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jegillis

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  1. Ok enough naked guy talk, on to the strip club I go
  2. Clearwire has plenty of spectrum, however they are no longer building out Wimax and Clear LTE at least for the time being will be focused on Sprint's high traffic areas, I could be proven wrong but given Clearwire's financial difficulties and limitations on their spectrum propagation I would not be expecting any significant rural deployments.
  3. EVDO usually runs 200-300k here at its best 600-800. Despite what they are advertising you will not be able to stream netflix. http://www.hughesnet.com/?page=Plans-Pricing#gen4 Cheaper than evdo you posted, If you go over data limits are slowed to 150k. The 4g offers are likely on clearwire network and is not and will not be coming to this area. 4G LTE when available will not be supporting home internet access, just not enough spectrum another one http://www.dish.com/entertainment/internet-phone/satellite-internet/?WT.srch=1&KBID=71568&WT.mc_id=GSGNBUNDLE_2985&gclid=CPqRgu_hlbQCFQGvnQodXi8ARQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
  4. Sorry I have not been on here updating this, in the middle of buying a house and now have some major family issues, I will try to get caught back up.
  5. Could you take a screen shot of netmoniter while connected. it may help identify the tower connected to
  6. C-plane capacity: LTE - At least 200 users per cell should be supported in the active state for spectrum allocations up to 5 MHz. LTE Advanced - At least 300 active users without DRX in a 5 MHz bandwidth. Source And with 3 sectors per tower thats 900 users
  7. Pretty sure that JB/maps will not need a data connection for navigation on the next version for the exact reason you cite. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/google-maps-for-android-gets-offline-support/ And I was driving thru DC yesterday and had the same problem with data, it varied as I drove thru, likely a lot of towers were without power. Backup's are not on all towers and some if not many are supplied by batteries that may only last about 8 hours. This is true of all carriers and they all are suffering the same problem. No power=No service.
  8. Not good that this was the highlight of my day
  9. Not intending to say its not possible but should not be expected your surroundings play a huge role in signal quality and the further out you get the more that is in the way.
  10. In urban areas the frequency is not as relevant as the sites are usually already close together. There the advantage with lower frequency is building penetration, The site radius then is controlled by tilting the antenna. Irregardless past 2 miles you should not expect great coverage, especially in areas with lots of clutter such as trees, building, hills, ect.
  11. Don't forget the 800Mhz that will be used starting next year for LTE should provide better coverage for the fringe areas if you are able to get a decent signal outside at this point you may end up wasting your money. If you can't get decent signal even outside than a booster may not be for you anyway an amplifier can only increase the signal it receives and adds noise in the process so signal quality on the back end will be less than that received even if the power is higher.
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