T-Mobile deployed 600 MHz band in 257 new cities over the last couple of months
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 05 Nov 2018
Rather go with a portable radio a lot better solution.
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- naap51d
- I47
- 05 Nov 2018
It wasn't "unwanted" until the FCC figured it could FORCE the U.S. television broadcasters off that frequency, into the digital bands, which DECREASED their coverage, and SELL those frequencies for big bucks!
Now, people that don't have satellite or cable, that live in rural areas, can't get the tv signal.
Before, they might have a weak signal, that depending on the weather conditions meant they had SOME picture, but now, they have NO picture or signal.
"T-Mobile paid a hefty lump of cash when the FCC was auctioning off unwanted TV broadcast spectrum (the spectrum whose purpose was for OTA analog TV signal)."
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- Gandalfdenvite
- n4x
- 04 Nov 2018
Almost everyone use wifi, it is available on busses and on trains and on universities and in cafeterias and malls/shopping centers and even outside in the "center"... of bigger cities and...! 4G and 5G, and old network providers, become more and more irrelevant! "WiFi, not "5G", is the "future"!
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- Anonymous
- 7BD
- 03 Nov 2018
I saw the list of cities and my STATE isn't one of them. Not terrible news since not a lot of phones have this band yet (this article forgot the Razer 2 phone is going to have it as well as a cheap BLU phone).
Guess I still only need 2,4,12, and 66 (66 is mostly for coastal areas so south Florida hits the mark here).
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- Fintoyu
- SvB
- 03 Nov 2018
Weduz97, 03 Nov 2018There's should be some pros and cons, can anyone tell me.Low freq. cannot provide many radio channels like high freq. So , the distance between antennas will be bigger, up to 30 km, more areas will be covered with signal, but less users will can use simultanously the network. It is called network congestion.
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- Anonymous
- 3b1
- 03 Nov 2018
Another tech whit who to steel money and collect information.
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- Umbilical Noose
- XNU
- 03 Nov 2018
Weduz97, 03 Nov 2018There's should be some pros and cons, can anyone tell me.Better signal also means better battery life.
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- AnonD-558092
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- 03 Nov 2018
Weduz97, 03 Nov 2018There's should be some pros and cons, can anyone tell me.Pros:
Higher penetration in homes and buildings
Longer range, particularly interesting in the countryside and low density areas (cost-effective)
More bandwidth means higher capacity network OR faster network (usage of CA or not)
Cons:
Interferences with already existing systems using this frequency, such as analog TVs, wireless microphones and other wireless devices.
This requires to outlaw the usage of those devices. Yes, it will be prohibited by the FCC (and ISED in Canada) to use those devices. This forces owners to change their existing equipment.