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Encountered this yesterday near Route 30 in the Orrville-Dalton area (Wayne County), which is within the IBEZ and outside the Akron "crop circle." I found it quite intriguing. Didn't get a chance to turn off wi-fi and test data connection, though. Thoughts?

Note: I'm using a Nexus 6 on Project Fi.

With Cleveland apparently being able to have 800 now, will they be able to light up LTE and 1x same time as other markets?

Wait, really? When did that happen? Isn't the IBEZ still in effect?

I was just in Sharon, PA this weekend and had excellent 800Mhz service!!! I mean I was getting -65dbM! But guess what, I couldn't get any sort of data! I mean I was dead in the water, I couldn't get anything. I was so ticked I went into an ATT store to see how much my 19% corporate discount would lower my bill! 

 

Anyway, the signal was strong and consistent for all of Sharon, and this area has a pretty hilly topology. I guess this means that the IBEZ stuff has been figured out. Now to just get this type of coverage on 800Mhz LTE.

I wouldn't say "all this IBEZ stuff." There are three smallish areas called "crop circles" that, despite being within the IBEZ, are less restrictive. They are the circles with a 30 km radius around the centers of Akron, OH, Youngstown, OH, and Syracuse, NY. I believe Sharon, PA falls within the crop circle around Youngstown. My understanding is that Sprint is free to deploy 800 MHz voice and data there regardless of other agreements.

In any case, it's cool to hear that Sprint is moving forward with 800 MHz service within the crop circles. I didn't know whether that would be the case.