Sprint Says Network Vision Is Basically Done
Sprint has the MOST SPECTRUM and let us down
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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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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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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