Actually that would have been true for Sprint if they owned the H block since it would have been neighbored the S-band. However since Dish owns both the PCS H block and the neighboring AWS-4 (S-band) block I don't know if that is still very much the case. In fact LTE band 70 which was assigned by the 3GPP (1695-1710 MHz uplink and 1995-2020 MHz downlink) combines the H-block and AWS-4 (S-band spectrum).
Yeah, the S-Band uplink was repackaged into downlink in band 70 along with PCS H downlink. The S-Band downlink was repackaged into the downlink of band 66 along with AWS-3 and AWS-1. So both those bands, 66 and 70, are asymmetric. They both have more downlink bandwidth.
I believe Dish owns the entirety of Band 70. So that's a pretty sweet, though boutique, 25x15 package to go along with an awesome band 66 portfolio, including nationwide 20 MHz down.
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Yeah, the S-Band uplink was repackaged into downlink in band 70 along with PCS H downlink. The S-Band downlink was repackaged into the downlink of band 66 along with AWS-3 and AWS-1. So both those bands, 66 and 70, are asymmetric. They both have more downlink bandwidth.
I believe Dish owns the entirety of Band 70. So that's a pretty sweet, though boutique, 25x15 package to go along with an awesome band 66 portfolio, including nationwide 20 MHz down.