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There are a couple of cell towers that are being tested, they have wimax but it would be interesting to see if they already have LTE... i guess we will find out on April 22 when the nexus come out... Or if somebody around has a Sectrum Analyzer or something that can verify that

We need that 800Mhz band in PR without that i beleive sprint wont get far covrage wise around here.

Sprint has been having lots of issue lately from drop & blocked calls. Very slow data speeds. The manager for Puerto Rico said to me that they are investing in their old network capacity while working with the network vision. But i dont know if i can beleive her because that was many months ago and i still have the same issues. If you go to the stores the will tell you the story about "problems with the towers".

Sprint need to get their stuff togheter if the want to keep customers.

They even gave me an airave for my home coverage... a place were i had coverage 2 years ago....

Right now im evaluating an at&t LTE phone and i have Epic 4G Touch and the diference in coverage is very marked and speeds are impresive compared to sprint. i dont know if at&t is using their 700Mhz band but their in building coverage of LTE is very good.

No, I am not from PR, but you are correct, of course-those areas are sparsely populated. However, it appears that AT&T covers those sparsely populated areas better no doubt due to their 850MHz spectrum. Even the old Centennial Wireless covered those areas better even though they only had PCS spectrum. In fact, even though AT&T bought them out, I'm pretty sure that they've left the CDMA network up for Sprint (and probably other CDMA carriers) to roam off of in those interior areas of the island. However, I suppose for a cash strapped company like Sprint, that can't be a priority right now. I'm wondering when the other shoe will drop and AT&T decides to shut down their CDMA network. I wonder what roaming alternatives there are for those sparsely populated areas. Open Mobile? Does Claro still operate their old CDMA network?As far as the USVI, it seems like the cell sites they have *should* provide adequate georaphic coverage for St. Croix and St. Thomas especially after CDMA800 is eventually added (St. John appears to need at least one more cell site for the east end no matter what). However, what about capacity? Five cell sites for @ 50K people on STX seems a bit thin capacity wise. Eight sites for @ 51K people on STT is a bit better I suppose. I wonder what AT&T and T-Mobile's cell density is like in the USVI for comparison.themuffinman, how is the coverage and quality of service there in St. Thomas as of right now?

Since the latest PRL update Sprint is roaming on open mobile. I think AT&T shut down the centennial network on february 29.