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Here's what I could find on how Nielsen works: http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions/measurement/mobile.html https://mobilepanel.nielsen.com/enroll/howItWorks.do?l=en_us&pid=1 Not much detail on the weighting or methodology.

Good point. Sprint says this: So Nielsen is reporting data... and Sprint is analyzing that dataset for those cities. Sprint has done the same thing for Jacksonville and Miami. Seems to be a new trend to augment the RootMetrics reports.

Interesting that this is Nielsen reporting this... Not RootMetrics.

3G or even slow 4G LTE speeds between cities are still good enough for Maps/Navigation and Audio Streaming. Not many people are streaming video in a moving car driving between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. It should be fixed, but Marcelo has made a calculation that the priority should be in cities where the impact will be felt the most and the most people will realize the benefit.

Sprint has to account for where people are most of the time and how many people will benefit when it prioritizes network improvements. There's only so much funding and it has to maximize ROI on its build. I agree, having continuous LTE between Los Angeles to Las Vegas makes sense to have. However, the number of people who will actually benefit is greater if Sprint prioritizes investing in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. I think that's Marcelo's thinking on this. The build between Los Angeles and Las Vegas will come in time. Finally, as far as Network Metrics go, RootMetrics tests metropolitan markets, not the highways between them. If Sprint wants to show progress on these numbers/awards, it has to focus investments in the metro markets themselves, not on the highways between them.

If I had to guess, not all 800 MHz is turned up yet. Or perhaps there's continued evaluation being made re ROI for optimizing deployment. Others can offer much more on this than I can, but that's my best guess.

Looks like it's in Miami based on other Tweets he's made. Also, appears to be supported by Wireless backhaul from Fastback Networks: http://www.fastbacknetworks.com/

See Sprint's recent FCC filing (March 1, 2016) which discusses its 800 MHz Band Reconfiguration progress and scheduled timelines: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=60001493430

Sprint just appointed Robert Hackl as the new Chief Experience Officer and President of National Sales, joining on April 1st. It'll be interesting to see what direction he takes things based on his background: He will replace Bob Johnson who is leaving on April 29, 2016 after 14 months in the role. However, Bob has been with Sprint since 2005 and prior to that he was at Nextel since 2002.

Yeah. It's strange how it was left off the shutdown list... Last day will be March 31st regardless.

I thought the Sprint/RadioShack deal resulted in an additional 1,435 store locations... Is Sprint still behind in locations versus the other 3 after that? As of July 2015, Sprint had 4,500 locations, "making it one of the largest retailers in the U.S."

Sprint Announces Joint Venture with Dixons Carphone Plans to open up to 500 Sprint-branded retail stores nationwide. I guess the pilot program from last year went well? Does Sprint really need more retail locations? Perhaps if they could build a new tower site at each one?

Sounds like it had to be done. The customer base wasn't ready for it and the metrics must have shown that.

As I recall, Subsidized Upgrades were being offered on a reactive basis for upgrades and add-a-lines.

This is mainly for the folks on Legacy Plans... If you're on a new plan with a subsidized device, you'll pay a $25/month Subsidized Device Fee. Over 24 Months, that's $600!

Perhaps that's reflective of the feedback Marcelo got on his "Listening Tour".

Are you on a Legacy Plan, etc.? Do you have a lot of lines?

It seems so...

Saw this deal was announced: Activate a New Sprint Account and Earn up to 25,000 American Airlines AAdvantage® miles Existing Sprint customers can earn up to 5,000 AAdvantage® miles a year simply by registering their AAdvantage number at sprint.com/AAdvantage. Warning: Perhaps this makes sense for some? Thoughts on the math? I noticed Miles are earned per account, not per subscriber. Oh well. .

Thanks. Can the Samsung Clear equipment do 2xCA?

The new 8T8R equipment, combined with Carrier Aggregation and Beamforming are a substantial improvement over the Clear equipment. See the charts in this Blog Post by John Saw, Sprint CTO, which illustrate that LTE Plus devices that support 2xCA and Beamforming have better coverage, even at the Cell Edge.

One additional basic question: Why do the vendors want to have their own macro sites overlaid first before replacing the 2.5 Samsung Clear sites?

Thanks. What percentage of the WiMAX sites are Huawei?

When's the Clearwire (Samsung) Dual Mode equipment, which is now supporting a second B41 carrier, getting swapped out for 8T8R equipment for 2xCA?

Wow. Pretty impressive. Hopefully Sprint can take lessons learned and replicate this performance across the country. I think that's what Son and Marcelo envision.