FCC's plan for new spectrum brings worry for T-Mobile
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With the addition of this proposal to the future auction, the FCC will vote on the rules on December 18th. What this proposal means is that the winner of the auction will have to dedicate at least 25% of the spectrum to 95% of the country for free internet access.
There are two versions of the auction platform; one with the proposal and the other without. Voting will take place only on one version, which ever the commissioners approve for the auction.
This is where T-Mobile comes into play. Engineers at T-Mobile have addressed an issue to the FCC that the airwaves in question are right next to the ones they own hence adversely effecting their spectrum resulting in drop calls or lost signal. The possible negative effects will come from uploads on the new spectrum.
The solution proposed by T-Mobile is that of pairing the new airwaves to 'another set of channels' for uploads and to limit the soon to be auctioned frequencies to downloads only.
The FCC has not included the request from T-Mobile in to the proposal put forth and has stated that they have done their own tests based on the accounts from the engineers concluding that they have put in a strong interference protection than ever before.
source: WSJ
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55 Comments
1. (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:42 0 0
I would worry to if I was T-Mobile. VZW bought most of the new spectrum.
3. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 16:17 0 0
Yea what an idiot. VZW is CDMA T-Mobile is GSM, totally different idiot.
4. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 16:27 0 0
You do know that with 4g verizon is switching to digital right?
6. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 18:01 0 0
Do you think that 3G is Analog? Why can't stupidity be painful? WHY?!?!?
12. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 19:53 0 0
Verizon is already digital...CDMA/EVDO...its all digital. Why do people think Verizon isn't digital, they were one of the first networks to have wireless broadband! The first CDMA network to have EVDO upgraded to Rev A. And they have the largest 3G network. Its time to catch up people.
20. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 23:14 0 0
Actually, Sprint was the first to have their EVDO upgraded to Rev. A. Verizon, however, was the first to roll out EVDO AND the first to completely upgrade their EVDO Rev. 0 network to Rev. A (something which Sprint is sorely behind on).
31. SprintDude (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 10:59 0 0
You all dont know anything! Do some research people before you speculate on a technology in which you only learned about by reading forums and reviews online. IDIOTS!
32. (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 13:19 0 0
thats a moronic statement fcc closed down analog almost a year ago.......... But then again VZW knows it all......
47. (unregistered) posted on 06 Dec 2008, 11:34 0 0
actually t mobile is tdma not gsm who is the idiot now 2 different networks
50. (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 18:21 0 0
The only carriers who used TDMA were Cingular and the old AT&T Wireless. T-Mobile (previously Voicestream) STARTED OUT as GSM! They have never been any other technology!
51. mkl4466 posted on 07 Dec 2008, 21:03 0 0
okay #3, before you call someone else an idiot, you should understand something. CDMA and GSM are not different Spectrum. They are different ways of encoding a signal (different "technologies"). The spectrum is the band, such as 800/850/1800/1900/2100 mhz. Lots of different types of signal can exist simultaneously within the same band of the spectrum.
7. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 18:22 0 0
#2,3,6... Instead of calling that person name ya can tell him or explain it that is two different spectrum
8. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 18:27 0 0
u guys are all dumb do some actual reading before u try to credit ur intelligence and excistence on a cell phone blog
9. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 19:00 0 0
wahahahahaha @ this forum....everyone around here are vzw wannabe fan boys lol. not even fan boy's!
16. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 20:52 0 0
dont u see the verizon commercial??? they are everywhere~~~~~ brainwashing u~~make u wanna worship vrz~~XDDD
18. (unregistered) posted on 04 Dec 2008, 20:58 0 0
You are all a bunch of morons for arguing over phones. PERIOD. Does this make even the slightest differance in your life? How bout acting like a 3rd grader and yelling childish insults. Good God you are all a waste of life.
22. (unregistered) posted on 05 Dec 2008, 00:35 0 0
Did your comment make the slightest "differance" in your life? Take your own advice, 3rd grader.
