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pkorx8
join:2003-06-19
San Francisco, CA

pkorx8

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Slightly off subject question:

Is Sprint going to use Clearwire's backhaul on the new LTE deployment?
I'm guessing that's going to be no.

I'm lucky to be in a Wimax area and its great when I'm stationary. But if Sprint's new LTE will be on riding on their 3G back-haul, it will not be good news.
kem09030
join:2004-11-29
Rushville, IL

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They are running fiber or using microwave for the backhaul. This has to be in place before LTE goes live. You can usually tell once the backhaul has been completed as 3G shoots up close to 2Mbps. If you are seeing less than that then the site isn't complete yet. I don't think the LTE equipment will work with the current backhaul they have in place.

When they start doing the upgrades coverage will suck until they are done. It seems that it pretty much goes to crap until they have a cluster completed.