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Oh wow, I hadn't even noticed that. Well that is indeed an excellent point lol!

Ya gotta love that. Sprint announced Spark is in Seattle ergo his speed test is definitely on Spark . I guess in theory that's how it should be, but that's not the reality of the situation since no carrier lights up all of their cell sites when launching a major market. That's the exact reason why that stupid Spark icon shouldn't be used for any and every flavor of LTE. That kind of confusion is indeed Sprint's fault. Granted even on Band 25 his speeds should be faster, however here we are again with this pervasive mentality that the speed test app is the end all determination of whether or not your phone or network is performing properly. If I fire up Pandora or Youtube HD or a video chat and it works without a hiccup that seems more of a valid barometer of how my service is working regardless of what a speed test app says. We all have different needs though and I suppose some people do find running speed tests all day a more productive use of their phones

Some of the comments over there=

Were it not for Charlie Ergen, Sprint and Dish would be a great fit imo, much better than Sprint & T-Mobile. I think this is especially true on the heels of At&t's acquisition of DirecTV. Even Hesse said a while back that with the market at the point of saturation it's starting to become all about content. Dish provides content, T-Mobile doesn't. That Dish also has quite a bit of spectrum is just a cherry on top. But it always comes back to having to deal with Charlie...

The company behind it, Flarion Technologies, was acquired by Qualcomm in 2006.

Yeah, it's crazy. Inyo, Tulare and Clark Counties (cumulative population: ~2.5 million) currently being excluded from Band 26 deployment due to a whopping three sites owned by San Bernardino County.

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I'm guessing that this a play on a pop culture reference, but I'm drawing a total blank. At any rate, I'd amend it to read: San Bernardino County, why you so frickin' SLOOOOOOW?

Yes, it's a cellular 850 license. T-Mobile got it when they purchased SunCom in 2008.

Odd that S took a beating today losing almost 4% only to gain it all right back in after hours trading...at least for the moment.

Jeez, tough room.

Meh, whatever. As long as the end result is favorable I guess whoever runs the venture isn't that critical.

This .doc should shed some light onto the NorCal and Nevada issues. Since it has to do with a municipality and not a privately owned spectrum squatter hopefully it will be ok. https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-866A1.doc Damn San Bernardino County throwing a monkey wrench in Clark County Band 26 progress.

If nothing else, it would be a more economically way to build areas in Wyoming, the Dakotas, Montana, etc. The 'Dustbowl states' if I remember Legere's description correctly. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

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No. T-Mobile owns no SMR licenses to lease to Sprint. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

Is this something that can be disclosed in the sponsor or premier sponsor section since that wouldn't be viewable by the general public? I do now recall the identity of the spectrum squatter in Puerto Rico as there was a discussion about them in 800 MHz spectrum map thread.

So in terms of non-border areas, NorCal, Nevada, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, PR/USVI and three regions in Texas each only have licensee left. Does anyone know who all of these holdouts are?

My bad. Perhaps this location is more appropriate.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-800-mhz-rebanding-project-nearing-completion/2014-07-14

Interesting.

I wonder if Mobi PCS in Hawaii was a CCA member before they decided to sell out their spectrum to VZW.

The FCC should tell them to deploy something meaningful on the spectrum that they already own before bidding on anything else.

They never do. Any story with Sprint in the title or in the body of the article is used by the morons as a pretext to go off on irrelevant tangents.

Yeah I have to believe the asking price couldn't have been too high yet they couldn't get Sprint, T-Mobile nor any other regional to bite. /Shrug Red was actual coverage, gray was planned but of course, never realized.