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

[though]

11 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

Sprint announces buyer of Overland Park campus

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/03/01/sprint-occidental-management-overland-park-campus.html?

Oh man...

Can only hope the $$$ gets put into the network instead of the buildings going forward...

[JimBob]

22 minutes ago, though said:

Can only hope the $$$ gets put into the network instead of the buildings going forward...

The $$$ will be paid out as a bonus to Sprint executives for achieving "cost savings and efficiencies."

[greenbastard]

17 hours ago, JimBob said:

I will be in the 5G zone of coverage starting this June...  had previously thought getting a 5G phone would be useless until 2020. 🤔

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G.

Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

[greenbastard]

1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

Sprint announces buyer of Overland Park campus

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2019/03/01/sprint-occidental-management-overland-park-campus.html?

Oh man...

That is probably a good thing. Isn't the campus mostly empty today?

[Terrell352]

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G.
Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

At the moment I dont think there is enough 5G equipment

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[RedSpark]

8 minutes ago, greenbastard said:

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G.

Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

For a preliminary launch, it’s a good start. Assuming Capex isn’t the obvious limiting factor here, Sprint may be limited by available 5G equipment, by regulatory/permitting process or by work crew availability.

[bigsnake49]

27 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

At the moment I dont think there is enough 5G equipment

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Or 5G phones.

[Paynefanbro]

44 minutes ago, greenbastard said:

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G.

Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

If the (now removed) internal coverage map was correct, we can expect much more 5G coverage than is shown on those slides.

[Tengen31]

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G. Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

 

What do you mean? They are doing 3 B41 carriers on 5G. 5G is new and just getting started I'm not sure how you can say anything about coverage this early.

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[nexgencpu]

28 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

What do you mean? They are doing 3 B41 carriers on 5G. 5G is new and just getting started I'm not sure how you can say anything about coverage this early.

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No separate carriers just a single 60mhz channel. That's one advantage of NR, it supports up to a single 100mhz carrier.

[Tengen31]

No separate carriers just a single 60mhz channel. That's one advantage of NR, it supports up to a single 100mhz carrier.

Cool I didn't know that. Hard to do 100 with 60 of it still on LTE. New Tmobile could do it, tho they said they plan to still use B41 for LTE also.

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[utiz4321]

22 hours ago, greenbastard said:

Am I the only one that feels like these maps are a huge letdown? Sprint holds the spectrum advantage with their EBS/BRS spectrum. They have the ability blanket most markets with wideband 5G.

Yet they aren't. Why? Why not go scorched Earth on their competitors and widely deploy 5G? That DFW map is a joke. 

I don't understand why people don't seem to understand the concept of ROI. Not one penny is or is ought to be spent unless you can believe with a degree of certainty that spend will maximize ROI. They pay people good saleries to make these assessments and they manangment alot more to make capital allocation decisiona based on the assessment they are given. 

 

Istead of asking why sprint (or really any company) doesn't do X, given that as part of their decision making process they have more expertise and information that any of us has, you should ask what their actions tell you about their outlook on the company, what that means for their future growth and profitability. 

[tyroned3222]

For a preliminary launch, it’s a good start. Assuming Capex isn’t the obvious limiting factor here, Sprint may be limited by available 5G equipment, by regulatory/permitting process or by work crew availability.

Are the new monthly reports out yet for band 26 clearing along border regions ?


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[RAvirani]

57 minutes ago, tyroned3222 said:

Are the new monthly reports out yet for band 26 clearing along border regions ?


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https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10301137950860/800 MHz Monthly Report for MARCH 1 2019.pdf

[tyroned3222]

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10301137950860/800 MHz Monthly Report for MARCH 1 2019.pdf

Well, still a no go for El Paso [emoji2357]


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[though]

On 3/2/2019 at 10:57 PM, tyroned3222 said:

Well, still a no go for El Paso


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Same for Arkansas Grrrrrrrr.

[belusnecropolis]

We live on the east coast and we still don't have L800 on our site, or the next 3 for that matter. Good luck!

[bigsnake49]

They need to finish tri-banding their whole footprint, period, end of story.

[RedSpark]

https://newsroom.sprint.com/digital-transformation-update-leveraging-ai-and-analytics-to-move-at-speed-market.htm

“We are leveraging AI through AI-assisted chats, where nearly 30 percent of chats are handled by virtual agents — up from only 4 percent just a few months ago.”

💬🤖

😮

[JonnygATL]

I've shockingly had generally very good results with their chat bots. In the few instances where the bots couldn't help me, I was transferred to a real person and found resolution there.

[BlueAngel]

49 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

https://newsroom.sprint.com/digital-transformation-update-leveraging-ai-and-analytics-to-move-at-speed-market.htm

“We are leveraging AI through AI-assisted chats, where nearly 30 percent of chats are handled by virtual agents — up from only 4 percent just a few months ago.”

💬🤖

😮

Troubling.

[jreuschl]

AI probably explains why I was being told that I qualify for an upgrade when I was asking about changing the address on a S10 preorder.  I ended up getting three different answers between 2x chats and 1x call.

[RedSpark]

I wish Sprint was this detailed on all of their site launches!

[Tengen31]

I wish Sprint was this detailed on all of their site launches!

At least that's a better upload in that pic

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[Terrell352]

At least that's a better upload in that pic

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True but this was likely line of sight. Sprints upload CA breaks down fast when foliage and buildings are introduced.


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