Sprint Site Maps are now complete for all 97 markets

[bobbi]

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[2kmy477]

You are. It says S4GRU Sponsor in your profile.

 

Thank you.

[darnell89]

How many Sprint LTE Markets will Sprint have by the end of this year until the complete cycle in 2014? Will it be less than AT&T and VZW, or about the same?

[marioc21]

How many Sprint LTE Markets will Sprint have by the end of this year until the complete cycle in 2014? Will it be less than AT&T and VZW, or about the same?

 

According to the running list:

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/

 

Sprint should have at least 47 markets up and running or in progress by the end of this year. And I believe sprint's stated that they will have NV rolled out to most of its existing footprint by the end of 2013. That means it'll still be smaller than Verizon. I don't know how it'll compare to ATT.

[darnell89]

According to the running list:

 

http://s4gru.com/ind...t-running-list/

 

Sprint should have at least 47 markets up and running or in progress by the end of this year. And I believe sprint's stated that they will have NV rolled out to most of its existing footprint by the end of 2013. That means it'll still be smaller than Verizon. I don't know how it'll compare to ATT.

 

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

[marioc21]

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

 

I think the last count I remember from Clearwire was something like 71 or 72 markets.

[S4GRU]

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

 

If you use Sprint market boundaries (which are much larger), then Sprint has 48 Sprint Markets that have WiMax in at least part of them. And it took Clearwire 3-1/2 years to deploy partially in 48 Sprint markets. Whereas, Sprint is scheduling to deploy NV/LTE completely in 97 markets (98 if you include affiliate Shentel) in just over 2 years.

 

Robert

[S4GRU]

I think the last count I remember from Clearwire was something like 71 or 72 markets.

 

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

 

Robert

[MacinJosh]

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

 

Robert

 

I thought Verizon had much different market boundaries than Sprint does.

[marioc21]

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

 

Robert

 

I know, but a sprint wimax phone will work just the same. Plus Sprint owns the majority of clearwire so....

[S4GRU]

I thought Verizon had much different market boundaries than Sprint does.

 

They do. But Clearwire counts markets more similarly to the way Verizon does, and nothing like how Sprint does.

 

I know, but a sprint wimax phone will work just the same. Plus Sprint owns the majority of clearwire so....

 

Yes. But the point of the post I was responding to was comparing Clearwire WiMax deployment and Sprint LTE deployment, so the differences in how they count markets needs to be explained when comparing the two deployments.

 

Robert

[darnell89]

So, after the 2014 deployment of 98 markets, will Sprint invest to have more markets? 100 Markets is somewhat low, don't you think? Sprint really needs to try to get markets for 3G and 4G that Sprint currently doesn't have covered.

[S4GRU]

So, after the 2014 deployment of 98 markets, will Sprint invest to have more markets? 100 Markets is somewhat low, don't you think? Sprint really needs to try to get markets for 3G and 4G that Sprint currently doesn't have covered.

 

If Sprint counted markets the way Verizon does, Sprint would have 400+ markets. It's just a geographical boundary thing. Sprint's markets are much, much larger than Verizons.

 

Robert

[darnell89]

If Sprint counted markets the way Verizon does, Sprint would have 400+ markets. It's just a geographical boundary thing. Sprint's markets are much, much larger than Verizons.

 

Robert

 

oh, ok....How does AT&T market their LTE?

[S4GRU]

oh, ok....How does AT&T market their LTE?

 

I'm not certain. But based on their press releases, it seems pretty similar to Verizon.

 

Robert