cmg1

No flawed data. If you had read the comments before you posted, you would have seen it explained (several times) that this list of cities are markets that Sprint will have a launchable amount of service before the end of the year. In our San Diego article, we said that Sprint would not launch the market until the Spring of 2013.There are no surprises in this Sprint announcement at all.Robert

Well, the article lists areas where "the 4G LTE Network build is under way." According to your schedule, the San Diego buildout should be starting this month, I was disappointed to not see it in that list. Of course, San Diego isn't alone - I would have expected to see San Francisco on the list and it isn't there either.

In a later post you mention "the launch deadline of December that they probably used to make this list" (I underlined "probably"). I don't agree with your interpretation unless it's based on information not in the press release. The release doesn't say anything about a launch date - just where the build is underway.

I apologize if this is sounding like I'm criticizing you, but I don't mean it that way. You are providing a real service, since usually Sprint won't tell us anything. But until some evidence surfaces that the buildout in San Diego really has begun I will remain convinced that this signifies a delay.

None of these are any surprise to people who follow S4GRU closely, especially those with access to Sponsor content. In fact, this Press Release is a big confirmation of all of our data to date.

How is this not a surprise to somebody who believed the dates that you posted for San Diego? Was your data flawed, or has Sprint changed the plan?

Maybe this has already been answered somewhere else on the website, but I couldn't find it. Is the Google Maps list of towers used to make your figures available somewhere?

Thanks for the information. I can't wait.

All I want is for my Sprint 3G to be as fast as T-Mobile Edge was in San Diego (it hasn't been for several months). Well, not really, I also want 3G to go at 3G speed, and, well... 4G. I can't believe I gave up T-Mobile for this last March!