Here are my thoughts as a long time Sprint customer.
While Dish may have the ability to do a bit more in mobile video content, I do not see much synergy. I have comcast. I have 100mb internet service. Satellite internet speeds will not come near wired speeds in the next five years. Fibre is going to keep making inroads. I just do not see what I as a sprint customer get from a dish merger.
I am a Sprint share holder. When I look at what Softbank has done in the Japanese market, I think they have a good understanding of wireless. They have a track record as a value carrier. They also have committed funding. This merger is going to involve alot of debt. I think that Softbank's balance sheet is simply stronger than Dish. I stay with sprint for unlimited data. ATT has double the speed in my market at the moment. With Network Vision I will be getting close to the network performance of Verizon, but with unlimited data, and the advantage of knowing what I will pay every month. If Dish wins I do not see how they will keep unlimited data with the amount of debt they will take on to close this deal. I think Softbank understands the sprint customer base better than Dish. If I lose unlimited data why should I stay with Sprint. I simply will either go to Verizon, or a prepaid carrier.
I just have this feeling that Dish will run Sprint into the ground.