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

[NYC126]

I could see benefits out of it but I just don't see the public support. That said, if you speak of giving Neville Ray an extra 200 MHz of LTE spectrum and double his capex you would see what might compete for the fastest and best LTE network on Planet Earth as well as roll up into the 5G era with a bullet.

That said I think the Sprint end of things like KC would pretty much get decimated. I can see both sides of it. Not a pretty picture on that end if there's a merger, because Masa already tipped his hand as to who runs it. That said if it happens I would likely end up welcoming new Magentan overlords.

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Only if Verizon and AT&T didn't buy the current front-runners with campaign contributions. The bs that the merger didn't happen in 2014 because the FCC wanted four carriers made laugh. It was the twins bells blocking those efforts behind the scenes.

[utiz4321]

There will be no merger not now and not in the near future. First Democrats likely take the house. Secondly, Sprint stock is too low for merger. Thirdly, other countries with less than half of our population still thrive with 3 national carriers. So there is no reason why all four carriers cannot prosper in US.

Democrats have zero chance of taking the house. The Senate maybe, but i dont think they'll do even that.

 

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[Paynefanbro]

Let's not...

 

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[RAvirani]

Yea this is just asking for a fight over politics. Let's steer the discussion back towards Sprint and Marcelo.

[Arysyn]

This is definitely your best post ever.

 

Thank youggge!

[SkyGuy98]

Absolutely! What Marcelo needs to do is to make a deal like no one has ever seen before. It'll be this yuuuuuuggge deal where he's going to get U.S. Cellular to meeerrrggge into Sprint and I tell you it's going to be so great. Sprint's got so much more spectrum than ANYbody its like no comparison there. But that's not all. The new Sprint is going to be so amazing, I tell you. Not only is Marcelo going to get U.S. Cellular, but he's going bring jobs back to Sprint there will be so much business going back to Sprint and all the other carriers are going to be so envious that Sprint will need to build a wall around its corporate headquarters, but I tell you Marcelo is going to do it, and he's going to get John Legere to personally pay for it.

 

Althoughhh, Sprint might decide to make a deal with T-Mobile, I don't know, but I'm sure if it did, it would be great, really great. Marcelo and John are friends, really great friends. And you know that whatever deal they may make, it'll be great. But whatever happens, Sprint will be great again!

I must say. I wrote it as a Sanders "yuuge", but expected some might see it as a Trump "yuuge". Doesn't matter because they both have Brooklyn accents. However, that post is the greatest I have read on S4GRU. I can just hear Trump saying that. Thanks for the laugh! Edited May 4, 2016 by SkyGuy98

[red_dog007]

The big advantage of 2.5 LTE femtocells over wifi is range; in licensed spectrum Sprint can put out a lot more power than WiFi and interference should be be much lower. Get a few Sprint customers in each big apartment building to install a femtocell+wifi router and they'll have their small cell deployment in urban areas. Or, more ambitiously, work with Big Cable to build 2.5 LTE into each gateway they rent.

 

 

I'd rather not others eat my potentially limited bandwidth speeds, eat my data caps, and me getting RIAA/MPAA notices in my email.

 

If Im the only one with a cell, it could be easy for a dozen or two devices to be connected to the 2.5GHz.

[ingenium]

I'd rather not others eat my potentially limited bandwidth speeds, eat my data caps, and me getting RIAA/MPAA notices in my email.

 

If Im the only one with a cell, it could be easy for a dozen or two devices to be connected to the 2.5GHz.

I would imagine if they rolled it out for consumer use, it would have optional access controls like the current airave.

 

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[Arysyn]

I must say. I wrote it as a Sanders "yuuge", but expected some might see it as a Trump "yuuge". Doesn't matter because they both have Brooklyn accents. However, that post is the greatest I have read on S4GRU. I can just hear Trump saying that. Thanks for the laugh!

 

I'm glad you and quite a few others here liked my post. Trump was the first thing that got in my mind when I saw "yuuge" written, although I wasn't aware of Sanders saying it, but then again I haven't heard many speeches from him, especially in contrast from what I see/hear in the media from Trump.

 

Now that Trump has pretty much secured the Republican nomination, it''ll be interesting to see if what he suggested Bernie do if indeed Bernie doesn't win, which is to run as an Independent. If so, then Hillary's chances of winning the Presidency will be less although Bernie likely will not have enough support from carryover Democrats to win, unless as I read today from some journalists thinking Hillary getting indicted does happen.

 

Not meaning to get into politics by saying that, but the reason for it is in thinking about the new administration's stance on wireless mergers. I see it like this. If Bernie wins (if he runs as an Independent or gets the Democratic nomination after Hillary gets indicted - if that happens) then mergers are going to be very unlikely to happen during his presidency. If Hillary wins, that is a scenario that makes the merger likelihood very interesting, could be not likely, could be they happen, I'm not sure. Yet if Trump wins, then we may be seeing some big merger possibilities.

 

While I believe it is best not to get into political discussions here, as I understand the importance of avoiding potential political arguments, etc., I still think it is important to pay attention to the political ongoings and to mention here whenever there is a comment made regarding business policy that might affect the wireless industry. Just so that it is about the policy, not in regards to the politics of it. Although from time to time some joking around about politics relating to wireless issues can be fun. I'd of course love to see yet another Trump vs Legere Twitter feud. Also, I am curious as to which wireless carriers the candidates have for their wireless service

[SkyGuy98]

I'm glad you and quite a few others here liked my post. Trump was the first thing that got in my mind when I saw "yuuge" written, although I wasn't aware of Sanders saying it, but then again I haven't heard many speeches from him, especially in contrast from what I see/hear in the media from Trump.

 

Now that Trump has pretty much secured the Republican nomination, it''ll be interesting to see if what he suggested Bernie do if indeed Bernie doesn't win, which is to run as an Independent. If so, then Hillary's chances of winning the Presidency will be less although Bernie likely will not have enough support from carryover Democrats to win, unless as I read today from some journalists thinking Hillary getting indicted does happen.

 

Not meaning to get into politics by saying that, but the reason for it is in thinking about the new administration's stance on wireless mergers. I see it like this. If Bernie wins (if he runs as an Independent or gets the Democratic nomination after Hillary gets indicted - if that happens) then mergers are going to be very unlikely to happen during his presidency. If Hillary wins, that is a scenario that makes the merger likelihood very interesting, could be not likely, could be they happen, I'm not sure. Yet if Trump wins, then we may be seeing some big merger possibilities.

 

While I believe it is best not to get into political discussions here, as I understand the importance of avoiding potential political arguments, etc., I still think it is important to pay attention to the political ongoings and to mention here whenever there is a comment made regarding business policy that might affect the wireless industry. Just so that it is about the policy, not in regards to the politics of it. Although from time to time some joking around about politics relating to wireless issues can be fun. I'd of course love to see yet another Trump vs Legere Twitter feud. Also, I am curious as to which wireless carriers the candidates have for their wireless service

Yeah. I can definitely see Clinton allowing mergers (Heck, she'd probably let Verizon buy out every carrier large and small in the country because they donate large amounts to her). Sanders would definitely appoint an FCC chair that would almost never allow acquisitions or mergers. I bet Trump would try to get them into one carrier and then call it 'Trump Wireless' .

 

As to candidates' carriers, my guesses are:

 

Clinton: Verizon

Trump: T-Mobile

Sanders: VTel Wireless

[payturr]

 

Trump: T-Mobile

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Trump HATES T-Mobile and John Legere, they went toe to toe on Twitter last year! Absolutely DESPISE each other

[Deval]

So it looks like we'll see small cells and the start of densification this year and full force next year. Should be interesting to see in real world.

[SkyGuy98]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Trump HATES T-Mobile and John Legere, they went toe to toe on Twitter last year! Absolutely DESPISE each other

That's why he has them.

 

1. They advertise by using a big "T" (Sounds familiar, no?)

2. He had a fight with Legere (If he fights someone, it isn't always because he hates them, he is just a bully)

3. T-Mobile looks flashy and fast with all sorts of amenities and features, but isn't actually the best like they claim (Sounds familiar again, no?)

4. Don't take anything Trump says at face value, because he's likely to flip flop the next sentence (Sounds like another presidential frontrunner, no?)

[jonathanm1978]

Y'all are going to keep on with the politics until someone gets in trouble for it.  Doesn't really pertain to the topic either...not a political thread or place to discuss it.

[SkyGuy98]

Wasn't trying to get political, just tying some current jokes into the telecommunications world. [emoji106]

[utiz4321]

I think trying to keep politics out of any place on the internet this year is going to be like try to catch rain with a butterfly net.

 

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[RedSpark]

Marcelo received a warm welcome from employees at his Town Hall this morning: https://www.facebook.com/MarceloClaurePage/videos/1090072537697966/

[Overstew]

Late last year Sprint announced they were going to go full force with small cell deployment starting Q1 2016.  I know they just released some information about 2017 and on but so far it definitely looks like they need to stay quiet and just focus on the work.

 

So far, according to RootMetrics, these are the scores for the major metros that have been tested.

Amount of First Place Overall Wins,

AT&T: 36
Sprint: 4
T-Mobile: 22
Verizon: 62

Now there are still a hand full of markets to test, but so far Sprint's efforts haven't been reflecting on their performance yet.  Thoughts?

Edited May 4, 2016 by Overstew

[utiz4321]

Late last year Sprint announced they were going to go full force with small cell deployment starting Q1 2016. I know they just released some information about 2017 and on but so far it definitely looks like they need to stay quiet and just focus on the work.

 

So far, according to RootMetrics, these are the scores for the major metros that have been tested.

Amount of First Place Overall Wins,

AT&T: 36

Sprint: 4

T-Mobile: 22

Verizon: 62

Now there are still a hand full of markets to test, but so far Sprint's efforts haven't been reflecting on their performance yet. Thoughts?

Same problem as always. Sprint has a plan, aggressive rollout goals and then they proceed really, really slow.

 

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[Overstew]

Same problem as always. Sprint has a plan, aggressive rollout goals and then they proceed really, really slow.

 

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They are blaming local permits but what's strange is the other carriers do not seem to be having these permit delays.  I think it is just a cover up for some other reason. I read previous delays were from birds!

[cyclone]

They are blaming local permits but what's strange is the other carriers do not seem to be having these permit delays.  I think it is just a cover up for some other reason. I read previous delays were from birds!

There are towers that are inhabited by birds on the endangered species list or protected for some reason or another and you are legally unable to do work if the birds or nests are present. I work at a telecommunications company and we had such a thing happen a couple years back where we had to delay work on the tower for a few months until the birds migrated off the tower and we were granted permission to work again.

[ingenium]

They are blaming local permits but what's strange is the other carriers do not seem to be having these permit delays. I think it is just a cover up for some other reason. I read previous delays were from birds!

I'd believe permit delays were an issue in the SF Bay area, but you're right other carriers are getting them through. Perhaps the other carriers planned further ahead? Or have more people dedicated to the permitting process. I know some Sprint sites here are on historical landmarks, whereas the other carriers are on nearby buildings instead. At least one of the landmark sites was stuck for years before NV 1.0 was applied, then another 9+ months before it got LTE. It finally got LTE (and B41) a month ago. And this was the only site serving a high population + tourist attraction neighborhood. The whole area was a legacy (and later NV 1.0 3G) wasteland that was completely unusable during normal times, let alone when they had a big event.

 

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[Jones]

Amount of First Place Overall Wins,

AT&T: 36

Sprint: 4

T-Mobile: 22

Verizon: 62

Thoughts?

There are wins that sprint had in prior testing then lost. I have to wonder if this very site is the reason for that. We have so much critical info on site placement and upgrade times that is essentially open to the public.

A competitor just needs to pay a small amount here and has all the info they need to overbuild and steal any performance gains sprint obtained.

Maybe we are the reason sprint is behind after 3 and 1/2 years since starting NV 1.0

[caspar347]

They are blaming local permits

Hmm.

 

Yeah, I'd bet it's pretty hard to get permits approved when you're not applying for them in the first place.

 

Just a thought.

 

 

 

 

 

On another note, it's nice to see more subscribers.

[laqn1283]

They said they are doing this non traditional way and whenever you deploy anything non traditional with the goal of saving money, there will always be delays.