This is no BS. Sprint has the same quality cellular equipments from the same
quality CDMA telecom supplyers.


"Ness-Net" <no.richard@damnspam.nessnet.com> wrote in message
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> This is complete BS. Or you haven't a clue
> You choose. (I vote #2)
>
> It's like saying both a Porsche and a Kia have
> Goodyear tires, so they must run the same...
>
> Or.... that Apple and Dell both use Intel chips...
>
> 1st - Verizon is a legacy 'cellular' carrier in many markets.
> (Or shall I say GTE, AirTouch, and the other companies)
> They have been providing service since the middle / late 80's in
> many of their markets. The 'PCS' licenses came along years later.
> Sprint is a PCS carrier.
>
> Yes, parity may have been achieved in many markets, but overall, the
> legacy 800 carriers (AT&T / VZW, etc) have the best overall coverage
> nationwide and out in the boonies.
>
> Physics. Wave propagation. 800 works better than 1900 - period.
> It's just that simple. Longer wavelengths penetrate better. Longer
> wavelengths carry further.
>
>
>
> "Uno" <Uno@Max.com> wrote in message
> news:2dTkj.819$uE.254@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net.. .
>> Sprint use ventor equipment from Lucent, Nortel and Motorola which supply
>> to Verizon. They may use different frequency bands but they are almost
>> the same kind of equipments.
>>
>