mhammett Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/sprint-may-need-40000-new-cell-sites-25-ghz-tower-exec-says/2014-05-04?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Editor&utm_campaign=SocialMedia Sprint (NYSE: S) will need to roll out an additional 30,000-40,000 transmission sites if the carrier wants its 2.5 GHz TD-LTE network to reach coverage parity with its 1.9 GHz networks, according to the head of American Tower. Well, we kinda already knew that and I don't think their attempting to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD8JBF Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Whoah that title length!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 Whoah that title length!! Fixed. I forgot that Fierce Wireless appends a bunch of crap to a copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD8JBF Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'm all for 40K More towers...but how about in areas not covered! How about with NV TOO!! :-) Let's get some more organic coverage!! :-D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanm1978 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I'd love to see this in my area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 It will be much less because of beam forming. And the propagation difference between 2600 and 1900MHz is not as big as they are making it out to be. We notice a huge difference between 2600 Wimax and 1900 EVDO. But the difference between LTE 2600 and LTE 1900 is much smaller. Sprint says in internal documents that 1900MHz reaches only 30% farther than 2600 with all things being equal. And beamforming can close most of that gap, if not all of it. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonbrian Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 What is beamforming ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedub Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I was going to type a bunch of stuff likely less than accurate, but easier to point > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamisonshaw125 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 What is beamforming ? I think someone showed me video one time when I asked... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWMaloney Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/sprint-may-need-40000-new-cell-sites-25-ghz-tower-exec-says/2014-05-04?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Editor&utm_campaign=SocialMedia Well, we kinda already knew that and I don't think their attempting to. You can subtract the 8,000 non-redundant Clearwire sites from that number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapkoski Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I think American Tower is just trying to lure investors into thinking they are going to go gang busters in the next few years. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Or to build the case for an acquisition. Crown Castle has been doing most of that lately and I hate Crown Castle. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leozno1 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I think American Tower is just trying to lure investors into thinking they are going to go gang busters in the next few years. I literally came in here to post that exact statement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 What is beamforming ? http://www.pcworld.com/article/2061907/all-about-beamforming-the-faster-wi-fi-you-didnt-know-you-needed.html Basic WIFI description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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