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I think Sprint may realize that the auction will take a big hit on its cash flow. They won't admit it. So they claim they have enough spectrum to do it.

I understand how it could appear like that, but what he is doing isn't really genius, it is something many others could have done, and possibly far more, if they wanted to.

 

Problem is, his decisions likely are going to result in T-Mobile being acquired by another company, whichever one it is. Many people have said in various posts online several tech sites that John Legere was brought in for that reason specifically. I definitely agree with them.

 

If he were really genius, as I understand how it seems that way by the attention he gets along with the reactionary results, he could have done so in a way that would ensure long-term financial success. T-Mobile isn't in that position though.

Obviously, if someone purchase T-mobile right now, they need to pay a lot more than 2009 or 10.  He increase the value of the company and thus a benefit to their shareholders.

I like the idea quite a bit, except for that it means John Legere will keep his job, rather than Marcelo taking over T-Mobile. If Marcelo had the position of both companies, T-Mobile would be alot better.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sprint-t-mobile-us-merge-202508238.html

Will Sprint & T-Mobile US Merge Network Assets for a REIT?

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What do you think?

Does Pure Edition support Wifi Calling?

I don't think that Boost or Virgin have ever had access to any of the roaming partners, even when they showed as native on Sprint's coverage map.

Shentel and nTelos is Yes. Boost/Virgin has access to. I don't remember the Alltell.

According to?

Right now, I can't find any "Sprint coverage - signal strength varies" area on the map. So I can't compare. I was hoping they could open Roaming + area to Boost/Virgin

And, as much as some will say that is subterfuge, it is smart on Sprint's part.  With the roaming indicator still triggered, most users will not realize that their roaming is pseudo native, hence will not go hog wild on "unlimited" data.

 

AJ

If it is true "pseudo native", Boost and Virgin mobile user would be able to access it. This is not the case here.

The only danger of that would be those little guy was bought out by twin bell. Then there suddenly is a giant hole in your coverage map. Remember Alltel.

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its a problem for sure, if you have no network you will have no subscribers, but if you build a network will it attract subscribers....

 

Right now i don't think sprint has the money to gamble and expand coverage in this way, they are better off building a rock solid network in cites and areas they already cover.  They have a TON of work left to complete, from towers that are still 3g only, to the clear wire conversions, the one thousand plus new macro sites they plan to build, and the 70K small cells.... plus all the DAS to install at venues all across the country.... sprint money is better spent improving service to their existing customers rather than making a gamble to try and gain new ones in cities they don't cover. IMHO   

 

Once they have achieved the goal of #1 network in the country and completed a substantial amount of the current work load, then and only then should they aggressively expand the network foot print, think small to mid sized towns, complete interstate native lte coverage, alot of "small/mid" sized towns are located along major interstates and highways.  This coupled with a massive marketing push in those small to mid sized towns could be huge.  imagine if sprint built towers to cover a mid size town and them mailed everyone in that town an offer for free service for a year... i would have to think a decent percentage of people would take them up on that.  I think that would be a great long term play!

Another way to go is to purchase most CCA carriers.

However, Roaming+ is under Nationwide Sprint Network and has EVDO roaming

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What's the difference between Off-Network Roaming under Sprint 3G network and Nationwide Sprint Network. They have different color on the map.

Is Verizon still on Rev. 7 LTE? Anyway to verify?

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They just need to densify the tower. It maybe better spending money on new tower than install WCDMA

WCDMA probably goes before GSM get shuttered.

I don't think you will need WCDMA once LTE is in place. LTE basically cover all 3G could do.

It looks like T-mobile is using LTE b2 to overlay those EDGE only area. I guess they could keep using old panels by deploy on B2. Cell edge performance is rather weak. Keep jumping between LTE and Edge or other Tower.

Does RRPP member get to use Sprint's spectrum? Or it is just a roaming agreement?

Looks like this temporary cell site is using ubiquiti network as back haul. Any idea which company it may be?

Now blackberry is basically one big Android phone with keyboard

To save on roaming costs, they don't offer nationwide roaming on ATT.

I use 1Mb of data in Montana will cost them the same as in Idaho, it doesn't make sense. I was start to wondering if they were restricted to roam on PCS area of AT&T

I have not quite figure out how T-Mobile decide where to allow you to roam. In their coverage map, some area they will allow to roam on AT&T but not in some other area. I couldn't quite figure out their logic why not allow AT&T roaming in all area where they don't have coverage.

Is there any native Sprint tower in ntelos area? Will the control of those tower transferred to Shentel?

Did sensorly know about the problem?  I was able to get Verizon AWS LTE using my Nexus 5 (with a Verizon SIM). I guess if I turn on sensorly, same thing will happen.

Maybe some local WISP.