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Works on 1x1900 and 1x800 just the same.

eCSFB issues in Endicott, NY still. They really need to get back to these sites, flip 1x800 on and get these issues sorted. I referred two people to Sprint with Nexus 5s and none of us can receive calls unless we disable LTE. I wish someone had a timeframe on the 800 up here, wondering what's going on.

I don't intend to be rude at all, but could you spend a little more time on your posts? I'm very thankful you've been going around scouting things out in Delaware - but a lot of the time I have no idea what you're saying

So much for the "24th" memo, guess we've got a few more hours! After today, I suppose it's anyone's guess as to when this update will drop. Meh. Enjoying my 5S for the time being. The data drops were just getting ridiculous on my N5.

SMS and MMS require an active wireless data connection, and cannot be sent/received over wifi.

I was able to use a Chinese GPP Sim interposer to get my Sprint 4S to work on ATT last year. Is Sprint's limitation only the fact that they can't perform this unlock via a software push?

I hope all of Upstate NY gets lit up with 1x800 in a single acceptance report. It's been so spotty down here in Binghamton, just get it over with already Sprint! Fringe 1x is getting old

Yeah, just flip it to global, LTE, 3G. I played around with those and got my phone to work again after swapping carriers real quick.

We haven't really seen much conversion of GMO to full build yet. The only one I know of is in Elmira NY, and even that lacks proof that it went full-build. (It got LTE accepted and was a GMO prior) The whole 81/476 corridor is just stagnant, they're likely waiting until NV1.0 is wrapped up before re-visiting these highway sites connecting cities in PA. My guess is that they'll get some attention starting mid-year, but I base that off of pure speculation.

YouTube just got updated as well.

I think I just saw a tech hooking up an 8T8R antenna on a tower at the beginning of the PA turnpike in Scranton.

The quality limitation of bluetooth headsets has historically been the call quality itself, so HD voice is just eliminating the bad portion now. I'm sure quality would improve 100% on pretty much any bluetooth headset connected to a handset utilizing HD voice.

Sprint isn't only putting fast wireless where it's "needed." Every site is eventually getting LTE, some sooner than others. They don't go by what areas need it the most, they light up LTE on any site that is ready at the time.

It doesn't, it's a good thing it doesn't currently.

Can you imagine if the 5S was triband on sprint? Since Sprint's network isn't fully eCSFB matured yet, millions of iPhone users would be having problems making and receiving phone calls. Making the 5S dual-band was the best decision they could have made. Once the 6 is released, Sprint's network won't be having those issues anymore, so it'll be safe for an eCSFB reliant iPhone to hit the market.

I started to realize that on the way home during the daylight.... it's as if 98% of the state is rural! Interesting! So the existing structures are probably what Sprint was using back in the 2000s when it was adequate? And wow, Smyrna is hurting, you aren't kidding. This is an interesting state to follow, I hope Sprint starts adding sites once the fervor of NV1.0 and 2.0 is over.

I was in Dover for the weekend, and obviously it was a mediocre experience. No sense complaining about the lack of LTE, I knew that going into it. But it seems like Dover (and the rest of lower Delaware) just needs more sites to be a well-functioning market. I was staying on Sackarackin ave. (ha!), dead center of Dover, and occasionally would lose service entirely in his house. eHRPD was awful, even outdoors. Went down to Dogfish Head brewery in Milton, and completely lost service outdoors and indoors. 800 LTE won't even help once it's turned on, since 1x1900 wasn't even available to me on my N5. Is there a reason the site density in lower Delaware is so poor? Looking at the maps it seems like this state was Sprint's "Budget" market.

Ah, bollocks! Happy Connecting

Sprint should pop a tower in Sugar Grove for no other reason but to promote the hell out of it. "Sprint brought the residents of Sugar Grove cellular service where no other network would, now even rural communities can enjoy Sprint's new Now Network." Once 1x800 and 800 LTE are done, they'll have a bunch more potential rural customers anyways.

Great, thank you!

Almost all of them! Just 2 remaining sites on Wilson Hospital and 20 Hawley street that remain Non-NV. Only a few other sites need LTE backhaul and they'll be done down here. No official 1x800 as of yet, but I have spotted it a few times when it was most likely in testing. The in-laws will be switching within a month or two, so hopefully 1x800 will be active by then.

Just would like some confirmation that this basic flip phone supports 1x800. I'm having trouble finding specs on it. My girlfriend's mother and father would probably end up getting these as they're simple, and don't need much functionality other than basic SMS once in awhile. That, and it's only $4/mo with Easy Pay on Framily. They live on the fringe of 1x1900 so 1x800 is critical, or else they'd need to get a better phone.

It says "Hear it for yourself," probably just an HD voice announcement/presentation.

This has always been possible on non-LTE devices as well. You can call and text over 1x simultaneously. Just can't use data. While in a call on an LTE device, you would be using 1x for voice, and 1x for any texting you might be doing. (iMessage excluded)

Apple's productivity suite is free now. Pages, Keynote, Numbers. Fully functional, no need to pay like with Office. The normal Sprint iPad Mini is B25, while the retina is B25+B26, right?