wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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| Sprint wont be using LTE...
I have been reading about this on the web, and its pretty much confirmed Cox will partner with Sprint to allow for roaming. However, USA Today mentions LTE as the technology that will be utilized which doesnt make any sense. Assuming Cox is indeed partnering with Sprint, the devices will need to be some sort of CDMA/Wimax combo as thats all Sprint can/will support.
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EPS
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| Yes, I thought that was interesting as well.
But if they're planning on using LTE on the 700MHz spectrum, the obvious partners are at&t and Verizon, who may not be interested for certain reasons.
Companies will definitely be making CDMA/LTE dual-mode devices, though, so it's possible that Cox could just be interested in using Sprint's CDMA PCS network as a backup and not the Xohm/Clearwire WiMax network. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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| said by EPS  :Yes, I thought that was interesting as well. But if they're planning on using LTE on the 700MHz spectrum, the obvious partners are at&t and Verizon, who may not be interested for certain reasons. Companies will definitely be making CDMA/LTE dual-mode devices, though, so it's possible that Cox could just be interested in using Sprint's CDMA PCS network as a backup and not the Xohm/Clearwire WiMax network. Possibly, but that seems like a waste of time/money/resources. Why wouldnt they simply partner with Verizon/ATT from the start if they will need to ultimately roam on their network?
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hottboiinnc
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wifi4milez
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| said by hottboiinnc :Maybe AT$T and Verizon do not want to work out a partnership agreement for roaming or they want too much $$$$ from Cox. Maybe, but to integrate the billing systems of two massive companies is nothing to sneeze at. Especially when you consider they would need to rip all those systems out and start all over again once they moved away from Sprint to use the LTE network. I cant imagine the opportunity costs of integrating two diverse networks within a few years outweighs the additional money ATT/Verizon could be charging them.
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hottboiinnc
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| why would you need so many billing systems? Cox can have a combo card created for their use. And I wouldn't doubt that's their goal. The only thing they seem to be getting from Sprint is roaming outside of the Cox network. The only thing they'd really need to do is make sure their network worked easily with Sprint in each way such as billing, and roaming and thats it. The companies are dot doing anything else but roaming. |
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