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    Front row
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    Doesn't Ericsson market a QoS system that does just that? Sprint would be a good candidate for that.
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    HTC coming out with an update to better camera performance isn't shocking. They did that with the One X/EVO 4G LTE.
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    Over iPCS land, Network Vision will work very well. That's what melimel was eluding to. I think the Bell duopoly has strengthened to the point where the FCC needs to start serious monitoring of market activity of VZW and AT&T in rural areas. Here where I live, theoretically five carriers can compete, but in reality, Verizon covers Chester well and is congested as heck because *everyone* has them, AT&T other sort of does but not well, and T-Mobile covers well but is EDGE and almost no one has them because they were very late to the party here. USCC and Sprint bleed over from the bluff but don't cover the town proper. We're on the edge of multiple CMA's so spectrum here will be a mess. That said, our local officials here are really concerned that one carrier has 97% of the market here. We just don't know how to correct that.
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    I live in a Verizon 3G only area where EV-DO is blazing along at speeds sometimes slower than EDGE. With no Sprint here, and if not for LTE almost being here, I would consider going to the $30 T-Mobile plan. If I'm going to be on slow speeds I'd rather not pay out through the caboose for it.
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    I'm thinking of going to a Sprint Store tomorrow to play around with the Torque. I'm hoping the move to removable SIM's is beginning in earnest.
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    Even on the PCS G spectrum that Sprint/Shentel has there? Whoa.
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    We don't know the how or why yet, if digiblur has some source or inside dirt I want to hear it.
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    You're preaching to the choir. Even if you subtract anything to do with Sprint out of it, there's no doubt Charlie is an arse.
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    I'm sure you can tell I was being sarcastic.
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    With multiple band software defined radios, you don't need as many panels. Network Vision is far more efficient in that regard.
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    Huh? Clear ?

    Fraydog replied to markjcc's topic in WiMax

    Or you could just say it's in base stations, but too large to move around.
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    Do you have a link that proves this is the case? I'd love to read more about this.
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    It's not speculation it's long-term strategy. Of course I'm speculating. Key here is Dotson didn't go for any band 17 spectrum. Look where T-Mobile is because of that. T-Mobile blew it 4-5 years ago. Now they have to focus on urban areas because that's their only chance. I would much rather them fix STL as a problem market before expanding to the rural areas surrounding there. Tell me with a straight face they should sit out the 600 MHz auction. Also tell me the Bells should raid that band like the others.
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    You're thinking 2013. I'm thinking 2016-2017. In 2013, you're right. I'm betting I'm right in 2017. That's the difference Now if T-Mobile US and USCC merged... Mayr you could bump that up to 2015.
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    Even if we scratch 700 A out of the equation and make this just about the 600 auction upcoming (which T-Mobile is going to bid in), T-Mobile can use VoLTE to serve rural areas. By that time that coverage goes live LTE will be at Release 12 and a lot of the issues that hurt VoLTE as a rural option will be mitigated. Would it yield few customers? It depends on on the level of customers they can get. Is the urban strategy right in the short term? Yes, but for the mobile market to be really competitive and the Bell duopoly to shatter and have a truly competitive marketplace, you need to get both of the carriers involved in solving the map issue. Again, VZW has the lowest churn because it has the most coverage. That's what customers value, and the fact they willingly put up with the rest of the overcharging, tiered data, and other BS on VZW proves that.
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    Those are all valid points, however T-Mobile has to come up with a long term solution to rural issues at some point. I would agree that modernizing rural sites right now is dumb. That doesn't mean it isn't smart in the future. This is a business where to be successful you have to pivot fast. Things change quickly. That's part of the reason why Dotson got canned.
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    They have to do that to have a chance to get the capital for further expansion. I don't blame them for their strategy. They have little incentive to do anything in the rural areas. When VoLTE becomes more robust, they can start to move in rural areas. If they don't think of the future and start to get better plans in place, they won't grow. They'll become an aquisition target for SprintBank.
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    I wouldn't go that far. There's 700 A they are taking over from Metro and if they would go after USCC, USCC owns a bunch of 700 A. By all indications I can gather T-Mobile is considering changing course on 700 A.
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    Well, yes, but 700 MHz coverage in rural areas could change the obvious point you just made.
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    Does the Premier Section have market data? I can recall a set of tables that newyork4me posted on HoFo that stated that STL was one of the larger Sprint markets out there. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1766584-Number-of-VZW-subscribers-(and-other-carriers)-per-market I can't vouch for how accurate the data is however.
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    About time. STL has a very large Sprint presence and I'm shocked it is a 3rd round market. *cough*San Antonio*cough*
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    I think T-Mobile missed out having STL not be a launch market. Sprint has a bigger market share there than Phoenix or Las Vegas. Yet, no NV love. I am kind of baffled by this. T-Mobile could have flown in and started stealing customers here. I think they are impaired in that quest because their entire market there has no corporate locations, as they're all run by Wireless Vision and are almost all universally awful.
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    http://support.sprint.com/support/tutorial/Insert_or_Remove_the_SIM_Card_Kyocera_Torque/47366-133
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    I was afraid of that. Oh well... No reason safety couldn't have made it on 10 MHz.
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