Duffman

This is just referencing landine broadband, right?

I don't think Sprint is using Clear's towers for LTE.

Two separate networks so coverage depends on where you are. Nextel DC Coverage: Sprint DC Coverage However, after Network Vision, the coverage should be terrific. And yes, there is a known issue if the Admiral drops to 1XRTT or roaming it will not go back to SDC until rebooted or, I have heard, if you toggle Airplane mode.

Cannot wait to see what you found out. Hey, when Sprint says that Dallas is on the list, does that include the whole Metroplex including Fort Worrh?

From Fierce Wireless Challenges facing wireless operators are exemplified in two different industry reports released this week, which separately reveal skyrocketing growth in mobile broadband traffic and a breakneck pace of network investment. Global mobile broadband traffic grew by 83 percent in the second half of 2011 with a CAGR of 234 percent during 2011, according to the latest global mobile broadband traffic report from mobile service optimization company Allot Communications. Video streaming traffic continued its phenomenal rise, with 88 percent growth in 2H11, and is now gobbling up a 42 percent share of all global bandwidth. YouTube accounts for 24 percent of global broadband traffic, and 14 percent of total YouTube traffic is now high-definition. Other services are also consuming increasing amounts of global mobile bandwidth. VoIP and IM traffic grew by 114 percent in 2H11, which Allot noted is "consistent with recent reports marking the decline of SMS and international voice calls." Mobile operators have made no secret of the fact that the challenges of meeting escalating demand for broadband data services is driving them to make heavy network investments and migrate to next-generation technologies such as LTE. Industry vendors are reaping the rewards of these substantial network investments. Dell'Oro Group announced that in 2011 the mobile radio access network (RAN) market recorded its strongest full-year revenue growth since 2004, with mobile RAN revenues growing 15 percentage points during 2011. Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Huawei recorded the largest full-year 2011 revenue increases and maintained their No. 1 and No. 2 revenue share rankings, respectively, in the mobile RAN market. LTE RAN investments accounted for 40 percent of global mobile RAN growth in 2011. However, the strong momentum that drove the mobile infrastructure RAN market in 2011's first nine months slowed at year's end, paving the way for slower growth in 2012, the consultancy said. "While operators in North America maintained capex guidance for 2011 and front-end loaded investments were expected, it was the shift in product mix from capacity to LTE coverage that resulted in weaker than anticipated wireless infrastructure investments," commented Stefan Pongratz, mobile infrastructure analyst at Dell'Oro.

I seem to remember that the big deal about wireless broadband was for the "last mile" problem. If you have wired broadband there really is no reason for it. It is an inferior technology. Now out in rural areas, it is a viable alternative to satellite. It is just too bad about the limit. But as long as it is not used for videos, 6 GB for 59.99 ain't bad considering the alternatives.

Killer fried chicken. The place has been around forever. http://www.dallasobserver.com/bestof/2008/award/best-fried-chicken-1098919/

Then my EVO 4G must not have Gorilla glass.

From historic Bubba's Chicken in the rich area of Dallas.

And what would Mozilla get out of it?

3G and 4G in Lewisville, TX north of Dallas. I like these screenshots because they show date, time, and exact location.

I can vouch for that. Sprint is very tight-lipped with its employees. It repeatedly reminds us not speculate. Sprint reveals more to industry analysts, insiders (as Robert seems to be), and the press than they do with their reps.

http://www.thedailyb...n-u-s-jobs.html

Well, I value your opinion more than my own. Can you describe the measurement process?

If you are a business account you will normally get better reps. The worst reps are the frontline-almost-minimum-wage-this-job-sucks folks in the outsourced centers. Overall, I feel Sprint CS is declining. I am seeing more pass-the-buck behavior and incompetence lately. I think with the focus on tightening the belt that CS is taking a turn for the worse. There was also a substantial loss of experienced reps when RIM was getting ready to roll out the Playbook. Most of them were later laid off but not rehired by Sprint.

Interestingly, the owner of RootMetrics called in to troubleshoot one of the Sprint phones he uses for data gathering. Nice guy. I am not so sure that his data collection method is accurate. He had people drive around running an android app on a phone from each carrier. Too many vaiables in my opinion.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apple-sold-more-ios-devices-in-2011-than-it-sold-macs-in-28-years/69717 s4gru

I could see that being very useful as the cities start rolling out.

Welcome, Gus. I played with an Echo yesterday. So glad you upgraded. lol

Sounds like this is for Sprint.

Verizon doing things right.

The article says they take all the pieces of a regular tower and cram it into an itty-bitty box. That's how it works.

Inside the call center. 3G is on the tower, 4G is with internal antennas. Thank goodness for the internal radios. I am not sure what I would do without Netflix at work. ;-)

Not bad at all. Can you buy a used modem? Should be lots of them available.