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What locations?

cellgeek82

Feb 4, 2009, 9:31 AM
Anybody with connections know where exactly this will happen? I have family in Virginia that have Verizon, and I have both AT&T and Verizon (still deciding which is better). I do know that the area they live will be affected by the merger. Verizon has footprint there as well as the late Alltel. If AT&T buys the towers there both services would work. I just wanna know if this will be all divested towers or just certain areas.
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rossi27530

Feb 4, 2009, 9:55 AM
The DOJ will probably only allow AT&T to acquire spectrum in markets that Verizion and Alltel existed but that AT&T did not yet have a presence.

-Justin
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haley72

Feb 4, 2009, 11:34 AM
I know here in the south west (AZ, NM, CO ect...) Verizon now owns both sides of the 850mghz band. I believe ( and please correct me if Im wrong), the FCC wont allow you to own both sides of a block of spectrum. So, I think Att will go after which ever side Verizon sells off, which will give Att better penitration into buildings and increase coverage over all, as Att will get all of the towers too. I think, let me know if you guys heard something different.
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dave73

Feb 4, 2009, 12:24 PM
haley72 said:
I know here in the south west (AZ, NM, CO ect...) Verizon now owns both sides of the 850mghz band. I believe ( and please correct me if Im wrong), the FCC wont allow you to own both sides of a block of spectrum. So, I think Att will go after which ever side Verizon sells off, which will give Att better penitration into buildings and increase coverage over all, as Att will get all of the towers too. I think, let me know if you guys heard something different.


AT&T owns both cellular licenses in parts of Texas & Eastern Florida from the AT&T Wireless buyout, when they were Cingular. Alltel owns both cellular licenses in some areas too, and Verizon was allowed to keep those in the Alltel buyout....
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haley72

Feb 4, 2009, 1:28 PM
So its OK to own both sides as long as you dont own both sides in every market? It sounds like the FCC is allowing Att to monopolize the east coast markets while letting Verizon take over the west. So where does that leave TMO
& Srint? Do they get anything or can they even afford to buy any of this spectrum?
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Azeron

Feb 4, 2009, 8:53 PM
T-Mobile prefers the PCS band (1900) as does Sprint. So it leaves them right where they want to be. Cellular is 850 and I don't think T-Mobile would own any 850 were it not for their acquisition of SunCom. So, when two of the four largest carriers prefer NOT to own cellular (850) licenses...of course the other two will own the lion's share of them.
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dave73

Feb 5, 2009, 3:06 AM
haley72 said:
So its OK to own both sides as long as you dont own both sides in every market? It sounds like the FCC is allowing Att to monopolize the east coast markets while letting Verizon take over the west. So where does that leave TMO
& Srint? Do they get anything or can they even afford to buy any of this spectrum?


According to the FCC, it's ok to hold both 850 band licenses, as long as there are enough carriers to keep some competition. That however is still wrong, due to 850 having an advantage of covering more area, and has better signal penetration in most buildings. AT&T just holds both licenses in Texas around Dallas & eastern Florida. Prior to VZW buying out Alltel, they only held both l...
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jskrenes

Feb 4, 2009, 3:34 PM
North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of MN and NE in the midwest/plains region are areas that must be divested.
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