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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.

I live in the business district of Wilmington by The Hotel Dupont and there's no lte buy when I was on Rogers road I got a download speed of 25mb wtf is that about. Why would that little area need it lol. 

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.

I thought that the iPhone didn't use eCSFB. Could've sworn I read that somewhere. Maybe robert said it?

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.

Farm land a lot areas . Stay close route one good 3g and 1x. 800 voice not fully on in all areas too.

I started to realize that on the way home during the daylight.... it's as if 98% of the state is rural!

Of course having LTE and 800 would help, but in many (but not all) locations of Dover 3G is tolerable (I live here). The density is okay in Dover but I can think of a couple locations that would help too.

 

A big reason for the low density is a result of the growth around here in the last 10 years or so. There are a lot of developments that probably didn't exist when Sprint (or whatever carrier they bought) originally built out here, and new sites have not been added (well one was). Look at Smyrna or Middletown. Smyrna (and some of the surrounding area) could probably use another 5 sites... I could probably map out at least 2 dozen potential sites that would go a long way south of the canal...

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.

I think you mean " the all new Sprint Network". I think they dropped the "Now Network" as their slogan recently. Alliteration is so half a decade ago.

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.

Texts are received over LTE without switching to CDMA/1X (To prove this just try sending or receiving SMS or MMS while on a call.  It works fine.)

 

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? 

I desperately need 1x800 as I am on the fringe of five towers. Sparse to no service for 1x voice service at my house. I hope 1x800 is more of a priority than 800 LTE.

It is, and you'll get 1x800 first.

Interesting. LTE is solid, always has been. Hands off between sites fine too.

Every one of my friends in this city with a Nexus 5 has the same exact issue when set to Global mode. (3 other people)

Calls work fine when I go down to Bethlehem, PA, it flips over to 1xRTT or 800 perfectly off of LTE in Global mode. Receives fine too.

In Endwell, NY at home, I am in a 4G/3G accepted territory. With the N5 set to Global and parked on B25 LTE, I cannot place calls without it failing. Receiving calls also fails and locks up the phone. No issues connecting to LTE whatsoever from eHRPD. Incoming/outgoing calls are fine when the phone is forced to 3G mode.

This is an eCSFB issue, correct? All towers have been 3G/4G accepted going on 3-5 months now. I'm wondering if I should submit a ticket, or just wait until these sites go 1x800 and perhaps eCSFB gets tweaked.

With HD Voice deployed nationwide around July, I don't think anyone is going to be wishing for anything more for a very long time. 1x800 is proving to be a beast of a band, and HD Voice quality is excellent. I guess I just don't see any need for VoLTE right now on Sprint, or even in the near future. Their lack of a timeframe makes sense.

128kbps is not 128 kB/s. KiloBITS per second versus KiloBYTES. (Capital "B")

128kbps = 16kB/s. So enough for e-mail, iMessage, and slow Facebook. It'll all be usable, but just suck. 

(Assuming kbps is the intended unit in these articles, not kB/s. It's usually hard to tell.)

20kbps would be about 2.5 Kilobytes per second, which would be nearly useless. Gotta watch your units guys!

Lo and behold, the $200 offer showed up on my girlfriend's My Sprint page today. We have had a 5 member Framily for almost two weeks now.

I re-signed her up for it, even though we already submitted the $100 offer. Hopefully the $200 goes through.

Probably can't go wrong with a Forester, Pilot, or Highlander. Our 2010 HL is still perfect after 60K. Not a single thing has failed prematurely. The brake pads lasted 50K, all 4 rotors were fine. I expect them to last to 100K. Installed new pads from the dealership for $40 per axle and it brakes smooth and quietly, even at high speed. Really impressed with the factory rotor quality, no warping whatsoever and very light wear.

It seems like this is going to be an extremely cheap vehicle to own. Especially because we got a base FWD with the 17" wheels, not 19" which causes the tire price to skyrocket.

It does have chunky tires even on the FWD, and for the most part it is decent, but it has so much power that it spins the inside wheel every time I accelerate and try to turn at the same time. Even when driving slowly... The AWD on these Highlanders is much like Subaru's, from what I hear. Full time, no clutch packs to engage or wear down. More durable than a part-time AWD system that only kicks in once the front wheels slip. I believe Honda uses that type of system in the Pilot, but don't quote me on that.

Oh, and the 3.5L 2GRFE V6 is absolutely amazing. Toyota uses it in everything, and I can see why. (Same goes for Honda's J35 V6, they're perfect engines)

So is 1900cdma getting hd voice capabilities also i thought i read a post saying that theres no reason why it couldnt or something.

Yes. 1900 and 800 are both compatible. The 800 has nothing over 1900 as far as HD voice is concerned, other than the possibility that HD Voice gets turned on at the same time 800 gets turned on. Same trip to the tower, most likely.