Sprint LTE and Spark Footprints Continue to Grow
Feb 19, 2015, 9:00 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Feb 19, 2015, 9:34 AM
Sprint today launched LTE service in 24 new markets and Spark service in an additional 24 markets. The company's LTE footprint now reaches 270 million POPs, while its Spark footprint reaches 125 million POPs. Some of the new LTE markets include Flagstaff, Ariz.; Maui and the Big Island, Hawaii; Terra Haute, Ind.; Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Santa Maria, Calif.; and Washington, D.C., Arlington, and Alexandra, Va. Some of the new Spark markets include Camden, N.J.; Nashua, N.H.; New Haven and Milford, Conn.; Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Newport News, Va.; Peoria, Ill., Providence, R.I.; and Spokane, Wash. Sprint said it will add Spark coverage to Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Nashville, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Washington, D.C. later this month.
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You been promising this for 3+ years already. On top of this, 5 years ago you promised that we would have WiMAX working in my neighborhood - it still doesn't work. So I have a really hard time believing the "promises" at this point.
I mean at the end of the day, your 1900 LTE network doesnt work in my district, your 2.5 WiMAX doesnt work in my district, and you never deployed 800 CDMA or LTE in SF at all. So how are you planning to do this so rapidly if you are broke and not investing?
The definition of Promise to Sprint is just an interjection word much like huh, hey, or yo... or in these Sprint cases "promise" means... "one day it will happen, we promise,...
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