To: quidditch who wrote (3821 ) 12/1/1999 10:37:00 AM From: slacker711 Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Spectral capacity/T cash shortage: engineer, your interesting post would make it seem that the Nortel representative was more or less on the mark when he doubted that carriers would quickly move to HDR, because they don't have the 1.25Mhz of spectrum to spare for data only, at least not before 1xrtt is deployed. Does this mean, in Aside from data, PCS is on-track to have 21,000 cell sites by 2002 (including affiliates). They reportedly have ample spectrum capacity (30 MHz in most From a capacity standpoint, Sprint PCS has only used about 5 MHz of its 25-30 MHz nationwide (in other words, only 20% of its bandwidth) to service its 4mm customers and therefore has substantial capacity (80% left) to accommodate the expected ramp in mobile data traffic.
