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I would assume so but will check and see if I can confirm.

S4GRU, You are absolutely correct. I only mentioned the cities that I was absolutely positive on, but the plan (from what I gathered) was to build over all territory. In my post #214 of this thread, I mentioned that I drove in Ohio (ntelos territory) attempting to activate the card.. Meant to say (Sprint territory). Sorry, just trying to keep my info accurate and specific.

Hey bubretti, My source of information was from a RF engineer that is under contract with Sprint and provides installation and maintenance of Sprint's wireless and wire-line networks. I was informed that Sprint is aggressively planning the LTE builds in these areas and plans on building approx 1,200 sites to cover these areas starting early summer 2014. Site preparations have already begun. Areas would include eastern KY (Ashland area), Huntington/Charleston WV, Beckley etc.. In addition to my previous posts above this regarding problems activating a Sprint LTE aircard in Ntelos territory, Co-workers have complained of having the same issues in WV (Beckley) and VA (Roanoke). I was extremely pleased with the download and upload speeds in Sprint LTE, Southern Ohio. Can't wait to get this service!

I'm not sure what PRL it was running. When I was able to activate it in Ohio (ntelos territory), it immediately updated the PRL automatically. I reset the aircard to default several times and attempted to activate with original PRL and the updated one with no luck in ntelos territory. I returned the aircard and am waiting to receive a different one to try.

To add to my comments above, I also have a Sierra Wireless 3G sprint air card that works perfectly fine in these areas, as it should. That's why I was confused as to why this new LTE MiFi aircard would not at least activate at a 3G level in the Ntelos 3G territories mentioned above.

I attempted to read through this entire thread before posting but did not make it all the way through. I purchased a Sprint LTE MiFi air card and attemtped to activate in the Ashland KY area as well as Huntington WV a few weeks ago. The air card would NOT activate in Ntelos territory. The air card is designed to revert to 3G when not in 4G territory. No luck whatsoever in activating the air card. I can drive 30 minutes north into Ohio (just north of Portsmouth), which is Sprint LTE territory and the air card activates immediately. 30MB download speeds on the Sprint LTE network! As soon as I drive back into Ntelos territory, the air card stops working. Sprint Store had no explanations at all regarding this issue. I assumed the air card would activate on the 3G network and planned to use the air card until LTE arrives in these areas..Sprint is actively building LTE in these areas as I type. Hopefully that answers any questions/concerns regarding LTE roaming agreements between Sprint and Ntelos.