Mr.Nuke

No. The nTelos customers are the only adds. The other approximately 300,000 are currently Sprint customers in nTelos territory that Sprint is putting into the Shentel affiliate agreement.

They sometimes do indeed. However, when we have a specific thread set up for the 600 MHz auction it would seem prudent to post any new developments there, especially when the other two topics you cross posted in are in the same sub-forum.

The two aren't nearly equivalent. How many Sprint customers are going to use 1 GB in Honduras versus even somewhere like the I-70, I-80, I-90 stretches Sprint doesn't cover in the Midwest? Domestic roaming is capped at 300 MB because it is incredibly costly to Sprint.

Welcome! There is a Sprint site with 8T8R/Band 41 equipment installed close to there.

That is the problem of using individual experiences in one market (and often a specific subset of places one tends to frequent in a market) to extrapolate generalities about the state of a carrier's network elsewhere.

Sprint outright won or tied for first in texting in 77 of the root metric markets last year. http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/map/2015-1H?category=text

We had Band 26 acceptances for Chicago in late 2013. I don't believe second carrier spottings started happening before Early 2014.

Plus it seems like the Note series is always the last Samsung device on the "old" technology i.e. tri-band lte, 2X CA, etc.

The NBA has fans for sure, but I sincerely doubt Sprint is going to lose any significant amount of customers over no longer being the official wireless carrier of the NBA or having the app. I also tend to be skeptical that the average NBA fan connects Sprint with NBA much less sees Sprint's advertising and says "hey if it is good enough for the NBA they should be my wireless carrier."

All over a NBA app?

2.5 GHz License Conditions We own or lease spectrum located within the 2496 to 2690 MHz band, commonly referred to as the 2.5 GHz band, which is designated for Broadband Radio Services (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Most BRS and EBS licenses are allocated to specific geographic service areas. Other BRS licenses provide for 493 separate BTAs. Under current FCC rules, the BRS and EBS band in each territory is generally divided into 33 channels consisting of a total of 186 MHz of spectrum, with an additional eight MHz of guard band spectrum, which further protects against interference from other license holders. Under current FCC rules, we can access BRS spectrum either through outright ownership of a BRS license issued by the FCC or through a leasing arrangement with a BRS license holder. The FCC rules generally limit eligibility to hold EBS licenses to accredited educational institutions and certain governmental, religious and nonprofit entities, but permit those license holders to lease up to 95% of their capacity for non-educational purposes. Therefore, we primarily access EBS spectrum through long-term leasing arrangements with EBS license holders.Generally, EBS leases entered into before January 10, 2005 may remain in effect for up to 15 years and may be renewed and assigned in accordance with the terms of those leases and the applicable FCC rules and regulations. The initial term of EBS leases entered into after January 10, 2005 is required by FCC rules to be coterminous with the term of the license. Our EBS spectrum leases typically have an initial term equal to the remaining term of the EBS license, with an option to renew the lease for additional terms, for a total lease term of up to 30 years. In addition, we generally have a right of first refusal for a period of time after our leases expire or otherwise terminate to match another party's offer to lease the same spectrum. Our leases are generally transferable, assuming we obtain required governmental approvals. -Sprint 10-K SEC filling.

Band priorities only tell your device what band to look for in what order when it is seeking an LTE signal. It is nearly zero impact because as soon as your device finds an LTE signal, the network takes over and puts the device where it wants it to be.

Presumably yes. They just bought out the other BRS license holder in Lincoln of all places. I'd imagine they approach this auction and look at licenses on an individual basis to see if any of them make sense for Sprint.

Looking at the engineering screen.

Several S4GRU members noticed an update to the coverage map tool yesterday on Sprint’s website. One prominent difference was a significant increase in off-network "3G" EV-DO roaming, particularly in the Midwest. This new coverage happened to coincide with US Cellular’s native footprint. Yes, rumors have persisted over the better course of a year now about upcoming LTE roaming on US Cellular. That has not happened yet, but it may be progressing in that direction. As of today, we can definitively confirm Sprint’s newly released PRLs (25026/55026) on most devices now allow EV-DO roaming on the US Cellular network. It is important to note this coverage is flagged as roaming, not pseudo native, and thus is subject to each user's monthly roaming data limits. Nevertheless, this PRL change marks a significant service improvement over the prior 1x roaming for Sprint customers in many US Cellular areas. For documentation, below is a SignalCheck Pro screenshot confirming a connection to the US Cellular network from my Sprint Nexus 5 this morning in Wahoo, NE, as well as an EV-DO engineering screenshot confirming a carrier channel of 199, which is consistent with US Cellular’s Cellular A block spectrum in rural eastern Nebraska. For a broader national perspective, where no Sprint native signal is available, US Cellular EV-DO roaming now should be the next highest PRL priority in the darker shaded areas of this map.

Tim's posted speed test is above is mine. We are trying to finalize how we present the information and should have something up fairly shortly.

Already been done in Nebraska today

I love that the new tmonews head guy lives in Omaha. Only a slight step up from Cam in England.

In addition to not being CA capable, we've seen no sign of a second carrier here.

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aGWiBTE4NTc4fDMyNjc4NzE0r_eXGxOOLNKbLHl1uFcIDJpJmrCvSKJu2dk17cmtca4=

As it would be in Omaha, but for whatever reason the protection sites here are still apparently active despite more than substantial protection coverage on the 8T8R deployment. It may also be part of the reason for our seemingly locally unique EARFCN in Omaha.

The cap was the main issue for most.

Cap removed per Claure. We won!

Robert's editorial is up on the wall. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-387-editorial-marcelo-thats-not-quite-what-we-were-thinking-all-in-would-look-like-allindoa/

And that would make sense his capture was centered at 2683.5 right where you'd expect a 10 MHz carrier.