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MetroPCS Mulling All Options to Increase Capacity

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Types of LTE networks?

GettingSleepy

Mar 3, 2011, 8:54 PM
So Metro's LTE network is a different type from Verizon's?
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Arjuun

Mar 4, 2011, 8:18 AM
well they are cdma so yes in the sense, but they they are using the same basics of tech for there network
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mangobeach

Mar 4, 2011, 9:46 AM
I thought they were usings Verizon's network. Or is it the Same Network Sprint uses? ๐Ÿ™„
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acdc1a

Mar 4, 2011, 10:22 AM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! METRO HAS THEIR OWN NATIVE COVERAGE FOR THE LAST TIME!
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flip mode

Mar 4, 2011, 11:44 AM
acdc1a said:
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! METRO HAS THEIR OWN NATIVE COVERAGE FOR THE LAST TIME!




THANK YOU...SAY IT AGAIN FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T HEAR YOU RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! METRO IS BIG HERE IN DETROIT...IF SOME PEOPLE DID A WEE BIT OF RESEARCH THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REGIONAL CARRIER AND AN MVNO ๐Ÿคจ
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acdc1a

Mar 4, 2011, 2:08 PM
Why would an MVNO be in need of a $1.5 billion loan to increase capacity? I love Metro by the way. They're by far the best wireless company I've done business with (and I've done business with them all).
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mangobeach

Mar 4, 2011, 2:24 PM
I was asking,because I didnt know for sure. I do know that they are useing other carriers networks on the West Coast. You dont need to be an @$$!
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acdc1a

Mar 4, 2011, 2:49 PM
They are NOT using other carriers networks on the West Coast. They do have roaming agreements just as Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T do.
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colione112

Mar 4, 2011, 11:04 PM
Roaming agreements would mean they're using other companies towers in various areas. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

Every company out there roams on another company at some point. MetroPCS and Cricket routinely share networks in many areas since they rarely overlap.
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acdc1a

Mar 7, 2011, 10:34 AM
Stating that they "use other companies towers" implies that they have no native coverage.
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mangobeach

Mar 7, 2011, 3:34 PM
Thank you!!!!!
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colione112

Mar 7, 2011, 9:25 PM
I see your point.
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mangobeach

Mar 7, 2011, 3:33 PM
Yes they Do! I worked on the cell sites that metro uses,That does belong to another carrier. (That was 2 years ago,& I am not sure if that is still the case.)

Please read your statement and think about what you said.

P.S. Roaming means using another carriers network.
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WiWavelength

Mar 6, 2011, 11:43 PM
GettingSleepy said:
So Metro's LTE network is a different type from Verizon's?


MetroPCS is deploying LTE in its current PCS 1900 MHz and/or AWS 2100+1700 MHz licensed spectrum. This is different from VZW, which is deploying LTE in new Upper/Lower 700 MHz spectrum. Additionally, as MetroPCS has to share this spectrum w/ its CDMA1x & EV-DO deployments, MetroPCS is using small bandwidth LTE channels, probably 1.4 MHz, the smallest standardized bandwidth. Conversely, VZW is most likely using 3, 5, or 10 MHz bandwidth LTE channels.

AJ
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