JeremiahMcCurry

Reads like Verizon bought only a specific area in Southeastern NM http://www.verizonwireless.com/news/article/2012/02/pr2012-02-17e.html

According to Phandroid, announced launches today are: http://phandroid.com/2014/06/23/sprint-spark-4g-lte-june-2014/

• Johnson City, TN
• San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
• Bend, OR
• Klamath Falls, OR
• Aberdeen, WA
• Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
• Shelton, WA
• Pine Bluff, AR
• Bloomington-Normal, IL
• Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
• Fremont, OH
• Cheyenne, WY
• Dover, DE
• Wilmington, DE-MD
• Yakima, WA
• Jonesboro-Paragould, AR
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
• Reading, PA
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
• Seneca, SC
• Bangor, ME
• Barre, VT
• Burlington-South Burlington, VT
• Lewiston-Auburn, ME
• Rutland-Bennington, VT
• Port Angeles, WA

 T-Mobile's 700A is also far from being nationwide and seems likely to end up divested if there is a merger, since it has not yet been deployed, and should be easy to sell.

T-Mobile is still making offers for more low-band spectrum. http://nypost.com/2014/06/17/spectrum-purchases-could-keep-t-mobile-afloat-if-merger-fails/ No mention if it's 700A, though.

I would expect they will have to make some short to mid-term pricing guarantees to get the merger approved.

Luckily, S4GRU can just become Softbank 4G Rollout Updates. 

My first taste of Band 26 at HWY 316 and Patrick Mill Rd. I've never had LTE in my work warehouse until now.

If they are going to divest EBS/BRS then they might as well stop deploying NV 2.0 now.

Not if there's a chance the merger fails. 

Thank you Fraydog...that's what I thought.

 

Wow so if the merger does go through..The new Co will have

 

600/700/800/1700/2100/1900/2500

 

Jesus.

I think they will have to divest a good amount of spectrum. 

There were 20 new LTE markets and 2 new Spark markets officially added around 5/17. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4901-current-coming-soon-sprint-communities-lte-status/?p=295353

My blood pressure rises just thinking about someone driving 55MPH in the left lane while attempting to pass a person in the right lane who is driving 54MPH. They just ride side-by-side while traffic backs up behind them.

The article says the max fine for a first time offender is $48,000. I would think a mass disruption of communications would warrant a bigger penalty than that.  Although, I would pay extra to go to a movie theater that blocked cell signals.

No one in government has signaled this plan would be approved. Sprint/Bank is just going to end up giving T-Mobile some more network expansion money.