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T-Mobile Says It Will Start Using 600 MHz Spectrum This Year

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Penetration is the key!

bones boy

Apr 13, 2017, 10:32 PM
This low frequency will travel much further that the 2.4 Ghz and even the 800 Mhz. They shouldn't need as many antennas to cover similar areas as other carriers which means quicker deployments. At least I think I have that right. What an excellent move for T-Mobile. Plus look at all that lovely pimk in Alaska, where T-Mo has ZERO (native) coverage.
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dougm

Apr 14, 2017, 9:55 AM
Don't expect them to suddenly put up a bunch of cell sites just because they have a license there. It might be years until that happens.
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bones boy

Apr 14, 2017, 3:35 PM
Agreed. However TMO has a lovely LTE roaming agreement w/ a local carrier that makes the waiting less painful. It would just be nice to be able to activate a phone here, instead of having to travel down south to do so.

Additionally - VZW was able to get a network up/running in Alaska really quickly - they launched here in 2013! And remember, ~ 1/2 the year you can't do any installations of any sort because the ground is frozen.
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