joshuam
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"Uncarrier 10" announcement on 10 november. https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier-x-coming-november-10.htm Theme: "We never hit pause"
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Sprint...2.07% port ratio with Sprint. "I would expect Sprint to post positive numbers for the quarter, they are doing a good job" - John Legere
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Live stream of the call: I switched 4 lines over to T-Mobile this past quarter, still have one on Framily on Sprint. I live in a band 12 market, and honestly never even see HSPA in all of central Maryland. I get solid coverage inside buildings. Sprint iPhones seem to really struggle with band selection, and so they drop to 3G and park there. Once Sprint wraps up band 41, I think they will finally be able to tune band 26 for coverage instead of capacity. But until then, their just isn't enough density in Maryland to make Sprint a viable option.
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2.3M net adds. 843k post paid adds. Pretty good quarter for T-Mobile. https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-delivers-industry-leading-customer-and-financial-growth-in-q3-2015.htm
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If you NEED more high speed data, you can just change your plan at any point with no penalty. I don't understand what point you are trying to make? Bill certainty is much more important to more customers. It has worked well for T-Mobile, so Sprint would be stupid not to do it as well. 128Kb is plenty to keep the device usable (gps, email, even social media). You need higher speeds for most all streaming, so if that is important to you...then you can just upgrade your plan.
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Carriers have a reason for pushing family plans though, so I don't expect that to change. When your have multiple lines, it makes it much harder to switch carriers.
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But the majority of consumers don't want overages. That is why unlimited plans became popular. Because nobody wants a surprise bill. This is one of the reasons T-Mobile has done so well.
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Verizon and Comcast are not going to merge.
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Smart move to get rid of overages. It is a BIG differentiating factor between the duopoly.
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iOS 9.1 is out today. Anyone downloaded yet? Does it fix field test?
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Sprint's NY tax issue still lingering apparently. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-must-face-300m-lawsuit-underpaid-taxes-new-york/2015-10-20
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600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
joshuam replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
Verizon is NOT backing out of 600Mhz auction (though not a priority for them). http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizons-shammo-well-be-600-mhz-auction-more-interested-high-band-spectrum/2015-10-20 Also, this could be pretty big news for T-Mobile. The parents might be coming to help them. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-20/deutsche-telekom-said-to-consider-sale-of-t-mobile-netherlands -
So the "RV Mobile Internet Resource Center" posted an article about using T-Mobile to watch HBO. This impacts Sprint's ability to offer "truly" unlimited because why again? If the data is accurate, and we have no reason to not believe Sprint and T-Mobile....that the top 3% of their users are using over 23GB of data...then it seems wise to deploy these methods to ensure the network is available for 97% of your customers. It's a common sense approach.
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Everything isn't T-Mobiles fault. You can't blame them for something their CEO said, that probably 99% of consumers haven't even heard before.
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Sprint is totally useless overall in OC. Some of the towers still aren't upgraded for some reason. Even Verizon is way congested there...Sprint really need another tower.
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600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
joshuam replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
Opening bids on incentive auction posted! http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db1016/DA-15-1191A2.pdf -
Just to add to this conversation.. T-Mobile had a 21GB limit before deprioritization happened, but raised that limit to 23GB a few months ago. They claimed the limit will follow data usage trends. So I would assume Sprint is doing the same thing, and that the data usage by heavy users is similar on both networks.
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Ouch. Logistics on these things must be a nightmare. I imagine they write off quite a bit that is just lost or mishandled. T-Mobile had the same issue with their program. They told lease customers NOT to return in the mail like their EIP upgrade program. But nobody at support or store knew what to do the first couple days.
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Can confirm. This is a great option.
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That's funny. My local news did the exact opposite. Solely blaming Experian, and only mentioning that T-Mobile uses them as a service. Otherwise the blame was on Experian, and their numerous data breeches this year alone.
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T-Mobile could have up to $10B for 600Mhz auction... http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-cfo-600-mhz-incentive-auction-dynamics-are-positive-carrier-could/2015-09-30 They plan to bid to complete their low band portfolio to have a nationwide low band combined of 600 and 700. Then they would like to buy 600 in metro areas to supplement their spectrum portfolio in those areas (more capacity). Also some hints that merger/acquisition news coming.
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Unlimited Plan price going up on 15 October...$70 now instead of $60. http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-says-hurry-in-before-its-too-late-last-two-weeks-to-get-unlimited-high-speed-data-talk-and-text-for-just-60month.htm
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US Cellular would certainly explain T-Mobile's "EOY 2015" maps. Western Maryland specifically...I have family there. Neither Sprint, Verizon, or T-Mobile have native service. But US Cellular does.
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What exactly is unethical about it? It's just a marketing term that the average consume can understand better than the network terms. Verizon used to advertise "EVDO"...but eventually changed to calling it 3G. Because consumers understood 3G better due to the iPhone. Nothing unethical about it, it's just marketing. And it happens in every industry.
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Most of them have had band 12 for a while, they are just "officially" launching it now.
