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Not true. It can be done but requires some intelligence at the Google switches. It really depends at what point Google integrates with the two networks.

Well, personally I won't touch a Samsung phone with a ten foot pole because of bad experiences I and my associates have had with their handsets. I don't mind an LG or a Moto or a Hawaei.

What about reputation for reliability?

I like Blacklist but I thought it was on Fox.

Orange is the New Black Longmire House of Cards Jessica Jones

That would also be an excellent way in putting those segments in use. I hope Sprint would bid.

Yes, I am with you about boutique bands for Sprint. All three of their bands are boutique. I wonder whether at some point or another the FCC might not want to reconfigure band 26 + a guard band into 3 10x10 allocations.with Sprint paying the Cellular A and B side holders.

But would anybody be interested in the new band? The one that includes AWS4 and H-Block downlink?

Either Verizon or T-Mobile might be interested in Band 66. Will Sprint be interested in hosting the new band?

From the Dish press release: Band 66 pairs 70 MHz of uplink spectrum with 90 MHz of downlink spectrum including AWS-1 (1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz), the recently auctioned AWS-3 paired spectrum (1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz), and DISH’s upper AWS-4 spectrum (2180-2200 MHz) approved for use as downlink. In addition to the adoption of Band 66, 3GPP approved the completion of a feasibility study and the initiation of a Work Item for a new band, which includes DISH’s remaining AWS-4 spectrum and its H Block. The new band pairs 15 MHz of AWS-3 uplink (1695-1710 MHz) and 25 MHz of downlink comprised of DISH’s lower AWS-4 spectrum (2000-2020 MHz) and H Block (1995-2000 MHz). The FCC has granted DISH the flexibility to convert the lower portion of AWS-4 to downlink from its legacy uplink designation. “Similar to Band 66, the proposed band includes a greater proportion of downlink spectrum relative to uplink,” added Cullen. “By pairing the AWS-3 uplink spectrum with valuable downlink spectrum on an asymmetrical basis, the overall utility of the spectrum will be enhanced to the benefit of consumers as the growth of applications like mobile video continue to require more downlink capacity. Is the H-block uplink orphaned in the new band?

Preach it brother!!!

Most of those ~20K macros are in urban settings.

What was his user name?

Sprint needs to become economically efficient and execute in the field. No two ways about it. Their survival depends on it. I do not believe that T-Mobile and Sprint will thrive, ever. They might survive but will not thrive. Not at the prices they're charging. They both have accumulated tremendous amounts of debt to the point that Sprint cannot borrow any more money to participate in the 600MHz auction. T-Mobile will pay an ungodly amount of money adding to their already staggering debt.

That's what I meant. Eventually, 15x15+1x5 of band 25 in markets where Sprint has 15x15 A-F blocks.

In some places. Not very many places. What they should do is increase down tilt at the outward facing sectors.

They have not done it because they need it for capacity. When they stop needing it for capacity they will use it for coverage.

Band 26 will be used for coverage once Band 41 2x CA and/or Band 25 CA is active and prevalent in the market.

Probably in market roaming first, then highway...

Not to mention metal back on the phone itself. On AT&T, side by side iPhone 4S with glass back vs iPhone 5 metal both on 4g (non-LTE). 6-7 dbm difference.

Preferred Communication Systems, Inc. and North Sight Communications, Inc., have agreed to jointly offer their Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 800 MHz spectrum in an open public auction scheduled to begin December 1, 2015. The two companies together hold 9.15 MHz of cellular Band 26 spectrum on the Islands. The combined 800 MHz spectrum offered in the auction will be the last opportunity to acquire 800 MHz cellular spectrum that provides coverage to the entire Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands market areas. http://www.rcrwireless.com/20151109/sponsored/puerto-rico-800-mhz-spectrum-auction-sponsored-content

Sprint has been burned with state of the art technologies so they might be a bit shy. However they trust Nokia and if Nokia is convinced it works then Sprint will work with both of them.

The TDD restriction maybe temporary rather than a theoretical impossibility. In the Artemis white paper it says"..., currently only TDD LTE is available for release". I interpret that to say that we will address FDD in a future release.

We know that the first operator is outside the US. We also know that for the time being pCell only works with TDD. So Sprint's spectrum would be a natural fit from the get go.

Did anybody sign up for the webcast and can summarize what was said during the presentation and the Q&A session?