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My only question is what happens when EBS licenses overlap? Do we know how it's determined who uses what and where? For example in NYC, NW Spectrum (NextWave) has two leases that apply to 2624-2640.5MHz covering all of NYC but T-Mobile also leases that same slice of EBS from someone else that covers most of NYC, but not all.

Check it out here:

1. NW Spectrum: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/leaseMap.jsp?licKey=4113406&parentKey=null
2. NW Spectrum: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/leaseMap.jsp?licKey=4113401&parentKey=null
3. T-Mobile: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/leaseMap.jsp?licKey=4371791&parentKey=null

In Queens, most of Brooklyn, and most of Manhattan T-Mobile is using that spectrum to create a 100MHz n41 channel. However in much of Staten Island, the Bronx, southern Brooklyn, and upper Manhattan NextWave blocks them from using that spectrum and T-Mobile's spectrum is split in two into one 34MHz block from 2590-2624 and one 49.5MHz block from 2640.5-2690.

This is awesome! There is a Clear Band 41 site about a block away from my home in New York that would be an insanely strategic infill site if it were converted to a triband site.

How do I give back my old one and get one of these lol?

6 hours ago, Thomas L. said:

Does this mean that Sprint will be adding band 13 compatibility as a requirement for its equipment in the future? 

Most Sprint devices already have Band 13 baked in so Sprint doesn't really need to change anything.

Wow, I'm buying a new phone sooner than I anticipated.

Hopefully Sprint starts being aggressive in shifting around spectrum and swapping with other carriers in order to try to have 10x10 in as many major metros as possible. For a lot of cities (like NYC) Sprint would have to shut off a lot of EVDO and 1x carriers to accomplish this.

I'm going to go ahead and say Sprint will shoot up to number one in a lot of cities for this. Speeds were virtually the only thing holding them back in many markets. Now they'll be truly competitive in the peak speed department and hopefully the public will take notice.

if T-Mobile has proven anything, it's that all you need is a few 100 Mbps speed tests and suddenly your reputation is set.

Great to see a fairly large number of ALU cities despite what we've all heard. However, it is disappointing that NYC is not on that list. It kind of makes me wonder why certain ALU cities made it and others didn't. Is it because NYC doesn't have enough 8T8R ( which it doesn't in my opinion) compared to a city like Boston which has a ton of Sprint Band 41?

I have a UNLOCKED iPhone 6+ from VZW could I put the phone on Sprint? Will SPARK work?

It'll be able to use PCS and 800MHz but not Band 41.

Disappointing that at least Samsung doesn't seem to care much about good RF performance on a phone.  The S5 seems to be meh, Note 4 similar meh, and the Edge is even worse.  Motorola seems to realize that yes RF performance is important.  Apple, too

Even HTC has stepped up their antenna game.

Another market that seems to be having less problems than others is NYC.