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NV in NYC? mmm...yes. This I like.

Are you in a Sprint coverage area? Any 3G? How good is it?

Well, there going to start moving HSPA+ onto PCS, so I guess from markets that did that, they can slowly refarm AWS to LTE.

I wonder if Sprint is going to allow 3G roaming on SDC devices onto VZW & others until they get their own data speeds together, at least it makes SDC more useful.

CTIA is later this year(May), so this leaves more time to speculate the specs of the 3rd-Generation EVO device. What should it have? Quad-Core? Intel? Tegra? Qualcomm? 720p? 1080p? 4.7"? 5"? S-LCD? AMOLED?, etc.

I thought that they were going to go with minimum spectrum used instead of max out on coverage configuration since 800MHz already provide a big coverage gain compared to 1900MHz.

I can't imagine a good reason not to go after that market since their only main competition is VZW. However, since the area is split in two due to PCS licences, some type of cooperation is needed with the local SRA to get the area covered. Either by letting Mobilenation coming to agreement w/ Sprint to expand coverage with NV tech(like Shentel), or just upgrade the St. Mary site with NV and hopefully the SRA does something in the rest of the city. This is just one of the many places that competition is non-existent and with Sprint entering the area, they can definitely get some subs.

This will be interesting to watch. I wonder how successful they will be with the attempted spectrum swap with the DoD. Who are the opposition to the spectrum swap?

Sprint works in many markets. They have a larger 3G coverage area than T-Mobile but smaller than VZW & AT&T. With NV, do you expect(or at least hope) for some coverage in areas that they don't currently cover(outside of zone's that new 800MHz frequency would reach into)?

It would be nice to have the blog postings part of the front page again.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 2 February 2012 I wonder at the time at which LTE chipsets get cheap enough to be put into flip phones, it's will bring the beginning of the end of GSM & CDMA Networks.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012 I'm wondering how soon from the shutdown of a iDEN-only area will they receive NV and SDC services.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 27 January 2012 From BriefMobile http://briefmobile.c...of-iden-network Sprint’s old, decrepit, slow, [insert additional adjective here] iDEN acquired in the seemingly never-ending Nextel acquisition (identified as one of the worst of all time by Bloomberg) is set for some Network Vision “love.” Network Vision, for those that don’t know, is a massive effort by Sprint to “consolidate multiple network technologies into one seamless network with the goal of increasing efficiency and enhancing network coverage, call quality and data speeds for customers across the United States“. Sprint’s latest Playbook, received from a Sprint source, provides some details into what the plan is for iDEN. [This retuning and decommissioning will not shutdown the iDEN markets or service in 2012, but it is scheduled for a complete turn off sometime in 2013. Network Vision will be either retuning or decommissioning existing iDEN towers starting in February Customers who are negatively impacted have a few optionsIf targeted by this move, the customer will proactively be offered migration offers to move to Sprint. ETF waiving windows are open for negatively affected customers for New Orleans (12/1/11 to 3/31/12) and the rest of the nation (2/1/12 to 7/31/12). If you are an iDEN customer, check out the graphic below, as well as your recent and upcoming billing statement for news about this change as it affects you.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 14 January 2012 It can go either way. Sprint did say that they would be under-promising and over-delivering(at least in regards to speeds). But they did also make errors before on that page.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 At least control the board. What is Sprint's endgame?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 1 December 2011 So no taking over control of the board, nor ownership increase?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 30 November 2011 I wonder if the whole point of Sprint not responding to Clearwire games is that Sprint is hopeful that this game chicken will drive Clear's value as close to zero as possible(which possibility will drive down Sprint value). Maybe they're trying to aquire the rest of Clearwire?

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 15 November 2011 Not the same PDF from the Oct. 7 event/Sprint's investors page. Not much new info either. I believed these pdf's were giving to Sprint business customers do to the wording in the FAQ section. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/files/download/13-sprint-network-vision-handout/

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 29 November 2011 They can always get help from AT&T's B.F.F. Sprint.

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 29 November 2011 I wonder what's the plan if Leap says no?