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There is, however, a world where they might've been bought up by Comcast and/or Charter and turned into a real 4th competitor DISH is about 12-24 months from b

by mixdup 3y ago

There is, however, a world where they might've been bought up by Comcast and/or Charter and turned into a real 4th competitor DISH is about 12-24 months from bankruptcy and is losing subscribers, and does not have a true national network The cable companies are just MVNOs riding off Verizon, so that is kind of limited in how much actual competitive pressure they're applying to the market

scarface_74 3y ago
I can see Comcast’s slogan now. “Comcast - bringing all of the customer service you relied on as your cable provider into your pocket”. Besides, it would have been scientifically impossible for Comcast to be a real competitor with Sprints limited spectrum allocation.
- mixdup 3y ago
  >Besides, it would have been scientifically impossible for Comcast to be a real competitor with Sprints limited spectrum allocation. But, they could've done what they're doing now: use a limited amount of spectrum in areas where their customers are concentrated and offload the rest to their MVNO partner (Verizon) Comcast and Charter both are buying up CBRS licenses and putting up both CBRS radios and outdoor strand mounted wifi hotspots in their wireline service territory. Since that's where 100% of their customers live, that will work to offload the bulk of the traffic they pay Verizon for. For the people who travel outside the service area, they'll just roam onto Verizon For sure it's not the same as VZ, T, and TMUS having a national network that competes for every single wireless customer period, but it would probably be more effective than the zombie DISH out there that supposedly has a network covering 70% of the US population, but a vast majority of their customers are on their MVNO partners in T-Mobile and AT&T.
  - scarface_74 3y ago
    It’s not just about coverage area. Certain frequencies are better for cellular and especially 5G than others. Back in the day, T-Mobile’s access was poor in buildings because the only frequencies they had access to didn’t work well through walls. https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/how-well-does-tmobile-service-work-inside-buildings.293757/ https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/how-well-does-tmob...

by mixdup 3y ago

scarface_74 3y ago

I can see Comcast’s slogan now. “Comcast - bringing all of the customer service you relied on as your cable provider into your pocket”. Besides, it would have been scientifically impossible for Comcast to be a real competitor with Sprints limited spectrum allocation.

mixdup 3y ago
>Besides, it would have been scientifically impossible for Comcast to be a real competitor with Sprints limited spectrum allocation. But, they could've done what they're doing now: use a limited amount of spectrum in areas where their customers are concentrated and offload the rest to their MVNO partner (Verizon) Comcast and Charter both are buying up CBRS licenses and putting up both CBRS radios and outdoor strand mounted wifi hotspots in their wireline service territory. Since that's where 100% of their customers live, that will work to offload the bulk of the traffic they pay Verizon for. For the people who travel outside the service area, they'll just roam onto Verizon For sure it's not the same as VZ, T, and TMUS having a national network that competes for every single wireless customer period, but it would probably be more effective than the zombie DISH out there that supposedly has a network covering 70% of the US population, but a vast majority of their customers are on their MVNO partners in T-Mobile and AT&T.
- scarface_74 3y ago
  It’s not just about coverage area. Certain frequencies are better for cellular and especially 5G than others. Back in the day, T-Mobile’s access was poor in buildings because the only frequencies they had access to didn’t work well through walls. https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/how-well-does-tmobile-service-work-inside-buildings.293757/ https://forums.androidcentral.com/threads/how-well-does-tmob...