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Tim Donahue announced as new President, Kansas and Missouri https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/675019436701655040 Nice intro video. More about Tim: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2015/12/10/sprint-regional-president-tim-donahue.html Bring it on home Tim!

So to make the move to 3xCA Sprint would have to swap out the Clear gear?

Appreciate the info. I recall a FierceWireless Article in which Sprint said it was looking into using Band 25 for uplink and Band 41 for downlink. Link: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-bring-carrier-aggregation-all-its-lte-bands-bid-boost-performance/2015-02-05 Also: What impact would 3x20 CA have? Anything substantial?

Appreciate the info. Sprint does plan on eventually replacing that Clear gear right? How much improvement from doing that? Also, weren't these performance numbers negatively impacted by the fact that WiMAX is still running, which limits Sprint's network overhaul/build progress?

What else can Sprint do to further improve performance in this market? Additional back haul? Replace all the Clear site gear? Densify with additional macro towers and small cells?

While on his DC Trip, Marcelo announced the appointment of Brian Hedlund as President of Washington DC, Baltimore (Maryland) and Virginia. Tweet: https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/674402188643332096

That photo was most likely taken from the rooftop deck room of the Hay Adams Hotel across from The White House. Nice view!

Even if it installs, it still doesn't work properly AFAIK.

Wow. These creative director positions never seem to pan out. Just ask Alicia Keys about BlackBerry... http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/2/5266838/blackberry-and-singer-alicia-keys-part-ways Worth a read: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/30/overqualified-ashton-kutcher-nabs-job-as-lenovos-new-product-engineer/ There’s a long tradition of companies aligning themselves with celebrities, not merely as pitchmen but in more figurehead roles. Justin Timberlake became a creative director for Bud Light Platinum, Lady Gaga the creative director of Polaroid, will.i.am the director of creative innovation for Intel, and Alicia Keys the global creative director for BlackBerry — which was somewhat dramatic considering that she was caught tweeting from the iPhone she said she’d given up after her title was publicly announced.

If this was the case, wouldn't the iOS version of Sprint Zone available on Apple's App Store be subject to this? Doesn't it require a Sprint NAI to submit a report? You could feasibly filter out reports from non-Sprint NAI's and non-Sprint phone numbers.

Sprint's Coverage Map page needs a complete redesign. I wouldn't mind it if they incorporated T-Mobile's Verified Coverage Feature using Sprint Zone or other background processes.

His comments on "fast cars" (NASCAR) and Network Branding were spot on. What a money pit that is.

Permitting issues in that 3G area?

They have the Spectrum, but even with SoftBank's backing, Sprint doesn't have the gobs of money that AT&T/Verizon do, so it can't just throw money shotgun style at its network. It has to be smart. I trust Marcelo and his new team will get it done right this time. Sprint needs to touch every tower, but it needs to target the most important ones first.

Agreed. Hopefully that coverage map page gets a total makeover. IMHO, Sprint should have ensured this was sorted out before it launched "LTE Plus" as a replacement for Spark.

True, but "Sprint Spark" is still used on the Coverage Map, under the Data Tab. https://coverage.sprint.com

Sprint needs to get the stores/reps aligned on the same terminology and messaging. Sometimes Sprint needs to save itself from itself. The change to LTE Plus is adding another layer of content, and unless mentions of Spark are quickly removed and deprecated in all existing content, reps and customers could be confused.

See: https://twitter.com/sprintcare/status/672090359749599232?s=09

Sprint parent SoftBank considered a potential suitor for Yahoo's Internet business Link: http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-parent-softbank-considered-potential-suitor-yahoos-internet-business/2015-12-02 There's a reason Yahoo is falling like a rock... Last thing SoftBank needs is this albatross.

Yes. As you showed here, the Sprint Zone App has this feature.

At least they'll be able to report it since the T-Mobile App is apparently gaining an issue reporting feature. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/3v0wsm/new_tmobile_app_coming_on_december_10th/cxjcb8s That's one feature which I really like about Sprint Zone.

So US Cellular is one of those mystery roaming partners? Sprint hasn't said anything about LTE roaming since May 2015... http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-16-30-rural-lte-roaming-partners-have-now-launched-lte-service/2015-05-20 Hoping things are still in motion with this.

According to this June 4th article, it was "approved". No mention of who's paying though. http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/06/softbank-approves-sprints-network-densification-plans.html "According to Sprint’s Spokeswoman Adrienne Norton, “Sprint has developed an approved network plan in partnership with SoftBank that will allow for a cost-effective network build on an accelerated timeline.”"

Would you say this build is going at a steady rate at this point, or has Sprint been able to increase the rate given additional financial/engineering resources or talent from SoftBank?

Over my head... :-) I totally feel like Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy here, who took everything literally.