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Add LA, Baltimore, Minneapolis of places that have confirmed small cells.

In the markets I follow (DC/Tampa), I haven't seen Clear B41 equipment swaps in mass. Any other markets noticing that work being done?

I'm hoping we see Sprint turn cash flow positive this quarter. That and approval of the spectrum swaps with T-Mo and VZ would be most welcome surprises.

Mobilitie has filed for permits with the City of Tampa. Looks like the process started on May 31st and they have been going back and forth for a while. Tampa's permitting system is a little wonky, but very detailed.

Go here: https://aca.tampagov.net/citizenaccess/ and search for either Mobilitie or "ROW-16-0000643"

If you click 'Application Information Table' you'll get more detail to work locations and specific site plans are posted at the bottom of the page under 'Attachments.'

Exciting to see more small cell work underway in my hometown.

There's a new tower being built on the corner where Lint turns into Matzinger.  Does anyone know if Sprint is trying to fix the dead zone that is Sylvania Ave?  Or just another verizon tower

Can you check your local permits?

I noticed LTE service in most Metro stations now.

What lines? I didn't have a lick of LTE from Metro Center to L'Enfant except when I started to leave L'Enfant station for tennis on Monday. Good news if they flipped a magical switch!

Look across the border. That's the problem. Us side is cleared.

 

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I thought the 800 mhz TA covered both sides of the border. If so, I thought their most recent report said that the channels are clear in the mitten.

http://www.800ta.org/content/reporting/quarterlyreports.asp

Canada is still in effect. Can't go until the Canadians say they're good to go as US side is rebanded.

 

Sprint has been testing 3x3 800 LTE for a while in the kindle of nowhere pending the go signal.

 

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I thought the Detroit metro area was clear with the only holdouts left in the Washington State area.

Didn't the Dual Mode equipment from Clearwire enable Sprint to quickly implement 2xCA via a software update?

Yep - it was like magic! 

Those are reasons, or you can also say excuses, why Clearwire's network was never something to brag about.  Houston was also one of the more developed markets for Wimax but it acted more hot spots than it did a mobile network.  Handoffs weren't great.

Yeah, while WiMax wasn't a great technology for how it was implemented, the legacy Clear network has been godsend in DC once they added B41 LTE (and then CA once WiMax was retired). I think WiMax still could have a future in certain fixed WISP environments.

Not to continue this conversation (with passive aggressive personal jabs), but I did find this on the Googlez:

http://realtormag.realtor.org/daily-news/2014/07/25/cell-towers-antennas-problematic-for-buyers

Realtor Field Guide:

http://www.realtor.org/field-guides/field-guide-to-cell-phone-towers

Personally, I don't really care because a house will appreciate at about the same rate as its neighbors. I am a little disheartened because I thought the whole point of NGN was to use existing right of way infrastructure to rapidly get equipment installed.

I thought so. New York is much easier for all of that due to how dense the city is. Other cities like DC, North Florida and central, Mississippi, Louisiana, Memphis, Alabama, and countless other markets are still suffering from lack of. New York almost cant be compared because its so different.

 

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DC? Huh? I've lived here for a decade and haven't really had any issues in service until I head to the outer suburbs. I visit my hometown of Tampa a lot more and don't really have any issues even in the horrid suburbs of Pasco. 

Zoo suck no animals were out hidding mostly.

Did you go into the Panda center? That is where we found them chewing on Bamboo, but yeah I am sure the weather didn't help. Hope you make it down again soon!

Anyone know what is happening with the sites in Door County? They were NV complete a long time ago, but years later they are still 3g only. Sprint's coverage map seems to indicate these received LTE since it shows LTE all up the peninsula. Are the maps just out of date or does Sprint really think their 1 LTE tower across Green Bay is enough to cover Door County with LTE north of Sturgeon Bay?

Maps have not been updated in a long time. We no longer have a reliable source for them.

It's got to be due to a shortage of funds or permitting delays.

For DC itself, it isn't permitting delays. In fact they keep extending permits that have already issued.

Beep, beep, beep.

 

I am sorry, but you did not pose your response in the proper form of a question.

 

Mr. Connery, you have the board.

 

AJ

Let me try - when did Sprint start offering international LTE roaming?

All the CAPEX speculation doesn't concern me. It'll be nice if the $3,000,000,000 went towards getting all of the macro sites running with appropriate backhaul and then go from there.

 

So many sites here in CT which aren't broadcasting LTE and lack fiber.

As a Florida-native that still manages an office in Tampa, I am going to blame Frontier for being a complete disaster. I do concur though that hopefully they can get the backhaul provisioning in check. Although, I am not sure how Sprint accounts for backhaul upgrades - I'd assume it depends on the agreement with each provider. (E.g. do they only charge 'one-time/setup expenses' to CAPEX, whereas the rest is just an operational cost) Either way, the uptick in microwave backhaul should help bring more rural/suburban sites LTE online.

It looks like there's a new tower going up close to where I work.  There are trucks there with what looks like long mono-pole tower type ....structures.  It's right by a powerline tower that's not Sprint's.  Hopefully the new tower IS Sprint!  Here's the location.

 

https://goo.gl/maps/cvxvZTi3r922

Have you emailed the city permitting group? They may be able to tell you what is going on there.

http://www.mayfieldheights.org/Directory.aspx?DID=5

What hell splash spending.most nv 1.0 done just need backhaul .

They aren't slashing NV 1.0 spending, which has already been financed. Sprint is pushing NGN (mass B41 small cell) back into their FY 2017, which doesn't align with the calendar year.

True but deciding not to put 2.5GHz on every existing macro was a terrible decision that is affecting them right now.

I think this only applies in inner metro areas and dense suburbs, which is where the B41 was being refocused. B41 would do little in rural areas, but create islands of extreme speed for cows.

I'll admit, I am growing concerned about the lack of permitting evidence for expansion in the metro areas I regularly follow (DC/Tampa Bay). I'd think at least one of them would have some activity.

Why? We would have a very strong third player with a killer network.

 

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I don't think it would be anywhere as near strong as you think it would be. Sans a Chapter 11, it would still have a boatload of debt, a CDMA network and the expensive transition of 58 million customers. No real efficiency improvements would be seen for a couple of years. T-Mobile is a strong competitor and their financials are turning around. Now we just need Sprint to do the same.

We are a large enough country that we can have four strong carriers.

As i am sitting in one of my favorite in the middle of the east valley to eat, right next to a tower that hasn't even seen NV 1.0 upgrades yet, i have a hard time believing Sprint is still planning on being the number one or two network in 80 percent of markets .

 

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Not sure where you are, but I see a permit has been pulled for one of them that seems telecom-esque. Phoenix's permitting site isn't being nice right now though.

Do you see the 2015 airport reports at least?

Oh sorry, I glossed over a rather important word - 'airport.' I do see a lot more 2016 entries, but a slew of 2015 too.

Looks like Rootmetrics released all 1st half 2016 airport reports. Sprint did decent. Lots of 2nd place and 3rd place finishes, marked improvement for sure.

I don't seem to see them. Maybe error on their part?

And I'm not trying to start an argument here.. Just though it was an interesting nugget. T-mo seems to be stealing the bulk of the customers from the big two. I miss the days of Sprint gaining big chunks of subscribers.

 

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I think this is where the damaged Sprint brand continues to be a drag. The new CMO needs to figure out how to get this patched up.

I've noticed sprint to be pretty bad in most airports (at least compared to AT&T on which I rarely see anything other than 5 bars on LTE at airports). Just my experience.

They only airport I've seen Sprint blow away competition is O'Hare... regularly over 100 down.