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  1. Nickel
    Probably because Google cheaped out and got Tegra 3.
  2. Nickel
    There's no doubt that you're the spectrum king, AJ. Can that be you're next article on the wall of how to use the FCC ULS? I can't figure the dang thing out.
  3. Nickel
    Be careful with what you read on the Dashboard as it isn't always up to date. Granted, if you're looking at one particular market without much spectrum being sold, it shouldn't be an issue.
  4. Nickel
    Yes, I read the article and I don't believe them. I believe they got those blocks to control who has them and how much they spend for them. Yes, I know that they can't set the price too high otherwise someone would complain to the FCC but at the end the day, since they own it, they decide what happens to it. Another point is that AT&T wants those B and C blocks and so Verizon can make sure they get the pieces that they really want.
  5. Nickel
    Verizon didn't sell it so it would be approved, they sold it because they weren't going to use those blocks and they might as well sell them and make some cash.
  6. Nickel
    As far as your first point, no because for something to be TDD it needs it's own separate band, so bands 1 and 3, which are very common, are FDD. You could be thinking of China, which seems to favor TDD. Also, outside of the 600 MHz mess I've never heard of TDD below 2 GHz, so it may not do very well in those common frequencies. As far as your second point, I think it has more to do with easily integrating existing 3G, as to why LTE won. I'm pretty sure it's FDD, since 1. it's going to be band 30 and 2. the FCC has already divided it up into blocks.
  7. Nickel
    Which is probably a big reason why it's had so little success, right? I'm guessing most countries do like the FCC does and gives out blocks of spectrum with uplink and downlink.
  8. Nickel
    Oh man, I hope someone is able to buy Alcatel-Lucent networking division and is able upgrade their stuff so everyone currently using them can continue to do so.
  9. Nickel
    I don't think so, if my understanding is correct then the FCC didn't make FDD blocks with EBS and BRS, it's all one big chunk of spectrum.
  10. Nickel
    Dang, look at that signal.
  11. Nickel
    I got a chance to test the tower on 84th and O street and was quite impressed. All the pings were about ~50 ms with about 20 down and between 5 and 10 up. Keep in mind though that was basically across the street in SCC's parking lot.
  12. Nickel
    I won't have an LTE phone until later this year, so it's kinda silly for me to use that app.
  13. Nickel
    Does AT&T have service in my area? yes it does, but it isn't very popular. If you stray away from the bigger cities you quickly find yourself in either EDGE or no service. My area is CDMA heavy and if you can't roam onto someone else's CDMA, you're going to have a bad time.
  14. Nickel
    http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2864-lte-discovery-app-for-s4gru/&do=findComment&comment=81927
  15. Nickel
    All things considered that map is pretty astounding. There's a lot people like to say about Sprint but the one thing that they can't say is that Sprint isn't trying.
  16. Nickel
    As someone in a US Cellular area, while I believe that if Sprint acquired them it would be good for Sprint I don't believe it would be good for the area. It would essentially make Sprint and Verizon a duopoly with everyone else fighting for scraps.
  17. Nickel
    That's pretty low, right? I'm guessing they set it that low because of it's problem with where it would go in terms of 3GPP bands.
  18. Nickel
    This whole argument is pointless because, as was pointed out to me, the Verizon iPhone 5 already supports band 5 LTE.
  19. Nickel
    They want you to buy NEW phones, not use the same one forever. What's the best way to do that? Stop supplying updates to old hardware.
  20. Nickel
    No, they wouldn't notice the load because how many of them would still be using a what, almost 5 year old phone. How many people on sprint do you think are using a BlackBerry 8330? People definitely use phones past the two year mark, but this is ridiculous.
  21. Nickel
    Actually I think kind of are. First, and correct me if I'm wrong, I believe that the NV equipment is Release 9 which is merely a software update to Release 10 (LTE-A). But the big wrench in all this is that you can't combine TD-LTE with FDD, which means that you can pair band 26 (800 MHz) with band 25 (PCS A-G blocks, 1900 MHz) but not with band 41 (2600 MHz).
  22. Nickel
    Uh, I haven't been around here very long but I'm pretty sure the guy you're talking to is a Sprint Employee (or is in someway working with them), so that call a Sprint store thing doesn't really work.
  23. Nickel
    No, what we're talking about is T-mobile held an event in NYC someone tweeted some speeds and then someone else (or the same person I don't remember) posted the Samsung LTE engineering screen where it showed that the center downlink frequency falls in the AWS A block. Which would be fine, except for the fact that the AWS A block belongs to Verizon and there isn't any proof yet that shows that they had any right to use that block for the event. Now, if Verizon gave them permission, then there's no big deal but if they didn't, that's where things get interesting.
  24. Nickel
    I said if they didn't have Verizon's permission, there could be serious consequences. Of course, I know what will happen even if they didn't have permission at the time, T-Mobile will probably pay Verizon so they don't say anything.
  25. Nickel
    If they do end up have to divestiture some PCS then that could end up being then actually buying Leap, provided Sprint is able to acquire said PCS.
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