Sprint May Scoop Up Half of RadioShack's Stores
Not smart
Then killed the roaming agreements of CDMA with Verizon and kindled them with GSM/HSPA through T-Mo and AT&T.
Not only would they have a more robust network for speed, but a major capacity increase as HSPA is more spectrum efficient than EVDO (even if it is larger Mhz blocks used, it holds more customers, at higher speeds, with less per Mhz used per customer). And it is an easier transition from HSPA to LTE than CDMA-eHRPD-LTE.
Sprint tried to merge the two, unsuccessfully multiple times. They should have just killed off Nextel and converted it over to Sprint immediately, recycled the spectrum right away, and gone from there.
Sprint moving on WiMAX seemed a good idea, the technology was there, but Sprint screwed up by not using Mobile WiMAX and using fixed WiMAX for mobiles instead. That killed it, the spectrum was too ...
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They planned to buy T-Mobile which runs HSPA and LTE, and by T-Mobile being a bigger native network than Sprint, faster, and more capacity built in per Mhz over Sprint (excluding their barely deployed 2.5Mhz non-voice compatible LTE network), they were going to have to convert anyway. It makes no sense to keep CDMA running against HSPA.
Now, Telus and Bell in Canada moved from CDMA to HSPA, and did it quickly. It resolved a few issues. CDMA equipment is higher priced, licensed directly to Qualcomm, has slower data, less capacity overall in EVDO Rev A over HSPA, the equipment is harder to come by as more networks move to HSPA anyway (thus a higher price as mentioned, but also less repairable parts laying around). The other...
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I would welcome at least another option rather than counting on third party or privately owned hubs for answers. Many times, the info from these outlets can be incorrect.
One thing many of my friends like about the big two carriers, is the convenience of localized stores.
John B.
In the meantime, T-Mobile has not closed nor opened locations in SF, and stuck to the more high traffic areas, and put themselves within 1-2 blocks of an AT&T or Verizon or both stores. In one instance, T-Mobile is directly across the street from an AT&T store. Conveniently located in malls, cable car tourist areas, and in the minority areas like Mission, where they have a large location that mostly caters to Spanish speakers, and a smaller location, within a block of Cricket Wireless that caters to English speakers.
But I will say that Sprint at one point seemed to be the most conv...
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