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Has anybody heard when sprint will enable wifi calling on iOS 8? I know that it is already available with some android devices. how difficult is it to enable for iPhones?

Uh, no.  On the coverage maps, Spark has no relation to band 25/26 LTE.  It refers only to band 41 TD-LTE.  And it is not false advertising.  Coverage is not available everywhere -- that is the standard disclaimer.

 

AJ

how much do i have to donate to gain access to tower related information. I would like to learn about the specific details and work that is being done around the towers around me. Details such as what work is being done around me. can you guys tell me how much I have to pay to gain such access?

''sprint spark'' is band 41. In order to have a market be announced for spark band 41 is required as the advertisements States speeds up to 50 Mbps which only band 41 can do.

 

The other marketing thing is using spark as a catchall phrase to describe the network being smart and automatically pushing people to different sites and frequencies to get the best possible experience.

 

 

 

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http://newsroom.sprint.com/presskits/sprint-spark.htm

Straight from Sprint

How Sprint Spark Works

Sprint Spark combines 4G FDD-LTE at 800 Megahertz (MHz) and 1.9 Gigahertz (GHz) and TDD-LTE at 2.5GHz spectrum. Sprint Spark’s spectrum assets, technology and architecture are designed to deliver a seamless customer experience via tri-band wireless devices. Tri-band devices, named for their ability to accommodate multiple spectrum bands, support active hand-off mode between 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz, providing data session continuity as the device moves between spectrum bands. 

​By this definition, customer infers that a spark city is using the three different bands as it says it combines the three different bands. so it is false advertising indeed 

No. Sprint advertises Los Angeles as a spark city. The requirement to be announced for sprint spark is band 41.

 

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Isn't spark advertised as triband LTE?

i think thats how they defined spark by combining three different bands to....

No doubt that the amount of spectrum Sprint has is an advantage, that's not what I was saying. 

 

The question was what advantage does high frequency spectrum have over low frequency spectrum. Which when looking at the propagation characteristics, the answer is none. 

Very true. I can compare Houston to LA. Band 26 is deployed in Houston and allows the phone to have a persistent LTE connection without dropping to 3g or 1x constantly, which happens quite often in LA as I have not noticed any band 26 here yet. It is frustrating as Sprint advertises LA as a triband city but this is completely false.  Without the band 26, there is no point for VoLTE. 

For all intents and purposes, higher frequency spectrum has no advantages over the lower frequencies. In fact, higher frequencies are at a disadvantage to lower frequencies. That's why there was such a fight over the 700 holdings, and such drooling over the supposed 600 auctions (that may or may not happen). The only reason Sprint is gung ho about it's 2.5GHz holdings is because it has so much of it. 

Do you know if they have rolled out the 8T8R antennas in LA? or whats the timeline for it?

I only took basic physics for premedical requisites but from what I remember the higher the frequency the higher the energy. How does that play in wireless industry? there has to be an advantage to a higher frequency where as in lower frequency the electromagnetic wave travels longer and penetrates better

It's all about the amount of spectrum used. 5MHz at 800 has the same speed and capacity as 5Mhz at 2500. Band 41 uses 20MHz (TDD-LTE) whereas 5x5MHz (FDD-LTE) is used for 800 and 1900.

 

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I understand your point. But higher frequency has a higher energy and propagates less than a lower frequency signal. so given the same amount of spectrum, a higher frequency should be able to carry more data. otherwise, whats the tradeoff between 2.5 GHz vs 800 Mhz frequency? when 800 penetrates better than 2.5? 

What does frequency have to do with speed?

not so much with speed but more bandwidth and capacity. so naturally it can accommodate more people and less decrease on data speeds. Maybe I'm wrong

thats unfortunate, without the low frequency, there is never a hope for a consistent LTE connection on sprint. More surprisingly was the speed that I noticed on band 41 (13 down and up). Was kind of hoping for more for such a high frequency 

Why is that? how come nextel could use the frequency? band 26 in Houston fills in a lot of areas quite nicely. Is 800 MHz frequency blocked in SoCal for voice/3g as well?

Can u explain on the timeline a little

Thanks so much

I was wondering if anyone has noticed band 26 in LA. So far I have been unable to connect to band 26 in Santa Monica, Westwood, Sherman oaks and Beverly Hills. I noticed band 41 a few times in Westwood with subpar download speeds (about 13 with 3 bars, similar upload speeds which is good). But i have not noticed band 26 at all yet. 

In Houston band 26 is widely available. 

I was wondering if anyone can comment on this. Getting frustrated with Sprint. I'm using iPhone 6