Does Sprint expand its network? As in, add more towers?

[doomstang]

I'm wondering what will happen to the US Cellular towers in the midwest where Sprint bought all the customers.

For example, there are a couple US cellular towers near my house that are taller than the "Cingular" owned tower that sprint has it's equipment on.

 

Upper left and upper right maps show the 2 US Cellular towers. Bottom left shows that the smaller structure is a little tower owned by "Cingular"....and the bottom right shows where the Sprint tower location is shown at (that it IS on that "Cingular" structure).

Could/would Sprint move their stuff to the nearby US Cellular towers that are taller? I believe this would help coverage at my house since I get a crappy signal due to some higher ground between the tower and I.

[DaQue]

I am pretty sure I read didn't buy any of their network (sites), just the customers and licenses. USC may not even own the towers, the trend seems to be for a cell company to sell the tower to a 3rd party and lease space back along with maintenance. If that's the case they Sprint would have to talk to the 3rd party for space if they wanted it but most would be redundant. I think because sprint uses 1900 Mhz verses 700 they don't get full advantage from being up way high, the signal still doesn't carry those last few miles that a 700 could. 700 long range means less cell sites, good now but as they become congested more sties at 1900and because each covers less square miles (less people per site) Sprints method looks pretty good to me.

[TheForce627]

I Think Sprint being at 1900 would want to be on a taller tower since that higher frequency would have less objects to go through (trees, etc.).

[S4GRU]

I Think Sprint being at 1900 would want to be on a taller tower since that higher frequency would have less objects to go through (trees, etc.).

 

You would think so, but the farther it goes, the weaker it is. Cell density is the way to get better PCS signal. Not trying to throw it farther and getting mediocre results.

 

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[TheForce627]

 

 

You would think so, but the farther it goes, the weaker it is. Cell density is the way to get better PCS signal. Not trying to throw it farther and getting mediocre results.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

I guess I'm speaking for my area with a lot of trees but still suburban. I'd prefer sprint to have higher towers to reach over the trees

[doomstang]

You would think so, but the farther it goes, the weaker it is. Cell density is the way to get better PCS signal. Not trying to throw it farther and getting mediocre results.

 

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I get what you are saying.

This is just wishful thinking on my part since my house is only 2/3 of a mile away from the tower but the top of my street is higher elevation and sits in between. My Evo LTE says I currently have a signal strenght of -102 dBm right now. I use WiFi at home for data but my calls aren't always as smooth as I'd like.

[TheForce627]

 

 

I get what you are saying.

This is just wishful thinking on my part since my house is only 2/3 of a mile away from the tower but the top of my street is higher elevation and sits in between. My Evo LTE says I currently have a signal strenght of -102 dBm right now. I use WiFi at home for data but my calls aren't always as smooth as I'd like.

I'm in a similar situation

[peteyz24]

same sitiuation here. but i live in cellular bfe

[Fraydog]

I don't think Sprint should rule out acquiring some very rural providers in order to expand coverage. It would obviously have to be acquisitions very strategic in nature. I don't think Sprint, even with Softbank in tow, can afford to build out towers merely to try to lock horns with Verizon. As far as AT&T, have you seen how much of their coverage is still EDGE? Lots. Realistically, Verizon has a rural monopoly in this country which might become a rural duopoly if AT&T meets their 2014 deadline for having LTE coverage over their native footprint. I understand the frustration but until you get better regulation of the mobile industry, there's not a whole lot Sprint can do to expand native rural coverage.

 

An example of where Sprint added coverage would be Union City and Martin in Tennessee. Both were places severely underserved by almost all the major providers. Sprint now has Union City and Martin on the list of 20 cities added to the list of 100 LTE Sprint cities. Sprint can expand service ranges if the opportunity is right.

[lynyrd65]

I still think SMR-driven rural expansion is a good idea, especially from a marketing stand point.

 

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[JeffDTD]

 

An example of where Sprint added coverage would be Union City and Martin in Tennessee. Both were places severely underserved by almost all the major providers. Sprint now has Union City and Martin on the list of 20 cities added to the list of 100 LTE Sprint cities. Sprint can expand service ranges if the opportunity is right.

 

This.

 

Strategic expansion is ideally:

1)areas where a high amount of roaming cost is incurred

2)populated areas not saturated with cdma competition.