bigsnake49

Either get a bigger HDD or get your windows operating system on a stick. Or you can stick an extra hdd or ssd for your DVD bay. I already have an ssd in my MacBook Pro and it flies. I'm looking for a good deal on a second ssd.

But have they solved the pre-amp problem? Real estate on a handset being what it is.

Tell the SOB never to call me again:).

I want my rural data and I want it NOW!

Sprint needs to hurry up and deploy LTE on 800MHz before it expands in these areas. While 800MHz 1x Advanced will be great, 1900MHz EVDO does not cut it.

I have both a laptop and a tablet. And a dual monitor desktop. It really depends on what you use them for. Just like I would never think of doing heavy duty development/debugging on my laptop unless I docked it to my dual monitor setup, I would not think of doing heavy word processing on my iPad. It is mainly a media consumption device for me. I do have a keyboard case for it so I can type longer docs if the need arises. Now, when Microsoft releases Office for the iPad, and they will, then I would definitely consider using it for more heavy duty word processing. I would never use it for heavy duty development, ever. I miss my dual monitor setup when I'm on the road. Heck, I might add another monitor!

It's not just the network that's at fault. The firmware on the device can detect a disconnect and can then switch to the backup. My router has that logic on it and works pretty well.

No interference at the frequencies we are dealing with. Powerlines main frequency is at 50 or 60 Hz. There might be a few higher order harmonics but they reach nowhere near that frequency. Arcing is the main danger here and there are protocols for dealing with that.

They might want to get a third party CDN to install some caching servers on their network. It helps tremendously. I don't think it would have helped you with slingplayer. I was thinking more about Internet radio.

Actually streaming is a candidate for unnoticable hard handoff, particularly if the handset has a large buffer. However forget about VOIP.

Or, listen to this, are you ready? CDMA/WiMax phones with CDMA service provided by Sprint and WiMax from Clearwire. Hmmm.... hmmm...

I don't think that chart is accurate. It shows that propagation distance is inversely linear with frequency. From what I remember from my communication courses Loss = (c/(4*pi*f*d)^2. Signal loss is inversely proportional to the square of the frequency. Am I missing something or are the Verizon people wrong?

I wonder if they can interest them in some prime 900Mhz spectrum? I heard it's relatively unoccupied:).

2500Mhz is not going to be deployed in the suburbs and that's where most people live and drive from/to. It just does not have the propagation. If it was that valuable people would be breaking down Clearwire's doors to get it. I don't see any broken down doors, do you? As far as how easy or cheap it is converting from WiMax to LTE, we will see. If Clearwire keeps asking for money, it might not be.

I don't want them to buy them for their AWS spectrum. They should try to trade AWS spectrum from their acquisition for PCS spectrum. While I agree on Sprint getting PCS H block (I have been hearing about this since 2004), SMR spectrum becoming available is news to me. What SMR spectrum is this? If it's 900MHz spectrum, Sprint does not own the whole 5Mhz block so they would have to buy out the rest of the spectrum holders. Would FCC allow it? Where is the other SMR spectrum going to come from?

It's not that valuable except in dense urban environments like NY and San Fran and a few other downtowns. That's why I am a firm advocate of Sprint acquiring both MetroPCS and Leap (Cricket) and maybe USCC and CSpire Wireless. That will force them to support the AWS band or try and spectrum swap PCS for AWS spectrum. The big monkey wrench is what Dish is going to do. If they clear the FCC unscathed, then Sprint is a natural to partner with them either to host Dish's spectrum or merge/acquire them. Sprint needs the steady income of either a wireline or a satellite TV network. Getting rid of Embarq was a big mistake in my mind. There's still money to be made on business lines.

I think that if Sprint executes well on its Network Vision plans and starts making money, people's perception of Sprint will change. Until that time, Sprint will have to buckle down and execute.

I would like for Sprint to either acquire or host the regionals' spectrum. It will much cheaper for everybody involved and will allow for much better spectrum utilization. I would also like for Sprint and everybody else to cooperate and spectrum swap within MTAs or BTAs to consolidate disparate spectrum into contiguous bands. For example, Metro owns 1895-1900 and 1900-1905 MHz blocks while Sprint owns 1905-1910 and 1910-1915 in my area . Sprint also owns 1865-1870MHz. If they agree to spectrum share in my area, they could probably accomodate all 1x Advanced voice in the 1865-1870 block and have a contiguous 20MHz data block between 1895-1915Mhz. I know that carrier aggregation will allow them to virtually consolidate their spectrum holdings, but you can avoid intermediate guard bands.

Sprint probably have crunched out the numbers to see if they can save money on roaming vs the expense of rolling out a network. From what I understand, last year they paid out $1B in roaming costs. That is a lot of mullah! I'm sure they're doing due diligence and cost/benefit analysis on where and when to save roaming money.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprints-LTE-Network-Appears-Live-in-Dallas-119726?nocomment=1

Oh, they knew exactly what WiMax on 2500MHz could do. They had to deploy something to at least 50M people on that spectrum by the end of 2008 or 2009. The only technology back in 2006/2007 was Wimax. Sprint really did not have the money to deploy so they partnered with the cable cos and Intel/Google and Clearwire. Clearwire, unfortunately went hogwild deploying it in places that are very hard to cover (spread out) and where Sprint had no problems with 3G spectrum. I think that Sprint would have liked for them to cover a few cities very well instead of covering more cities not very effectively. Clearwire refused to cooperate with Sprint, choosing not to colocate and did everything in their power to turn-off their largest (only) customer. I think that Sprint will eventually like to acquire Clearwire, but they don't see to be in any hurry.

Both of them are for sale. Sprint almost acquired MetroPCS. The time to have merged was couple of years ago. Now if USCC, Metro and Leap/Cricket as well as CSpire and some smaller regionals were to merge, they might be viable. My bet is that by the end of this year, neither Metro nor Cricket will be around.

It's been floating around the Cricket indirect dealers network. Could be hot air. Cricket stock has lost 2/3 of its value since last year and that's with it bandied around as an acquisition target. Something is going on with Cricket finances, but unless I dig deep down, I can't tell at first glance.