On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:23:21 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <4556070b$0$88653$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>
>> That logic goes both ways. Sprint and T-Mobile might have towers in
>> place and Verizon and Cingular get denied.
>
>It's rarely the case, because in most cases Verizon and Cingular have
>the legacy 800 MHz networks (after a series of mergers, acquisitions,
>etc. (except in a few major metro areas like South Florida, and parts of
>Texas).
>
>So not only do Verizon and Cingular have towers in places where they
>were able to get them in before planning commissions knew what was
>happening, they also have the huge advantage of the better spectrum.
>It's an advantage that is nearly impossible to overcome, especially in
>suburban and rural areas, because even if Sprint and T-Mobile could get
>approval for sufficient towers to equal the coverage of Cingular and
>Verizon, the cost of putting in so many towers would hurt their margins.
>
>In the dense metro areas, the advantage is not as great, but in most
>metro areas you have a few dense cities surrounded by vast suburban areas.

Simply not true.

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