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Weren't they supposed to build public safety networks using 700/800 LTE?  Sounds like a massive fail that should cost a few people their jobs.

I thought remote starters were a novelty, until I moved to South Dakota. My wife's vehicle I totaled earlier this month had one. Her replacement does not. She is not happy with me.

And expensive winter coats, AWD/Traction Control/4 wheel disc brakes, heated seats, snow blowers, etc. Almost all I would consider luxuries until you have a 6 month winter.

They have block c on wcs according to http://specmap.sequence-omega.net/

AT&T is pointing band c at airplanes

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/att-were-using-wcs-c-d-block-spectrum-flight-wi-fi-because-interference-con/2014-08-13

In my opinion divesting PCS would be the worst possible move as in many markets two operators are contiguous in this spectrum band and could deploy 10MHz FDD LTE or more at some point. 

 

Not sure which technology their merged company will pick, but they could also leverage HSPA+42 in the PCS since many existing Sprint UE could attach right away. 

It's not just divesting, but aligning contigous spectrum. Similar to what T-Mobile has done with AT&T and Verizon.  The goal is to shore up markets that need help and divest in markets that have excess.  Obviously we would need to go back to WiWavelenth's spreadsheets to really dig into market by market analysis.

I wonder if the acquirer of divested spectrum will be Dish. Dish gets some EBS along with PCS, and a network sharing accord, then they suddenly become a real player in this market.

I think AT&T will pick up as much spectrum as they can, especially PCS/AWS

Probably 2500(ebs) and maybe 700. We'll see

I'll say EBS/PCS/AWS, but what they will be left with is a nice even amount in each market of PCS/AWS

I would suggest a rename of this thread to something more related to the spectrum screen decision.  I agree with your sentiments, though.

Speculation article based on teardown of latest Google Hangouts.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/04/22/apk-teardown-hangouts-2-1-hides-hints-of-google-voice-smsmms-backup-and-more/

By the way I still have a noticeable voice delay on occasion that makes me think twice about using GV to call people from my phone.

I still use GV even though I have Ting.  It should make it easy to go back to Sprint if I choose to.

Joan Marsh.  She's highly respected around here.

Well, it was VZW that held the Lower 700 MHz A block and B block licenses in Cincinnati.  Those have already been offloaded to T-Mobile and AT&T, respectively.  The one CBW Lower 700 MHz license that I am aware of is the Lower 700 MHz A block in Dayton, not Cincinnati.  And it appears to have major DT channel 51 issues.

 

AJ

Thank you for the info.

Maybe VZW will offload some of the 700 as well.  T-Mobile? AT&T?

So they wouldn't be able to shut down protection sites would they. I would think that they would have to keep them for build out requirements in that area.

Some of the protection sites might be covered by existing NV equipment though just by adding 2500.

But for the rest, I would convert any protection sites outside of current Sprint network to full nv builds with 800/1900/2500. 

They can't, at least I don't think so. They lease EBS from educational institutions and the Catholic Church. I don't know what will happen at the end of the leases .

Wow I am uninformed in wireless these days :/  I meant BRS, just forgot my terms.  More contiguous BRS holdings would be good.  Especially if they find some PCS on the way.

If there is a partnership, I think Sprint would be wise to use the money to purchase EBS in the style of AT&T from small carriers or just buy them out.

My rom Liquidsmooth on s3 resets at the exact same place going from 694 to 35e N every single day!  I find it funny.  It's an area that has recently gone from weak to strong LTE.

If you're going to research WCS, it would be good to look at the deal between AT&T and Sirius.  It's the reason why the guard bands are so big http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-approves-atts-23-ghz-wcs-spectrum-plan/2012-10-17

 . The cool part for Sprint is that the bands they own in the Southeast are the most valuable/usable portions of the spectrum.  My memory might be foggy, but this is how I remember it.

Forest Lake here. LTE is on most sites, with a few exceptions. I tend to lose signal in between sites, which I'm hoping will be fixed with band 26. I drive to Duluth a lot and its the same story along 35, with lost connection between towers. I'm hoping there will be work done this summer in Duluth. So far I've been pretty happy with the network up in this part of the market and haven't had many issues.

Forest Lake is part of the first areas in Minnesota to get band 26!  Hopefully your phone can connect soon!

I'm a software engineer (it's a computer science degree). Right now, I work for a company that develops embedded system solutions for monitoring assets and facilities using cloud managed platforms. It's good work. Challenging and fun.

Pretty similar to me.  HVAC System controllers talk to our aws environment through http. Java apps parse and dump into Vertica database.

cough... US Cellular...cough

If this is about spectrum and not technologies or customers, then Sprint is the least compatible with US Cellular.  Verizon would be the best fit followed by AT&T and T-Mobile.

Android Police takes every opportunity they can to hate on the Sprint network.  That makes it hard for me to have them as my primary source for Android info.

Yeah right! With a BOM of $199, there is no way it will sell for $300 at Best Buy!

I knew my guess was a little high.  $250

Maybe with the end of financing phones, we will actually be closer to their normal cost. Iphone 5s should not cost more than $300 contract free at Best Buy.  That might even be too high.

How difficult will it be to get phones with this band enabled?  Especially when none of the big 4 are bidding?

Who are the bidders for H Block? Dish and spectrum hoarders?

 

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http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=13446

The Federal Communications Commission today announced the list of companies that have been qualified to participate in Auction 96, which kicks off later this month. The auction will sell 176 licenses for the H Block spectrum, which falls in the 1915-1920MHz and 1995-2000MHz bands. Some of the qualified entities include American H Block Wireless, Michigan Wireless, NE Colorado Cellular, Spotlight Media Corp., and others. The FCC also disqualified a handful of potential bidders, including Cellular South, McBride Spectrum Partners, and Union Telephone Company. All the qualified bidders have been given instructions on how to bid and what their obligations are to participate. The FCC will hold a mock auction, to test the bidding process, on Friday, January 17. Official bidding for the auction begins January 22.

 

I would have linked the FCC docs but they are just a bunch of txt files

They must have updated the profile around here too. Completely can't get device registered now. Back to stock momentarily.

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