These rumors leaked out back in March of this year and it now looks like Sprint is well into it already. The only obstacle I can see so far is the T-Mo ATT merger but the idea is to replace the equipment on those old Nextel towers which ride the 800 MHz frequency with LTE.
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http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...rk-upgrade-is-un/&category=classic&postPage=1
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/03/1...te-theyre-calling-challenge-project-leapfrog/
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=198839&f_src=lightreading_gnews
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Is there any new or updated info that shows what progress they have made? Where are you getting that they are pretty far into it?
Just a guess since its been a while since that time. Just felt like digging this up to see if anyone else has anything.
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It would be awesome if they launched Lightsquared and Clearwire LTE this Fall and a new Nexus Prime to use it. I would **** my pants in joy.
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Thanks for stopping by
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Lol how about a link Sprint guy?
You the man Shroomz.
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Here is some info about the leapfrog project:
Scope of Work: CONTRACT BACKGROUND A decision has been made by the project sponsor to execute the contract as a customer project, This assignment concerns Customer Project Management related to the execution of the contract, If no signed contract or purchase order /call off order have been received, this assignment instead relates to the execution of the existing approved Early Start exemption, Ericsson has been selected as one of the vendors for Sprint’s Network Modernization Program (NMP), internally called as “Sprint Leapfrog Program,” As the name suggests, the Program consists of preparing the network for the future generations, by replacing the legacy CDMA equipment with the new generation of Ericsson equipment, based on the Multimodal RBS 6000 family, This new generation equipment will accommodate the existing CDMA technology in the first phase and introduce the LTE network, To support both technologies, Ericsson will design and implement a backhaul network, based on microwave equipment, fully IP-based, The core will be replaced as well on the 3G side and the entire 4G core solution will be added, Ericsson will do all the services from Site Acquisition, Civil Works, Design, Installation, Implementation and Optimization in its markets, Sprint has awarded 5 Regions to Ericsson, which will start with 12 markets in 2012: Nashville, Orlando, Miami, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Southwest Florida, Memphis, Tampa, Oklahoma, Missouri, Western Kentucky and Austin, Each market will require a Project Manager, as per agreement with Sprint, THE ASSIGNMENT This assignment states that the appointed person is assigned the role as Customer Project Manager for the Oklahoma Market, The Market PM will be responsible for managing and reporting the market activities from initial planning, design, implementation and optimization, He will be working with internal teams and customer to plan, schedule, staff, and update progress, Update stakeholders with written reporting and status calls, TASKS UNDER THIS ASSIGNMENT, Prepare a master project plan for the market based on the contract requirements and integrating the outcome of the other subprojects,, Manage the project from Start to End in accordance with Contract Handshake, aligned with Customer contract and PROPS-C and follow the Project Governance model,, Report the project status to both internal and external stakeholders as required and defined in the Communications Plan, Requirements for the Market PM from Sprint point of view are described in the Exhibit G, 3,1 – Market Project Manager,
Read more: http://www.fiercewireless.com/jobs/...et-at-signet6-network-sciences/#ixzz1VruEPWzM
http://www.fiercewireless.com/jobs/...-oklahoma-market-at-signet6-network-sciences/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/sprint-project-leapfrog-rumors-claim-lte-network-upgrade-is-un/
Project leapfrog and network vision are the same right? Anyone have any info on the October 7 4g announcement?
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which will start with 12 markets in 2012: Nashville, Orlando, Miami, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Southwest Florida, Memphis, Tampa, Oklahoma, Missouri, Western Kentucky and Austin
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The one and only thing I miss about AT&T; San Antonio used to be SBC's home city so we were at the forefront of all the new projects and upgrades.
Austin sucks, Sprint! Pick SA instead!
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Austin sucks, Sprint! Pick SA instead!
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Better watch it there buddy!!
Its awesome that sprint has Austin on there cause Austin is a super huge iPhone country and big with technology. SA is just so plain.
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Better watch it there buddy!!
Its awesome that sprint has Austin on there cause Austin is a super huge iPhone country and big with technology. SA is just so plain.
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Lots of iPhones in Austin because there's a bunch of hipsters there. Damn you hipsters!
Seriously though, I am more interested in Sprint getting their CDMA radios upgraded and on the new frequencies for the better building penetration and coverage. 4G is still a "nice to have"with no practical purpose as long as 3G is working okay.
I hardly every turn Wimax on.
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Damn you hipsters!
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Agreed.
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So that's what you call all them skinny leg jean wearin folk!
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bigtoysrock said:
So that's what you call all them skinny leg jean wearin folk!
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Steve jobs?
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Steve jobs?
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He's King of the Hipsters. They take their cues from him.
Austin is primarily college students. I had some good times in Austin
http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-from-apple/
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Feeling pretty bad for him. It's got to be health related.
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Rumors Heating up..
http://gizmofusion.com/2011/09/sprint-upgrading-existing-3g-coverage-area-to-evdo-rev-b-october-7th/
Related
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-23/sprint-falcone-s-lightsquared-said-to-discuss-network-deal.html
Check it out...
blakeboys said:
http://www.channelpartnersonline.co...ghtsquared-in-talks-with-sprint-to-accel.aspx
Check it out...
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Nice find.
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This could be a big break for sprint. Think about nationwide 4g coverage even in remote areas because of satellite technology.
It is good know that sprint is actually thinking about the future.
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I've heard of them before this, apparently they have a huge problem with the frequency they are using. Since it is so close to the frequency gps satellites use their test towers effectively jammed all gps within a few mile radius of them. Definitely not going to fly with gps being maintained by the military.
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Looks like fox picked up on this too; although it should say 4G is at least 1Gbs, not up to 1Gbs.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011...k-cause-dangerous-interference-gps-fcc-fears/
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Yes, they still got some work to do. But once its all figured out, it'd be nice to see them arm and arm with Sprint.
So I goto Louisiana Tech University in Ruston LA. I've had my epic since october but this past weekend my friend got an Evo Shift and started getting 4G and now I am too. Is there some secret rollout we know nothing about or am I just behind?
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Half way between lafayette and new orleans still no 4g
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Clear is adding towers to new areas either as test markets or to keep licenses as some have said. Look at clear's coverage maps, chances are most small towns around you have at least one clear tower. In Oklahoma 4g coverage began popping up at the beginning of the year.
What's pretty interesting is Billings, Montana has 4g coverage on clear's map while native sprint coverage of any kind can't be found for hundreds of miles (it's roaming 1x area on sprints map).
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4g in Ruston but not in Baton Rouge or New Orleans? Who do I send my strongly worded letter to?
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4g in Ruston but not in Baton Rouge or New Orleans? Who do I send my strongly worded letter to?
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There could be a tower in br and no just not east along 90 the 3g is weak here too
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4g in Ruston but not in Baton Rouge or New Orleans? Who do I send my strongly worded letter to?
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Look at clear.com coverage maps. 4g coverage in Lake Charles, Fort Polk, Lafayette, New Orleans, Slidell, Baton Rouge, Monroe, Ruston, Hammond, Shreveport and Baker. Of course they are single towers in most places.
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Half way between lafayette and new orleans still no 4g
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Just read this thread and quickly turned on my 4G radio... and denied. Le sigh. So still no 4G in Metairie/New Orleans metro area. Had my hopes up for a moment.
I still don't get how T-mobile and Verizon can have their LTE networks here and many other cities, but WiMax is just a myth in many major cities this far after initial roll out. If it wasn't for the cheaper plan rates, I probably would've jumped ship a while ago.
Clear's map isn't quite accurate either. I get no 4g signal whatsoever in New Orleans outside on the street within the coverage area.
Also: Clear, Houma? WTF?
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Clear's map isn't quite accurate either. I get no 4g signal whatsoever in New Orleans outside on the street within the coverage area.
Also: Clear, Houma? WTF?
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Nope not in houma morgan city either
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You have to be closer to the tower than the maps show. Our devices suck compared to the coverage the clear devices have.
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Nope not in houma morgan city either
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Clear.com would have be believe that Houma was built entirely out of 4G.
Bastards.
Maybe once this semester is over I'll go wander around New Orleans and try and map out the 4G areas.
I haven't tested in houma in forever it might be up that's where my sprint store is
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Check the Sensorly app. It has some of the 4g mapped out.
NICE!
Clear.com said that my area (Grand Junction, CO) had 4G, but I've never been able to connect. I did the 4G signal tweak, and now it works great! I figured it would be years before GJ got 4G considering we just got 3g a few years ago. This is a pleasant surprise!
There's an app on the market called got clear it uses ur location and tells u if u got 4g. Look it up its a great app
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What do the various developers and members of xda do for a living?
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I may be new here, but I love the community so far. I'm a copy editor for academic textbooks and workbook.
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I used to work for trugreen lawn care. Now I make apps and put them in the market. Currently looking for another full time job.
I'm in the Army.
Graphic Designer for a marketing company and manage the department that handles promo items for race tracks and motorcycle rallies nationwide.
It sounds glamorous but in this crappy low-income town, it barely pays the bills..
Retail security manager
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Cabinetmaker, Denver CO
We're comin from a pure power source.
Business Analyst/ User Acceptance Tester for the State of Ohio. I have worked here for over 10 years, no desire to go anywhere else. A very fun and challenging job.
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Cabinetmaker, Denver CO
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My Dad is a 30+ year Union Carpenter (Local 200) here in Columbus. He used to make custom cabinets, but any more they do a variety of work.
Coming in from all over the place. Personally, I'm from NYC.
Installer for a home security company in vegas
Lifeguard and swim teacher in Washington but going to school for a computer science degree
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I'm a machinist for the U.S. Dept of Defense. I machine all heavy artillery for the army. Every large cannon (howitzers and m1 Abrams) come out of our facility, along with smaller mortars.
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Tugboat captain here in Fl.
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I'm a machinist for the U.S. Dept of Defense. I machine all heavy artillery for the army. Every large cannon (howitzers and m1 Abrams) come out of our facility, along with smaller mortars.
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I'm on the m777, wootz.
I'm a design engineer for Garmin in Kansas City.
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I build large scale IBM and HP servers racks for GE P.E.T. scanners and Philips/Sirius medical. Arizona
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http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2211
It says LTE is still coming but the termination of the agreement with Lightsquared how will tis affect LTE? I just curious and figured i'd get better answers from a comunity full of smart people .
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It means LTE will not be in lightsquared's 1600mhz band, and instead will be in Sprint's 1900 and 800(former iden) bands which they would have been using anyway. So it means Sprint may be looking for additional spectrum to increase capacity down the line.
There was already a thread about this, must have died. Anyway their Lightsquared deal was to allow them faster deployment of LTE iirc. And also different spectrum.
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There was already a thread about this, must have died. Anyway their Lightsquad deal was to allow them faster deployment of LTE iirc. And also different spectrum.
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There were threads about the possibility
of this happening, it explained what it ment for sprint as A company and whether they would get lte or not but not what it ment for us, the lte users.
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It means LTE will not be in lightsquared's 1600mhz band, and instead will be in Sprint's 1900 and 800(former iden) bands which they would have been using anyway. So it means Sprint may be looking for additional spectrum to increase capacity down the line.
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Thanks.
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There was already a thread about this, must have died. Anyway their Lightsquared deal was to allow them faster deployment of LTE iirc. And also different spectrum.
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So there rollout is going to be slower now?
If so:
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So there rollout is going to be slower now?
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I think being a sprint customer, by now we all should be use to slow/partial roll outs of any kind that sprint has their hands on. But I highly doubt they would drop a contract or whatever without having some sort of plan. That would just be horrible business to kill something like that and just stand there and go "now what."
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So there rollout is going to be slower now?
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No. Lightsquared's LTE was to be an addition to Sprint's LTE; same with Clearwire's LTE.
Materially, however, we will have less 4G LTE coverage/spectrum due to the loss of this agreement, and Sprint lost a lucrative revenue source (billions of dollars).
sprint have lost one, but gained an new one.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Cric...Clearwire-in-providing-4G-LTE-service_id28049
sprint also say, if lightsquared's service gets ok'd one they are open to work with them
Looks like Orange County, CA and San Diego (all of it) in the second wave of LTE roll out...
http://s4gru.com/
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Looks like Orange County, CA and San Diego (all of it) in the second wave of LTE roll out...
http://s4gru.com/
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SAN ANTONIO is getting it first
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/
Lol that Baltimore deployment it looks like i'll be right OUTSIDE the LTE coverage area >_<
FML
Aah, I missed the L.A. in first tier. I will probably still wait until the May 22nd announcement of the S3 to see if these specs and design are real..
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...-photo-of-the-galaxy-s-iii-the-plot-thickens/
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Virgin Mobile has now rolled out a 4G phone. For us Epic 4G users running on Virgin Mobile, I was wondering if it was possible to call up Virgin, find a nice support technician, and squeeze some info out of them. Perhaps get them to add our mac addresses to the system and clear us for 4G use.
Since the price points aren't changing, I don't see what the problem would be. All they have to do is add our mac address to the system and we should be able to pick up the networks.
I'm not expert at this, and I may be missing something. However, that's what I at least think should fix the problem.
I may give this a spin sometime, just have to get an understanding technician.
What are your theories? Any ideas? Something you have been working on?
I doubt they use WiMax
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I doubt they use WiMax
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Boost does. It may be how Sprint is trying to make up for it's losses on Wimax since they switched to LTE.
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Is it LTE or Wimax?
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It's sprints Wimax... They invested too much in Wimax to just toss it out the window so they opened it up to us boost Virgin users to get some extra life out of it since sprint will be rolling out it's LTE soon.
And don't trust sprint or boost or Virgins site for Wimax coverage... They have switched on a bunch of Wimax towers that don't show up unless you look on clear.com
Like here in Lincoln Nebraska!
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Yes, they are using Wimax..
If you go to epic's virgin Mobile tut, Brooksysx talks about the whole she-bang in length, it's possible to use, but tedious to the average noob nonetheless.
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...and not they are getting the iPhone as well.