3Mhz below 902 and 3Mhz above 930 if memory serves me Jaime Solorza On Oct 25, 2014 6:57 AM, "Mike Hammett via Af" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well that and the coverage sucks. They went too cheap on building the > network, so it didn't actually work where it needed to. > > Could be M2M instead of end-user devices. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:20:09 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Sprint owned 6MHz in 900MHz? > > Sounds like Nextel/iDEN 2.0. It may be attractive for nationwide > businesses like FedEx, UPS and DHL, etc. where you could have fleet > management over a private broadband network. UPS gave up on their own > private 220MHz network long ago and went to the cellco's. So what would be > the point of trying to do this today? Cellular is already available, like > everywhere. > > And equipment from Motorola Solutions? What, TRBO? Why? Two-way/PTT was > the cool thing back in the day. Today, you make a phone call or send a text > message. Two-way still has its place, but it's limited. > > Public safety agencies? No. In Illinois we have the Motorola owned and > operated Starcom-21 and a majority of the cities and counties don't want to > pay Motorola access and equipment fees. Only the agencies that already had > a Motorola trunked network went to Starcom-21 because they got very reduced > rates from surrendering their 800 licenses and tower leases to Motorola. > Yet another reason why Motorola went to shit. You're never gonna get all of > the agencies to agree on anything. > > On 10/24/2014 11:36 PM, Jason McKemie via Af wrote: > > Not particularly surprising given the billions of dollars some companies > are throwing at startups for something they could do themselves for $100 > million or so. > > On Friday, October 24, 2014, Rory Conaway via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was thinking the same thing. You would think there are better uses >> for $200M. >> >> >> >> Rory >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> via Af >> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2014 9:20 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Sprint owned 6MHz in 900MHz? >> >> >> >> Better question is what are they smoking that makes them think they're >> going to do broadband in 2 3MHz channels? Presumably 3 for uplink and 3 for >> downlink. >> >> On Friday, October 24, 2014, Rory Conaway via Af <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/sprint-sells-900-mhz-spectrum-firm-led-nextel-co-founders/2014-09-17 >> >> >> >> Rory Conaway >> Triad Wireless >> 4226 S. 37th Street >> Phoenix, Az. 85040 >> 602-426-0542 >> [email protected] >> www.triadwireless.net >> >> >> > > >
