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    1) Sprint owns far more than 10MHz of PCS, they could refarm more spectrum from CDMA if they needed it.2) Verizon probably owns little PCS in select markets where 5x5 band 2 is live. There are variables present. 3) They would have band 13, 4 and 2 live. This means a lot of capacity for their subscribers to use. 5x5 isn't bad necessarily. It might just fit the bill.
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    http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analyst-sprint-spend-around-500m-year-small-cells/2015-01-13 These will be in the top 50 markets, claims Sprint will be leading from several vendors including Crown Castle
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    Nope. 10x10 here in NYC for VZW and AT&T.
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    1) Yes I too agree with VoLTE + CDMA devices, I'm hoping my current iPhone 6 will be one of the first!2) The thing is if you compare Sprint's PCS based CDMA network to band 26, in theory everything should be covered so density wouldn't be needed except for department stores, malls, and Walmart due to poor penetration still. If you also consider 1x800 however, we do need much more density and coverage, but that's where 600MHz comes in, small cells for this year, and hopefully new macro sites. Unfortunately, only new macro sites we'll see this year will be in Montana and rural states.
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    I don't mean shut down CDMA today and do VoLTE only. I mean forget the handoff, launch VoLTE, reduce overall # of people on CDMA while densifying and then once the LTE network is dense enough, shut down CDMA. I said amplify the signal because here in Staten Island (which is far less cell site dense compared to Manhattan and Brooklyn), we have a small gap in coverage in specific areas. Amplifying the signal there would dissolve the gap, and I'm sure there's plenty of spots like that nationwide. I don't mean amplify it to the point of miles but a block or two may help.
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    Sprint doesn't need to densify, they just need to focus on band 26 rollout, amplify the signal at band 25 only sites and add additional band 25 carriers to increase capacity. They can make what they have work, 600MHz isn't as much of a necessity as some people believe. The only carrier who truly needs it is T-Mobile since they have very little sub-1GHz spectrum.
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    Reading Conan's facts behind this, I say to hell with the handoff then. Sprint would be better off spending the money on expanding LTE and firing up VoLTE then trying to make a handoff to 1x perfect. CDMA is a dying technology anyway, might as well forget about it and look to the future.
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    I read it's 250Mbps. Will edit with source.
  11. payturr
    No man, no. Band 25 isn't provisioned to max out at 40Mbps depending on backhaul, that's the theoretical maximum download speed for a 5MHz downlink carrier.
  12. payturr
    Nope. Provisioning enough backhaul to either do one carrier in some places, two carriers or more in most places.
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    From my past experience in Woodbridge, it seems like a good chunk of Clear sites were upgraded to support Band 41. Also to note, Old Bridge has band 25 and unoptimized band 26, experienced it at the Outback.
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    No
  15. payturr
    Probably planning to split Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas between the two.
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    I would imagine with the new debt they have taken up for equipment, some of said equipment would go to Montana
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    NYC is screwed then. According to the FCC, Sprint only has EBS out here. If that's true, this entire Spark market is gonna be doomed come the end of the lease. I'm onboard with not touching EBS leases now.
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    1) Does the 60K include small cells?2) Keep in mind Sprint doesn't exist in select markets (IE Virginias). This means that comparing the total number of sites doesn't prove greater density at all. It simply suggests that it's possible.
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    Dish doesn't actually want a carrier. They just wanna up everyone else's portfolio's value so that it would indirectly up the value of their spectrum portfolio. The only reason they bidded on Clearwire to start was to increase the value of AWS 4, it's the same case with AWS 3 now. They have no interest of being a carrier or having a real spectrum potfolio, all about resale value come the day everyone needs more capacity.
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    He's not saying one SpeedTest will cause congestion, he said MULTIPLE people like you doing SpeedTests constantly MAY cause congestion at a given site. Just use your phone, don't take measurements that really don't mean anything unless you NEED to know, but you don't. Like how many people across the site said, 5Mbps+ is fine for everything. You only need to be concerned when you get 1Mbps down on LTE at full bars, nothing else.
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  25. payturr
    Still beats 2Mbps on a single band 25 carrier
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