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    Big thanks to Duffman. I am off to go hunting for LTE now.
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    My phone does say "qualcomm 4G" on the bottom near the charging port. Is that on the Verizon version? Yes, after a quick google search, qualcomm 4g sticker is on the verizon version as well.
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    Yes, you buy the phone off contract and it doesn't change your contract renewal date.
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    Thanks for the clarification Duffman! Can't wait to find some LTE! On wifi for now...
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    We Need Tools, Not Toys.

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    Not sure what is going on - activated a co-workers galaxy nexus who is on a standard 69.99+10 plan and it made him re-signup for a 69.99+10 plan. Very strange. Normally when I do ESN swaps online it just swaps the phone over, doesn't make you sign up for a plan again.
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    Dunno, it's not looking good. I've been on the phone with account services for over 20 minutes.
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    Uggg.... stupid sprint will not activate the Galaxy Nexus on my legacy $50 SERO plan. This is horrible! Trying to get this resolved.
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    Ok - I'll drive around Boston today hunting for LTE. I wonder where I should go... any suggestions on where my best bet might be? The closer to Boston the better.
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    The partnership isn't high on Verizon's priority list but it is on the Cable Cos priority list. Verizon wants nationwide AWS. Cable cos want a real wireless partner. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
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    FCC knows exactly how many subs VZN has. I think the bigger question isn't if VZN will get the spectrum purchase approved - it is the cable companies + VZN partnership that faces bigger hurdles.
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    Robert, any idea if there is any live 4G in the Boston area right now? Getting a Galaxy Nexus tomorrow and would like to report some speedtests for you (if that would be helpful) - just need to know if I can drive to an active tower.
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    I am still totally itching for the return of the pin drop commercials when they launch HD Voice. That would be AMAZING.
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    yes, it easily could. When you use the PC version, it actually pings servers to see which one is likely to be fastest. The mobile app does not. Speedtest servers are all different - one may be overloaded, one may be poor routing to sprint, etc. Test all the servers around you - it's amazing how different they all are.
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    When you look at the customer reviews of SDC devices - it isn't all that positive. No roaming and problems reestablishing DC after losing 3G seem to be the biggest complaints. For a company that tried TWICE to get PTT on CDMA... it's pretty sad to still see customers so unhappy. When you see iDEN subscribers who have been with sprint for over 10 years leaving: http://www.howardfor...64#post14785964 It's just sad.
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    Yeah, the insurance rates are out of control. I've never purchased insurance. I figure if my phone breaks it is cheaper to sell my broken phone on eBay and buy a used phone off eBay. Net, it would be a few 100 bucks, tops. I have yet to break a phone though - but I am prepared to buy a new one if I needed to.
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    I've wondered the same thing. I figured they sell some of it to overseas or rural carriers, scrap the rest.
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    Not really, sprint didn't write a check for Nextel - they "merged". Obviously more complicated then that, something we could spend hours talking about... but I don't want people thinking Sprint just had 36 billion they could have used for something else.
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    I thought the rumors were pretty out there. Couple reasons why: Prepaid phones have LONG shelf lives. I doubt sprint would commit to wimax for the foreseeable future like that. They are trying to move off WiMAX not onto it. While Sprint has paid for unlimited wimax from clearwire through 2013 in 2014+ they will have to pay based on data usage. It seems counter-intuitive to give a prepaid customer (low margin customer) a product where they could rack up large data bills for sprint (same reason why you can't roam off-network like you can if you are sprint postpaid). Just my thoughts - it will be interesting to see what they end up doing.
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    Pre-order sold out! Our Galaxy Nexus pre-order inventory has been spoken for. Check back on April 22 for the national launch. Amazed they sold out...
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    Verizon is smart - they know that only AT&T will buy the A and B blocks in the 700MHz band. This is exactly what verizon would want - to strengthen the duopoly.
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    It's just not a core business for them and it's going down hill. T-Mobile is a really interesting wireless fixture in the US market.
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    Considering they are down to under 5 million postpaid iDEN subscribers... there isn't a lot left to lose but you are probably correct. You will likely continue to see losses on the iDEN side and I would guess see gains on the CDMA side (thanks to the iPhone).
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    Total annual revenues of T-Mobile are over $20 billion a year. Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, and Amortization is over $5 billion. The 7,000 towers that T-Mobile owns is worth about $3.5-3 billion. They have an average of 27MHz of PCS spectrum and 32MHz of AWS spectrum in the top 100 markets. More than 80% of T-Mobile's sites are connected via fiber. Sort of surprised you would think they would just shut it down. T-Mobile is just a lot different than Sprint.
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    Really? Which analysts do they pay and how much? Or are you just making stuff up?
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