Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi

Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by happycube on Monday December 07, 2015 @01:47PM (#10691610)

One would think Verizon had enough spectrum already. Sprint, sure, but Verizon?

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by tshtf on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:26PM (#10691970)

Are you aware that Sprint has 40 MHz of spectrum in 90 of the top 100 markets? That's far more than any other provider.

It's entirely Sprint's fault for not building up a reliable network (of course it's in the 2.5 GHz band) on what the FCC has given them.

Edit: Maps of the relative amount of spectrum for U.S. LTE providers is here (Sprint leads the way):

http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/2015-how-much-...

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Re:Google, Microsoft, Comcast Say Verizon’s New Cellular Tec... by at-fates-hands on Monday December 07, 2015 @02:09PM (#10691826)

This was my thought as well. One of the big things all the carriers promote is the speeds of their networks which is directly related to spectrum licenses which is directly related to the amount of capacity these networks have.

Verizon has huge chucks of spectrum licenses already to work with: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless#Radio_frequen...)

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