bobbi

http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2201&view_id=3515 Well, I know it's not what most people are waiting for. But considering the line up of feature phones and the scheduled EOL devices,some one is probably looking for its release. On a side note, I see the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G is now 49.99 on Amazon with new contract.

Seeing your article on central Jersey, I was hoping the next announcement would be for closer to there. Oh, well. Any idea if Sprint plans roll out the Philadelphia Metro area, as one large market or break it down into smaller markets (ie. PA, NJ, DE, MD)?

Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the reply. Follow up question... In the Chicago case study it states "What was referred to as the Kankakee FIT was really a 3G-only Network Vision FIT. Many news outlets reported these as including 4G LTE because it was assumed all Network Vision towers had LTE." So not all towers are going to be upgraded to include LTE with the Network Vision upgrades?

I've a bunch of Network Vision articles here and elsewhere, but I still don't understand the full scope of Network Vision. I understand the metro roll outs. It makes sense to cover high density population areas over those less dense. But I don't understand their plans for the the outskirts of the metro areas and the rural areas. Is it Sprint's intention as part of Network Vision to upgrade all its towers that it doesn't decommission? Will there still be some towers without upgrades when Network Vision is officially wrapped up?

From pcmag.com: "So why not only release One phones? HTC still wants to build cheaper phones which wouldn't be eligible for the One branding, Kodera said. And some wireless carrier customers are more demanding than others, apparently. "There's a lot of operator franchise markets, and in those cases branding and those discussions will come from the [operator] customers," Kodera said. That's why it looks like One may not come to Verizon or Sprint yet. Kodera was very cagey about HTC's relationship with those two carriers, which are notorious for rebranding phones and demanding custom versions. "We have some franchise business outside of this [One line]," Kodera said." http://www.pcmag.com...,2400774,00.asp

Any idea why these markets?