mist668 join:2011-02-15 Middleburg, PA |
UhmmGranted reading this story and following along, how the hell is dish supposed to solve att's problems? |
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jp16 join:2010-05-04 united state |
jp16
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2012-Jan-18 7:23 pm
Maybe Dish owns some spectrum that At&t could use. I duna... |
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Buy Verizon and rename it to AT&TDone.
That move will create jobs plus improve the economy.
Also AT&T is paying the media again for positive press. |
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Other Bloomberg story: AT&T Raises Prices, Caps on Wireless» www.bloomberg.com/news/2 ··· ans.htmlYay investors rejoice! AT&T will have new record-high quarter earnings! MILK THOSE EVIL CUSTOMERS THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG |
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David Premium Member join:2002-05-30 Granite City, IL |
David
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2012-Jan-18 10:51 pm
well...they bought me for another year of service does that count? but only just one year!! |
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PaladinSage of the light join:2001-08-17 Chester, IL |
Paladin
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2012-Jan-19 10:45 am
Key problem is spectrumAT&T only has greenfield spectrum for 80% of the country. With agressive deployment plans in 2012 they'll either be using most of their "underutilitzed" spectrum or Verizon and Sprint will eat their lunch. That still doesn't help the ares where no greenfield exists. These areas will require spectrum refarms that require different handsets than the rest of the country. How is that an ideal technical solution for AT&T? There's a reason why the engineers rejected the marketing people's solution... they did not have the spectrum. Ulitmately what leaked to the FCC was inaccurate. AT&T cannot complete their network to more than 80% of their footprint without either more greenfield spectrum. Period.
Dish spectrum would pair with Qualcomm spectrum and go a long way to solve AT&T's problem. That's why this talk is happening in the first place. It would actually be less painful than the T-Mobile deal was, AT&T might luck into doing the right thing here. |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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BiggA
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2012-Jan-19 3:36 pm
Correct, without the Qualcomm spectrum. I don't think that spectrum re-farming is coming in the foreseeable future, because they need that spectrum for HSPA+, so they will have to rely on that "4G" in those areas that don't have greenfield.
The Qualcomm spectrum will eventually provide greenfield in LTE, but it's not very much (Verizon's C Block is 22mhz alone), and it requires TD-LTE to work in the first place, which, AFAIK, doesn't exist as of now...
DISH, however, would make sense for AT&T, as DISH isn't going to be able to use or build-out anything meaningful. If they bought the DISH spectrum in exchange for an agreement to resell to rural areas through DISH, and some rural build-out requirements from DISH, it would hugely benefit both parties. It also wouldn't raise any more regulatory red flags than the Spectrumco purchase by Verizon, as DISH similarly doesn't actually own a terrestrial wireless network, unlike T-Mobile. |
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tshirt Premium Member join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA |
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Re: Uhmm I'm sure Lightsquared would like someone to buy their tainted spectrum, even at a discount. |
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macher to Paladin
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2012-Jan-19 5:19 pm
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Re: Key problem is spectrumOk AT&T needs more greenfield spectrum which is a fact. How much will buying Dish move them from 80% of the country? |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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BiggA
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2012-Jan-20 12:10 am
Well, the Qualcomm already covers the whole country, but it's only 6mhz, the DISH spectrum would give them 12mhz nationwide, all unpaired, but that's at least a start, especially considering they already have paired SMH or AWS in all the major markets, so it would largely be filling in coverage, not capacity. It would also be a much better use of the spectrum than DISH owning it, as they're not going to do anything with it. |
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2012-Jan-21 6:42 am
I'm in the situation where if I wanted to I could switch from AT&T to VZW. Will AT&T be able to catch up to VZW in quality of LTE and coverage? |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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BiggA
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2012-Jan-21 8:41 pm
Not directly. But the combination of LTE and HSPA+ may be VERY compelling. Remember, in more rural/exurban areas, AT&T's HSPA+ is insanely awesome, and in the urban areas, they do, by and large, have the spectrum to deploy LTE. However, for straight up LTE, Verizon is going to DOMINATE. |
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