Lack of spectrum isn't really a problem .. the lack of fiber optic cables meshing the country is a problem (and yes i know there is dark fiber). Because if that issue were non existence we could have WiFi covering the whole nation. Fiber optic lines oughta be as common and in parallel to electricity wires. The existing fiber isn't getting used because of the lack of people having broadband and shitty content availability. The real solution is WiFi hotpots every few hundred feet with availability as common as cell phone coverage. Wireless broadband companies can pay homeowners to operate WiFi stations that are hooked up to fiber (cell phone companies already pay people rent to put towers or equipment on property). They could pay them by offering them free broadband and cell phone service. No new spectrum grants needed, and in combination with LTE you can have the whole nation well covered with wireless broadband. There really isn't a spectrum issue so much as a broadband landline coverage issue.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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Lack of spectrum isn't really a problem .. the lack of fiber optic cables meshing the country is a problem (and yes i know there is dark fiber). Because if that issue were non existence we could have WiFi covering the whole nation. Fiber optic lines oughta be as common and in parallel to electricity wires. The existing fiber isn't getting used because of the lack of people having broadband and shitty content availability. The real solution is WiFi hotpots every few hundred feet with availability as common as cell phone coverage. Wireless broadband companies can pay homeowners to operate WiFi stations that are hooked up to fiber (cell phone companies already pay people rent to put towers or equipment on property). They could pay them by offering them free broadband and cell phone service. No new spectrum grants needed, and in combination with LTE you can have the whole nation well covered with wireless broadband. There really isn't a spectrum issue so much as a broadband landline coverage issue.