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  1. Trip
    Ah, well, the tower nearest to Franc-Springfield Metro has an 8T8R and there's plenty of B41 around. The Metro ride (assuming you're Metro-ing into town) is mostly B41 at this point above ground, though near Potomac Yard you fall back to B26. Underground at the stations you have Sprint 3G; in the tunnels it's Verizon 1X. - Trip
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    Didn't Sprint and T-Mobile buy their way into their current footprints? If so, then West Virginia probably just didn't have anyone for sale for either one to buy. In any case, the state is very rugged in terms of terrain so it's hard to cover the state well. It requires a lot of towers or just an admission that you're not going to get it all. Even AT&T and US Cellular, in the areas where US Cellular operates, both have a lot of holes in West Virginia due to very low population density and very rough terrain even where there is population. In any event, I would very much prefer to see Shentel, a local-ish company, buy out nTelos as opposed to Sprint. Shentel, I think, can be trusted to reinvest money locally, while Sprint will shuffle it around. And if you look at Shentel's tower density in most of their markets, it's better than or equal to Verizon and AT&T in those areas, which speaks volumes to me about the quality and level of service Shentel provides. - Trip
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    I get off the train in the morning at the Smithsonian Metro station which is right near the lawn and my service blazes along on B41 as long as I'm outside. Where around Springfield? Lots of B41 right around the Mixing Bowl and in the surrounding areas I've been to. - Trip
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    Not all of nTelos land is severely rugged terrain. Much of the Virginia part of nTelos land is pretty flat and the service is pretty poor there too. - Trip
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    AThe moment a T-Mobile customer steps out of town, they have no service. While some people are willing to accept that, I'm sure many more do not, and even if Sprint doesn't use their 600 MHz purchase themselves, their RRPP partners will definitely use it and make Sprint service that much more attractive both to their own customers and those of the RRPP members. Not going to comment on the "just move to the city!" fallacy that many people like to repeat. - Trip
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    If Sprint ultimately wants to complete in rural areas, it will need more than the 5x5 below 1 GHz it effectively has now. In most areas, Verizon and AT&T have 20x20 spread across 700 and 850 MHz, some of which is dedicated to 3G at present but will ultimately be used for LTE in the future, and Sprint's 5x5 won't touch that by a long shot. Small cells don't work in areas where there's no infrastructure to back them up. - Trip
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    SCP only shows what you're currently connected to, plus neighbor cells, as far as I know. - Trip
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    FirstNet was funded by AWS-3, to the best of my knowledge. The TV incentive auction no longer has to pay for it. - Trip
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    One thing I haven't seen here is a good definition of what "nationwide" actually means. Having studied cell tower deployments in West Virginia, I can tell you that both Verizon and AT&T definitely have large holes over significant geographic areas. Some of these areas have service from one or the other, but some areas have service from neither (how many people live in those areas, I can't say) and service from US Cellular or, perhaps, no service at all. - Trip
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    The spectrum in question was originally auctioned to be used in this sort of way, where a private operator would use it unless an emergency occurred in which case the public safety communications would take priority. The bids didn't come anywhere close to the reserve price because nobody wanted to do it. - Trip
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    FirstNet will operate, to my knowledge, on LTE Band 14. Do any consumer devices support that band? The answer to that is the answer to your question. - Trip
  12. Trip
    I've seen Unknown with 0 a few times and didn't think much of it, but that was the only time I've seen that completely wild number. Otherwise, neighbor cells have been pretty accurate to my recollection. - Trip
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    Not sure if this is a bug or the phone reporting bad data. I'd have sent a diagnostic but I was on the road and it wouldn't have been safe. Look carefully at the neighbor cells. - Trip
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    I only left in August; it can't have been that long ago then. - Trip
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    USCC prefers to roam on Verizon, not Sprint. Not entirely sure why, but that fact is why I left USCC. - Trip
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    Thanks! - Trip
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    What app is that? I wouldn't mind having that. - Trip
  18. Trip
    I am assuming you mean wireless data usage. My fiancee and I share a 2GB Sprint family share plan and usually use about 1.5GB between the two of us. - Trip
  19. Trip
    I have the Galaxy S5 and it uses "3G" for both eHRPD and 1X. - Trip
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    I was wondering that very thing. The article just starts using the acronym without ever defining it for those of us who aren't corporate executives. - Trip
  21. Trip
    Would not being Network Vision compliant keep them from opening up the LTE on a short-term basis until they can get everything else upgraded? Seems like it's better to have LTE working at some level, even at a less than ideal speed on B25 only, as opposed to the nearly unusable 3G currently available to Sprint customers (at least in the areas I visit). - Trip
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    I really, really, really, REALLY hope this comes true. Shentel's coverage puts the other carriers to shame (at least in the VA/MD/WV parts, haven't checked PA) and would presumably be just as outstanding in the rest once they got the nTelos network up to snuff in a few years. So pleased. So, very, pleased. Please come true. EDIT: Also, in the overlap areas that I've seen, Shentel is already on nearly every tower nTelos is on, and many more, so I assume they'd just be shutting off the nTelos gear in those areas. Much neater than the patch-up they'll be doing elsewhere. - Trip
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    The bigger issue is that nTelos itself, at this point, hasn't shown any direct evidence of lighting up anything for Sprint customers other than the existing 1X or EVDO roaming they've had for years. Tracking roll-out progress on something that isn't rolling out yet seems a bit premature. But my own SCP log is probably a good starting point for anyone who might want to do some tracking. I'll be glad to send the spreadsheet from it to anyone who wants it. - Trip
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    I know 22447 is still used in Culpeper for 1X 800, as I see it when I pass through that area. - Trip
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    Looks familiar, but I don't have it in my log. - Trip
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