Verizon Not Interested in Clearwire Spectrum
anyone know
how this would benifit tmobile? what could they do with said spectrum, services wise and would the benifits outweight the cost?
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How cheap can they get the spectrum for vs what other spectrum is out there.
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Sprint and T-mobile have very, very little access to fiber-optic lines compared to AT&T and Verizon. That's why Clearwire uses microwave arrays to get their traffic from the cell site to the central hub (or "switch") which is directly connected to the internet via T-1, T-3, OCS or some other concoction.
T-mobile has to rent fiber-optic capacity from AT&T and Verizon's landline divisions to get their data from the cell site to their internet hubs. If Clearwire is selling off 3.5+ GHz bandwidth, T-mobile should be very, very interested since they would be able to deploy microwave backhaul (just like Clearwire) and stop renting capacity from their competitors!
On a more intriguing note, this is how you can identify which cell sites you'...
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T-mobile has to rent fiber-optic capacity from AT&T and Verizon's landline divisions to get their data from the cell site to their internet hubs. If Clearwire is selling off 3.5+ GHz bandwidth, T-mobile should be very, very interested since they would be able to deploy microwave backhaul (just like Clearwire) and stop renting capacity from their competitors!
On a more intriguing note, this is how you can identify which cell sites you'...
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Sprint has a considerable amount of fiber optic network, as they were at one point in the landline business, having originated with Pacific Rail and spinning off the copper line services to Embark and now Centurytel. In fact just 2 years ago one of their main arteries in California they they partially lease out to ATT was vandalized and neither carrier had service in southern cali for a couple days.
So Clearwire microwave backhaul = yes, since day one. Sprint - fiber optic backhaul and a very healthy (though with many unsatisfied businesses) T1 - 3 service = yes.
So Clearwire microwave backhaul = yes, since day one. Sprint - fiber optic backhaul and a very healthy (though with many unsatisfied businesses) T1 - 3 service = yes.
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