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This is in general how I'm feeling and it seems to me that by the time this is all settled down whatever the new hotness in data speeds/connection next will be on the way / rolled out by AT&T and Verizon before Sprint gets it's stuff together on last year's tech. Specifically right now, is there a good place I could learn about this 800 / 1900 thing and estimated road maps? Because it sounds like this is the issue in my area with an iPhone. Is there a thread I'm missing or do I just need to kinda hang out on these forums all the time to find anything out? Thanks for the replies.

Hey I have some questions and trying to find some word on things but 117 page threads like this are exactly "user-friendly" and make it really hard to find the info i'm looking for so I apologize if this is addressed elsewhere. I have a Sprint iPhone 5 and I live in the Lakeview / Wrigleyville / Southport area and I find my LTE coverage to be a joke. It will be blazing fast one block and then awful the next, full bars LTE in one area but nothing actually loads, switch to Airplane mode, switch back and it will show 3G instead of LTE and suddenly things work again. You get the picture. Things were actually better / faster in December and January as the Network Vision stuff I read about on here were starting to roll out, but since then it seems to have gotten worse. I get dropped calls and missed calls in my own apartment which was previously fine. I know it's not the specific device because I've had it replaced for other reasons and my other Sprint friends are experiencing the same in my area, I find the same through much of the city as well (especially commuting home on the Brown line). Long story short... I'm wondering if this has to do with this 800 / 1900 thing you guys talk about, can I expect this Nextel shutdown or US Cellular thing to make a difference at anytime soon? Is Network Vision done being rolled out in my area? Basically... your entire thread is TLDR, please assume I'm a moron (but please don't treat me like one) and can someone please inform me what I can expect in the near term, long term, or point me to an easy resource to find out? I'm considering leaving Sprint when the next iPhone comes out if I don't see some signs of hope and I really don't want to. Also, with all due respect. Please don't tell me to switch to Android. I'm a former Apple employee of 6+ years and I'm not interested, I'd sooner leave my carrier than leave iOS. Thanks and I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post this! Cheers.