JimBob

What is your academic major, GPA, experience?

I want really bad news so that I can buy the stock at a cheaper price.

What is the speed/quality of your 3G?

Big sell-off right now as short-term Sprint stockholders take their profits. In related news, T-Mobile USA is also dropping on AT&T's aggressive move to get their subscribers to switch. That may actually help Sprint's acquisition talks.

The South Will Rise Again.

I think y'all are missing the boat in that smartphone subscribers are just one of piece of a rapidly expanding pie. Millions of automobiles will soon be equipped with 4G LTE radios, and owners/passengers naturally want to connect their cars to the internet, especially if they want Netflix in the backseat TV screens.

Dec 30 interview with Sprint CEO Dan Hesse: http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/corner-office/sprint-ceo-dan-hesse-says-faster-data-and-higher-definition-calls-are Spark is Sprint's beefed up data network. "Basically what it means for the customer is your phone can work about 50 megabits per second," Hesse says. "A year from now it will be double that, and two years from now, triple that. So you're talking 150 megabits per second for the phone." Hesse says that aside from a faster data network, Sprint customers should soon expect to have better quality sound on phone calls. "We have announced something called 'high definition voice,' where your wireless phone will the be better of your devices, between your landline and your cell phone. So, today, somebody with perfect hearing hears about 10 octaves. The cell phone gives you about 4 octaves. 'High definition voice' will give you 7 of those 10 octaves, so I don't think it's going to be unusual at all six months from now for people to say, 'Let's get off this landline and let's have this call on a cell phone so we can hear each other better.'"

A new year approaches, and my long-ago dreams remain just that.

Landed at Bradley Airport this past Thursday. Very poor 3G; could not receive calls.

I will continue to hold the stock until early 2014. Today's run-up may have been a short squeeze, where the large number of traders betting against the stock finally gave up and rushed to cover their losing positions for the year's end. At the same time, there may have been many sellers locking in their profits for the year. Thus, new money may chase after available Sprint shares after Jan 1, and SoftBank already locked up more than 80% of Sprint.

Touched $11 today.

Merry Christmas. I am proud of you.

I am hoping next batch of 3G upgrades is in Fayetteville.

I really hope I am greeted by 4G LTE when I visit my folks in North Haven this Christmas. Nothing in their part of town when I was there this past October.

How many shares will you get?

The stock has already appreciated 50% within the past few months, so you may have missed the boat. If you do buy it now, your patience should have to be at least 1 year, as the stock price is likely to be volatile.

"Going into history", the Romans had a great 2000-year civilization. Their decline began with poor leaders (bad emperors).

Excellent. Hopefully they soon release the $$$ part of this agreement.

My average cost per Sprint share is close to $6, so I am hoping the stock hits above $9 next week.

We should remember that Sprint originally planned to host LightSquared's spectrum as part of Network Vision. With Dish previously trying to acquire Sprint/Clearwire, it is quite possible in the future that Dish will make some sort of network sharing agreement with Sprint. This future catalyst (or at least speculation) is why I continue to hold stock in Sprint.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/25/why-sprints-terrible-service-doesnt-matter.aspx

Agreed. Hit above $8 for the first time. My position in Sprint has appreciated over 30% the past 2 months. Such a quick run-up should trigger a sell, but I am confident that Sprint will go even higher over the next 2 years.

Now that time has passed, here is some humor that some of you recent veterans might know first-hand... https://www.facebook.com/Powerpointranger

Go punish the Sprint rep for being wrong.

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