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| reply to hottboiinnc
Re: How does Sprint decide which market? If a market has traditionally been a Sprint Strength (or a competing carrier has a major weakness), I can see Sprint coming in with guns blazing; this is especially true if one of their partners (TWC or Comcast) is the dominant cable company in that same area.
The Washington, DC area is home to Uncle Sam (traditionally a Sprint Strength) and Comcast's Beltway Region, so why have both Sprint (and, more tellingly, Clear) lagged on deployment? VZW is also very strong here (arguably, this is the strongest market VZW has); further, there is a limit on tower height (or even building height) over and above restrictions around the region's three major and many general-aviation airports (specifically, the Height Act). Even so, Clear (though now available) drops to 3G outside the Capital Beltway by more than a mile (however, *inside* said Beltway, Clear is as powered up with 4G as it is anywhere else). If you're a Comcast (or even Sprint) customer already with a traditional (outside-in) commute (or a commute entirely within the Beltway's circumference), then Clear can make loads of sense; however, inverted (inside the Beltway to outside) or long commutes that start and finish outside the Beltway would rule Clear out. |
