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The only thing that could make it better is if we got a device with the MSM8960 Pro containing the upgraded Adreno 320 GPU... EDIT: Whoops I see leozno1 beat me to it!

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No worries, Robert. Whatever decrease in hate mail that you see from the San Diego denizens will be picked up by the Phoenix and Detroit contingents.

To that end, I found this article which seems to be related to what's going on with the 800MHz situation down there: http://urgentcomm.com/briefs/puerto-rico-800mhz-plan-20110308/

While I'm sure that you're being facetious, since Sprint doesn't have native coverage there (though they do have spectrum licenses in Guam as well as American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands) I seriously doubt that Guam is next up for NV. As far as PR & USVI, Sprint's customers there pay their $$ for service just like their customers in the CONUS so why should they automatically be relegated to the end of the list?

Yep Sprint was still the ILEC when I got to Vegas. I remember getting a packagae discount for having a landline, DSL and cell phone service all with Sprint.

Why do you say this?

No, I am not from PR, but you are correct, of course-those areas are sparsely populated. However, it appears that AT&T covers those sparsely populated areas better no doubt due to their 850MHz spectrum. Even the old Centennial Wireless covered those areas better even though they only had PCS spectrum. In fact, even though AT&T bought them out, I'm pretty sure that they've left the CDMA network up for Sprint (and probably other CDMA carriers) to roam off of in those interior areas of the island. However, I suppose for a cash strapped company like Sprint, that can't be a priority right now. I'm wondering when the other shoe will drop and AT&T decides to shut down their CDMA network. I wonder what roaming alternatives there are for those sparsely populated areas. Open Mobile? Does Claro still operate their old CDMA network? As far as the USVI, it seems like the cell sites they have *should* provide adequate georaphic coverage for St. Croix and St. Thomas especially after CDMA800 is eventually added (St. John appears to need at least one more cell site for the east end no matter what). However, what about capacity? Five cell sites for @ 50K people on STX seems a bit thin capacity wise. Eight sites for @ 51K people on STT is a bit better I suppose. I wonder what AT&T and T-Mobile's cell density is like in the USVI for comparison. themuffinman, how is the coverage and quality of service there in St. Thomas as of right now?

Kind of disappointing to read that 800MHz won't be included, at least in the initial deployment. There is a large gaping hole in their Puerto Rico coverage as well as two smaller holes. The CDMA800 would help to shrink those gaps (though obviously the larger Puerto Rico gap also needs more cell sites). The CDMA800 would probably ensure total or near total coverage of the smaller islands with low cell site densities such as Vieques (2 sites), Culebra (1 site) and the USVI islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John (1 site).

I was also mildly amused at AT&T's attempt at delaying Sprint knowing that the FCC, by virtue of being a government agency, does nothing quickly.

Nope. Even after public safety is completely relocated, Sprint will still only have 14MHz of 800MHz SMR spectrum. Once CDMA is gone, I'm guessing that they could launch a supplemental 1.4MHzx1.4MHz LTE carrier alongside the 5x5 LTE carrier.

Austin, eh? Texas getting a lot of Network Vision love.

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How is it working so far?

Oh noes, the $20B myth continues...In actuality the confirmed figure was $15.5B.

Robert, minor question: what's the third market that Alcatel-Lucent is deploying besides Boston and Washington D.C.?