Comments on: Sprint Announces Nine New 4G LTE Markets Including San Juan, Puerto Rico

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:21:00 +0000

This is simply not correct… I’ve been with sprint in Puerto Rico
for 10 years and I still don’t have 4G service in San Juan… Gimme a break!!!

By: Danrarbc

Danrarbc — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:37:00 +0000

Still nothing in Saint Louis. Which was a launch day Verizon market, and AT&T hit fairly early too.

Have to wonder if T-Mobile might even beat Sprint to it in the market – it seems like the market is 100% 1900Mhz HSPA already, my wife is running a phone without AWS and gets the same coverage I do on my Nexus 4. So AWS would be ready to move over to LTE basically immediately.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:21:00 +0000

I used words like ‘just’ and ‘based’ to suggest that there are various other criteria that factor into the strategy. I’m not saying population isn’t a factor at all, I’m simply stating that its not the only consideration when choosing when and where to roll-out as most people tend to assume.

As for your “joke”, the roll-out ISN’T population BASED. But at some point population does probably factor in….behind things like cost, resources, and available bandwidth.

By: Fattie McDoogles

Fattie McDoogles — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:17:00 +0000

Sprint is going for volume. It looks better to say they have 30+ markets with LTE coverage then it does to say we have 5 markets but they are major cities.

By: Fattie McDoogles

Fattie McDoogles — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:15:00 +0000

It is population based to an extent. Look at all the places that have it, they aren’t in a single major city. There rollout has been in all small areas like Altoona, and Albany, GA. Not, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, NYC. So to argue that their rollout ISN’T population based is a complete joke.

By: Fattie McDoogles

Fattie McDoogles — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:09:00 +0000

Too expensive lol. They are going to small cities first.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:31:00 +0000

Sprint’s HQ is in KC MO, and there still is no 4g lte in St.Louis, wth?

By: Dan Brown

Dan Brown — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:01:00 +0000

Beer City USA!! Nice to see our small town on there… even if I’ve been screaming along on VZW LTE for nearly two years.

By: Steven Lee Rivera

Steven Lee Rivera — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:42:00 +0000

IN THE SPRINT NETWORK

By: Steven Lee Rivera

Steven Lee Rivera — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:41:00 +0000

PUERTO RICO HAS 4G LTE ALL OVER THE ISLAND

By: rekem

rekem — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:33:00 +0000

Isn’t it always with Sprint? I escaped a month ago. Couldn’t be happier to be away from the crippled data speed and empty promises.

By: M C

M C — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:43:00 +0000

Still nothing official for the tampa, sarasota, and bradenton fl markets

By: Dain Laguna

Dain Laguna — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:19:00 +0000

Smaller cities=easier rollout. Last weekend i was in asheville and the lte coverage was pretty decent

By: GNEX(MOTOX)

GNEX(MOTOX) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:23:00 +0000

San Juan is in Puerto Rico= San Juan, PR

By: Radgatt

Radgatt — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:54:00 +0000

Come on sprint. Asheville and Statesville before Greensboro and Charlotte?