CaptainSlow

Where can I find more information on this? When did latency halve?

Thanks, I know how to distinguish between Clearwire and Sprint B41, was just surprised that Sprint B41 was on already in NY.

But wouldn't James Valley then get $$$ from Sprint for Sprint users roaming on their network?

...announce a replacement for the coverage maps tool with something that belongs to...this decade?

I'm no business expert but let me float a nightmarish idea I've been having for several weeks: could and would Softbank pull a Google/Motorola/Lenovo? They've owned less than 100% of Sprint for less than year so they may not be necessarily "emotionally invested" in Sprint. Could they take the good parts of Sprint, say the B41 spectrum, combine with T-Mobile and sell off the remaining Sprint, to Dish maybe? Softbank gets a resurgent T-Mobile with a network configuration closer to home (UMTS, AWS FD-LTE, B41 TD-LTE) run by a maverick/popular CEO, plus global partnership with Deutsche Telecom, Dish gets to combine it's spectrum with Sprint's on NV equipment, FCC gets four competitors... everyone, umm, wins? The only thing Softbank doesn't gain is scale in the US but it does give them bigger scale for handset and telecom equipment negotiations. As a former Motorola Photon user, I was thrilled when the Google-Motorola deal was announced, only to have the dream of amazing hardware+software shattered a year later when Google sold an eviscerated Motorola to Lenovo. What a waste.

Thanks, I will consider becoming a sponsor. I guess I'm surprised because my understanding so far was that the B41 Alcatel-Lucent equipment was still being tested and not deployed commercially, at least in New York.

How do you guys know you are on a Sprint B41 site v/s a Clearwire B41 site? I understand that the PLMN would be different, but are Sprint B41 sites even turned on in Alcatel-Lucent areas like New York?

Not sure if this was posted already but AT&T's G2 is getting the Knock Code update. Hope Sprint is next ☺. http://m.androidcentral.com/atts-lg-g2-gets-knock-code-update

Well, actually the article says the tests were conducted from May 1st to May 23rd, which is a tight enough window for a test of this scale.

Just got this as a birthday gift from the wife. Liking it so far. The screen is great, battery life is ok. Maybe it will settle down if I don't play with it so much . Yesterday I got a little over 5 hrs of screen time with ~25% remaining. This is my first tablet so don't how it compares to others in the market. I was actually holding out for a Spark-capable tablet but the wife was done seeing me spend hours staring at the "small" G2 screen Does anyone know of any tri-band tablets coming from Sprint in the next couple of months? Does anyone else have problems with the screen being too sensitive and is there a solution? Sometimes I'm just trying to scroll or going for a long press but it detects it as a click. Very frustrating.

Best Buy near Holland Tunnel.

Picked up Band 26 LTE at several places in northern Virginia. In fact, the phone moved between the three bands seamlessly, although I did have to toggle Airplane mode everytime it got stuck on 3G, which was frequent enough to be annoying. It's going to be great once 3G issues are resolved. Also picked up Band 26 in Jersey City, NJ.

Discuss Google talked to Sprint, Verizon about offering its own wireless service Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is weighing the possibility of launching its own wireless service in markets where it offers its Google Fiber high-speed Internet service, according to a report in The Information. The report, which cited unnamed sources who have discussed the matter with Google, said that Google executives in recent months have discussed the idea of offering a "full-fledged wireless service" in those markets, possibly through a partnership with Sprint or Verizon Wireless. Google currently offers Fiber in Kansas City, Mo., and Provo, Utah, and plans to bring it to Austin, Texas. In February, Google said it plans to explore the idea of bringing its 1 Gbps fiber to the home (FTTH) service to an additional 34 cities across 9 U.S. metro areas Link to article on FierceWireless.

I don't see why different phones could not idle on different channels based on a random hashing algorithm. It works that way on 3G Voice and EvDO, so should be doable on 2.5 GHz as well. One thing to note, however, is that even if there are multiple 2.5 GHz channels in an area, towers at the border i.e. transition zone between multiple-channel coverage and single channel coverage (e.g. near city outskirts where you no longer need multiple channels) may be configured to only let phones idle on the single/common channel so that they don't have to be handed down to the common channel as they move out of the area. Meaning that, in the transition zone, the upper channels would only be used to move active data sessions to balance loading, but not when idling. Hope I didn't over-complicate.

Could be temporary testing. When did start, and since it's a new phone have you tested it in other locations?

Most things Dan Jones says, especially about Sprint, I take with a pinch of salt. For a columnist of a key telecom publication, he does not come across as very technically minded. Just my opinion from all the articles and comments I've read.

In terms of capacity, VoLTE has a lot of catching up to do with just good ol' CDMA, let alone CDMA+1xAdvanced. It's no surprise then that Sprint doesn't seem to be in any hurry to deploy VoLTE just for the sake of it.

I don't know but 32 GB RAM is really pushing it, no?

I don't quite understand why everyone from Sprint keeps quoting the 60 Mbps Peak speed number when, even currently, folks are getting peak speeds in the 70-80 Mbps range. Heck, just two posts above mine is a screenshot of 72 Mbps DL in DC. It's one thing to under-promise Average speeds based on a loaded network scenario, but why not quote higher Peak speeds based on what is technologically possible with the current network configuration? If all that there is is a shouting match, every single speed increment helps.

Unfortunately, I think the answer is no. If you look up China Mobile's LTE band, it's Band 38, not 41. Now B38 is a subset of B41, so a B38 network should be able to serve a B41 handset over the smaller Band 38, however I don't think it will happen automatically. A feature called MFBI (Multi-Frequency Band Indicator) has to be deployed by China Mobile which basically lets the same network operate simultaneously in both bands. This is similar to what AT&T is doing to enable interoperability between B17 and B12 on 700 MHz.

The Good: I think it's a promising start - hope these spots develop into a 'framily' of entertaining ads as we go along. I've watched them a few times already, just for the summer-y feel. I guess I can't wait for this winter to be over. +1 for subliminal messaging! The Bad: Not liking the new font with Serifs, where it appears in Bold (Twitter feed on the Frobinsons page). Feels dated and and does not look very clean even on an HD screen. Oh yes, and the 'Billing separately' line. I understand 'billing' goes better with 'saving' but that's just poor grammar. Should have either been 'billed separately' or 'billing separate'.

Nope, it can be changed as required by the carrier, however all sites in an area have to have the same ratio and be in sync. otherwise they would interfere with each other - say if one site was transmitting on downlink at the same time as another neighboring site was receiving in uplink. That's my understanding anyway.

On EvDO and eHRPD, SINR in high single digits to mid-teens is when you get blazing speeds (by EvDO standards

Sites are grouped geographically with about 50 sites in each TAC, so even a small city covered by, say, 200 sites would have multiple TACs. Bigger markets like NY or Chicago would have dozens of TACs. Every time a phone crosses into another TA, it re-registers with the network. This way, the network always knows at least your approximate location, which helps reduce the signaling load in other areas. For example, if you are in downtown Manhattan, the network shouldn't bother paging for you in Bronx.

I think the announced they will be launching LTE in the PCS band as well, so by the time a deal would become official, the PCS band could be common in some areas. This would be one-way though, non-N5 T-Mobile handsets wouldn't be able to use the Sprint PCS band but all Sprint handsets would be able to use T-Mobile's.