Cellular South to Skip Verizon's LTE Licensing Deal
Verizon is a stack of scumbags.
First they convince the FCC to subsidize the expansion of the rural carriers being taking the stance of a "caring bigger carrier looking out for the little guys" and now they are trying to convince the rural carriers to use thier spectrum with the FCC's blessing.
This is crap.
This is crap.
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On the surface, Verizon's offer to let the smaller carriers use its spectrum almost seems generous... but don't forget, the Big Red only looks out for itself. The question becomes: What kind of non compete agreements will a smaller carrier have to sign with Verizon ? In MS, Cellular South's coverage rivals that of Verizon anyday... and best believe, it is Verizon that pays more of the roaming charges to Cell South, not vice versa, in Mississippi. Cell South recently bought an Alabama carrier and expanded its coverage and business... If they signed an agreement with Verizon to use Verizon's spectrum, would Verizon let them continue to expand their footprint and business into Verizon territories ? Furthermore, should X small carrier ever wan...
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Not anymore. Cell South pays Verizon mostly now. Most roaming Verizon has with Cell South now is in Southern MS which will soon go away with Verizon getting Centennial Wireless. North MS, Verizon has a much better network now because it is all 850MhZ cellular and they got Alltel and Unicel. They have big plans for southern MS as soon as they get Centennial merged in and everything.
Also, Cell South doesn't roam off Verizon in MS because they never had a roaming agreement with Alltel in the state.
Cell South has a LOT of data problems as it is with its EVDO network. My friends complain about data not working right all the time.
Also, Cell South doesn't roam off Verizon in MS because they never had a roaming agreement with Alltel in the state.
Cell South has a LOT of data problems as it is with its EVDO network. My friends complain about data not working right all the time.
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Oh, and the network they bought in AL here in Huntsville is Corr Wireless. It is a GSM network (not even EDGE unless you are inside Huntsville). Cell South is keeping Corr Wireless name and keeping GSM up and running in AL. Not many people use Corr as it is, but AT&T was using them as a "Partner Network" in North AL, but recently ended it last month I think.
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