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Question, if the phone shows as "Roaming" when connected to "Roaming+" partners, does that mean the phone will still drain its battery continually scanning for non-roaming service? - Trip

Only if there's any thought that EV-DO has changed. - Trip

Since I'm comparing the 55 series to the 56 series this time, a lot of stuff doesn't line up, probably due to extra EV-DO lines. I'm going to have to go through line-by-line, I think. EDIT: Without being able to know what 3G is new versus what's a change from 55 to 56, I've just analyzed the 1X parts. Geography 7: Added 4305, 93. (Roaming) Geography 12: Removed 362, 5652, 5274 Geography 13: Added 4307. (Roaming) Quick check says 93 is Verizon, 4305 and 4307 are SI Wireless, 362/5652/5274 are Cellcom. EDIT2: Quick check of Cellcom's coverage map indicates they are using the Verizon network for nationwide LTE. Wonder if they terminated their deal with Sprint as a result. - Trip

Not yet. I've been sick all weekend and haven't really felt like scouring it. - Trip

I had two Monday, both with my wife on the same tower as I was (I was in the store, she was in the car). Before that... last one may have been in June. - Trip

I didn't get that from the article. I thought the car comparison was very apt. Buy (Easy Pay) or lease (Lease). But not subsidizing. - Trip

I would prefer to just replace my signal bar/data type indicator completely with SignalCheck Pro. Recover the space in my notification bar. - Trip

Okay, here's what I've got. Geography 3: 1165 and 1173 are removed. Geography 4: 1192 removed. Geography 7: 4307 downgraded from native to roaming (albeit most preferred roaming). Geography 12: Think I made a mistake in extracting the files, but just some roaming shuffled around. Nothing important. Geography 14: 1522 downgraded from native to roaming (albeit most preferred roaming). Geography 14: Removed roaming SIDs 84, 114, 116, 204, 368, 520, 1148, 1640, 1650, 2038. Geographies 19-21: Completely gone. I don't have time to put names to SIDs tonight, but that should get people started. - Trip

No problems, but I'm home from my trip now. I was only in Connecticut for a day and had B41 for much of my time there. - Trip

That doesn't really matter here, I don't think. It's a one time expense of maybe $1 million and there are plenty of other open channels WPXX could be moved to. - Trip

Time got away from me, I'll try to work on it tomorrow. - Trip

I was in Newington on August 15 and had B41 running just fine. Sure it's not your phone somehow? - Trip

When I get home, time permitting, I'll try to summarize the other changes. - Trip

Looks like mostly minor changes involving reordering of some partners and removal of a handful of others, including all carriers in geographies 19-21. - Trip

In L'enfant and Archives, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all have LTE already. Only Sprint is lacking. But, the bigger issue here is that the service connected to eHRPD yesterday (and this morning) but then no data would pass. - Trip

No kidding. Service connected but didn't function in the stations last night or this morning. - Trip

Does anyone have a copy of the .prl file? - Trip

- Data plans became less expensive. - I don't remember this argument (I may have been too young; I always thought this would be a good idea). - Screens got much bigger (I also always thought this would be a good idea). - Which they are, as well as other things now that the data plans are less expensive and cell phones got bigger. 4K, however, is strictly dependent on the resolution of your eyes. My eyes cannot tell the difference between 1080p and 4K, for example, except on a very large screen. To stream 4K to a phone instead of 1080p (or even a lower resolution) does nothing for me. Our eyes aren't suddenly going to improve in their resolution to the point where we will suddenly be able to see a difference between 1080p and 4K on a 6 inch screen. Any increase in resolution is going to be wasted. If I'm understanding Fraydog correctly, I'm more inclined to agree with that argument, which is that while 4K might not make sense, there may be other applications which need 4K-level bandwidth on a phone in the future. I see no reason to discount the potential future need for the bandwidth, but I don't think streaming 4K to a tiny device is an efficient or sensible use of that bandwidth. - Trip

In Vermont this week on vacation and the Sprint service has been... disappointing, to say the least. On I-91, once we left Massachusetts, the Vermont portion of the trip was either 1X only or, Signal Check indicated, EV-DO and not eHRPD. Then on VT-103 it was almost all roaming on US Cellular or Verizon (though I did have EV-DO roaming on US Cellular, at least). Once we got to US-7, there was LTE from the two towers in Rutland, but then it's been 3G/eHRPD basically all the way up to Burlington. Here in Burlington itself, I finally have B25. - Trip

Not to steal Mike's thunder, but a new beta is now available for beta testers. Just grabbed it. - Trip

King Street Wireless, apparently, gets its name from the fact that it is based out of a building on King Street in Alexandria, VA. Next time I go by I'll try and see what I can see. (Probably not much.) - Trip

In those areas, E and F blocks (10x10), not adjacent to existing Sprint holdings. - Trip

In Shenandoah County, nTelos has 10x10 immediate adjacent to the G block. - Trip

Why not recycle the Virgin Mobile brand name? - Trip

Generally in the United States region. (All over.) - Trip