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jay_rm

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reply to hottboiinnc
Re: Who benefits if this plan moves forward ?

said by hottboiinnc See Profile :

But to make the network possible as Sprint slowly gives up the iDEN network they should take that frequency and turn it into a public safety network of some type. Either using the iDEN system or deploying something new that works a helleva lot better and with a larger coverage option.
Since the Nextel iDEN network is just a glorified digital trunked system with a (almost) nationwide footprint, it could certainly be easily utilized as a public safety system. Even the issue of interoperability can be addressed by proper use of "talk groups".

Sprint is going to abandon the system eventually anyway - I'm sure some "arrangement" could be made to turn it over to a federal contractor at a price considerably cheaper then building another system with the same coverage.

Of course, if that happened, some fat service provider won't be able to reap huge profits off the spectrum.
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 Sprint is slowly leaving iDEN now. The only thing they really have on it is walkie talkie which i'm sure will be changing once they update that with Q chat or what ever they call it is fully in place. But iDEN coverage is spotty; more towers and equipment would have to be put up just to get a nationwide footprint that is really usable for public safety.

Wasn't it part of the Sprint-Nextel merger that Sprint turn the spectrum over to the US DOD or some other US agency?
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