Duffman

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This is a big part of Sprint's strategy and looks like a good idea. These devices use very little data and the service has very little ongoing support costs.

What happened to "openness"?

I will just wait for XDA to hack it.

Download the white paper here.

http://www.nsa.gov/i...ion_1.1U%29.pdf

I was to try out Inglorious Basterds that Google offered for a quarter.

The culture of a community is set by its leaders. Robert has always been civil even on other hostile sites. I suspect we will have no issues here. My own behavior is tempered by his leadership.

What is interesting to me is that Google growth seems to be at the expense of BB, MS, and Palm, but not Apple. Check out how everyone declines other than Apple. I do not think Apple is losing any more customers to Google than Google is losing to Apple. Anyone else have info?

I definitely will not be posting any newsworthy items to other sites. I like the civility and intelligence here. Now, if Robert could have just chosen a better name for the site...

You can find my analysis and change log for the new PRL here:http://www.batonrougebroadband.info

 

Feel free to ask any questions and I will try to explain things.

That's you?! Wow. Did not know. Good work.

Imagine how it feels to work for Sprint with such a spotty network...

Kind of old here so this would probably be wasted on me

3G data traffic has doubled every year, even with Clear entering the picture.

Jan 2010 saw about 6,000 TB of daily 3G traffic. By Jan 2011, it hit 12,000 TB/day. I have not checked this year, but I bet it is close to 24,000 TB/day.

Reducing tower strain will take creativity in addition to increasing capacity. The strain is good in that it forces innovation.

The best. Lol

This is the "invisible hand" that Adam Smith talked about and the reason why unfettered capitalism always works

That could not be more wrong. Unfettered capitalism has historically always resulted in the unfair concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few unless the goverment intervenes.

You can see a big difference in the design of the commercial. It felt like a whole different team managed it.

A whole different team DID manage it. Sprint switched ad agencies.

What do you think? Worth the switch?

Where I am is AT&T DSL or..... Nothing. I just noticed they have put a 150GB cap on my account.

 

Yeah' date=' but what happened to good old fashioned "the customer is always right?"[/quote']

 

That phrase was made by an owner or manager of a high end hotel in New York I seem to remember.

 

The problem is that phrase only works on the luxury end. On the value end, you do not have the margin to work with.

Honestly, I am polishing my resume in case NV does not become a reality.... Because I believe it will be the end of Sprint.

May I just say that you both presented very rational points in a civil manner. Thank you.

Fort Wayne likely will not get any better without additional spectrum because Fort Wayne is a PCS D block 10 MHz single license market. Sprint has probably deployed two 1X carriers and one EV-DO carrier, and that is all that 10 MHz can accommodate. Sprint has done a good job of shoring up other 10 MHz single PCS license markets (e.g. Albuquerque, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, Peoria, etc.) with spectrum swaps and later auction winnings. But Fort Wayne is not included and remains highly spectrum constrained.

 

AJ

Oh, man. That's rough for them. I suppose all Sprint can do is get as many Airaves out there as possible to get some of the load off the towers. I have no idea, All I know is that I am fielding calls from there and all I can do is let them know about the backhaul improvements scheduled for the next 90 days.

I have no problem with folks leaving Sprint when they have abysmal service. I wish Sprint would systematically comp people on areas like Fort Wayne, IN that have struggled with unacceptably high voice and data block rates and capacity issues for months and months.

Either Sprint makes its network work or it is out of business in two years... IMO.

 

The EVO had a major' date=' positive impact in my life as well.[/quote']

 

I was about to throw it all away and go slumming around the world. But then along came the EVO. I stayed with my wife and kids and even took up paragliding.

 

The EVO is a life-changing device.

Great idea. I will scout out my towers this weekend and post pics.

Verizon has the attitude of "we have the best network and if you don't like _______' date=' you can go languish at one of the other crappy networks."[/quote']

 

Verizon has a point... Lol.

No news from me but Tampa seems to have daily issues with capacity so severe that customers have issues with even calling.