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Sprint Says Network Vision Is Basically Done

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Sprint has the MOST SPECTRUM and let us down

Jonathanlc2005

Dec 4, 2014, 8:52 PM
Why would you announce your completion of network vision but will build more with more spectrum WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOST SPECTRUM. this makes no sense to me.


according to http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports /how-much-lte-spectrum-do-verizon-att-sprint- and-t-mobile-have-and-where

Sprint (NYSE: S) owns a vast amount of spectrum for LTE thanks to the 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings it acquired from Clearwire. Sprint controls around 120 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in 90 percent of the top 100 U.S. markets, and plans to deploy two-carrier 2.5 GHz spectrum, or 40 MHz in the band, by year-end. However, the 2.5 GHz spectrum has weaker propagation characteristics than low-band spectrum, requiring more towers for Sprint to build it out. The spect...
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rwalford79

Dec 4, 2014, 11:36 PM
They have the most spectrum of all carriers in 2.5Ghz, in fact, they own almost 100% of it, however that spectrum is extremely inferior to coverage, both in distance, and penetration indoors. It is hard to build out as the distance required between towers is greatly diminished and requires roughly 2-3x more towers to be placed to achieve the same level of basic coverage as a PCS 1900 network.

So having the most of an inferior spectrum band, doesnt a great network make, but makes a fast network, outdoors, every other block in a major urban area, and a crap network in between those areas and in rural areas where the cost of building is prohibitive to the ratio of subscribers using the any technological Sprint network in those areas. Verizo...
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cellphonesaretools

Dec 6, 2014, 10:05 AM
I'm no fan of Sprint, and my experience in southern CA is that Network Vision is a flop, but doesn't that 2.5 GHz spectrum have a lot of value in terms of bandwidth? After all, it is focused microwave links/relays that can transmit massive amounts of data over very long distances, that's how radio, television, telephone have been delivered to rural areas across the US for decades.

As you point out, 2.5 GHz becomes tricky relative to wide-area distribution, due to its "line of sight" characteristics, but that doesn't mean it is worthless. It takes a different model for the "last mile distribution" than current lower-frequency wireless technology, but it is doable. Again, that's exactly how rural telephone & TV have done for decades, althou...
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gloopey1

Dec 7, 2014, 9:02 AM
...a decent voice network beyond large metropolitan cities. Cellular CDMA is wonderful if your relatives all have the last name "Vader." Maybe VOLTE will be better.
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