Cubbiefan82

Better! Verizon and att are actually getting scared now. Because sprint now has the most specturm around, With network vision, the platform is one of the bests around. It is expandable and ready to handle so much more then verizon and att. Verizon and att soultion for lte was to just throw up new antennas and another box at the tower. Some of the towers, actually have different backhaul for 3g/4g. It is so stupid and not smart. But when u got money who cares right lol

Corrected my post!

NV1.0= complete physical replacement of sprints legacy network. New modular gear will be installed including modular base stations, multi band and remote control-able antennas that support 800/1900 and upgraded backhaul. 800 smr voice being added. NV2.0= activation of SMR 800 LTE. In addition, Clearwire TD-LTE sites will be utilizing 2500 mhz on near every 39,000 sites according to network president at sprint in huge 20mhz carrier aggregated channels. The 800 smr for voice and lte is starting in markets like chicago first. 2500 is going to had at least 5,000 sites up by the end of the year, but since softbank has deep pockets. Expect more sites on by the end of the year. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3747-network-vision-10-and-20 Some of this may overlap too.

For your 4g moments lol

I believe robert(s4gru) said that chicago would be one of the first cities that would get 800 lte and that would happen around 3 months from when the iden network would be shut down. I will become regular part of the installs now, and so u will get 3g/4g/1x voice and 800 lte on one site. Now if they get all accepted on that site at one time, we will see lol

att is doing it on some of there 700 lte sites, that is how they can get higher speeds then verizon.

It is a good thing, because it means the market is upgraded to the new software that is used for 3G/4G hand offs. Yet a market can go back and forth from evdo to ehrpd. Phoenix is starting to new 4g on towers now, most of it. As u have read, is back haul related. Sprint would have been make to make 250 by the end of the year. If it wasnt a lost down in providers who bringing them backhaul.

That makes sense, and I knew it was a measure of something. I am glad u said it, now I know

It is network 3G/4G complete, It doesn't include network vision 2.0 as we call it around here with 800 lte and sprint getting back the 2600 from clear. Chicago would be done in the end of september, but honestly I doubt it too. We will probably see 800 lte before all of chicago is done with 3g/4g

HEY U GUYS!!! I just couldnt resist lol

I am in, I have never done fantasy hockey league, I think it would be fun. Also be a good way for yes all to keep giving each other a hard time lol

This is a little different then airline, the airline had to get FAA approval to operate as one airline and then they got to merge the routes together. Airtran is uses a lot of 717's and some 737's. Southwest uses just 737, they also have to write standard operating procedures for the one combined airline, They have to merge websites and reservation centers etc etc. The uscc sale, sprint just bought it for the spectrum and uscc dump the subscribers on them too. Sprint has been sending out letters to uscc customers telling them that they need to switch over. As it says above, it will be shut down on january 31 or sooner. Then they will re-purpose that really quickly, it is already built into the phones, so no new phones to buy. Over all I cant wait for what is going to happen in chicago, I know they have some trouble spots, but overall everyone (on s4gru) knows that sprint is going to have a awesome network next year at this time. By then I can upgrade to tri-band and smoke everyone out of the water who has att or verizon and still have unlimited

as soon as they get it on all the towers, they can just the down tilt of the antennas and that will help out a lot. Some of the towers are set to cover a wider area, because the the other towers are not turned on yet.

Robert(s4gru) said that in about three months from the shut down of nextel network, chicago would have 800 lte. They would be one of the first markets. so just give it time, I just wish they could get backhaul to the rest of the sites and finish chicago. I would love for chicago to be the first market done with network vision with 800 lte and 2600 lte.

From what I remember and found it article too. He wants to make the network to be the worlds best, I honestly dont think they will bulid base stations in a lot of areas that they dont have coverage now. But hey, if he proves me wrong. I am not again that . I honestly think they will just buy a small companies to expand there network.

Well for cities that have service already, they will expand the area with 800 that got from shutting down the nextel network, and honestly we will just see what they do after network vision is close to done. Now that they are owned by softbank. I can see them expanding a lot, Softbank wants to attack the big two. They have done a good job overseas, so I can see it happening in the usa too.

So it is like big bang, Because that elevator hasnt worked since the show started lol

1. U will not get the same buliding coverage with sprint lte until they start using 800 for lte. They are working on that right now, by the end of the year most of the sites should be 800 for voice and have lte on them also. 2. Att lte I believe has what they call a 10mhz by 10mhz in sfo, so u can see speeds up to 75 mbps per a second and until sprint starts using td lte from what use to be clearwire(now sprint lte) It wont be as fast, but honestly anything over 6 mbps u wont see a difference. 3. 3g is getting upgraded long with 4g on sprint, so that is getting better. Honestly sfo is just over 50 percent of lte sites turned on, so u dont have it everywhere yet. 4. With the new 800 voice, they are using voice technology that has 4x the use on it. So it helps with drop calls and has better signal then on the 1900. So yes less drop calls. 5. They have 800 voice in some areas not all yet, and it will be all over sfo soon. It is a samsung market loves turning on 800, I believe they and the contractor get paided if the 800 goes on lol. My honest opinon would be to wait until christmas, by then sfo will be nearly done and it will have 2600 lte. Also the new tri-band phones will be out and u can take advantage of what we call network vision 2.0 :-). I hope this answers your questions, thanks for stopping by s4gru and if u want to see the progress donate some money, this website is right. It helps me understand what was going on with sprints upgrade and made me stay with them. I also got to have unlimited data, I am data hog when I travel. If u donate suggestion 10 bucks or more (basically help cover costs and s4gru time) u can see all the cell sites and which ones have what on them already.

Thanks for your donation, I did the same thing. This site, helped me from almost throwing my phone at the wall. Chicago market was rough on sprint users, Yet it has the most sites done and has had voice on 800. Which I love, I loved my nextel for that and now I love my sprint service with it :-) P.S. I also have learned so much about wireless technology

They are developing on existing sites, most of clears equipment was set-up to where they could switch it to lte. I believe it was a simple card switch, I know a few pre-wimax markets may need a new base station, but I believe most of the first markets that clear developed in have been switched to base station that could handle lte. The td-lte will be using portion of the nice spectrum that isnt being used anyways :-)

That is the biggest problem with network vision as a whole, backhaul. I think if sprint knew, that backhaul would slow them down so much. They would have ordered it a lot sooner, also u have everyone upgrading to lte all at one. That doesnt help when everyone is trying to get backhaul, it is great for the companies that provide the backhaul though

U got to remember, that att and verizon. They both have a lot of money, so they decided lets throw up some antennas on a rack when we upgrade to lte. Then add another cabinet on the ground. I know I have heard that verizon also uses different haul for 3g and fiber for 4g. They waste so much money it is crazy, even though sprint is playing catch up on lte. They have a plan that helps them make more money in the long run. That is what network vision is all about, I hope this helps them keep unlimited internet. Because I love not having to worry about what I use my phone for. On a side note, att and verizon have realized this is really smart way to increase profits. U will be seeing a network vision from them soon, I know it.

I hope we will get to know where sprint puts the small cells, like we know about the cell sites are know

I have found that u get slower speeds at airports with sprint 4g, as far as I know sprint hasn't upgraded the das at all airports it has, so the 4g you are getting is from towers near by. So it will be slower with all the users. I know in time, sprint with get to it. That is also something that after they buy clear, that will get better too :-)

looks like 800 is back on for me, I have missed it since they turned it off after testing it in my area. I hope it stays on, I am getting solid four bars when I a normally get 2-3 bars on 1900