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http://www.techzone360.com/topics/techzone/articles/2014/03/27/374510-sprint-moves-take-4g-lte-national-via-cca.htm

 

What does this stuff about the CCA and NAA tell us about our prospects in this area? Is NTELOS a member of those organizations, or are they made up of even smaller carriers?

Ntelos was on one of Son's slides in his keynote presentation, which is posted on the Sprint news page.

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edit: Here is the video link:

Anyone else get the mass text from Sprint about service interruptions?

I also got one. For some its generic, but for us in Columbus it is very likely quite accurate. There are lots of tower sites with new better equipment that might be turned on any day, a process which will cause some disruption.

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I have noticed on the Sprint shopping pages that they do not consider this phone to be "professional grade".  I am curious as to whether this phone fully supports vpn and what "professional grade" features it might be missing. Note that the Samsung S4 was considered "professional grade".

http://shop.sprint.com/global/pdf/business/eflyer_professional_grade_devices.pdf?INTCID=PRD:Tier4:ProGrade:042512

Another thing to think about the g2's spark update had to just work with sprint while the nexus 5 has to work on att tmob and Sprint.

 

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And any other carriers in North America.  The rest of the world has d821.  Google will likely want both models to have the same or almost identical software.

Don't know if this was already pointed out but I could also be wrong If so please correct me. I went to the sprint store at Polaris to check out the new HTC phone but sadly did not have it in store yet. I checked out other phones and to my surprise I saw the spark logo. Has deployment of spark started in selected sites in Columbus yet?

 

 

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Officially we are not a launched market.  Regular band 25 LTE 1900 is openly available in most of our Market with the middle band of Columbus being the biggest exception.  As a sponsor, you can see that confidential map here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4742-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet/   The new LTE bands are discussed in the premier section where we also have detailed site-by-site maps.  Compared to band 25 LTE 1900, band 41 is smaller in area but has speeds up to 60Mbps here in Columbus at 45 or more sites (G2 currently required, otherwise triband phone), Band 25 LTE is in Ohio, and is generally slightly slower, but penetrates buildings, goes over hills far easier, and has up to 60% longer range (use any triband phone or iPhone 5s or 5c). 

You can randomly hunt for them using the details in my signature, or you can step up to Premier and have the details of our shared labors.

After the many crews that are working in Columbus now are completed with their work, we will be officially launched, and at that time Columbus should officially be a Spark city!!

New NV bids only:

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204    59234   39.500000   -83.329097   e762

This was from a considerable distance.  All others we already have.

Tonight's batch, added to spreadsheet:
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/25/by6e4aqe.jpg
 

Go 204!!

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http://www.phonedog.com/2014/03/19/boost-mobile-virgin-mobile-to-slow-throttled-data-speeds-further-in-may/

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-boost-virgin-throttle-heavy-data-users-slower-speeds-starting-may/2014-03-20

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2014/03/confirmed-virgin-boost-intro-new-slower-speed-throttling-policies

http://www.phonenews.com/virgin-and-boost-mobile-to-enact-stricter-throttling-on-may-6th-26679/

It was 256kb.  128kb is ISDN speeds, 1 step above dial-up.  Still better than some legacy 3g, but a bit cheap.  These users are already lower priority on the Sprint network.  Users will get a message and be allowed to restart their plans with a new payment.

Would have thought it better to have reduced the cap to 2Gb and left the throttle speed at 256kb from a marketing perspective.

my bad   http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nexus-5-spotted-running-new-android-kitkat-update-build-ktu65-1441061

 better explained at myce.com.  The fact that google does not intend to fix this bug tells me they are close.

Now just get tired tmobile verizon and att bragging about there lte and sprint not peep. See sign all over place too.

For Sprint to go national on LTE at this point would be a mistake.  However they could go into each NV completed market, especially spark markets.  But that would also leak to uncompleted markets.  Sprint will be in a much stronger position once b26 LTE is more prevalent, as users complaints will dramatically decrease because of better coverage.

By my count, it seems like two sites holding up a section launch, two maybe plus a stealth site holding up another section launch, two sites holding up another section launch. Then several holes to fill in for two more launches and a large area to be completed to finish up Columbus metro area. So close...

 

Talk about being obscure!!! 

Ancient song that applies:

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35     5946     39.925     -83.116666

214     62881     40.139305     -83.015208

214     63027     40.16118     -83.010694

214     63107     40.175833     -83.008888

214     63170     40.215069     -83.034583

214     63171     40.215069     -83.034583

214     64434     40.103611     -82.991319

...Have you noticed if B25/B26 PCI's for the same site are identical? ...

-Mike

In West Virginia the PCI sectors remain constant, ie the same PCI for both bands for 00 & 0f, etc.

Hits the mainstream press: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140317-906067.html   

Note that Provo UT and Trenton, NJ are also a spark cities and have or will soon get HD voice.

Press Release issued:

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/4glte-launchedmarkets.htm

Hopefully Sprint also keeps the "microSD slot up to 128GB".  Would really like a data centric mode as well, plus GCI (if not already offered).

Do the Samsung triband phones support GCI with SCP?  Thanks

Mike,  just wanted to make certain that you noticed these threads which confirms band 26 GCI sectors of 0F, 10, 11 in the Sprint West Virginia market.  http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4825-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet-premier-edition/page-14, http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5107-lte-800-band-26-sites-accepted-discussion/page-45&do=findComment&comment=294062.  Tried to get band 26 GCI confirmation from Pittsburgh, but no luck so far.  I will likely be there in a month or so, and will try personally if no results from other members.

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If this merger were to happen, I could see Sprint being far more aggressive with advanced LTE.  Merging would make expansion into new territories far easier to cost justify.  As far as competing with ISPs (per recent presentation to the Chamber of Commerce), the fact that many of these same firms supply backhaul to Sprint sites might present an issue.

Additional factors in merging the physical networks would be the shape of the actual deal.  If approved, FCC and Justice department could make it a smaller deal from a market or frequency perspective.  The pressure on Sprint to perform (increase market share, more profits) would increase.  Would expect that Sprint be required to promise support for GSM users for several years.

Those in emerging markets should check their coverage maps. 

Zanesville in the Columbus market is now shown to officially have LTE.  http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1904-network-visionlte-columbus-market/page-210&do=findComment&comment=294429

Add your areas below if they just  appeared on the data map with LTE.

Soon Sprint will list these areas as launched in a press release.

I did some cleanup a couple of weeks ago, coverage is quite good north of I-70.  Some weak spots south of I-70, which would be fixed if the last site goes 4g.  Just to the south, Roseville and Crooksville may get left in the dust for a while

Zanesville is now shown as being launched on Sprint LTE data coverage maps.  This starts after Linville in the west, 1/2 of New Concord in the east, and Dresden in the north, South Zanesville in the south. http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?INTNAV=SJS:HE:Cov

The also now include half of Bellefontaine and further west.  This surprises me as Bellefontaine has only had LTE for a week or two.  I would have expected London instead.

Nelsonville should be the one just across the river from downtown

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