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Why should we get a sprint lte phone (next cycle) , when they are two years out from being turned on. Yes I know they are testing in some town with 10 residents (which none of them are probably sprint customers). I'm still waiting for 4G.
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babyschmoof said:
Why should we get a sprint lte phone (next cycle) , when they are two years out from being turned on. Yes I know they are testing in some town with 10 residents (which none of them are probably sprint customers). I'm still waiting for 4G.
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Maybe a better question...how about u just don't get it until u get 4G?
Sorry...don't wanna sound like a sh*ta** but yea...lol
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Better hardware overall and all phones offerings are going to be 4G. So... Upgrade your phone or don't.
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Personally I'm just buying a phone because I like it. I've had both evo 4g EVO 3d and both epics and am.still without 4g. I have got this far without its just a bonus to me if I ever do recieve lte. It's still the same price and my WiFi at home is better than 4g anyway. If you have stuck around this long no reason to jump ship now your halfway through the changeover
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i work from home and am on wifi like 95% of my time, i do go to wimax areas every once in a while but but i can live without that. im buying it because 4.3" is too small for me lol
I don't use 4G as it is now so I could care less
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It's hardware is far superior to any phone that is out or will be out for a while.
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It's hardware is far superior to any phone that is out or will be out for a while.
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Agreed and one of the reasons I got it. Would just like to be on the upside of phone tech for once. Never thought I would be jealous of AT & T.
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babyschmoof said:
Agreed and one of the reasons I got it. Would just like to be on the upside of phone tech for once. Never thought I would be jealous of AT & T.
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Lol I may end up getting it when I am outta contract. Kinda wanna see what people think of it.. I don't care for the LTE or 4G just the specs are pretty nice no 3D which makes me happy just want my 8MP back so I can play with CM and other sense less builds.
The only reason I will eventually move to LTE (I'm already currently in a WiMAX area) is for the improved speeds and the lower frequencies. Lower frequency radio waves will better penetrate thick walls (like concrete) and will reduce how much battery it uses. Therefore, LTE is overall more stable than WiMAX technology.
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Nobody is forcing you to stay with Sprint. If you want 4g LTE now, switch to Verizon.
sitlet said:
Nobody is forcing you to stay with Sprint. If you want 4g LTE now, switch to Verizon.
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Lol he already bought one Anyway's think he is just asking a general question about what people think about it...
Verizon plans and phones are over priced Good service and everything else..
decayer177 said:
The only reason I will eventually move to LTE (I'm already currently in a WiMAX area) is for the improved speeds and the lower frequencies. Lower frequency radio waves will better penetrate thick walls (like concrete) and will reduce how much battery it uses. Therefore, LTE is overall more stable than WiMAX technology.
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The big issue I see is a big price jump once lte is turned on. There is some serious traffic control that lte has that wimax doesn't. When they can truly see what being used and the rate of consumption, bye bye unlimited.
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babyschmoof said:
The big issue I see is a big price jump once lte is turned on. There is some serious traffic control that lte has that wimax doesn't. When they can truly see what being used and the rate of consumption, bye bye unlimited.
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though I do think there will be a day when unlimited will be no more, i don't think it will be anytime soon, for 2 reason, 1 the premium data fee ($10) we all pay according to dan hasse is the reason we don't have tier data plans already, so if they switched they can't charge that anymore and 2 sprint uses it too much to advertise with, and is a reason so many of the customers are staying... if they lose that they will lose A LOT of customers...
i never use 4g and i can get it almost all most all the time.. i use 3g cause its fast enough for me.. when i have used 4g in the past it just drains my battery to quick.. its crazy cause some people would love to get 4g and i have it and could care less.. lol i wish i could give it away!!!! to someone that would use it.. u kno..
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i never use 4g and i can get it almost all most all the time.. i use 3g cause its fast enough for me.. when i have used 4g in the past it just drains my battery to quick.. its crazy cause some people would love to get 4g and i have it and could care less.. lol i wish i could give it away!!!! to someone that would use it.. u kno..
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My town doesnt have any 4g towers. What kind off BS is that? Hah
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My town doesnt have any 4g towers. What kind off BS is that? Hah
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I only get to use it if I go to Atlanta or I go up north to Michigan
I am in no hurry to upgrade. I live in a small city about an hour north of Atlanta. My little city of 30k has WiMax and is set to get LTE the first round, but I get 4G inside my apartment and downtown. While I don't get LTE speeds, I do get around 7-8mb. And I'm okay with that till the next round of LTE phones come out. WiMax isn't going anywhere anytime soon for those of us that have it.
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point is there will always be a better fone :-/
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I only get to use it if I go to Atlanta or I go up north to Michigan
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I'm sorry that's the case. As a frequent traveler I am in almost always in Wimax coverage and have been very satisfied for the most part. However, thinking I'm hot s*?t pulling down 10mgbs on my couch always gets me into trouble as my buddy ( who is smartphone illiterate) pulls down 30 on his razr max. Yea at those speeds its basically just a pi$$ingcontest, but with almost 24 months on the competition you have to feel dissapointed in the way Wimax was.handled.
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Is there anyone who lives in upstate NY that can share how there data speeds are? I bought a One X on AT&T and am seriously thinking of switching to Sprint. We can't even root our phones let alone unlock the bootloader. I'm just worried about Sprint's data speeds. All the tech sites trash it. Thanks.
Depends where you live. Were I live Sprint is the fastest of the big carrier's. I average 2.2mbps. Att here is just awful with limited signal.
Also isn't ny on the first round of updates so that would mean they should have good speends by the end of the year.
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Yep first round.
http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-Network-Vision/LTE-Deployment-Running-List#entry1766
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ckoadiyn said:
Also isn't ny on the first round of updates so that would mean they should have good speends by the end of the year.
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Up State NY isn't New York
shook187 said:
Up State NY isn't New York
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Idk the rounds are markets the way they are doing it are large sure ur not included?
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I'm about 300 miles northwest of the city.
Just to be clear. The first rounds are for New York "CITY" and not New York state AKA up state New York.
It's been a while since I've lived in upstate new york. Why not go to one of the sprint stores or best buys and ask to run speedtest on their phones.
I could see them using airaves in the stores. I have no idea if they do or not but i wouldn't be surprised.
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I could see them using airaves in the stores. I have no idea if they do or not but i wouldn't be surprised.
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This! They do! Sprint is slow, very very slow. Here in Colorado it is abysmal.
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Pretty hit or miss, it can be pretty decent or downright horrible. At work I get around 1.3mbps or near 2, but at home and a lot of other places it's painfully slow. I just ran the speedtest app and I averaged ~120kbps down, 200kbps up and 250 ping...
I think it's safe to say that you will get MUCH worse data speeds than what you're currently getting. Your signal strength should be on par though, and you won't have as many drop calls.
Besides what the fanboys here tell you, it's pretty generally accepted that sprint's data speeds are absolutely horrendous. I've never been to NY so I can't say this with 100% accuracy but it is a pretty darn safe assumption.
I'm in Houston which is one of sprints biggest markets and even here just about everywhere I go the speeds are terrible. Not as bad as some people who get like .1kbs and .2 but they are still waaay below 1mps.
There have been small pockets where I get 1-2mbps but those are soo inconsistent that it's not even practical
SkizzMcNizz said:
Is there anyone who lives in upstate NY that can share how there data speeds are? I bought a One X on AT&T and am seriously thinking of switching to Sprint. We can't even root our phones let alone unlock the bootloader. I'm just worried about Sprint's data speeds. All the tech sites trash it. Thanks.
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I'm about 300 miles northwest of the city.
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Where do you live, Rochester? Speeds in Buffalo vary, that's the best I can tell you. My EVO 3D got significantly better speeds than my EVO LTE does. I'm just hoping that will change after an update or two. Rochester and Syracuse got WiMax pretty quickly though so I would imagine LTE isn't too far away.
Here's a link to a post I made a couple weeks ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26572858&postcount=47
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Idk the rounds are markets the way they are doing it are large sure ur not included?
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No, he's not included. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and NYC are the major markets in NY.
On a side note, I always found it funny how when I say I'm from NY people always assume I live in or near NYC. That's like saying everyone in Texas lives in or around Dallas.
ckoadiyn said:
Yep first round.
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Thanks for posting this, now I am sooo glad that I live in Atlanta!
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Thanks for posting this, now I am sooo glad that I live in Atlanta!
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No problem
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No updates on Dallas yet?
New network enhancement SITE (at least new to me) was launched. I thought it was neat so figured I'd share
Check out this website as well.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/forum/9...ment/page__sort_key__start_date__sort_by__Z-A
This was posted on the EVO 3d forums. I didn't see it here.
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Check out this website as well.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/forum/9...ment/page__sort_key__start_date__sort_by__Z-A
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I'm familiar with S4G, thanks. Robert posts quality stuff. As well as our mole over at ISN. Just nice to see Sprint actually communicating.
This side been up for a while and it doesn't changed much where I am I wish I could get lte by years end otherwise moving to Tmobile for all my lines since the contract will be up by then
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Just 2 voice upgrades for my town in the next 6 months. The two adjacent cities get speed upgrades though.
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Just 2 voice upgrades for my town in the next 6 months. The two adjacent cities get speed upgrades though.
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Mine says like 6 which I can care less since I barely talk on the phone I used data a lot and it says like 20 of those will see if is truth
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I wonder if that means my little craphole town won't get LTE. Was looking forward to it since I'm 2 miles from the tower.
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I wonder if that means my little craphole town won't get LTE. Was looking forward to it since I'm 2 miles from the tower.
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You probably will but most likely next year just like las Vegas (which they have CES here so they should have it running by new years _ so I hope)
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I wonder if that means my little craphole town won't get LTE. Was looking forward to it since I'm 2 miles from the tower.
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This site has zero to do with showing when LTE/NetworkVision is coming btw....this site shows when they are planned to come by to add an additional bundled T1 line to the site for whatever capacity issues need it the most voice or data....
Really wpuldnt pay attention to this much at all to be honest...
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sgt. slaughter said:
This site has zero to do with showing when LTE/NetworkVision is coming btw....this site shows when they are planned to come by to add an additional bundled T1 line to the site for whatever capacity issues need it the most voice or data....
Really wpuldnt pay attention to this much at all to be honest...
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Wouldn't it at least give you a time frame of when the 3g network should be better?
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Wouldn't it at least give you a time frame of when the 3g network should be better?
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I mean you might see some improvement from those little upgrades but it will be nothing like what NetworkVision upgrades are bringing...B/c they have so many of the sites labeled for the bundled upgrade before NV its tough to distinguish the two....and thats IF they started listing some of the things involved with NV on that site...which has not been the case thus far at all...
I've been checking this site since I got my Photon back in October, it's said I have had speed updates at the towers in my city in the coming 6 months, for the past 9 months.
Only thing it says that has occured was a voice capacity upgrade on a tower that I would guess is rarely even used, it's down a pretty rural stretch of road and there are other closer towers to the more populated areas, unless it was just unusable, not sure why they even bothered with that one.
Id be willing to let Sprint install a Tower at my house, if it meant I would get LTE before 20never lol. I hate Verizon but atleast they have LTE here
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Id be willing to let Sprint install a Tower at my house, if it meant I would get LTE before 20never lol. I hate Verizon but atleast they have LTE here
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You and me both.
So a friend of mine says that when he looked at my lte tables via the ## menu they are old....and I need to reactivate my phone in order for them to work. I don't have lte in Dallas and it's lame. Or help.me get it. I have done prl updates...profile updates...IM on cdma/lte..rebooted.....done the recent firmware update. Damn it
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So a friend of mine says that when he looked at my lte tables via the ## menu they are old....and I need to reactivate my phone in order for them to work. I don't have lte in Dallas and it's lame. Or help.me get it. I have done prl updates...profile updates...IM on cdma/lte..rebooted.....done the recent firmware update. Damn it
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Ever think your just in a lte dead zone? Most of the active lte networks still aint fully functioning yet man so my advice is calm down relax and drink a beer and connect to some wifi if you need a speed fix that bad lol...im just playin man but honestly the active lte spots are not fully functioning as of late so dont fret youll have it soon enough
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Soon enough sucks. It was advertised to be working on the fifteenth...and nothing. Hope they come through.
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pushofthetides said:
Soon enough sucks. It was advertised to be working on the fifteenth...and nothing. Hope they come through.
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Im in el paso right now (stationed here thank you uncle sam, this place is horrible lol) and they aint do to get it for like a year **** we just barely got wimax and when i move back hoke to pa my are aint do to get till late 2013 at least parts of your area most likely have it lol
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Im in Dallas as well and have only connected to 4G once or twice. Even then it was low signal and didnt last long.
Yes 4G LTE is on. The problem is the coverage is spotty at best. Sprint decided to launch the market with less then half the towers in our area upgraded.
Check this out.. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/
I'm in KC and its the same story here.
Their coverage maps shows the whole city blanketed in coverage. But that's more like a completed picture.
They should just stop giving out dates if they aren't going to at least somewhat live up to it. The few times I picked up 4g, was only outside and my speeds never exceeded 1.5m.
By going "live" on the 15th, just meant they wouldnt be blocking your connection anymore. Its still a good luck finding it situation though.
I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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>I called Sprint
They probably lied to you.
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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He was talking about nyc .
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They've had network issues for 6+ years.. I wouldn't take this as a confirmation in any way shape or form. Good luck though, hope they come through for you.
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flex360 said:
I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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flex360 said:
if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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They also said progress was beginning to be held up and delayed as the roll out continues. I hope to God they stay on schedule so I can dump this Verizon 4G jet pack.
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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You sound familiar -_-
Other sites report Novemberish launch in NYC
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I live in Long Island and I've been having bad reception at home since I bought this phone in early July
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He was talking about nyc .
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
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Yup. Though with the WIMAX rollout certain sections of Jersey got it first. Go figure. To the gentleman from Boston. This is a NYC thread we really don't care about Boston (unless the Red Sox lose a game).
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DFW
With the launch of LTE, DFW was on the list of having LTE. Phone never connected to LTE. After serveral phone calls, I was told the same thing, that the networks where being upgraded and scheduled to be completed in December. I see LTE every now and then now, but not long enough to get any use out of it. Speed Test showed it to be slower than 3G when I was able to connect. I got credit for 4 months (AUG -NOV) until LTE is fully up and running.
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We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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how do you know that it will be live in 2 weeks?
If Sprint gave you an exact date, and especially from a representative over the phone, they're definitely lying to you.
While I seriously doubt that's the date, I sure hope it is. I am sick of slower than dialup speeds on 3G and constant weak signal.
NYC and several other major cities have been announced to go live within the next several months, which means NYC can get it earlier than scheduled.....Finally able to use phone to the fullest
Has anyone in the NYC area gotten LTE signals yet? Wonder if they will test it before going live.
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