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    Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

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    OK folks over by Frandor/lake Lansing road, I got a very faint 4g at the Lansing Pediatrics office across from Eastwood Towne Centre. I had our long enough to get 6 Sensorly points, but I have no clue where it is from. The water tower on Abbott and the Grosbeck towers haven't been touched. I've thought about the MLK/Filley tower, but I drove that way and got no LTE. Start hunting those east side towers and find out the source of that signal!

     

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    SMR vs cellular vs PCS vs AWS

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    So essentially, they are different communication protocols that are used at a particular bands, much like http vs ftp vs tftp etc.

     

    Kinda, kinda not. Like you example, any service CDMA/GSM/LTE/EDGE/WCDMA/etc can be run over any of the RF Spectrum, they are basically buzz words that describe a spectrum band. They don't define what can or can't be used in the spectrum.

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    SMR vs cellular vs PCS vs AWS

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    I don't think I've ever seen anyone explain exactly what those mean or what the differences in those labels are for.

     

    I know they refer to (or are related to) the bands 800, 850, 1900 and 2100/1700, but why aren't they all simply called cellular instead of SMR, or PCS or AWS etc?

     

    They are acronyms...

     

    SMR = Specialized Mobile Radio

    PCS = Personal Communications Service

    AWS = Advanced Wireless Service

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    Sprint 2013 first quarter results

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    I sure hope not. 2500->1900->800 should be the priority for LTE coverage. 800 MHz LTE resources are scarce and should only be used when the user is deep indoors especially if 800 MHz LTE is going to be deployed at every other tower.

     

    I am more concerned about Sprint (post Clearwire purchase) that they deploy 2500 MHz TD-LTE in all major metropolitan areas including those that were left out in WiMax. LTE capacity offload is needed in every metro area and some major metro areas were left out in Wimax rollout. If Sprint's plan is to add TD-LTE to its own Network Vision towers then I feel more comfortable that these metro areas will be covered this time with TD-LTE.

     

    I think Sprint will focus on where they need the capacity first. I wouldn't expect to see BRS TD-LTE in Lansing, MI before NYC/LA/ATL/CHI/SF/BOS/DC/etc.

    Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

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    I take W. Michigan Ave to and from work everyday, from Delta Twp., to the Capitol. Last night for the first time, I noticed that I maintained a very strong LTE connection from downtown all the way until somewhere between Rosemary and Waverly Rd. It may be this has been active before, but it's the first time I noticed. FWIW, Speedtest pulled down 9.5 Mbps, but only .62 up.

     

    This was a combo of the MLK/Holmes tower and handling off to the Saginaw/Stanley St/Old GM plant tower. I take Ottawa to Verlinden to Saginaw and have LTE just about the whole way.

    Dish Network proposes merger with Sprint Nextel for $25.5 billion

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    Hold on. It would be monumentally stupid to shut down GSM/WCDMA. Not only does T-Mobile receive a lot of M2M money on the GSM side, it would be to Sprint and T-Mobile's benefit to switch to PCS WCDMA. It would align them with the rest of the Americas. G block could retain LTE, and AWS LTE should remain as well. ESMR could run CDMA1X and LTE, and EvDO could live on in any spare PCS spectrum.

     

    PCS WCDMA and AWS LTE offer substantial benefits to a combined Sprint and T-Mobile. For one, being unified across the Americas allows for a broader range of devices. Two, you'd have the benefit of SIM-only plans that would actually be markedly useful. Three, you still won't lose CDMA 1X for those people who prefer it, since it would live on in ESMR. And four, 600MHz LTE would allow a further extension of LTE service.

     

    And there's no way that the regulators would allow AT&T and Verizon to swallow all that AWS spectrum. Not after what's happened the last two years. What's with the hate for AWS anyway? It has similar characteristics to PCS, and works quite well.

     

    Did I forget to mention that PCS WCDMA and AWS LTE aligns well with Hesse's goal to make Sprint a premier roaming partner for the Americas (and the CCA in particular)?

     

    Sprint could easily deploy PCS WCDMA throughout most of the country as-is, too. Network Vision equipment technically already supports it. It would require some rejiggering, but it could be done.

     

    And that right there gets us back to why it isn't currently possible to merge TMobile and Sprint. Sprint is not giving up its CDMA roots and managing essentially 5 different networks (Sprint SMR/PCS/BRS TMobile AWS/PCS) running 4 different base technologies (CDMA/GSM/WCDMA/LTE) would be a nightmare.

     

    Maybe once Sprint finishes NV and has LTE on essentially every tower and TMobile finishes there upgrade getting LTE where they want it, then you could talk about shuttering GSM and WCDMA moving those legacy technologies to CDMA/LTE equivalent and a merger/buyout would make sense. Remember that Softbank uses CDMA over in Japan, so its not going anywhere.

     

    Also, as AJ once said, merging Sprint and T-Mobile would force a divestiture of some spectrum, most likely AWS. Sprint isn't giving up any of it's essentially nationwide SMR/PCS/BRS. Or if the FCC didn't force a divestiture, Sprint and/or T-Mobile would lose the hardship argument they currently have with the FCC on blocking/restricting at&t/Verizon from getting in on the 600Mhz auction. Or, the new company wouldn't have the funding due to debt load to bid on the spectrum (sound familiar?).

    Dish Network proposes merger with Sprint Nextel for $25.5 billion

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    Interesting...

     

    "Multiple sources say Sprint has accepted an offer from Dish Network to acquire the wireless telecommunications giant for $25.5 billion, with $17.3 billion payable in cash and the remaining $8.2 billion in stock.

     

    Sprint employees were informed of the agreement via non-disclosure paperwork earlier this afternoon, but the deal still is subject to FCC approval."

     

    From http://motorsports-s...nt-accepts.html

     

    I don't see anything else about Sprint accepting the DISH offer, though, anywhere else.

     

    Did you see his own comment about 10 minutes later?

     

    Officially, Sprint said on Monday that its board had formed a special committee of independent directors to review Dish Network's offer.

     

    Dear {insert favorite/random deity} i hope this report is 100% false and jumping the gun. Holy christ, please be wrong...

     

    $45b in debt right off the bat, trying to finish a network rebuild, then the Dish crap.

     

    Grr...

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