Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

[WiWavelength]

Sprint up 30 cents this morning. Wonder what news was announced. Maybe they know about expansion plan.

 

Before publishing his article yesterday, Robert bought several hundred thousand shares of S.

 

Pump, pump, pump!

 

Now, dump, dump, dump!

 

 

AJ

[Rawvega]

Random Sprint news. Sprint and Comcast have had a patent dispute going on for a while now. Comcast drew first blood winning a judgment in a patent suit against Sprint for $7.5 million:

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-15/comcast-wins-7-5-million-in-patent-jury-trial-with-sprint-1-

 

Sprint delivered a nice counter punch earlier this month being awarded a $27.6 million judgment in their patent suit against Comcast:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2015/02/06/sprint-wins-27-6m-in-patent-case-against-comcast.html

[Deval]

User experience on a wireless network is highly subjective.

 

A dropped call is actual, really hard to fake that you know?

 

Now, saying a blanket statement that AT&T must suck because the whole network drops a lot of calls is subjective.

 

A statement that in the NYC Market, between my Sprint phone & my AT&T phone, the AT&T device drops more calls, is a lot less subjective.

[utiz4321]

A dropped call is actual, really hard to fake that you know?

 

Now, saying a blanket statement that AT&T must suck because the whole network drops a lot of calls is subjective.

 

A statement that in the NYC Market, between my Sprint phone & my AT&T phone, the AT&T device drops more calls, is a lot less subjective.

Who said anything about faking anything. An end user experience on a wireless network doesn't easily translate into something another end user will experience because of the difference in where, when and how the two end users utilize their service. When comparing two networks the only thing you can say really is one works better for me, where I am at and with how i use the service, Generalizing beyond that is kind of pointless.

[S4GRU]

Before publishing his article yesterday, Robert bought several hundred thousand shares of S.

 

Pump, pump, pump!

 

Now, dump, dump, dump!

 

 

AJ

 

Funny.  

 

But to keep SEC investigators off my back, I have NEVER owned Sprint stock.  Not once.

[joshuam]

Funny.  

 

But to keep SEC investigators off my back, I have NEVER owned Sprint stock.  Not once.

 

But your wife and kids do? :-P

[S4GRU]

But your wife and kids do? :-P

 

No.  Not even my wife and kids.  I know it's kind of funny to conjecture something like that among a tight knit group like S4GRU.  But it would be a crime for someone to create news to try to increase their personal stock value.  I just want to be clear, all joking aside, that I do not own Sprint stock, not even in a creative way.  And I stay out of the conversations in our threads regarding stocks as much as possible because I never want to be linked to manipulation of any kind.

[JonnygATL]

No.  Not even my wife and kids.  I know it's kind of funny to conjecture something like that among a tight knit group like S4GRU.  But it would be a crime for someone to create news to try to increase their personal stock value.  I just want to be clear, all joking aside, that I do not own Sprint stock, not even in a creative way.  And I stay out of the conversations in our threads regarding stocks as much as possible because I never want to be linked to manipulation of any kind.

Smart man.

[derrph]

I currently am under the loyalty offer for 12 months of free service. My question is if I paid off my installment billing early as of today. Am I able to get another device with installment billing under this promotion?

 

 

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[Johnner1999]

I currently am under the loyalty offer for 12 months of free service. My question is if I paid off my installment billing early as of today. Am I able to get another device with installment billing under this promotion?

 

 

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what promotion, 12GB for $90?  

[derrph]

what promotion, 12GB for $90?

No it was a promotion for long time customers/those on legacy plans. I still have the unlimited my way plan. But there was offers for more minutes, special $5 leasing and the offer for a year of free service if you open a new line with installment billing. I think it was only around for 2 months.

 

 

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[nexgencpu]

what promotion, 12GB for $90?

 

He just said, 12 months free service, and yes I think you would qualify for another device.

[joshuam]

No. Not even my wife and kids. I know it's kind of funny to conjecture something like that among a tight knit group like S4GRU. But it would be a crime for someone to create news to try to increase their personal stock value. I just want to be clear, all joking aside, that I do not own Sprint stock, not even in a creative way. And I stay out of the conversations in our threads regarding stocks as much as possible because I never want to be linked to manipulation of any kind.

Sorry...I did not mean to imply any wrongdoing. I applaud your efforts to be open and honest. Agree on all points!

 

In other news....I wish I owned Sprint stock!

[kyle_4thousand]

Sorry...I did not mean to imply any wrongdoing. I applaud your efforts to be open and honest. Agree on all points!

 

In other news....I wish I owned Sprint stock!

Interesting tidbit to mention, according to my Fidelity account homepage Sprint was the 10th most active stock traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX today.

 

 

 

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[jamisonshaw125]

Interesting tidbit to mention, according to my Fidelity account homepage Sprint was the 10th most active stock traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX today.

 

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Progress

[bigmachine]

S4GRU moved markets yesterday.  Congrats on some great reporting!

 

http://www.bidnessetc.com/35659-2-reasons-why-sprint-corp-s-stock-rose-7-yesterday/

[jamesinclair]

Unsure if it has been discussed but it sounds like the Sprint Radioshack deal fell through

[Paynefanbro]

Unsure if it has been discussed but it sounds like the Sprint Radioshack deal fell through

 

What makes you say that?

[nexgencpu]

Unsure if it has been discussed but it sounds like the Sprint Radioshack deal fell through

More details or link? As far as I can see its already a go, and remaining stores are still up in the air. 

 

Some talk about Gamestop is all I heard for remaining stores.

[Rawvega]

S4GRU moved markets yesterday.  Congrats on some great reporting!

 

http://www.bidnessetc.com/35659-2-reasons-why-sprint-corp-s-stock-rose-7-yesterday/

 

Indeed, though I don't know if their paraphrasing is entirely accurate:

 

 

According to unconfirmed reports from S4GRU (Sprint’s unofficial network tracker blog), the company is looking to expand its LTE footprint to 9,000 more markets, in addition to the network upgrade projects that it already has underway.

 

Are there even 9000 markets in the U.S.? 

[Scott]

More details or link?

I don't know if this is what jamesinclair was talking about, but some sites had articles yesterday about the Radio Shack name now being sold off separately from the stores/leases (in an auction with a $20 million minimum bid), so the stores might not be co-branded as Sprint/Radio Shack if the name is sold to a different company.

 

Unless he read something else that I haven't

[EvanA]

Indeed, though I don't know if their paraphrasing is entirely accurate:

 

 

Are there even 9000 markets in the U.S.? [emoji38]

Yeah... Don't think so [emoji1]

[mnjeepmale]

Interesting tidbit to mention, according to my Fidelity account homepage Sprint was the 10th most active stock traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX today.

 

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That's good news yesterday. Not today. The stock is going down.

[grapkoski]

That's good news yesterday. Not today. The stock is going down.

 

Yeah, just remember to invest with a five year outlook. Unless, the company could possibly not exist (American Apparel) in a few months, but those stocks are fun ways to increase blood pressure.

[jamesinclair]

I don't know if this is what jamesinclair was talking about, but some sites had articles yesterday about the Radio Shack name now being sold off separately from the stores/leases (in an auction with a $20 million minimum bid), so the stores might not be co-branded as Sprint/Radio Shack if the name is sold to a different company.

 

Unless he read something else that I haven't

 

 

Yes thats it

 

 

RadioShack Corp.’s biggest shareholder, already seeking to buy hundreds of stores from the bankrupt electronics retailer, agreed to a separate sale of the chain’s name, with bids to start at $20 million.

 

Before the Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer filed for bankruptcy this month, Standard General agreed to bid on about half of the company’s 4,000 locations, with plans to co-brand some of the stores with Sprint Corp., the wireless carrier.

 

An official committee of unsecured creditors has objected to various aspects of the proposal.

 

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-25/radioshack-s-biggest-shareholder-to-bid-for-retailer-s-name

 

So if someone else bought the rights to the name, there would be no co-branding

 

 

 

Creditors have cast a wary eye at Standard General’s bid for part of the RadioShack business, in part because the hedge fund said it would keep the business in operation but didn’t propose to buy the name and trademarks.

 

Standard General has a deal to offer co-branded stores with Sprint Corp. , but creditors wondered what brand would share with Sprint if the RadioShack name wasn’t part of the deal.

 

Lenders Cerberus Capital Management and Salus Capital Partners, which aren’t part of the same lending group as Standard General, have prime claim on the RadioShack brand. They are owed, collectively, $250 million.

 

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-name-going-up-for-auction-with-20-million-opening-offer-1424881775

 

 

Sprint is still getting 1,000 new stores, they just might have nothing to do with the Radioshack brand or products anymore.