Sprint Nextel offers 3G or better service in 12,400 of...
Sprint Nextel offers 3G or better service in 12,400 of the census blocks the FCC lists as “unserved” and thus eligible for Universal Service Fund support under phase one of the new Mobility Fund, the carrier said in a filing…
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(http://xrl.us/bmyfhf). Sprint submitted the list of blocks to the FCC for further study. “Eliminating overlapping census blocks will help ensure that the Commission’s policy of providing Mobility Fund Phase I support only ‘where no provider currently offers [3G or higher] service’ is met,” Sprint said. Cellular Network Partnership, serving parts of Oklahoma and Kansas, also found similar problems with the data in the areas it serves, as did WUE, Inc., a carrier in Nevada. CV Cellular of Warren, Okla., said it offers 3G service in 76 supposedly unserved census blocks (http://xrl.us/bmyfki).