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    If someone can pull it before I leave work today in 4 hours, I will dump it and try to analyze it ASAP. - Trip
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    Last time I was going through Dillwyn taking my sister back to college, my parents called and my phone actually held onto 1X 800 from Cumberland for the entire call! It was pretty impressive. But most of US-15 from about Dixie (in Fluvanna County) until south of Sheppards is roaming on US Cellular 1X. (No EV-DO that I've seen.) Can't wait for the Shentel buyout, as that's an area they apparently plan to spend a lot of money improving, according to the map on the Welcome to Shentel site. - Trip
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    No, Cumberland County, VA is in Sprint's Richmond market. Neighboring Buckingham County is nTelos area. - Trip
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    Excellent! - Trip
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    None of this answers my second carrier question. Thoughts? - Trip
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    That can't be right. The Clear site at King Street Metro was lit up in January of this year. 8T8Rs were already floating around by then. - Trip
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    This may be a stupid question, but I'm very curious. If Sprint has a Clear site it wants to convert to LTE that is not doing LTE today, does that require a tech to visit the site or can that be done remotely? I think this is a Samsung market. I've got my fingers crossed that after the shutdown, several Clear sites that would very nicely fill some coverage gaps will be converted to B41. EDIT: I'm also curious if the same is true for sites that currently have one carrier of LTE. Will they need a site visit to light up a second one once WiMax is turned off, or can that be done remotely? - Trip
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    Please don't say terrifying things like that. In parts of its coverage area, US Cellular has ONLY CLR spectrum. My parents have B5 LTE on their hotspot. Obtain the customers but then leave them with no service until Sprint decides to rip and replace the US Cellular equipment? As the only carrier in the area? Sounds like a terrible idea, especially since CLR is technically part of B26 anyway. - Trip
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    On its way. https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-15-1236A1.pdf - Trip
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    I don't think EV-DO was lit up for US Cellular network-wide. US Cellular EV-DO has yet to appear on my phone where my parents live, though it worked in Vermont in August. - Trip
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    If Sprint turned off roaming, I'd be gone. I don't know where I would go, but I picked Sprint for one reason and one reason only--when I visit my parents for a day or two every few months, my phone works. It roams onto US Cellular and I am not completely in the dark. Take that away, and I can then look elsewhere. - Trip
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    Except for that beautiful Shentel map, right? - Trip
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    I've included more details here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/7117-washington-dc-and-southern-virginia-premiere-spreadsheet-and-maps/?p=452923&do=findComment&comment=452923 In the Premiere Sponsor thread to avoid divulging site-specific information. - Trip
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    See, that's what I thought too, which is why I'm so confused. Looking at my log and comparing to what I remember from the drive on Saturday, the eHRPD was setting my phone on fire as I sat under the four towers, but 1X was weak and, evidently from my log, from very far away. What are the statistical chances that four different non-LTE sites have the exact same problem at nearly the exact same time, but other surrounding sites work fine? For example, one of the sites in question was a stealth site near a shopping center. I remember eHRPD was at -70 dBm or so, and I made a site note in SCP that I was passing the shopping center. But the BSL (and "strongest signal strength" field) in my log clearly indicates my 1X connection was from a site several miles away. - Trip
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    This may or may not be a stupid question, but is there such a thing as an EV-DO (eHRPD) only tower? Yesterday I went driving around in southern Maryland where there are a number of towers that show up with no NV upgrades or with 3G-only NV. Usually, when I pass towers like that, I get 1X and eHRPD, but on several (not all) that I saw yesterday, I had eHRPD really strong while sitting under them, but 1X was coming from an NV tower somewhere else. If it was just one, I would say it was an equipment issue at a given site, but this happened at four different sites, at least. (Still going through my logs.) Was it just a fluke, a coincidental issue with four towers at once, or are some towers actually only providing EV-DO? - Trip
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    If T-Mobile were to obtain the AB License Co 700A spectrum, that would be in these markets: Norfolk Macon (WSST) Pensacola (WBIF) New Orleans Baton Rouge Fayetteville AR Vegas Phoenix (KPPX) Tucson San Diego The parentheses indicate TV channel 51 stations that may need to be relocated. - Trip
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    Opening bids. Key word. Prices will drop as the auction goes on. - Trip
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    My indicators work properly on my S5, but my eHRPD indicator is now bright yellow when I pull down from the notifications bar. - Trip
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    Thanks. I've updated and so far, no crashing. - Trip
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    So, it's safe to update now? Just checking; planning to do some cell site identification again this weekend... - Trip
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    What is... light urple? - Trip
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    I hope it's still logging in the background at least; I'm going somewhere I haven't been before in my market for my spreadsheet. I should have checked here before upgrading. - Trip
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    Same! It's in the status bar but as soon as I try to open it, insta-crash. Can't even send a report. - Trip
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    I connected to a new T-Mobile site in Orange, VA yesterday on my MetroPCS phone. It's co-located with Verizon and AT&T. (nTelos-to-be-Shentel/Sprint is elsewhere in town.) - Trip
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    Article about people dependent on WiMax. http://www.twincities.com/technology/ci_28935274/disadvantaged-twin-cities-households-face-loss-internet - Trip
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