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New T-Mobile: Creating a True Alternative to Fixed Broadband (t-mobile.com)
10 points by sahin on March 10, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



While I'm a big fan over what John has done to spur competition in the telecom industry, this is a press release that's basically advertising.

You should be posting stuff like https://makespectrumgreatagain.com as it affects things negatively right now and hits that sweet spot between tech and zoning that HN is all about.


Tmobile's new vague plan for providing home internet over 5g sounds fine, but it is a slow rollout, only promising coverage for 9.5 million customers by 2024.

With many more providers of broadband coming in the next 10 years (gulp, that's painful to type, it is so slow to come), there should be change by then by the comcasts of the world.


Neville (their CTO) has repeatedly said in talks that offering fixed home internet isn't sexy[1], the company isn't relying on it. The reason you hear John cheerleading it now is that they need to have as many compelling reasons to let sprint spectrum acquisition happen.

I would rather see extra spectrum given to T-Mobile as they do have a good track record of beating rollout estimates and repack dates. I don't want to see asshole spectrum squatters like DISH sitting on huge blocks for years with nothing to show for it.

[1] https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-reiterates-...




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