Ascertion

They will be okay. I believe they are doing this on purpose. Maybe so softbank can buy more shares

I don't think the stock can take much more damage before it's delisted.  Softbank is a lot of incentives (tax-wise) to keep at least 15% of the stock public.

What in the freak is going on its at $2.34.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bad news came out recently (with the bonds), and Sprint is not announcing any good news to negate the bad press so it's continuing to drop more.  If Sprint's really wanting to stay on NYSE, they're going to have to sell off some of its B41 assets and/or start some sort of merger talk rumors.

The Zombie was actually for Unlimited My Way... The Hamster (voiced by Andrew Dice Clay) was in the

...

Sprint Zombie for Add-a-Line on Unlimited My Way:

Eh, I remember it being for the unlimited data guarantee, which Framily also had.  Maybe that's where I mixed it up.  I did not like the hamster commercial.

The Sprint ads are silly and cheap looking. The whole Karate group smashing 50% bricks is not appealing to me, and it looks like retards.  It is amazing that a company with 36 billions on revenue haven't been able to get everything in place,but i guess that is what the new CFO is doing.

 

They need to detail their NGN plans in the next conference earnings call. 

I really liked their Zombie Framily commercial.  Probably one of their best ones.  The rest?  I don't even remember them.

What a rough year for Sprint so far...stock has lost a 3rd of its value since the start of 2016...

You'd still own the company unless they filed for bankruptcy. They could go OTC and just not be traded on NYSE anymore, or they could attempt to go private and buy you out (probably for a small premium over what the stock was last trading at).

*Gulp*

This could just be a bluff (the towers not the microwave part) to negotiate better leases. That would be a smart move.

So far it is working.  The tower company's stocks are plummeting from the news.

What exactly would happen to the shareholders that hold S when/if the stock was de-listed from NYSE?  Is Softbank obligated to purchase the remaining shares for cheap?  Are the shares worthless?  Do the shares just become private?  Would Sprint benefit from doing a reverse stock split to keep the number over $2? 

Sprint is being very silent about it and new small cells have reportedly been spotted in a few places already. Only thing is, it's very hard to determine if they belong to Sprint.

 

Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

That's easy. Just put your phone next to it and if it explodes, it was a Sprint small cell.

That doesn't really make sense. I carry a sprint and an att phone in a market that doesn't have b26 and quite a few towers that haven't been upgrade and my experience on sprint is better than att. Further, people how have switched to sprint here don't complain about service.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

AT&T is pretty bad in Phoenix now.  Sprint's okay in Phoenix, along with T-Mobile.  But I'm going purely based on reports I've read either here, or on Reddit.  From what I'm seeing is that T-Mobile's speeds are congested and Sprint's lacking 800 in the market.  But both have decent site density.  Sprint can be very good in some markets.  I wish they were better in Jacksonville.

I know that the market is down, but I am starting to seriously feel some fear for my S investment.  Hopefully you guys can shed some light on this, but according to the latest Bloomberg article, Sprint's got 6 more bonds maturing within the next 3 years, they're currently planning to spend a ton of cash to relocate towers (might be false rumors), and they're about to start seriously investing in network infrastructure and upgrades (looks bad short-term with investments.) Sprint's ARPU is declining because they're having to compete on price, and SoftBank's stock is crashing as well.  T-Mobile is still growing/expanding at a rapid rate and they're pulling a profit, which sets high expectations for Sprint.  Sprint wasting over $25M from advisers doesn't help, nor does paying the Sprint CEO the most out of all telecoms.  It really just doesn't make sense to me what Sprint's upper management is doing.  Sprint also being very quiet about NGN plans or any other CCA/RRPP roaming partners is also concerning me.  

 

EDIT: To add to this, Sprint stock is also amongst the most shorted stocks at the moment.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-18/softbank-falls-to-lowest-since-sprint-purchase-as-doubts-mount

Man, even Softbank stock is taking a hit.  I guess that's normal, considering they own 83% of Sprint.

That seems like unnecessary work, basically doing a new build out after already doing a new build out, in areas that have already been built out... Instead they could be focusing the resources on expanding instead??? Unless those leases are actually that expensive that going backwards is actually cheaper?

 

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

 

Moving to microwave backhaul also seems like a backwards move to me.

 

Several of their sites by me are already on government owned property, mainly water towers.

Agreed. This is a cost cutting measure, but the cost to have them moved up front is going to be large. Not to mention the service disruptions and bill credits they'll be giving out as a result. T-Mobile has way more macro towers and they're pulling a profit. Sprint needs to trim the costs elsewhere.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5X

Besides unlocked stuff, I never found Sprint's device selection limited. I assume all that will change once they start releasing LTE only devices and they become more unlocked friendly.

Sprint does a good job with providing the mainline flagships (ie: Galaxy S, Note series, LG G series, etc.)  But you can not buy a Galaxy S6 Active and use it on Sprint.  You cannot buy a Sony Xperia phone and use it on Sprint.  You cannot buy  a Oneplus device (just an example, don't hurt me!) and use it on Sprint.  Meanwhile, these devices for the most part are available on competing networks (mainly T-Mobile/AT&T.)  I for one would have purchased the Sony Z3 or Z3c if it came to Sprint like it was rumored to.  Sprint's getting better at supporting multi-carrier devices (such as Nexus and Moto X), but they still need to improve what can be used on the network.  Sony devices already support CDMA (VZW), so the only thing keeping it from Sprint is Sprint, themselves.

Sprint Shake-Ups Continue as Product Head Leaves

 

David Owens, VP of Product and a 25+ Year Sprint Veteran has been replaced.

 

According to the Article, he was in charge of product strategy, device selection, engineering and relationships with handset makers, among other duties. His last day will be Jan. 29.

 

Sounds like Sprint made the decision per the Internal Memo cited.

Sounds like new devices may make its way over.  Sprint's flagships are kind of limited.  Get either a Galaxy, iPhone, or an LG.  The other three carriers have a lot more exclusives (Sony phones, Samsung Active series, LG V10, Droid, etc.)

I believe him. Florida is a very strong state when it comes to voice on all carriers.

 

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

No mountains and everything is flat. Perfect conditions for wireless.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5X

Did they shutdown Wimax in Jacksonville? How did they get the second carriers online on all B41 sites?

Not entirely sure.  Sprint has a lot of Wimax sites still running (or at least have Wimax equipment on them.)  These sites actually would make for a great B41 site, as they're located in perfect spots.  The issue is there's no B41 around them.  Maybe they're wanting to swap out the equipment with the same permit when they remove the old Wimax equipment??  Anyways, I still have 3 family members on my old ED 1500 plan, so I'm going to monitor Sprint's progress as it goes on and if Sprint gets their upgrades going, I'll probably jump back over.

Some say an issue with band 26 is lack of optimization.  Some say it is downtilt for capacity -- not coverage.  Some say it is RF limitations of a 5 MHz FDD carrier.  Some say it is power limitations due to running dual mode CDMA2000/LTE.  The situation is complex and varies from site to site.

 

Honestly, I am surprised by your reports about Jacksonville.  Others have stated that the network in Jacksonville has been excellent.  So, maybe your experience is an exception, not the assertion.  Pun intended.

 

AJ

It has gotten congested in the last 6-8 months.  Sprint's lack of B41 is making things worse.  They've added LTE Plus to many sites, but only those sites that have already been upgraded to B41, which already didn't necessarily need the capacity.  What needs the capacity are the sites that consistently pull sub-1mbps speeds where trying to load a movie trailer or taking 5+ minutes to download Google Maps becomes a hassle.

 

And from RootMetric's perspective, Sprint's gotten worse in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville 2H results - 94.4 Score

Jacksonville 1H results - 97.2 Score

 

Sprint has slowed down since the last round of testing, and in my area, it is definitely noticeable.  Densification is actually the solution.  Sprint just needs to get it rolling already.  I'm not seeing any local permits for Sprint yet, only AT&T/T-Mobile.

Interesting. How is BingeOn affecting you?

 

Sent from my SM-N910T

Actually, I turned mine off.  If I need to turn it on for any reason, it's a dialer code away.

 

But so far, I am impressed with my LTE coverage and the best part, VoLTE.  Slowest speeds I've gotten in my area is 15mbps. 

derrph, on 15 Jan 2016 - 08:18 AM, said:

I wonder how valid this is.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They already trash BingeOn in their commercials by claiming they don't slow down. Doesn't mention that it'll charge you roughly $15-30 per HD movie (ie: overages.)

Terrell352, on 15 Jan 2016 - 06:36 AM, said:

Not my neighborhood. I travel Florida in general a lot and I can say that unless it is Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Daytona, or in the middle of nowhere for some reason, there is no 2.5 around. And these cities still have plenty of sites without it. In mid sized cities 2.5 is urban legend for much of the country. 50mhz for Tmobile, 60mhz for Verizon and At&t while Sprint is still using 20mhz is just odd to me but this is just 8 cities that I have observed in Florida including my own. I have seen mountains of permits for Verizon, Tmobile and At&t but Sprint very little. If T-mobile can do it then Sprint does not have an excuse. The other carriers seem to get it. Sprint is either really far behind or just clueless about how to deploy a network within 2 years. I'm not mad that's why I have 2 carriers for but I have to tell it like it is. Regardless do the math. Spark is two years old now right? They should have 30,000 and I'm under estimating (36,500 to be exact) or more with 2.5 equipment if they were indeed doing 50 sites per day. Since we all know they don't have 30,000 with 2.5. I can say that they don't upgrade 50 sites per day. That's all the proof I need.

As someone that's been in a declining market (Jacksonville), I can definitely say Sprint is behind the curve. Honestly, I just made the switch to T-Mobile and it is amazing how much coverage they get or of their B4. Sprints B26 either is outdone by B4 or similar in terms of coverage. Areas that's been Edge have now all been converted around me and now they have at least 10x the bandwidth as Sprint does in my areas (More spectrum deployed and about 50% more towers.) I want Sprint to do well, I really do. But they just do not seem to grasp how important a good network is. We'll see how NGN works out but with them staying as quiet as possible about it, it's hard to have faith in it.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5X

I'm mostly curious about how the upgrades at BestBuy will be affected.  I really enjoyed picking up the latest phone for $1 on a 2yr agreement.  AT&T customers can't even do a 2yr upgrade there anymore. 

Now that we're in the first quarter of 2016, does anyone know if the densification project has begun or is currently active?

Heard nothing, in my area, I see nothing yet.  I'm wondering if Sprint is going to give out any specifics this quarterly results, but I'm doubtful since we thought they'd mention it the last 2x.

Unless you never upgrade your phones and/or purchase them off-contract for full price, AT&T is a lousy deal.  ED1500 is far cheaper, when you consider the phone upgrade options with pre-billed device subsidy already included.  It's actually so cheap that I've been sitting on two upgrades now for awhile.  Hopefully HTC or Samsung bring out something that'll wow me.

Are you on the 2.6.22.0.56 Radio or the 2.6.28.0.65 radio?

28.

 

Sent from my Nexus 5X

Not sure but I bought some @$3.27 this am

 

Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Sitting at 3.15 now.  I am convinced the only thing that'll bring it back is when Sprint finally pulls a profit (unlikely this year.) or merger news starts occurring again.