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Thanks so much guys, great info!

Ah, that all makes sense... is the reason Sprint is able to offer 50-60 Mbps downloads because the 2.5 network allows faster download speeds than 880MHz/1.9GHz, or because they're able to allow downloads from all three bands at once, or something else entirely?

It varies from market to market.  But it's nationwide.  It's between 60MHz and 160MHz.  Most Top 100 markets are over 120MHz.  But it is an aggregate of dozens of pieces that may or may not be conjoining.  It is two bands from the FCC, EBS and BRS.  It runs from 2496MHz to 2690MHz.  Conjoined into one band for 3GPP...Band 41.

 

BRS is directly licensed from the FCC.  EBS is owned by Educational Institutions and subleased to Sprint (and Clearwire formerly).  BRS licenses are easier to track in the FCC database.  EBS leases are very difficult to track and they are only for 35 miles from the licensed institution.  In places where two EBS licenses overlap, they "split the football."  It is a very messy licensing scheme and hard to track.

Thank you!   That's incredibly useful info.

Do you know if the Sprint Spark network will utilize all of those 120MHz in the top markets or is it something they only use as needed and/or sell to other carriers?

I've read about Sprint acquiring Clearwire and their 2.5GHz spectrum, but does anyone know exactly what frequencies / how big of a pipe they acquired from Clearwire?  Does it vary from city to city in the US?

The FCC Reboot site should have the answer, but it's been broken for me last 2 days : /

Thought I'd ask here, any info greatly appreciated!