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One would think Verizon had enough spectrum already. Sprint, sure, but Verizon?
by happycube 11y ago
One would think Verizon had enough spectrum already. Sprint, sure, but Verizon?
- at-fates-hands 11y agoThis was my thought as well. One of the big things all the carriers promote is the speeds of their networks which is directly related to spectrum licenses which is directly related to the amount of capacity these networks have. Verizon has huge chucks of spectrum licenses already to work with: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless#Radio_frequency_summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless#Radio_frequen...)
- tshtf 11y agoAre you aware that Sprint has 40 MHz of spectrum in 90 of the top 100 markets? That's far more than any other provider. It's entirely Sprint's fault for not building up a reliable network (of course it's in the 2.5 GHz band) on what the FCC has given them. Edit: Maps of the relative amount of spectrum for U.S. LTE providers is here (Sprint leads the way): http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/2015-how-much-lte-spectrum-do-verizon-att-t-mobile-and-sprint-have-and-wher http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/2015-how-much-...