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Are carriers allowed to install bird deterrents on these towers? At the hospital I work at they install these spikes/spines to keep the pigeons away so that they cannot land on the flat surfaces they like...couldn't they do that to these towers to prevent the stupid birds from making nests?

Let's just say I am not with Sprint for their data speeds. If their prices start equaling ATT or Verizon I will go where I get the most for my money. Unlimited data doesn't mean much for me when I am at work or home 90% of the time on wifi and when I am on a commute I am reading text based news articles/rss feeds or forums...

I was under the impression LTE was the same frequency as 3G and that by then end of this upgrade everywhere that has 3G would have LTE. If that is the case why is building penetration even being discussed? Shouldn't it be the same as 3G?

I work in downtown Minneapolis (Live in Eagan). Is there an easy visual way to know whether towers have the LTE or Vision equipment installed without walking up to the cabinet? I ride the light rail to work and it goes by a few towers and I drive by about four of them on the way to the light rail but I have no idea of what to look for to know whether the equipment is installed or getting installed.

To my understanding there is no hand off between WiMax and 3G connections just drop.

Seems that way to me. It is the reason I never turn wimax on during my train ride to work. One single tunnel causes so much frustration as it goes from 4G>no signal>3G>finally back to 4G. As I try to load webpages at various times during that period.. If I leave it on 3G only it may bounce between 3G and 1x but I never really stop transmitting.

Not sure if the Galaxy Nexus is the same or not but for my Nexus S 4G to get into those types of menus I type *#*#3282#*#*.

Then I go View>Others>Multimedia and the RSTP Proxy and Port and the HTTPPD Proxy and Port are <not set> which I assume means mine is not going through any proxy server.

I am running Cyanogenmod and a custom Kernel and I am not sure if they have access to these settings or not so I am not entirely sure they didn't get changed due to flashing roms but I kind of don't think the ROM or Kernel would change these things.

You can get your MSL by calling Sprint...they will give it to you or if you root your phone and go into terminal emulator and type "su" enter then type "getprop ril.MSL" or for HTC phones you can download an app from the market called "MSL Reader"