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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| there already is a problem We are already running short on spectrum. Yes, LTE will help, but it is more reactive than proactive at this point, as a lot of urban networks are already over-saturated.
What we need is not more spectrum, but better management of the spectrum we have, with a huge re-alignment to give carriers a more even set of spectrum.
The other issue is that AT&T and Verizon need significantly more data revenue, as they are going to have to add many more urban sites to handle the capacity in the next few years, and that's going to cost big money, both in terms of capEX and opEX. | |
|  | |  PaladinSage of the light
join:2001-08-17
Chester, IL | Re: there already is a problem What are Verizon's LTE Advanced plans again? Yes, that's right, they haven't announced when they are going to deploy it. | |
| | |  trparkyApple... YUMPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-24
Cleveland, OH
kudos:1 | Re: there already is a problem Rumor has it that it will be sometime in 2013, probably late 2013. | |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | said by BiggA:We are already running short on spectrum. Yes, LTE will help, but it is more reactive than proactive at this point, as a lot of urban networks are already over-saturated.
Even if that is true the spectrum below 700 MHz is the worst spectrum (due to self-interference) for crowded urban areas but that is the the spectrum the CTIA, lobbyists, and many politicians are calling "beachfront". If there really is a spectrum problem then most of the new cellular spectrum should come from above 1 but under 2 GHz. | |
| | BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
·Comcast
| Re: there already is a problem You need building penetration.
Also, trparky, it depends on the area. AT&T in NYC is pretty bad. AT&T all over the Hartford-New Haven market is great. However, no one knows how Verizon's LTE will hold up when the next 10 or 20 or 50 million customers go on it. | |
| | | | | | | BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
·Comcast
| Re: there already is a problem Even with LTE-advanced, no one knows how the network will hold up. The data consumption just keeps going up and up and up... Probably better than EVDO, but still... even with LTE, all the carriers are going to have to add a ton of sites, as well as DAS systems, to keep up with capacity demand. | |
| | | | | | | | | | | BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH Reviews:
·Comcast
| Re: there already is a problem They are growing massively. The numbers don't lie. Unless growth is going to magically just stop tomorrow? I think a lot of the numbers actually underestimate it, as audio streaming is catching on among smartphone users, and that is an exponential jump above web, email, and pictures. | |
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