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Sprint and Dish to Trial LTE 4G Broadband to Homes

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Interesting.

KOL4420

Dec 17, 2013, 12:00 PM
I wonder how that will all work out and would this Dish equipment allow Sprints LTE network to provide speeds higher than the possible speeds on their towers 60Mbps?

anybody know?
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brad162

Dec 17, 2013, 1:51 PM
depends if it's LTE Advanced equipment or not, in lab testing the 2.5GHz has done up to gigabit speeds so in theory faster than 60Mbps could easily happen.

Although, for someone getting wireless broadband, the 60Mbps should be plenty compared to their other options where they'd need to go wireless.
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deval

Dec 17, 2013, 11:24 PM
Even 20mbps is a god-send for folks who live in areas which lack competition.

I would gladly take 20mbps wireless over 1.5mbps DSL.
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Jayshmay

Dec 18, 2013, 9:42 AM
Whenever I do a speedtest I am always excited to get 30-35mbps+but I do agree with you, 20 is plenty sufficient.
Also, the Dolphin browser get an update recently and webpages load much, much faster than before!
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CellStudent

Dec 18, 2013, 12:10 PM
KOL4420 said:
I wonder how that will all work out and would this Dish equipment allow Sprints LTE network to provide speeds higher than the possible speeds on their towers 60Mbps?

anybody know?


Essentially, adding a directional antenna at the home just extends the range at which existing speeds can be delivered.

For example, if an LTE tower is in a place where it can provide 50 Mbps to a user 1 mile away, 25 Mbps to a customer 2 miles away and 10 Mbps to a customer 3 miles away, then adding a fixed, directional antenna could give 2x or 3x the range for the same tower, at the same service quality.

For example, the 50Mbps speed would then be available up to 2.5 miles away, the 25 Mbps speeds up to 5...
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