jchambers28
join:2007-05-12
Alma, AR | I wonder
I wonder if they will become a national company offering service nation wide. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | They don't own enough spectrum in enough markets yet to rollout fully national. They might be able to hit 200m population but they'll likely have to acquire spectrum in other markets to go beyond that. It would probably take 4-5 years just to hit 200m. In comparison, Sprint's voice network hits about 260m pops.
I think Sprint once said they own WiMAX spectrum in 80 of the 100 largest markets. Not sure what Clearwire has but methinks it's a few major markets and several small ones. |
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wildcat man
join:2007-11-03
Kansas City, MO
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Good question. Because of the deployment of Q-Chat, the PTT service over CDMA, Sprint has had to deploy their faster network standard (EVDO - Rev A) across a far larger footprint than most realize - their coverage maps show it. For those of us who have used Sprint (and I had a pre-EVDO aircard), the aircard coverage is a lot better at these faster speeds. In fact www.thestreet.com has an article on Sprint aircards vs. VZ recently and shows Sprint to be the better match. Long story short, while stepping down speeds, the overall experience of 4G to 3G and vv should be seamless and nationwide (I hope). Whether the 3G/4G service costs $60 might be another matter... |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| Sprint has more towers because of 1900 vs 800 range, more towers mean more potential bandwidth, which means faster EVDO speeds. I still dont understand why on earth EVDO Rev 0 ever came out if it was going to be killed in 2 years! How many wasted base station transmitter card that now become toxic E-Waste. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17 | EVDO will be around for a long time. WiMAX won't have equivalent coverage for probably 5+ years. |
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