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Originally Posted by Link9228
The reason that coverage sucks in some areas is that the companies actually have to pay the government for 'air space'. There's only allowed to be a few different networks in one area. That's why no one carrier has coverage over the ENTIRE* nation.
*as in everywhere. If you look on a coverage map for your carrier, there's probably blanks spots or fringe areas.
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its all based on population, obviously a carrier isnt going to put up a $300,000 plus maintenence costs for a city or town that has a small population. All carriers already pay the government for the spectrum they run off of. Thats why you get charged a federal tax. Sprint has the same exact coverage as VZW, same network and frequency, just one company owns a specific set of towers and the other company owns the other.