caspar347 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Link to a summary of Reddit Q&A today with Günther Ottendorfer COO https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/52hswh/guenther_ama_summary/?st=IT0RR3VN&sh=61d3da3b Count me as really excited about possible consumer-purchaseable LTE femtocells. Other than that, mostly stuff we already knew. Which makes sense since I'm sure he had a lawyer-moderator sitting next to him the whole time. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Count me as really excited about possible consumer-purchaseable LTE femtocells. Other than that, mostly stuff we already knew. Which makes sense since I'm sure he had a lawyer-moderator sitting next to him the whole time. It's about the par for an AMA really but 40 something responses over a hour and a half is very, very respectable. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Other than that, mostly stuff we already knew. Which makes sense since I'm sure he had a lawyer-moderator sitting next to him the whole time. It's about the par for an AMA really but 40 something responses over a hour and a half is very, very respectable. Too many local market questions crowded the AMA. "When is Sprint going to convert remaining 3G sites or expand native coverage around West Timbuktu, Pennsylzona?" It does not matter even if it is a major market. Gunther is not in position to answer those minor local concerns, especially with specific dates. The real missed opportunity, in my opinion, was not pressing him about CDMA2000 utilization, particularly eHRPD/EV-DO. Sprint seems to be holding on to too much legacy bandwidth rather than ripping off the bandage. AJ 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Too many local market questions crowded the AMA. "When is Sprint going to convert remaining 3G sites or expand native coverage around West Timbuktu, Pennsylzona?" It does not matter even if it is a major market. Gunther is not in position to answer those minor local concerns, especially with specific dates. The real missed opportunity, in my opinion, was not pressing him about CDMA2000 utilization, particularly eHRPD/EV-DO. Sprint seems to be holding on to too much legacy bandwidth rather than ripping off the bandage. AJ Is this tied to standing up VoLTE? (For which he said: "VoLTE is on our roadmap and we'll make the move as soon as we can ensure that our customers have an even superior voice experience than today. It is tied to our densification and optimization strategy.") I was glad he readily acknowledged the GMO issue when asked about it: "We have a specific program to deal with ground mounts in our Densification and Optimization program." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrph Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Is this tied to standing up VoLTE? (For which he said: "VoLTE is on our roadmap and we'll make the move as soon as we can ensure that our customers have an even superior voice experience than today. It is tied to our densification and optimization strategy.") I was glad he readily acknowledged the GMO issue when asked about it: "We have a specific program to deal with ground mounts in our Densification and Optimization program." It sounds like this densification and optimization project is bigger than they've spoken about and just gave us the basic rundown without too much detail. People just think it's just small cells. Sent from my iPhone 6s+ using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnicekid Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 It sounds like this densification and optimization project is bigger than they've spoken about and just gave us the basic rundown without too much detail. People just think it's just small cells. Sent from my iPhone 6s+ using Tapatalk I took it as the right answer for any network question he didn't have an exact answer too. How about cells over here - "densification and optimization" That plan/program will be going on for years it's seems. The way he used threw it around it just about includes everything sprint is doing for the network. I do agree a lot of questions were so market specific he wouldn't know about them off the top of his head. But you are probably right- and I hope you are. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avb Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 http://www.businessinsider.com/jay-z-music-streaming-service-tidal-accused-of-not-paying-its-bills-2016-9?r=UK&IR=T For the tens of people paying for Tidal high fidelity on Sprint that are concerned about Sprint's new unlimited plan capping music streaming at 500Kbps. Tidal has its own issues. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is very encouraging news: http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-pre-orders-of-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-increase-nearly-four-times.htm Sounds like Sprint is firing on all cylinders. That Unlimited Freedom plan is a real draw, along with the promotions associated for new and existing customers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 http://www.businessinsider.com/jay-z-music-streaming-service-tidal-accused-of-not-paying-its-bills-2016-9?r=UK&IR=T For the tens of people paying for Tidal high fidelity on Sprint that are concerned about Sprint's new unlimited plan capping music streaming at 500Kbps. Tidal has its own issues. Tidal is currently headed out to sea. I give it 6 months tops, before it closes shop or is acquired. I just don't see this company making any inroads against the likes of Apple Music, Pandora or Spotify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrph Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 http://www.businessinsider.com/jay-z-music-streaming-service-tidal-accused-of-not-paying-its-bills-2016-9?r=UK&IR=T For the tens of people paying for Tidal high fidelity on Sprint that are concerned about Sprint's new unlimited plan capping music streaming at 500Kbps. Tidal has its own issues. Geeze 107 unpaid bills. I think Tidal was written off by millions when they press conference had all those millionaires on stage complaining that they aren't being paid enough for their work. They kept saying Tidal is about the artist who are up and coming. A better approach would have been to have some indie artists on the stage to convey that message that Tidal is about the artist. People would have been more receptive of that. Then the $20 plan was over kill. The damage has been done. Sent from my iPhone 6s+ using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avb Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is very encouraging news: http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-pre-orders-of-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-increase-nearly-four-times.htm Sounds like Sprint is firing on all cylinders. That seems pretty good and similar to T-Mobile (T-Mobile says up nearly 4x from last year). https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/iphone-7-and-7-plus-shatter-records-at-t-mobile.htm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg4icg Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Now who saw this coming? http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-president-and-ceo-marcelo-claure-named-chairman-of-ctia.htm?view_id=8696 Sent from my 2PQ93 using Tapatalk 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 That seems pretty good and similar to T-Mobile (T-Mobile says up nearly 4x from last year). https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/iphone-7-and-7-plus-shatter-records-at-t-mobile.htm Glad they're keeping pace with the competition on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transitwatch889 Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Now who saw this coming? http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-president-and-ceo-marcelo-claure-named-chairman-of-ctia.htm?view_id=8696 Sent from my 2PQ93 using Tapatalk i don't completely understand the possibilities and scope but it's seems pretty important position! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is very encouraging news: http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-pre-orders-of-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-increase-nearly-four-times.htm Sounds like Sprint is firing on all cylinders. That Unlimited Freedom plan is a real draw, along with the promotions associated for new and existing customers. I know its semantic but Sprint is touting a 375% increase in sales of the iphone 7 compared to last year...iphone 7 wasn't available last year. So yeah...there will be a big uptick in sales kinda like how there will be a 100% increase in rain when there is a hurricane. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexgencpu Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I know its semantic but Sprint is touting a 375% increase in sales of the iphone 7 compared to last year...iphone 7 wasn't available last year. So yeah...there will be a big uptick in sales kinda like how there will be a 100% increase in rain when there is a hurricane. Not sure what you mean, iphone 6s and 6s+ were released this time last year. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 The article didn't mention that they were comparing sales to the iphone 6. It just said iphone 7 sales compared to last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 The article didn't mention that they were comparing sales to the iphone 6. It just said iphone 7 sales compared to last year. It's a very reasonable inference to conclude Sprint was comparing its current iPhone pre-order sales to last year's iPhone pre-order sales. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 The article didn't mention that they were comparing sales to the iphone 6. It just said iphone 7 sales compared to last year. To be completely literal then the math would never work. To say there was any percentage of increase would be impossible since zero times any number would only result in zero. Therefore common sense implies a comparison to the sale of iPhones last year (AKA 6s/6s Plus) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipbapbam Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is a silly discussion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 To be completely literal then the math would never work. To say there was any percentage of increase would be impossible since zero times any number would only result in zero. Therefore common sense implies a comparison to the sale of iPhones last year (AKA 6s/6s Plus) Percentage increase = 100[(v₂ - v₁) ÷ v₁]% If v₁ = 0, then percentage increase is ∞. AJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is a silly discussion. Many people are silly -- because they cannot write properly. They do not know how to construct apples to apples comparisons. To be correct, comparisons must be both logical and literal. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Percentage increase = 100[(v₂ - v₁) ÷ v₁]% If v₁ = 0, then percentage increase is ∞. AJ I stand corrected. My simplification to using multiplication and addition to calculate a percentage increase wasn't the actual standard formula for percent increase. There is a more complex and literal interpretation that also implies that the original assumption of comparing to the sale of the iPhone 7 from 2015 is absurd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 This is a silly discussion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Of course it is But by reading critically you can pick up on marketing spin...and people trying to mislead you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexgencpu Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Of course it is But by reading critically you can pick up on marketing spin...and people trying to mislead you. So your saying that both him and Legere are just blowing smoke and not comparing it to previous iPhone releases. Sounds like you are big on conspiracy theories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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