supert0nes

You hit most of the major points on the capacity issue but it is very complicated even beyond that. Sprint should get help from clear wire, any device out now won't support lte 800 or clear wire freqs tho, so that matters in the short term. Same with vzw phones out now without 1700 support. One issue always fun to talk about is that H pcs spectrum auction.

Plus many more opportunities and difficulties. Each one probably deserves and has its own thread here lol. I don't have any real point here other than to say it's awesomely complicated

I would think a lot higher percentage vzw users use lte than Sprint Wimax. The battery efficiency of Wimax chips is so terrible I would never leave it on where many Verizon users I know never turn their lte off. Lte chips get more battery efficient all the time. Mmm qualcomm. Whereas wimax is a bastard chip in any device

Why would you think November or December? Sprint has to finish Chicago as fast as they possibly can, with the issues between NV and legacy towers. I would think, in the next month or two Chicago will be completely lit up. There really is a lot of information on this site if you search, especially about markets currently in development.

Good point, but my cabin isn't that far north thank goodness.

There is no list, yet. However, almost all will get CDMA 800. Sprint is targeting 80% with LTE 800. Once I have a list, I will definitely report it.

 

Robert

Hopefully all rural areas! Looking for LTE 800 in northern MN for sure!