OUTDATED: BTA's Not Meeting FCC Minimum Service Mandates

[S4GRU]

NOTE: This thread is outdated. Protection Sites are no longer being deployed since Sprint and Clearwire have both announced they are migrating to LTE for it's 4G technology. The information below is no longer accurate and should not be used. It is being retained just for historical purposes...

 

 

 

BTA's Not Meeting FCC Minimum Service Mandates (where more Protection Sites are anticipated...)

by Sprint 4G Rollout Updates on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 9:39 pm

 

 

 

I've created this thread as a way to track upcoming Protection Sites. I will keep this thread updated, removing BTA's (Basic Trading Areas) once they meet FCC Minimum Service Requirements, or change categories. See BTA listings below...

 

High Likelihood of Protection Site

These BTA's do not have any 2.5GHz service from Clearwire and thus do not meet FCC Minimum Service Requirements. These are highly likely to get at least one tower of service between now and the FCC Extended Deadline of November 1, 2011.

• Arkansas > Harrison (BTA #182)
  
• California > El Centro/Imperial (BTA #124)
  
• California > San Luis Obispo (BTA #405)
  
• Idaho > Idaho Falls/Rexburg/Salmon and Jackson WY (BTA #202)
  
• Idaho > Pocatello/American Falls/Soda Springs (BTA #353)
  
• Idaho > Twin Falls/Burley/Sun Valley (BTA #451)
  
• Iowa > Burlington/Ft. Madison/Keokuk (BTA #61)
  
• Iowa > Cedar Rapids (BTA #70)
  
• Iowa > Dubuque (BTA #118)
  
• Iowa > Fort Dodge/Storm Lake (BTA #150)
  
• Iowa > Iowa City (BTA #205)
  
• Iowa > Mason City (BTA #285)
  
• Iowa > Ottumwa/Oskaloosa (BTA #337)
  
• Iowa > Sioux City (BTA #421)
  
• Kentucky > Corbin/London (BTA #98)
  
• Kentucky > Pikeville (BTA #474)
  
• Kentucky > Somerset (BTA #423)
  
• Michigan > Alpena (BTA #11)
  
• Michigan > Battle Creek (BTA #33)
  
• Michigan > Escanaba/Manistique (BTA #132)
  
• Michigan > Mt. Pleasant (BTA #307)
  
• Michigan > Midland/Saginaw/Bay City (BTA #390)
  
• Michigan > Petoskey/Cheboygan (BTA #345)
  
• Michigan > Traverse City (BTA #446)
  
• Minnesota > Brainerd (BTA #54)
  
• Minnesota > Willmar/Montevideo (BTA #477)
  
• Missouri > Poplar Bluff (BTA #355)
  
• Missouri > West Plains (BTA #470)
  
• Montana > Bozeman/Belgrade (BTA #53)
  
• Montana > Butte (BTA #64)
  
• Montana > Missoula (BTA #300)
  
• Nebraska > Hastings (BTA #185)
  
• Nebraska > McCook (BTA #270)
  
• New Hampshire > Keene & Brattleboro VT (BTA #227)
  
• New Mexico > Clovis/Portales (BTA #87)
  
• New Mexico > Gallup and St. John's/Eagar, AZ (BTA #162)
  
• New Mexico > Hobbs/Lovington (BTA #191)
  
• New Mexico > Roswell/Ruidoso (BTA #386)
  
• New York > Glens Falls/Lake George (BTA #164)
  
• New York > Jamestown/Dunkirk and Warren PA (BTA #215)
  
• New York > Oneonta/Delhi (BTA #333)
  
• New York > Plattsburgh (BTA #352)
  
• North Dakota > Dickinson (BTA #113)
  
• North Dakota > Grand Forks/Devils Lake and Thief River Falls MN (BTA #166)
  
• North Dakota > Minot (BTA #299)
  
• North Dakota > Williston (BTA #476)
  
• Ohio > Chillicothe (BTA #80)
  
• Ohio > Lima (BTA #255)
  
• Ohio > Zanesville (BTA # 487)
  
• Pennsylvania > Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (BTA #10)
  
• Pennsylvania > Johnstown/Somerset (BTA #218)
  
• Pennsylvania > Meadville (BTA #287)
  
• Pennsylvania > Stroudsburg (BTA #435)
  
• South Carolina > Anderson/Toccoa GA (BTA #16)
  
• South Carolina > Greenwood (BTA #178)
  
• South Dakota > Aberdeen/Mobridge (BTA #1)
  
• South Dakota > Watertown (BTA #464)
  
• Tennessee > Cookeville (BTA #96)
  
• Texas > Del Rio/Eagle Pass (BTA #121)
  
• Texas > San Angelo/Brady/Ozona (BTA #400)
  
• Utah > Logan/Preston ID (BTA #258)
  
• Utah > St. George/Cedar City (BTA #392)
  
• Vermont > Rutland/Bennington (BTA #388)
  
• Virginia > Charlottesville (BTA #75)
  
• Virginia > Staunton (BTA #430)
  
• Virgin Islands > All Areas (BTA #491)
  
• Washington > Longview/Kelso (BTA #261)
  
• West Virginia > Beckley/Lewisburg (BTA #35)
  
• West Virginia > Clarksburg/Elkins (BTA #82)
  
• West Virginia > Fairmont (BTA #137)
  
• West Virginia > Logan (BTA #259)
  
• West Virginia > Morgantown (BTA #306)
  
• West Virginia > Princeton/Bluefield, VA/WV (BTA #48)
  
• West Virginia > Weirton/Steubenville OH (BTA #430)
  
• West Virginia > Wheeling/St. Clairsville OH (BTA #471)
  
• Wisconsin > Wisconsin Rapids/Stevens Point (BTA #432)
  

 

Moderate Likelihood of Additional Protection Site(s)

These BTA's have some 2.5GHz service deployed, but definitely not enough to meet the FCC Minimum Service Requirement of 30% of BTA Population covered with useable signal.

• California > San Diego County (BTA #482)
  
• Puerto Rico > Mayaguez/Ponce (BTA #489)
  

 

Slight Chance of Additional Protection Site(s)

These BTA's have a decent amount of 2.5GHz service deployed, but appear slightly below meeting the FCC Minimum Service Requirement of 30% of BTA Population covered with useable signal.

• Alaska > Juneau (BTA #221)
  
• American Samoa > All Areas (BTA #492) - I have this one as slight because they may allow this license to lapse.
  
• California > Fresno (BTA #157)
  
• California > Santa Barbara/Santa Maria (BTA #406)
  
• Guam > All Areas (BTA #490) - I have this one as slight because they may allow this license to lapse.
  
• Hawaii > Kauai/Lihue (BTA #254)
  
• Northern Mariana Islands > All Areas (BTA #493) - I have this one as slight because they may allow this license to lapse.
  
• Oregon > Coos Bay/North Bend (BTA #97)
  

 

Not Likely any Additional Protection Site(s)

These BTA's appear to meet the FCC Minimum Service Requirement of 30% of BTA Population covered with useable signal.

• Alaska > Anchorage (BTA #14)
  
• Alaska > Fairbanks (BTA #136)
  
• California > Bakersfield (BTA #28)
  
• California > Chico/Paradise (BTA #79)
  
• California > Eureka/Crescent City (BTA #134)
  
• California > Los Angeles (BTA #262)
  
• California > Merced (BTA #291)
  
• California > Modesto (BTA #303)
  
• California > Redding/Red Bluff (BTA #371)
  
• California > Sacramento/Northern Sierras (BTA #389)
  
• California > San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland (BTA #404)
  
• California > Stockton (BTA #434)
  
• California > Visalia (BTA #458)
  
• California > Yuba City/Marysville (BTA #485)
  
• Hawaii > Hawaii/Hilo & Kailua (BTA #190)
  
• Hawaii > Maui/Molokai/Lanai (BTA #222)
  
• Hawaii > Oahu/Honolulu (BTA #192)
  
• Idaho > Boise (BTA #50)
  
• Idaho > Lewiston/Moscow and Clarkston WA (BTA #250)
  
• Nevada > Reno/Carson City/Elko and Mammoth Lakes CA (BTA #372)
  
• Oregon > Bend/Redmond/Prineville (BTA #38)
  
• Oregon > Eugene (BTA #133)
  
• Oregon > Klamath Falls/Alturas CA (BTA #231)
  
• Oregon > Medford/Grants Pass (BTA #288)
  
• Oregon > Portland (BTA #358)
  
• Oregon > Roseburg (BTA #385)
  
• Oregon > Salem/Corvallis (BTA #395)
  
• Puerto Rico > San Juan (BTA #488)
  
• Washington > Aberdeen/Hoquiam (BTA #2)
  
• Washington > Bellingham (BTA #36)
  
• Washington > Bremerton (BTA #55)
  
• Washington > Olympia (BTA #331)
  
• Washington > Port Angeles (BTA #356)
  
• Washington > Seattle/Tacoma (BTA #413)
  
• Washington > Spokane/Pullman and Coeur d' Alene ID (BTA #425)
  
• Washington > Walla Walla/Pendleton OR (BTA #460)
  
• Washington > Wenatchee (BTA #468)
  
• Washington > Yakima (BTA #482)
  

 

 

 

The Sprint 4G/Clearwire FCC BTA Map as of August 19, 2011.

 

A full resolution image of this map can be found at: http://4g.herronweb....TAmap081911.jpg

[legion125]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 8 January 2011

 

Clearwire certainly had a lot of potential with coverage if it hadn't run out of $. Oh well, hopefully they can make it up with LTE.

[S4GRU]

Migrated from Original Forum. Originally Posted 8 January 2011

 

In the past few months I've read a lot about beam forming. I wish they had used that in their deployment of 2.5GHz. WiMax would have never had the bad wrap and seen as inferior to LTE. Oh, what should have been.