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Maybe VZW has enough cash that they will deploy a NV style project sooner rather than later with LTE-A?

I might derail this thread a bit, but I don't think Verizon Iphone 5 model A1429 supports Band 4. I'm not sure if it's just a software patch to expand band 1 support to band 4 though. Seems like it would be easy if they thought ahead. I mention this because there's so many darn iPhone users, it's pretty important for VZW.

Completely disagree, 2500 is small cell/high capacity relief spectrum anyway, not nationwide build-out spectrum. What company do you think is going to buy the Clearwire spectrum at a fair price? No other company needs this capacity spectrum as much as Sprint. All the other nationwide providers have made other deals to ensure enough capacity for the next 5-10 years.

Anyone up for some lutefisk? J/k but we do have some left over lefse, krumkaka, rosettes. Also, it looks like it will be 0 degrees when we wake up for Xmas in the cities tomorrow!

He would need the assets infrastructure as well

I'm very interested in learning more about these locations and this situation in general.

I've always heard just get your phone insurance through a standard home insurance company, but I also heard don't use your own as it could up your rates if you lose/break your phone often enough. Probably what I will do when I get a new phone. It's a lot cheaper and they will replace for free with less questions asked. Can anyone else verify that this seems like a good idea?

This brings up a great old topic. 2500 priority! Now Sprint will have no reservations about 2500 > 1900 > 800

Came expecting a message from Robert. Dan was my second guess though.

BINGO!! These are all anecdotal reports. Very likely chances are the LTE tower people connect to right now is not the closest tower to them. The only place with a great 3g footprint is the Chicago suburbs, not even the city proper yet. I would say the book is definitely out still on whether 3g improvements will be as good as w are expecting. Your best bet would be to find individual posts of members who were able to do speed tests of towers with guaranteed 3g upgrades. Robert even suggested once getting close proximity to a tower + line of site and then putting your back against the wall of a big building to guarantee connectivity to a certain tower for 3g.

Not to mention latency is half of the feel of speed anyway. And the new Sprint network will be top notch in that regard!

And you piss less people off if it shuts off randomly.

AWS licensees of the H Block (1915-1920 MHz paired with 1995-2000 MHz) are collectively responsible for reimbursing Sprint Nextel, Inc. or a successor in interest to Sprint Nextel, Inc. (Sprint), a pro rata share of the eligible expenses that Sprint has incurred from relocating and clearing Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS), Cable Television Relay Service (CARS), and Local Television Transmission Service (LTTS) incumbents from the 1990-2025 MHz band. Specifically, within 30 days of grant of its long-form application, AWS licensees in the 1995-2000 MHz band, which constitutes one-seventh of the 35 megahertz of spectrum at 1990-2025 MHz, shall, on a pro rata shared basis as set forth below in this RN = EA POP U.S. POP ( ) x $12,629,857 Federal Communications Commission FCC 12-152 section reimburse one-seventh of the eligible expenses incurred by Sprint. (a) To the extent that H Block licenses awarded in the first auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, at least forty (40) percent of the nation’s population, the amount owed to Sprint by the winning bidder of each individual H Block license awarded in the first auction will be determined by dividing the gross winning bid (“GWB”) for each individual H Block license (i.e., an Economic Area (EA)) by the sum of the gross winning bids for all H Block licenses awarded in the first auction, and then multiplying by $94,875,516. Except as provided in paragraphs ( and ©, an AWS licensee that obtains a license for a market not awarded in the first H Block auction will not have a reimbursement obligation to Sprint. ( The Commission imposes payment obligations on bidders that withdraw provisionally winning bids during the course of an auction, on those that default on payments due after an auction closes, and on those that are disqualified. See 47 CFR 1.2110(f)(2)(i). In the first auction, a winning bidder of an EA license that is not awarded a license for any reason will be deemed to have triggered a reimbursement obligation to Sprint that will be paid to Sprint by the licensee acquiring the EA license at reauction. The amount owed to Sprint by the licensee acquiring the EA license at reauction will be based on the gross winning bid for the EA license in the first auction. Accordingly, an applicant at reauction will know with certainty the reimbursement obligation it will owe for each EA license subject to this paragraph (. © To the extent that H Block licenses awarded in the first auction for this spectrum cover, collectively, less than forty (40) percent of the nation’s population, then the amount owed to Sprint shall be more equitably dispersed across all EA licenses based on the relative population of the EA to the population of the United States. Specifically, the amount that the licensee of an individual H Block license must reimburse Sprint shall be calculated by dividing the population of the individual EA by the total U.S. population, and then multiplying by $94,875,516. RN = EA GWB Sum of GWBs ( ) x $94,875,516 That's very interesting.

So can this be nationally bid on, or only by economic area?

I'm so in need of an S4GRU analysis of this, but I'll do my best to understand the pdf in the mean time. Excellent find as usual!

So how long before we get some 2.5ghz phones?

I think there are times when they can install new with 4g before they are ready to replace existing coverage in a market. With replacement you have potentially disrupted service.

It's just contract negotiations. Both sides are fighting for their interests. I believe that NY times article showed the valid points of why Sprint has the stronger argument for a lower price. I don't see Sprint visiting every site again, except if they have to do a visit to turn on LTE-800 as I've heard chatted about around here they will have to. I think some of these sites wont see another upgrade after network vision for a very long time. And frankly they probably wont need it.

Ya the one in Brooklyn Center is most likely just the one they were connected to in Fridley. Not inconceivable.

Great news! Can't wait to see it show up on Sensorly!

I could see them hosting the AWS spectrum, but putting up another new RRU for 6Mhz of 700, I'm not so confident. I actually, long term, see Sprint hosting and then buying the AWS spectrum.

No current phones can use the H block spectrum. A new 3gpp band would need to be created and then devices after that could support it. We are a couple years away from phones that will work on 'H'.