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    RT @gocomics: Calvin and Hobbes fan? Read the entire C&H archive online, for FREE! It's true! :) GO: http://t.co/VIlfSrGaaR #GoComics #Calv…

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    breaking bad
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    You know, I'd love to be a member of the @CCAssociationDC, but I doubt I can afford it... http://t.co/GmgupKVnfI

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    I'm edging toward getting a new Verizon hotspot myself, but I'm waiting for a global model with AWS LTE onboard and active. The "good news" on Sprint's front is that unless Sprint decides to bid on AWS-3 spectrum too, Sprint's spectral portfolio will remain the same for at least 24 months after the AWS-2 auction.
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    Somewhat surprisingly, the latest generation of Sprint handsets have been designed for GSM+UMTS+LTE operation, rather than CDMA2000 1X+EVDO. Consequently, battery drain on LTE is lesser than that of CDMA EvDO. Also, the latest generation of LTE basebands incorporate some UE-side R9 features that help reduce the number of "wakeups" required to communicate. This lessens the power drain to activate modes of operation, and allows LTE to idle with minimal power usage.
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    AT&T requested the Band 29 supplemental downlink standardization just before the AT&T/T-Mobile deal was announced. It started the process right after that. It was completed just before AT&T announced it was withdrawing its bid for T-Mobile. In terms of the 3GPP standardization of RF characteristics, PCS and AWS are very similar. Both use rules derived from DCS and IMT.
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    Well, you could try parenthetical referencing. (2x5MHz-B25)+(2x3MHz-B26)+(1x20MHz-B41) And yes, I realize I'm using the + operator for carrier aggregation, but it's easier when I'm already using the other form to refer to individual bands.
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    According to the 3GPP, the work item for WCS has been completed, as of June 11. The final draft documents for the band spec were released on June 20. It is expected to be formally included as Band 30 on July 14. Once it is released, AT&T will begin modifying its RFPs and RFQs to vendors for 2014 deployments to include WCS. Handsets released by mid-2014 (summer launch), should include WCS. There are still rumors that AT&T will drop AWS for WCS, but it may not happen now, because of Canada and Latin America. AWS has become so important as a band that AT&T cannot afford to drop it now. Sprint is the only stick-in-the-mud, but it'll be forced to include it too, at some point.
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    Except everyone already uses it to refer to FDD allocations. n+n MHz is used all over the world by regulators to indicate FDD allocations, as well as standardization organizations and operators. Though lately, the 3GPP has switched to using 1xn MHz or 2xn MHz to indicate TDD/FDD allocations. Functionally, there's no real reason to refer to carrier aggregation differently unless you have a particularly good reason to do so. In the end, the aggregation is still going to give you merged pipelines of a particular size.
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    20x20 is even worse, since 20x20 could mean you have 400 MHz of spectrum being used. And spectrum allocations are not multi-dimensional, anyway. 20+20 is more accurate. 2x20 is just another way to refer to the same thing. n MHz FDD == n+n MHz == 2xn MHz nxn MHz != n+n MHz nxn MHz != n MHz FDD
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    RT @CodeWeavers: Oh, Say Can You Save? Happy Birthday America. http://t.co/OQPO8Se9gW

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    T-Mobile owns two towers as well, through its subsidiary Powertel, Inc. Those towers are fairly close to where I live in Clinton, MS, too.

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    It's called AWS because it falls under the Advanced Wireless Services rules (Part 27). The FCC will not release new spectrum under Part 24 rules.
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    The HTC One does have UMTS 850/1900/2100 radios, but UMTS 850 is disabled, and I'm not entirely sure what's going on about UMTS 1900. I've heard reports that it is disabled and that it isn't quite disabled. UMTS 2100 supposedly works, though. Samsung has confirmed with me before that the Sprint Galaxy S4 has fully working UMTS 850/900/1900/2100, especially after I caught them on an error that said it supported UMTS band 12 (which is impossible for a Sprint phone). The page was fixed shortly after I inquired. APNs are stored as an XML configuration file, if I remember correctly. It should be under /etc/apns-conf.xml
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    It wasn't until 2010 that T-Mobile actually switched to reusing sites a majority of the time for UMTS deployment. Prior to that, UMTS and GSM sites were separate, which dramatically increased the number of cell sites.
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    Telenor confuses me. It uses the Telenor logo with a lot of different brand names. It's not even always clear the company is a Telenor one.

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    But Verizon Wireless is building a new network somewhat organically. It is deploying LTE 750 (Band 13) throughout its footprint. While it doesn't have to construct new towers, usually no one has to anymore. The United States is damn near the top in terms of cell tower density (India and China beat us, though maybe a couple of European countries do too). It all depends on whether Sprint is willing to go through that difficult process. I don't see it ever happening without some massive network changes, but perhaps it'll happen anyway.
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    I welcome the return of Nokia Networks. This time, it'll do much better with @NokiaSiemensNet people in it.

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    RT @WiWavelength: "NEXTEL, ALL YOUR 800 MHZ ARE BELONG TO US."

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    I recognize those panels. They're not cellular, 700MHz, AWS, or PCS antennas. They are specialized ones. Probably for FM or satellite.
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    Unless you can send commands to the baseband and query for the EARFCN for downlink.
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    I'm doubtful. Despite how "generous" it is, it's hardly a bastion for BYOD. It would require some serious changes for Sprint to be comfortable with BYOD.
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    Yes. Band 13 being included is likely because Verizon Wireless has a mandate imposed on it to allow any device supporting Band 13 to operate on its network. Google doesn't have to do anything with Verizon Wireless to release such a tablet.
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    Where did the extra 3.2% come from? Last I heard, Sprint still has only 50.8% of Clearwire.
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    According to the announcement by Sprint/SoftBank, that's the key point on how they raised the extra money.
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