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Interesting, that is a very good thing.

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3 months ago, I would have given the old "deer in the headlights" look to a question like that.

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There is more information here http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/607-picture-of-sprints-lte-footprint-once-nv-rolled-out/ where iDEN coverage vs Sprint coverage was debated at length.

Unfortunately they will most likely be without coverage. Unless the reason there is iDEN there and no Sprint coverage is because of the increased propigation that 800MHz offers. For instance, if there is a cell site that has both Sprint and iDEN currently, the coverage of 1900 CDMA may fall short of the 800 iDEN coverage. Once 800 CDMA rolls out on that CDMA site, everyone who was covered by the iDEN signal eminating from the cell site would have Sprint coverage. In instances where it was a separate iDEN site that was providing coverage, there will likely not be Sprint coverage.

No, all iDEN is being shut down and iDEN only sites are being decommissioned. Only current CDMA sites will be upgraded to NV.

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I would think it would be similar to 1xRTT. I would expect them to start pulling that out of the COWs though.

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1xRTT is 153kbps max. That is what all of Sprint's cellular voice runs on.

Correct, like I said, "It works for something temporary like a COW in an emergency situation or otherwise where infrastructure is unavailable."

LOL, still not very close up...

And back to the original question, I think in time they would definitely upgrade the SatCOLTs and COWs to provide LTE. They will probably also provide 1xA.

I think it is pretty cost prohibitive to use satellite for backhaul. It works for something temporary like a COW in an emergency situation or otherwise where infrastructure is unavailable. For many other situations like an event (such as the races SGT was referencing) that Sprint always supplements with their COWs, I would think they would have microwave backhaul from one of their nearby towers, fiber or last mile backhaul, or pull from the facility's connection if it is sufficient. I know when I was deployed, we had satellite internet and it was several thousand dollars per month for 1mbps. That was in 2004 though and in the middle of Baghdad... so I don't know how relevant it is in this example.

Disclaimer: I could be wrong, but this is my take on all of that. Lightsquared was going to convert Satellite spectrum for terrestrial and satellite use for end users. They would supplement the terrestrial network with satellite coverage. I believe all the backhaul for the network was going to be fiber/microwave. That is why they were planning on teaming with Sprint. Dish is in a similar situation. They are proposing to convert satellite spectrum for terrestrial network also, but I have no idea if they are going to supplement with satellite coverage. Also, after researching more, satellite backhaul can provide the bandwidth for COW and SatCOLT, but would not be optimal for voice communications. There would be some issues with delays, but everything else would be fine.

I'm going to assume that you are referring to the picture I posted above. Stuff magazine

I was wondering that too. It almost can't be from satellite because you would need a lot of bandwidth (especially for LTE)

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