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    Yeah, but, let's not do that. (And hopefully I'm interpretting your sarcasm correctly) -Anthony
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    Let's just hope there isn't any way to game the system so that somebody can get unlimited data even though they may not be using it strictly for business. -Anthony
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    I'm pretty sure there isn't one. Something I do have to point out is this is at 11ish at night and on the sector facing away from the mall -Anthony
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    Well this is a typical test on my home tower that serves the most popular tourist attraction in NC (Concord Mills Mall) and also serves Charlotte Motor Speedway. And the ping time is actually higher than what I usually get (normally it's sub-100). Anyways, I feel like New Sprint is doing something right if I can get faster speeds on 3G than many people can get on Verizon LTE. -Anthony Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk
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    Is your 800 signal coming from the same tower as your PCS signal? Are you inside of a solid concrete-rebar building's basement? -Anthony
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    The problem is that you can't have 4 different operators broadcasting LTE off of the same backhaul. There just isn't enough bandwidth. All 4 operators are using separate backhaul for their respective LTE networks on that site. -Anthony
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    The backhaul supplier probably hasn't run the backhaul to the site yet. Without proper backhaul, LTE cannot be turned on for that site. Trust me, Sprint isn't ignoring it, it's the stubborn backhaul suppliers that are ignoring it. -Anthony
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    I can't even express how amazed I am at how quickly ALU upgraded Winston-Salem. All I remember is looking at the Network Vision/LTE Deployment running list, and one day the NV upgrade completion in Winston was a very low percentage, then one day you updated it and they were at 97% complete and I was just blown away. Of course that didn't happen over night, but the amount of work that was completed there in such a short amount of time is astonishing. It makes me look forward even more to attending High Point University in Fall of 2015. Not only will I be going to the greatest college I have ever seen, I will also have an amazing Sprint experience also! Not too shabby for a 4th round market! -Anthony
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    http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/02/19/4707601/google-picks-charlotte-8-other.html#emlnl=Top_Stories%3A_Breaking_News_Alert YES YES! 1000 TIMES YES!!! -Anthony
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    Finally their launching Winston-Salem! -Anthony
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    What does he mean by "Three, soon to be four national LTE networks"? -Anthony
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    Of all the things I know about iOS, I still seem to find things I never knew. Thanks! -Anthony
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    If you are downloading at 2 MB/S (MegaBYTES per second), then that means you're getting great LTE speeds. 2 MB/S equates to roughly 16 Mbps (MegaBITS per second), which is well above what Sprint is advertising for LTE. -Anthony
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    It looks a little like a Sprint commercial haha. I also love the fact that you have to sign a 6 year contract. XD -Anthony
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    I'm at 79% after 9 hours of standby and 1 hour 45 minutes of usage Anyways, I had originally gotten an airave because my signal in my home (pre-Network Vision) fluctuated too much, so my phones battery would drain (I also dropped calls left and right). The airave did solve my battery/call problems, but once NV became substantially complete in my area, the airave did more bad then good because my phone would keep bouncing between the airave and the macro network, which caused even more battery problems. My sister left for college and the signal in her dorm room isn't very good, so she now has the airave. I haven't had a problem at home ever since we unplugged it. How complete is NV in your area? If you were to unplug your airave, would you be able to call and text okay? -Anthony
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    Not sure if anyone has had any luck getting one of the Sponsor/Premier Sponsor PRL's onto a 5S, but I have been doing a little research. Yes, we know about how the carrier bundle in the 5S for Sprint is a little different than previous iPhone's, and we know it seems to be lacking a PRL file, and only has a PRI. From what I have read, the PRI is the firmware for the radios in the phone (I assume it contains what frequency bands to connect to), and the PRL is the file that tells the device what towers to connect to (which, that part, we already knew). I'm going to continue my research on changing PRL's in the 5S, so I will report back any findings that I can come up with. I just wanted to share what I learned about the PRI's in case there was anyone that didn't know what the difference was. -Anthony
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    If Band 25 LTE was able to be fired up, then the most likely type of backhaul the site has is either fiber or microwave. And if the site has fiber or MW for backhaul, then it should be able to handle a second Band 25 LTE carrier and also Band 26 LTE. -Anthony
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    My best guess is they will be substantially complete with 1900 LTE by the end of 2014. -Anthony
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    The estimated completion of NV 1.0 is mid-year 2014. There is no ETA on the completion of LTE 1900, because it may never be completed. Sure, almost every single site in the country will be broadcasting 1900 LTE, but due to things like stubborn backhaul companies and a few other reasons, not every last site will be able to broadcast 1900 LTE. Of course, you could always pitch in a few bucks to the site and become a sponsor. If you do that you'll gain access to an interactive map of all the NV Sites that have been completed, not completed, and that have yet to receive any upgrades. And that's only the beginning of what you can access. I'll tell you this (and I'm sure many other members of this site would agree), the money I used for my sponsorship is the best money I've ever spent. -Anthony
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Maybe I can get faster than 50 Mbps now? -Anthony
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    To elaborate on what jefbal99 stated, I'm pretty sure it was due to the shortages in the carrier cards (like jefbal said). When CDMA 800 was first being installed, the different vendors were having problems with the designs of the LTE 800 carrier cards and also weren't able to get to manufacturing them in time for turning on CDMA 800. I believe that when doing new NV installs in markets that the vendor has been able to manufacture the carrier cards and distribute them to techs, and when going to do the work for turning CDMA 800 on, the installers are going to be turning CDMA 800 and LTE 800 on at the same time (given that the backhaul that is required for LTE is installed already). -Anthony
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    When a tower is upgraded to NV, the necessary equipment for 800 LTE is installed. In order for it to become online, a tech has to go visit the site and install the carrier card, run some tests, and turn it on. It's a MUCH easier process than doing a full NV install. It only takes a couple hours, tops, to install the carrier card and run the tests. -Anthony
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    The site you are using probably hasn't gotten it's backhaul yet. -Anthony
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    Well you have to look at it this way. These results are for Q4 of 2013. So, this really isn't any indication of how 2014 will be. -Anthony
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    Is your device connected to LTE when you are at home? If so, how strong is the LTE signal? If you have a very weak/unusable LTE signal, then the phone probably isn't able to communicate with the CSFB on the cell site, so the network won't be able to tell your phone to switch to 1x/3G. -Anthony
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