greenbastard
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Except freeways and airports aren't in the middle of a neighborhood. Most small airports close to residential neighborhoods either don't have strict zoning laws or have been grandfathered. Also, highways/airports and wireless is probably the worst comparison you could have chosen. I would have gone with power lines or fiber lines. When I build a house, I don't like that I have to build the house to a certain spec and look. It drives up costs. But I follow the rules because I choose to do business there. Why should wireless carriers get a pass on buying permits and building up to code??? Because your YouTube won't load??? If local Jack and Jill have to build their house up to spec and maintain it a certain way, then so should wireless carriers. Don't care if you find them ugly or not. The important thing is that small cells/macro towers meet zoning laws. Verizon has and T-Mobile is soon going to as well. If those two carriers can do a good job of hiding their equipment, why can't Sprint or At&t? I'm not complaining about my service. Verizon has done an excellent job of adequately covering and providing enough bandwidth to most subdivisions with strict zoning laws.
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Following zoning laws makes you a NIMBY? I've never complained about the service I've gotten from Verizon. They've managed to follow local zoning laws and have hidden their equipment very well. If Verizon can do it, so can Sprint. It's just a matter of spending the money to do so. Chalk it up to the cost of doing business. Don't want to spend the money, then don't do business in that area. You're thinking Libertarian, not conservative. For the most part, the conservative movement is focused on yanking power away from Washington and handing it back to the state and local government. What you're advocating for is a Libertarian principle.
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McDonalds, Starbucks, and so many businesses conduct interstate commerce, yet they follow local zoning laws. Why can't National carriers? Either follow local laws or don't do business there. Simple as that.
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Federal government should butt out. Small cells and zoning laws are local government issues, not federal. If Trump is as "conservative" as he claims he is (he isn't), then he should just stay out of it. If a homeowner has to follow zoning laws, then carriers should as well. Local utility companies don't get a pass, and neither should wireless carriers. Hide your panels and equipment if you want to do business there or just stay away.
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They converted a Clear site that was already broadcasting LTE on B41? Or was the Clear site not broadcasting LTE to begin with?
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My main gripe with Sprint retail stores is that most of them are 3rd party, which makes them useless for almost everything. If you have a billing issue or need a phone issue resolved, their first solution is to sell you a new phone. Their second solution is to send you to a corporate store. Sprint should find a way to get an Assurion agent in each store for phone repairs or technical guidance.
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You really have to scratch your head at OnePlus. They add all of Sprints LTE bands but leave out Verizon's band 13. But on the cdma side, they leave out Sprint's BC1 and BC10, but include BC0 (used by Verizon in most markets). Whats their strategy???
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That would never happen.
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Just Mobilitie. The fastest way to know if you're connected to a small cell is if the EARFCN is 40072 or 40270. Or that's at least the spectrum that is being used on small cells deployed during the Super Bowl.
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I wouldn't worry about Kroger much longer. But on a serious note, Sprint just finished up adding Mini Macros to the remaining Sprint towers that had faulty or incompatible Clearwire panels. The funny thing is that they left the Clearwire panels up on some of the towers so who knows how rent will play out for Sprint. The next logical step is to decomission some of the Clearwire towers that are redundant (like clearwire towers that are across the street from Sprint towers) and add B25/B26 to others in prime locations. As far as Small cells, that's all up to Mobilitie.
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There were a lot of permits filed under "Zayo" for T-Mobile so it's likely T-Mobile.
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Nexus 6 came out a year before the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6p. The Nexus 6 has reached it's end of life and will only receive security updates until fall 2017.
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Calling Plus (VoLTE "Lite")
greenbastard replied to burnout8488's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Usually, it's the low band LTE carrier that is overloaded for all carriers. -
It's not a safe bet that the merge will happen. Dish, cable companies, and overseas conglomerates are still in play.
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It's not what I think, it's what you implied. If Sprint is willing to give 1 full year of free service, then it's safe to assume Overland Park doesn't want anyone leaving. Go to Twitter and tweet @Sprint about leaving...You'll see Sprint Care's account respond to your threat seconds after pressing submit. So yes. Overland Park would miss him and any subscriber that ports out (as would At&t, T-Mobile and Verizon at this point).
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The counter argument for not participating in the 600 MHz auction is that even though B41 small cells won't reach everywhere indoors, it will still be enough to offload users from B25/26. That would then create a decent B26 experience if you happen to need it. But I'm one of the few who disagrees and hopes Sprint can find a way to get more low band spectrum. They're going to need it if they want to continue to be reliable in Voice.
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So is San Francisco, but they've managed to deploy a second B25 carrier with just 30 MHz of PCS+G bandwidth. I think At&t held 60 MHz of PCS at one point in the greater Houston area. They've deployed one 20x20 LTE carrier, one 5x5 UMTS, and leased/sold (not sure which) the other 10 MHz to Verizon (Verizon only owned 10 MHz of PCS spectrum, but are now using one of At&t's blocks to deploy 10x10 LTE). I doubt they strike a deal with At&t since it looks like they're set for the long haul. T-Mobile owns the entire A block, so they're not going to accommodate Sprint either. Verizon is maxed out and moving would just acrew them over. Sprint can't buy anymore spectrum down there. But they can thin out CDMA. Not sure why they haven't.
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I'm sure Marcello disagrees with you. Every customer counts at this point. Back then, Sprint was willing to let you walk from a contact free of charge if you roamed excessively. Today, they just cut you off from roaming instead of losing you.
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Calling Plus (VoLTE "Lite")
greenbastard replied to burnout8488's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
I would hope that they push Android BYOD manufacturers to add native support instead of just letting Apple users have all the fun. -
Meanwhile, in East Texas & Houston...No sign of a second B25 carrier at all. Just a single congested G block carrier to go along with an even more congested B26 carrier. This network inconsistency Sprint has in each market drives me crazy. They should just thin out CDMA already since EVOD sits unused for the most part. It's been a while since I've been to SA, but I believe the last 2nd B25 carrier is seen just east of Luling on I-10 when you head to Houston. Anyone know if that's changed? I think Sprint had the spectrum to push a second carrier all the way to Sealy, TX but they haven't done so since my last drive out there.
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Actually, none of this has anything to do with what I pointed out as false in your statement. Let me remind you of what you said and bold out the part that is just absolutely, 100% wrong. Sprint is trying very hard to attract and retain customers. Your last sentence is just flat out wrong.
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To be fair to him, his response was to a very hostile one. You can't drop the F-bomb and expect the conversation to continue to be civilized. This board does a good job of tolerating criticism. But there comes a time when you've made your point and you should just move on. And fanboys should also stop taking everything so personal. At the end of the day Sprint, Verizon, At&t and T-Mobile's loyalty belongs to the almighty dollar and not to their customers.
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And a larger cost of living. And just because someone is considered "well-off" doesn't mean they don't like saving money. The former CEO I used to work for made close to 7 figures and rocked a cheap Samsung promo phone from Cricket. People just love to save money (or at least feel like they)
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Considering Sprint fell from the solid #3 national carrier to distant #4, I beg to differ. Sprint wants as many subscribers as it can have. As a matter of fact, based on the recent free service promo that Sprint is offering, you're statement is not only inaccurate, but 100% false.
