jamesinclair
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Um...let's follow the money. Brightline is a higher-speed rail system under construction in Florida. It is being developed by All Aboard Florida, a wholly owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries (FECI Florida East Coast Industries (FECI) is Florida’s oldest and largest commercial real estate, transportation, and infrastructure holding company. FECI was purchased in 2007 by equity funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, LLC. https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2017/02/16/parent-of-brightline-train-project-to-be-acquired.html Hm, Softbank, where do I know them from...
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Apologies if this has been covered already, but the Sprint sponsorship of Pokemon Go is finally paying off. Background: Pokemon Go had an event where 20,000 people went to a single park to use their game Problem: 20,000 people accessing a data-intensive game in a very small area is bad news Situation: Sprint was only provider to deploy COWs (I assume thanks to my tweet) Problem: Event was a complete disaster because the only people who could play were Sprint and Tmobile users. No one else could connect. And now the Pokemon Go community is furious at Verizon and AT&T but speaking well of Sprint https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/6pqgmg/so_apparently_verizon_chose_not_to_deploy_pop_up/?st=j5mm6260&sh=74febf81 Dat word of mouth tho.
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My GF switched over. There was trouble at first, because they said her phone was reported as lost/stolen, and it took 2/3 calls to AT&T to get it resolved and made available to Sprint. So not as easy as just sliding a new SIM card in. But she is very happy with her new unlimited data, loves the HD voice calls, and has had no issues with service.
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Pokemon Go is having an event in Chicago later this month for 20,000 people. Ticketed event. Sprint, obviously, is a major sponsor. Any word on them bringing in the COWS? Would be highly embarrassing if the event fails because no one can connect. Conversely, would be good marketing if only Sprint customers have a good connection
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Indeed. My mom switched from Sprint to Verizon 2 years ago, and I wont even bring up the new free offer because Sprint still hasn't done anything to fix all the issues in her market (Fresno). According to the map on this website, a significant portion of the towers are still 3G only (in 2017!) and that doesnt even get to the issue that they havent added any towers in what looks like 10 years. Meanwhile, where I live, my gf will be switching to Sprint this week because the service here is good. Sprint competes nationwide, but performance is very regional.
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Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)
jamesinclair replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
Remember, once you drop Open, its gone forever. Do you have any plans for Latin America? 1GB free 3G + free calls is not matched by the new plan at all. -
Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)
jamesinclair replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
My sister has been in Colombia for 3 weeks. I told her about the 1GB limit. She is at .56 So I am not speaking in hypotheticals here. Our current cost is $0. The new plan would be $75. Thats outrageous. -
Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)
jamesinclair replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
Because calls are no longer free. Also, it is $25 per WEEK. The $30 was for the entire month. If you use 1GB over the course of a month, it would now be $100, vs $0 before. That's a massive price hike. -
Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)
jamesinclair replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
Incorrect. It's called offering options. Which Sprint has done for years with the Open World OR Global Roaming Plan. For Latin America, this is a price hike, plain and simple. -
Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)
jamesinclair replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
WTF This is a huge downgrade for Latin America which was 1GB free with 3G speed. -
Im happy for T-mobile. The more pressure on Verizon and AT&T the better
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Wait, really?
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WTF have they done to the website. It has gone from bad to an unusable mess. It just had me sign on 3 times, it flickered back and forth between the old and the new inter phase, I was forced to enter an 8 digit code twice, and now apparently 15 days into my cycle Ive sued 0GB, 0 minutes, and 0 texts.