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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Mostly Somerset in Central and down through parts of Mercer. I've been with Sprint since 2007 and it's the same areas the whole time. They just never add sites. Given the population density just a few sites would make a big difference but it's just not happening. I used to report them but I just gave up.

    I've had no problems coming up the NJTP picking up band 41

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Unfortunately I believe New Jersey, at least my part of it, is in the same boat. We got a few new sites from Nextel and B26 helped at the edges but there is no real push to expand coverage. Personally I think all they have left here is mostly prepaid subs which they don't really care about that much. I still have sites near work that haven't even had NV upgrades.

    And what part of New Jersey would that be?

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    But in the real world there's always going to be a cell edge, especially as you go indoors. There's going to be places with weak b41 signal and 8t8r sites were supposed to make that weak signal more usable. If there's no cell edge for b41 and b41 signal is strong everywhere then there would be no need to fall back on b25 and b26.

    Ahh, but you are forgetting one thing. Some buildings aren't like others on the ways that they are constructed and signals from outside aren't getting in at all no matter what frequency used. Generalities will run you head first into a brick wall.

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Absolutely, but there is an extremely high chance they'll be experimenting with handheld radios to see results.

    How much protection are you willing to wear being with in 3 feet of that high a frequency at 50mw. You will get burned

     

    You're putting too much stock into these "5G trials". As far as we are concerned, these tests are to determine if high band spectrum will actually work. There are no guarantees, even for small cell usage.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Since Verizon is attempting to buy a company out for both its fiber optic network and EHF holdings, I'm pretty confident in the tech. On top of this, lots of companies are coming out with new mmW based network tech. It's extremely promising, so I expect amazing results from the trials.

    You are aware right now Verizon's trial are doing it from a WISP like distribution. Not mobile.

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    These look great. One limiting issue I see though. They still require that customers provide backhaul like the current AIRAVE and Wi-Fi Connect Router do. I wish these would also have the option to utilize Sprint's LTE network as backhaul (LTE Relay, as has been discussed here) so that they could be deployed in more locations more easily. Perhaps that's in the works as well?

    You didn't read the article all the way thru, they are small cells with wifi capabilities. They aren't like airaves.

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    I don't support either socialism nor capitalism in their full form, though I believe certain aspects of both do need to o-exist. With wireless, I'd like to see fewer carriers with larger networks, more customers, and given much more spectrum at much cheaper rates in the form of an even-level amount lease, along with a provision ensuring lower rates for customers. If that were done, carriers would still be able to afford network upgrades, with fewer costs going to spectrum (and less taxes I support also) with more customers paying in that covers any losses from lower rates. Not much lower rates though, just sensible ones where people can afford to lease devices using upgrade terms more frequently that would encourage companies from Asia to invest into the U.S. wireless market with their technologically advanced smartphones not currently sold here in the U.S.

     

    If these actions were done, it would enhance further business development in the U.S. wireless market. I'm also in favor of some other business-friendly ideas that would encourage manufacturing here in the U.S. That also could help to develop the U.S. wireless market with some U.S.-built smartphone options. This would all go toward giving people something to actually be proud of here.

    Just like when the government took over GM, boy did a bunch of people get screwed on that. And what you getting to say is exactly what they are doing in China. It is still socialism anyway you try to re-label it. Innovation is the motivator of a individual who wants to make things better. You get government involved then innovation goes out the window. Government bureaucracy is a hindering effect. How do you think companies like LG and Samsung can make the things they do, because the South Korean government stays out of there way being creative, not like the US government and the environmentalist that try to stop anything from being developed or built. In other words freedom to innovate is the best thing, which means government keeps there nose out of it.

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Trip, just look at the societal differences between say, the U.S. and China, for example, along with how each government allows its businesses to do what they want/need to prosper. Things are quite different in China now than they were many years ago, almost kinda like how the U.S. was back then. China has strong manufacturing and economic growth in which its citizens are increasingly becoming wealthier and able to purchase the vast amounts of new devices that get released there every year.

     

    I'm not intending to get political, though only saying this from a societal perspective as I see them. People here in the U.S. are getting poorer and having their jobs taken away. As that happens, more people rely on governmental support, especially older people trying to squeeze by past a few years until they can get social security. With this as the reality for so many, people cannot afford to purchase new devices as often.

     

    Now, one way in which the wireless market can maneuver around economic realities to ban extent, is for a more cooperative government to support them, in return for lower costs to consumers. If more businesses oversees saw a friendlier wireless market here, they'd be more willing to sell their devices here, with people here having more money to spend on them if monthly carrier rates were cheaper. Of course, things would be even better still if more other forms of business friendly policies with social safety standards were in place to assure people in the workplace get as fair of treatment as the business leaders do. However, this is all up to society, and I believe it is pretty clear how things will continue to get worse the more people continue not to be able to afford these things, which also has the effect of lesser quality technology being sold here in contrast with economically developing countries.

    The very thing you just said is called socialism. Sorry but the government and companies together doesn't make a good mix and never will. Get the government out of the freaking way and the economy will take care of itself. Money and jobs are scarce now because the government is meddling. One big example. The affordable care act, which made health insurance not so affordable anymore.

     

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