They're working on that, right? I mean there are a lot of novel antenna designs that are in testing right now that should help a lot. Last antenna I heard about in testing supported 12 bands, so we're getting closer to a real solution. Within the next few years, we probably won't get to ONE phone that will work on every LTE network, but we should get to at least one that works on at least the larger networks in the majority of countries, and at a minimum one phone for all the LTE networks inside the US.

All kinds of weird things happen when certain files get corrupted or who knows what happens, maybe some line in the modem code gets boinked on a hard reset or something of the sort. AJ was joking when he said "The towers are like that," but in the case of the phones it's kinda true, "the phones are like that."

Boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy howdy do those look good. xD

Is it mostly the SF Bay market or are we seeing it in the South Bay too?

If you look at the antenna diagrams for the S3, there is a receive only LTE antenna at the top of the phone, plus the Wifi/Bluetooth antennas on the top right of the phone. The 1X/EVDO and an LTE transmit/receive antenna are on the bottom. The reason for this if I remember correctly, is that most people hold their phone near the bottom when they are browsing/playing games (using data), so wifi and LTE receive antennas are on the top. When you are holding the phone for a call, you are more likely to be holding the headset towards the top, so they put the 1X/EVDO antennas near the microphone, where you are almost sure not to be holding the phone. Here is an image of the antenna locations on the phone:

The Galaxy Nexus, if I remember correctly, had one of the worst radios of recent phones. The new Samsung devices are much stronger - I would definitely give it a try. Remember, you can return it if you need to, and man, it would be a hell of an upgrade from a 3G Blackberry.

Interesting, they have had a multi-day outage of their Uverse broadband/TV in several areas of the country as well. I wonder of their half-ass infrastructure is finally starting to fall apart.

Hey Robert, this is the second week there have been no updates in the South Bay. Are we running into the same problems (difficult sites/permitting) that the SF Bay market is running into, or is there something else you might know of? Thanks for any insight!! Tommy