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    If the government is going to spend billions on a network, why not reinvest it into public use wireless that can be shared by wireless carriers, with a set aside portion of it given to governmental use. This current plan seems like a ridiculous amount of money just for governmental services which already have good enough communications technologies in place.
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    Not surprising then about Sprint's network improvement plan adding 9000 (or around that) additional towers to the network, bringing it up to around T-Mobile's site numbers. Although, would Sprint need even more than that, in order to properly operate 2.5 without massive coverage holes?
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    I doubt Sprint would get rid of unlimited prior to T-Mobile doing so, unless Marcelo is willing to drastically lower the per GB rate of data plans from their current $6 to $10 per GB rate average down to around $2 to $3 per GB.
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    Framily wasn't an ordinary unlimited plan in the style of the other Sprint unlimited plans. Framily was a complex plan that involved an effort for people to save money by having to sell other people onto the plan, in order to get a discount. What Marcelo did was essentially taking Hesse's Simply Everything, lowering its price and calling it unlimited for $60. While it is more expensive than the lowest cost Framily, it is less expensive than Framily for the first few lines. I think Sprint ought to bring the price down further to $45 Monthly, for those who choose to lease their devices, or choose Easy Pay. They could have that as the rate for the first line to get at least one line on the account upgrading regularly, in order to keep that lower rate, then allow additional lines at $45 monthly each, regardless of device payment, then scrap away all of the other plans, or alternatively offer a Google Fi-style flat rate program without the complicated plan tiers which consumers spend so much time trying to figure out which tier works best to them while avoiding costly overages. Such a plan could be $30 for the first line, $15 each additional line, $5 per GB flat rate. Although I personally don't like shared data plans, this idea might work out well, especially for those who don't use much data.
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    Seeing as MetroPCS was regional, it would have given certain markets a huge advantage over other markets without that MetroPCS spectrum. This differs from the US Cellular market specific purchase by Sprint, where it brought the Midwest region up to par, not a huge advantage situation as MetroPCS would have done. Perhaps the Sprint board didn't want their to be such huge spectrum differences in their network, whereas T-Mobile has a different outlook about it not caring if certain areas are two to three or more times the spectrum advantage over others. Of course, for so much opposition towards the purchase of MetroPCS, there must have been other reasons they had in choosing to go against Dan Hesse on.
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    I misread the intent of the network in Mexico then. What I'm wondering is, putting aside the Mexico situation seeing as I misunderstood it as being a one network idea to be sold off entirely to one individual company instead of the spectrum being separated to multiple companies for use, I want to know if, take Dish for example, were to get into the wireless market by buying the whole of 600mhz spectrum alone, putting aside their other spectrum holdings for future use, how would their network of 600mhz hold up to the competition here in the U.S.? I realize what I'm asking isn't relevant, and basically impossible to happen, considering the realities of the U.S. wireless business, but I'm still interested in the idea as a further means to a theory I have involving the streamlining of spectrum in the future, using spectrum swapping among consolidated carriers, if ever the U.S. wireless industry were to consolidate down to three or even two main carriers. I also realize that such few competitors isn't desired by many here, nor even possible at the moment due to the current administration, though if such were to happen in the future, it would make matters easier for the few main carriers to streamline their spectrum holdings to where they have a few fat pipes of bandwidth using a large amount of a particular spectrum, rather than smaller bunches of spectrum across a range of bands.
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    I know, but what I meant was theoreticallly, what would such a network be like? The reason I ask, is I'm developing a theory on how these networks would operate better with a more streamlined spectrum holding, rather than the mish mash of spectrum nowadays belonging to these carriers. It sounds as Mexico may have this right, unlike the US.
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    When I wrote the post about the conservative speeds Verizon gives as average speeds, it was regarding their LTE network. Robert responded to that with his average speeds as a way of showing a reversal to that, which indeed it is. I think if he meant 3g, he would have mentioned it. Although likely he wouldn't have responded, as I'm sure he knew I was talking about LTE, not 3G.
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    If T4GRU develops more news content on the site, I may start visiting their more often. Despite my issues with the company, I do read news about it. Although, I get annoyed by the bias, particularly on TmoNews, which use to be more of a fair, less biased site until Cam took over. Along with the horrible ad placements, it isn't worth reading anymore, whereas other sites not only show bias, but try to attack Sprint in these non-Sprint related T-Mobile articles they have. So again, if T4GRU develops as a strong T-Mobile news source, besides the forum, then that would be a great replacement for the other sites.
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    Wow, those are some pretty low speeds! In many areas, their speeds are much greater than they claim, but your experience with Verizon definitely is a reversal from that.
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    I think the $60 price point for unlimited without tethering is a good price point, though if it were up to me, I'd lower the IPhone Unlimited Leasing Price to $45 Monthly, and have that price be affective for both Iphone, Android, and Windows devices (if Sprint ever decides to have Windows devices) on either lease or easy pay, as a method to get people to upgrade their devices often. T-Mobile's unlimited rate of $80 Monthly is unfair towards individuals, especially considering their two-line unlimited rate is only $20 more per month. So, I definitely understand why subscribers on their individual unlimited plan would want to use a lot more data on it. T-Mobile use to have a lower rate for it, then decided to increase it when they added the free international roaming, which many people never use, along with the limited amount of tethering included. I think T-Mobile ought to have something like a $55 monthly individual unlimited plan without those other features. Anyways, Sprint is smart how they are adding features while keeping the value in their plans. With this interview in mind, is some assurance to me, at least, Sprint may be keeping unlimited around longer, as I doubt Marcelo is going to go the complete opposite thinking of his predecessor on the rate plans, despite getting rid of Framily.
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    Here is the video interview : http://www.wirelessweek.com/videos/2015/05/tuesdays-roger-dan-hesse-talks-simplicity-wireless-plans Roger Entner, who also was being interviewed, seems to think unlimited data not only will stick around, but will be back in use by other carriers, as he seems to think consumers are going to demand more simplicity in wanting unlimited as their choice for it. Dan Hesse also talked about the importance of simplicity in wireless, which is much needed in all the carriers, as while they claim simplicity in their rate plans, none of them really are.
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    I did a search on speedtest for servers within 400 miles of Chicago, which the only servers hosted by T-Mobile listed are Elgin and Detroit.
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    Out of curiosity, if the equivalent were to happen in the US, what would it be like, say would it be larger or smaller than Verizon in terms of speed and capacity aspects of the network, etc.
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    I didn't answer your question specifically earlier, as I wanted to think of the best way to describe the differences between Sprint's voice quality sound, in contrast to T-Mobile's voice quality sound. Now that I've thought about it for a bit, I think I've figured out an analogy I'm going to use, which I believe is at least fairly accurate. Sprint's voice quality sounds like someone is speaking through a microphone connected to a good speaker system in an auditorium setting. It is crisp and clear, as long as the person is not speaking too loudly, as it would create an issue for the microphone's sensitivity, which causes artifacts. T-Mobile's voice quality sounds like someone is speaking through a toned-down megaphone, which despite the volume not being as high, still produces a bass-less amplified sound. Opposite of Sprint, T-Mobile seems to do better when someone is speaking louder, as it has difficulty picking up softer voices and causes a lot of skipping and static, at least from my experiences with it. Anyways, that is my assessment of the two, again from my experiences with them. Personally, I vastly prefer Sprint's sound with the occasional artifacts, rather than T-Mobile's tinny loudspeaker-like sound.
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    What is the non-HD Voice like on VZW? I've heard from some reports its bad, but it has been several years since I last used Verizon back in the early 2000s. I definitely agree with you that T-Mobile needs to refarm their PCS for LTE around here. I thought the 15x15 would help, but when I had a pm conversation with someone here on S4GRU about it, the relief difference in that from what I was experiencing wouldn't be that much. Once Sprint gets the carrier aggregation going strong on 2.5 here in Chicago, that kind of issue I was experiencing on T-Mobile won't even be a bit of possibility on Sprint. If T-Mobile hopes to compete with Sprint around here at that point, not only will they need 15x15 and the PCS LTE, but they ought to consider buying the 700mhz spectrum from the AT&T/Cricket-Leap deal.
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    While the newer plans have unlimited minutes, Everything Data doesn't have any network depriorization on data during congestion, at least from what I've heard, including deprioritization for heavier data usage.
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    Did they get rid of all the Radio shack in-store products? I figured they'd keep some of that inventory, or was this meant to fully replace Radio Shack with Sprint?
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    You ought to be able to keep the plan. Someone kindly offered me a line on their Everything Data plan, which I'm going to be leasing the LG G4 on, though I was given a choice to have Easy Pay, if I wanted.
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    Carriers really ought to avoid using terms such as "nationwide" when describing their networks, if they don't actually cover every bit of the nation they provide wireless service for. It surprises me how much the government is allowing companies to stretch the truth in advertising statements nowadays. Yet, Verizon is being so conservative when it comes to advertising download speeds, which are stated around the same speeds as the much less expensive Cricket.
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    I should note that I haven't experienced HD Voice on T-Mobile, though the regular sound is bad in contrast to what Sprint sounded like with the Nexus 6. I have a temporary usage deal going on with T-Mobile currently, as I mentioned was the choice my mother wanted to go with after we left Sprint because of not being able to switch to Framily from an already established account. We only had a couple of days left before being locked into a contract, so we had to switch to something while figuring out what options there were available. However, the T-Mobile store made a mess of things with my MetroPCS ZTE Zmax device pinning us with a very stressful ordeal over unlocking it. I wanted to go to Verizon instead of T-Mobile in the first place and was ready to talk with my mother about it again, when suddenly I received a very kind offer from someone to have a line on their Sprint plan, which is very generous and helpful to my mother and I. While on T-Mobile, the experience has actually been worse in some ways than when I was on MetroPCS, speeds on LTE down to less than 1mbps on 4G LTE while in Schaumburg the other day. I've experienced faster 3G speeds on Sprint than that! Again, the voice quality is noticeably better on Sprint, which adds more anticipation I have while I wait to get the LG G4.
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    BTW, the voice quality on Sprint is so much better than on T-Mobile. It isn't even a minor difference where T-Mobile is acceptable, it sounds just so bad to me now that I've used Sprint.
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    I can't see why the LG G4 wouldn't do at least just as well. I'm getting it for my new Sprint service line. The device looks like a great all-around device, especially the Quantum display.
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    I'm curious to why Verizon is the least dense around here, as that has me worried for the future if I ever have to go with them for wireless service, in case Softbank sells Sprint off. BTW, I'm going to be back on Sprint officially when the pre-ordered LG G4 I decided to choose arrives, instead of getting a temporary device while waiting for the Samsung Note 5, a nice sounding device, but too costly for my mother right now. The LG G4 looks to be a great all-around device. Anyways, could someone give a number for how many towers each carrier has in the U.S., or at least here in Chicago. That ought to help give an idea of site density.
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    I thought it was Sprint the evening it happened, but then it was fine the next day, all the way down the road. There were a few other brief areas that only lasted a minute or two, but went right back to 4g. Anyways, Sprint is densifying their network, so whatever holes there are ought to be resolved soon.
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