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Originally Posted by aklim
That is the part that confuses me. I believe I read somewhere that you have to "share" the tower with other providers. IF this is true, you should have similar access whether you are with AT&T, Veriozon, etc, etc. How does tower sharing work? Do they prioritize based on something or what?
If sharing occurs, whatever company I go with should give me the same reception. If sharing doesn't occur, it would explain why some areas are sketchy and others are good.  |
In many cases there is a 3rd party that owns the tower, pays the property owner, and basically leases the tower out to the cell companies who put their stuff up there. I also know that the "cut rate" plans available from WalMart use the same networks as the big names but the big ones (with the higher paying customers) get preference when it comes to dropped calls and heavy traffic times.
I don't know if that is the universal method, but I've talked to a couple property owners who have cell phone towers on their grounds and they've explained it that way.
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