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    Out of curiosity, like some phones, can you see what Band it *would* be connected to without your account being active? On my Nexus, my engineering screens populate, even with inactive AT&T and T-Mobile SIMs / accounts.
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    What would you think about using this phone, but with the WiFi being provided by a MiFi / hotspot from another provider like AT&T or T-Mobile? Do you think that would be as effective and clear as WiFi? More options if you are away from WiFi a lot, but cheaper than a plan with voice, but you'd have to carry a MiFi around.
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    Random question: but on the Nexus 5, I can put in my inactive Sprint, AT&T, or T-Mobile SIM to check out some network data and scope into the work going on in my area on each network even though I don't have service. Would I be able to do something like this with the hotspot to see when I start picking up 800 / 2500 LTE (using an inactive SIM)?
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    Just figured out the quote feature on mobile. Yay! Anyway... That's great, but signal inside buildings would be more helpful in a dense urban setting (where these licenses are in exclusion zones). So again, why bother? Just because 600 won't be soon enough? Buy 700A and deploy in urban areas when channel 51 is cleared? Deploy 600 and VoLTE later for rural expansion?
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    AT&T isn't switching, they're still just using 700B and C only due to the interference issues. They are just dropping the Band 17 class separation to please the FCC for the Leap acquisition (and it is highly contingent on the lowering of D block power levels along with testing of Band 12 devices on their network (after some software update) from what their policy blog stated). So, AT&T won't make any play for A block licenses. It is just for roaming partner compatibility and general 700 band interoperability. It help T-Mobile a bunch if they do go to Band 12 since it'll increase economies of scale and they can continue to poach AT&T customers who will have compatible handsets (if they go Band 12). Looking at the map, most of the Verizon licenses are in exclusion zones. How does this benefit T-Mobile at all since they won't even be able to deploy them in the major metro areas? Wouldn't it make more sense to buy the rural licenses and speed up VoLTE rollout so they don't have to deploy WCDMA for voice?
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    Would anyone (paging resident spectrum guru AJ) be able to explain the Channel 51 interference and exclusion zones? How does this affect the purchase? Where are the areas affected? Will this prevent T-Mobile from using any of these licenses in the near future (like 1-2 years)? What is the likelihood that they'll purchase other licenses from different companies?
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    Mike, My signal bar displays the following: G for GPRS, E for Edge, 4G for HSPA+ (single and dual, even while idling), and 4G LTE for the obvious (even while idling as well). I agree that it is weird to display UMTS while it says 4G since my old phone used to say 3G for UMTS and H+ for HSPA+. I'm going to going to a T-Mobile store tonight (contingent on leaving work on time) to force a Samsung to DC-HSPA+ to see what your app displays. Fingers crossed!
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    Mike, Still working DC-HSPA+ (can't seem to find any in my area, thinking they might have degraded it all for LTE or just made PCS such high priority), but attached a screenshot of my connection idling on UMTS (while I was on WiFi). I'd love to see more info for GSM folks down the road.
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    Hi Mike, My first forum post, but I've been reading this site since it opened up. Read about you needing some info from GSM users. I'm on T-Mobile here on a Moto X. I would love to be of assistance if I can be. I've attached a screenshot of my phone on HSPA+. Unfortunately, I'm not sure of it was DC-HSPA+ as I was in a super overloaded sector and couldn't even pull 1 down or up. I have a feeling it was PCS HSPA+ as that was always the stronger signal there. Regardless, I've forced my phone to HSPA+ and will keep looking for sightings to confirm what DC-HSPA+ displays as (along with what info). Hope this helps.
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