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    AT&T Shutting Down 2G Network By 2017

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Robert is absolutely correct. The FCC does not need to impose a 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE shutdown; market forces will eventually take care of that. But the FCC may actually seek to slow down the 2G sunset if the 2017 date would unduly harm AT&T's roaming partners -- many of which are small GSM only carriers. For roaming, GSM is still the lowest common denominator in the 3GPP camp, just as CDMA1X is on the 3GPP2 side.

     

    AJ

     

    Are you talking about roaming partners such as TracFone Wireless?

    Anyone in the Northwest portion of CT?

    in Markets

    Posted

    typically in my area its 4-5 bars, some only 1 bar, highest speed in my area on hspa+ was 6.14 down and at the same time 1.74 up.

     

    Most 2-4 down is typical.

     

    I know evdo is 1.5 down or so max... in all honesty 800-1.2 down is all I care about as long as I can stream with no issues I'm happy

     

    That is a little slow compare to T-Mobile HSPA+.

    Anyone in the Northwest portion of CT?

    in Markets

    Posted

    thanks guys...

     

    actually I have an S3 on its way from Amazon - and just wanted to see if I was going to be disappointed much lol

     

    AT&T with HSPA+ is fast in the area around 4mbps down (but also has patches of late where it hits 400k and even EDGE is creeping back into the mix, maybe LTE work going on but I doubt it.

     

    The lower fees with Sprint and no data cap is what drew me back (I left about 8 months ago and was getting about 100k)...

     

    I'll report back later in the week-end

     

    Do you get any faster speeds with AT&T HSPA+? How high is your signal when you do a speedtest?

    AT&T acquires NextWave for $25M, Assumes Debt

    in General Topics

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    Well, this signifies that AT&T is truly serious about WCS as its next LTE band, and it likely takes AT&T out of the running to acquire DISH's S band/AWS-4 spectrum. So, with an AT&T option off the table, look for Charlie Ergen to partner with Sprint and build out his LTE network on the Network Vision platform.

     

    AJ

    Okay, Howard, do you now see how non directional all of these "What if..." and "How about..." questions can be? So, if you have a point, please just make it outright.

     

    AJ

     

    Okay, AJ, do you think that DISH will partner up with T-Mobile instead since they are starting their network modernization project later?

    AT&T acquires NextWave for $25M, Assumes Debt

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Well, this signifies that AT&T is truly serious about WCS as its next LTE band, and it likely takes AT&T out of the running to acquire DISH's S band/AWS-4 spectrum. So, with an AT&T option off the table, look for Charlie Ergen to partner with Sprint and build out his LTE network on the Network Vision platform.

     

    AJ

     

    How about T-Mobile?

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