It's true! Metro PCS to build out in Los Angeles market!

I know Metro PCS is going to do this. I think the network is going to stuck for a long time and with unlimited airtime in that market; I think alot of lower income people will be very intreasted in buying service then probably not be happy with the coverage and automated customer service when you dail *611.

 

Sprint is coming up on 10 years in the LA Metro. :cheers2:

Look at Cingular Blue AKA LA Cellular. Sounds like Sprint is a better choice in that area since the network has less drop calls and better signal :smokin:

 

How insane of Metro to build a network there. I wonder what they are thinking?! I really haven't heard all that much good info about Metro, so I guess their LA network can live up to all their other networks' expectations too.
Larry, I think you should get a Metro phone once they start selling service and let us know how bad it is because this is really interesting.

 

What if...Metro PCS enters the market just like T-Mobile? For the first few years, all T-Mobile users used what was then the Cingular (orange) network. Then, T-Mobile began installing their own sites and as more sites came online, T-Mobile customers would roam less. Ultimately, T-Mobile took over Cingular's spectrum and equipment.

I don't see why Metro couldn't come out of the gate, roaming on, say, Sprint, and as their own network matures, would need less 'roaming' on Sprint. It would be a great way to 'introduce' Metro to the market, which, like any new company, would have high start-up costs for the first few years, but most of these costs would be for roaming.

 

It's a great idea, but think about the costs. In a lot of areas, Metro customers would be roaming on Sprint for years because of no service at their homes/work. How would Metro pay Sprint for the roaming charges since Metro offers cheap unlimited calling? where will they get the money from?

 

I don't think Sprint and Metro PCS have any roaming agreements anywhere, do they?

 

But VZW has a roaming agreement with Metro PCS to get the 10 MHz in San Fran.
I don't know the details of the agreement so I don't know if Metro PCS customers can get a bunch of airtime on VZW network in LA when they launch service.

 

they're network launch is 2007 they're building and colocating with everyone and their brother. Their network is soooo dynamic right now that if they move a search ring it affects the neighboring sites and so they have to move those rings . it's not fun working for them right now because of this...reminds of the days when we were building out the Sprint PCS network down here. Move one site and the rest gets moved.

They're hitting us up right now for colo's on our towers...but they're being totally cheap they'll walk away from a site if the rent is too "high"

no matter they'll pay for the roaming on verizon and maybe sprint when they launch.

 

They may launch in 2007 with roaming agreements as suggested by another poster and with a swiss cheese network. I would think that allowing roaming on a swiss cheese network, especially if you offer unlimited minutes to users, wouldn't be very cost effective for MetroPCS as a ton of customers will use a ton of minutes.

 

And every carrier still has areas that are not perfect in the LA area and it will take them years to get sites approved and actually built. I think that they may be able to build out main areas quicker than the even more NIMBY residential neighborhods.