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  1. bigmachine
    In the course of trying to learn more about Miyakawa, I came across several articles/press-releases about Softbank's LTE TDD deployments in Japan. In the link below they talk about having 50-100 base stations per square kilometer. That's insane! Would Sprint ever do that in metro areas here? http://www.huawei.com/ilink/en/success-story/HW_195558 According to the Softbank website, they are expanding to 94,000 base stations as of March 2014. http://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/business/mobile/
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    The B41 site closest to me seems to have a signal reach equivalent to a sprinkler. I'm not complaining though -- it provides ample speed to me. It's capacity discipline at its finest. It's a Clear site (and former Nextel site) with microwave backhaul, so my theory is that it's tuned so it doesn't get too saturated.
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    I don't actually live close to that site, I just went on an epic journey around the Valley tracking down sites that hadn't been converted to NV. ( I think this is the only place in the world where I would admit that.) That area is nice -- I wouldn't mind living there.
  4. bigmachine
    Lies, damned lies and statistics. I would just take this information in aggregate with everything else. To me, it at least seems like a positive trend, something I've witnessed anecdotally by visiting crowded stores.
  5. bigmachine
    Looks like some good news might be on the way: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-r-levin/loyalty-helps-verizon-new_b_6068432.html
  6. bigmachine
    San Bernardino County is the holdup for LTE 800 in the LA market. There is a really great schedule map in the Premiere Sponsor section. It has B41 8T8R deployment info if you're interested in that.
  7. bigmachine
    I'm reaching out to the former Network Services Supervisor for San Bernardino County who left that job to join the 800 MHz Transition Administration. He should have a unique perspective on the situation.
  8. bigmachine
    Great research! I have reached out to the 800 TA for information about San Bernardino County in California, but I haven't heard back from them. When I have some free time I'll contact the County directly. (Unless someone has already beat me to it.)
  9. bigmachine
    New Loyalty Discount from Sprint for iPhone lease: http://www.cnet.com/news/sprint-existing-customers-can-lease-an-iphone-6-for-5-a-month/ Definitely glad they're not forgetting loyal customers!
  10. bigmachine
    Report this with the Sprint Zone app. I'm pretty sure Sprint realizes they need more sites out west, but it can't hurt to send reminders. Overall coverage is much better than it used to be. There are a lot of spots that used to be roaming that now have native coverage out West. Also capacity seemed fine at the Wings & Waves air show.
  11. bigmachine
    Sprint has been busy in this area. Users with tri-band devices should notice the difference. I just drove from Gainesville through Deland to Daytona and had LTE most of the trip.
  12. bigmachine
    Lots of B26 all over Gainesville. It's a night and day difference in coverage and speeds from when I was last here 2 years ago.
  13. bigmachine
    I'm not an EE, nor do I pretend to be, but this formula for channel capacity might help. Notice how channel capacity is related to bandwidth not frequency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon–Hartley_theorem
  14. bigmachine
    Santa Monica is a weak spot. As far as elsewhere, my phone spends most of its time on B41. Highest DL was 73Mbps with the average around 30.
  15. bigmachine
    1x800 exists in Los Angeles. It's ubiquitous anywhere North of LAX. Someone else can explain the details, but CDMA can use narrow enough channels that it doesn't interfere with the stragglers in San Bernardino County. South of LA has IBEZ issues with Mexico.
  16. bigmachine
    This is an interesting tactic to go after a growth demographic: link to PR coverage by MarketWatch
  17. bigmachine
    In Los Angeles AT&T has mostly 4 panel installations. Verizon is a hodge podge of everything. It looks like they picked up panels from garage sales around town.
  18. bigmachine
    There's a good chance it will be 10/29.
  19. bigmachine
    Congrats Chicago on this RootMetrics report for O'Hare: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140924005821/en/Sprint-1-Data-Performance-O’Hare-International-Airport#.VCLiCEut1WI The actual report: http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/ord-airport
  20. bigmachine
    When Sprint adds additional channels will they all run at 6:3? Is there a potential of running certain channels at a different ratio to service a different type of demand? I'm thinking of sites that are near venues for big events where users may be doing more uploading than downloading. (I have no evidence to support that assertion.)
  21. bigmachine
    Some confirmation from Sprint on Band 41 strategy: http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/telecommunication/jeff-kagan-confusion-on-sprint-25-direction
  22. bigmachine
    Did this update actually add/change any features? The only info I could find is that it was a direct HTC update via the Play store.
  23. bigmachine
    They didn't really leave much room there for 8T8R panels did they?
  24. bigmachine
    It will be interesting to see the list of 3-5 cities that are selected. They could prioritize by subscriber count, ARPU, highest data usage or any number of things. If it's highest data usage the list could be like the one mentioned in this article: http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/dallas-top-city-for-smartphone-tablet-use/d/d-id/1111993?
  25. bigmachine
    It's hard to see on my phone. Is that a 2 sector site, or is the 3rd sector just difficult to see?
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