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legit question,

gfondeur

Apr 17, 2014, 4:29 PM
The 800mhz band from sprint it's not considered "low band"?

I ask because sprint it's been compare to t-mobile as a not "low band" holder carrier,
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ButtaKnife

Apr 17, 2014, 5:37 PM
It's a fair question, and I would argue that Sprint is still at a disadvantage due to the IBEZ limitations on the use of its spectrum. They're also the only carrier with SMR spectrum, whereas 600MHz spectrum will end up as a roaming option for likely several carriers, and the SMR spectrum Sprint has is very limited (something like 12MHz).
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amarryat

Apr 18, 2014, 8:27 AM
Maybe it's because it's such a small chunk that it doesn't really count. I don't think they can do much with it.
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gfondeur

Apr 18, 2014, 8:59 AM
Actually the 800mhz SMR spectrum it's nationwide and sprint own like 80% of it,
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amarryat

Apr 18, 2014, 9:00 AM
Right it's nationwide, but isn't it only 5MHz? I think they could to VoLTE and a tiny bit of data on that. Not blazing fast speeds for lots of people.
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