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Point blank, all my lines would have stayed with Sprint if they had been willing to provide incentives or concessions where the network had become impossible to use. Glad we have a ceo that understands this!! If he can stimulate heavy positive growth AND shock people with acceptable network performance, the "framily" will grow beyond a plan Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

No matter who runs sprint, stooping to the lows of the magentan messiah and participating in a twat off of bitter tweets is beneath sprint Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Two things would excite me. 1) Usage based billing. Pay for what you use by GB , with buckets becoming cheaper as you go. If we are financing our devices now, why not? If usage based billing isnt attractive, then sell me data buckets that ROLLOVER from month to month. Some months im a 4GB guy, others a 1. The advertising could be quirky and very disruptive to the other 3. 2) Announce network expansion. Say its strategic... get the public believing again that the size as well as the quality is growing. I believe many users could be told "the network is growing" and believe smr is in fact a new site... capitalize on the perception Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

wise I have the same concern. I dont expect Son is currently reaping anything close to what he expected from Sprint and I dont expect him to indefinitely fund sprint, especially if Softbank faces any other financial or business related sefbacks in its home turf. He bought a company sold to him as being on the cusp of a turnaround and hes now chairman of a company considered to be in a grim position I dont think he would outright sell majority stake. But, if his turnaround efforts manage to raise the stock above $8.50,I could see him selling his ownership down significantly. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Cspire actually claims native LTE coverage in mccomb. I have family in amite county and often drive from hattiesburg through mccomb to get there. Cspires legacy data network has been in the toilet for a looong time. Some sites will allow 3g access, some 1x, some nothing. Not a unique experience with cspire. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Well I like it. Theres really no reason Dish couldnt reach an agreement with sprint similar to the Lightsquared agreement. More money, immediate opportunity to deploy, longterm partnership for expansion and site sharing Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

I've done all three and will share my thoughts 1)Craigslist: Preferred if you're an in area that is large enough to produce real interest. Make the add as professional as you would an ebay ad and be sure to price it with the expectation that people will make offers, but also negotiate lower as you're not paying paypal or ebay fees. Probably the hardest way to sell a very valuable device. The older, less valuable stuff is easier. 2)Swappa. I've had a transaction as buyer and a transaction as seller. Swappa's interface is a little less familiar; it also does not get traffic volume ebay gets. However, its savings on listing and seller fees are real and worth your time. My buying experience was perfect on here. My selling experience resulted in an item being returned. The device had been purchased brand new, no defects, mint condition. Sold it 6 months later. The buyer was a programmer who received it and after using it , decided the GPS on the device (a samsung) was inferior to his Moto RAZR and therefore reported it "internally damaged". I graciously refunded his money, but what i'll tell is that the dispute/return process on swappa is less evolved or re-assuring for buyer or seller. I got the device back and despite testing, could not replicate GPS problems. Who knows. 3)Ebay. I've sold 7 phones on ebay. A properly priced device on ebay is all but guaranteed to sell; most of mine sell for their "buy it now" price. I feel robbed every time I get my listing/selling invoice however. I've seen a $350 device hit with a $32 listing bill because ebay sets its pricing based on the type of listing and knows phones are a hot commodity. Anyway, I suggest you go all out with the listing format. Plenty of pictures, excessive documentation and disclosure. If the device is used, always list it as "used". Don't try "new without box". Don't embellish. Say things like "Here are photos; I do not notice any scratches cracks or defects". Or , if there is a scuff on a corner, say "There is scuff on the corner" or "Hairline scratch on the screen". There is an underground of nasty, trolling , crayon eating ebay buyers who will buy devices and then open claims for the most minor thing they feel wasn't disclosed on the listing. I've got a buddy who lost two devices sold together AND his proceeds because a buyer opened a claim based on lack of description, won the claim and got his money back, and then disappeared and never returned them. My buddy didn't even report them stolen (I know, idiot) but this can happen. For that reason, you really cannot be too thorough. I've had 2 ebay claims opened on me. Why? Well, one buyer claimed I had sold her an Sprint Iphone 5 with a bad ESN. Well, I did not. Since I kept the ESN on hand and photos of it (there's another recommendation), I was able to show her via an ESN Checker it was clear. When she didn't believe me, I did an online chat with sprint, they agreed it was clear, and all of these photos were posted in the ebay dispute. She then changed her story and said that Sprint wanted a deposit and she wanted her money back because she needed a device to use with Straight Talk. I refused because the device was not advertised to work with anyone but sprint. She then claimed that Sprint customer service was bad and that I didn't tell her what to expect. In the end, ebay sided with me. However, it was ugly and she was an idiot. In the end, she told me I was mean and helpless. So goes the story. Second story is worse. Sold a guy a mint condition Note 2 on Sprint. Well, when he got it, he immediately opened a claim and said that he was not satisfied with the voice quality and signal . Not the LTE ; he actually said that was perfect. He claimed that the voice coverage was less reliable than his wife's new Sprint/samsung flip phone. Well guess what? S4GRU showed his area with active SMR Voice at that time. History and threads here had plenty of documentation about the Note 2's issues with SMR voice and the special PRL's that did not include it. I tried to explain to him that not all sprint devices would produce the same coverage. In the end, he was convinced that I was lying but closed his claim. I always felt bad for the guy, but even Sprint checked the device and told him it was not malfunctioning. Now, when I sell on ebay, I always include a disclaimer something like this: This sale is strictly as-is. The sale is also final. Absolutely no refunds will be issued. The seller cannot warrant that the networks the purchaser may use perform to purchaser's specific expectations of the network, whether based on advertising, coverage maps, or the advice of any person, either in the locations where purchaser resides or intends to use the device. Purchaser accepts that a carrier's network performance may vary based on the specific caveats on the device as built by the manufacturer and cannot warrant that the device will meet or exceed the purchaser's specific expectations based on the purchaser's usage of other devices authorized to function on the network including but not limited to smartphones or non-smartphones. Purchaser agrees to rely on the remaining manufacturer's warranty for the resolution of defects and hold the seller harmless from any claims against the device. Seller cannot warrant the quality of customer service or interaction of any carrier, manufacturer or affiliate. Oh, and always offer free shipping the US for ebay and no international shipping. People seem to pay more when shipping is free.

His true colors are schill. He locksteps the importance of competition (a concern of the white house) while clearly embracing the staus quo so well coveted by the puppeters of his lobbyist past. In reality, his opinion today is entrenching the strangehold he helped create during a time of little regulatory concern for competition. He supported ATT's acquisition of tmobile. So, if the two carriers who were lucky enough to be granted their power cant have it, why would Sprint deserve a shot at joing the ranks? Schill. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

If this is plan B, im ready for a rebranding in next 12 months. And good for Hesse. No matter what can be said about sprints weaknesses, the man single-handedly saved sprint from being sold off for pennies or bankrupted years ago. He kept the ship afloat in sprints darkest days with a steady and metered strategy and fiscal discipline. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Sprint is the preferred roaming partner for all cspire customers. Cspire is only advertising its devices as compatible with B25 LTE, though most appear to be customized sprint variants. And as for now, all cspire has to offer other carriers is B25 LTE. Maybe once the device ecosystem issues are worked out cspire can deploy its 700mhz holdings and gain more partners Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Cspire has everything to gain here. Sprint has been providing roaming revenue to cspire, helping balance cspires roi for all of the rural coverage it has in mississippi. Doubling the size of the roaming partner helps pave the way for cspire to take lte to every site it owns Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Please, let Iliad come up with some additional money. Buy them, end this saga of dreaming about what could be "if" Id also like to see an honest assessment of the actual cost to sprint if it were to decide to deploy coverage in every area that tmo covers outside of sprint coverage. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Based on the money slashed from the capex budget and the "capex efficient" comments from yesterday, we are destined for another period of bare bones spending. By slowing or indefinitely halting things like volte, organic expansion, and 2.5 expansion, Sprint will effectively need to sit on what it has accomplished thus far and try to grow revenue in every way possible. Sprint will stay in the black if the NV costs can spread out more. They will survive! Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Sigh. If there are other willing and ready buyers for Tmo, this lessens the DOJ/FCC's willingness to forego the 4 carrier market and let softbank have tmo. Im going to go ahead and call it: we are due another decade of 2 large players and 2 small players. And the two small players will maintain bare minimum coverage Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

Right. Once the promo expires,based on current tmo plans, the 4 line option would be 3gb per line for $140. The promo sounds like max framily pricing for 4 instead of 7 with an extra 1.5GB thrown in. Sprint could easily offer to waive the $10 fee for 3GB per line and trounce this. They could also adjust framily pricing. If the majority of framilies are hitting their 7 line pricing, the arpu risk posed by lowering the max discount requirements is minimal. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

A smartphone wit a non existant bezel makes perfect sense. And some more lte cities launched. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

If those numbers are close to true, to me thats a screaming call to at least diversify the data options to be more similar in structure to competitors , with added value. Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

I call bull. They may be slowing down deployment based on cost, but I'm sure there is more to the story. Sprint is deploying 3 bands on the same site, successfully. In May, ATT execs made statements indicating they would add 1500-3000 new sites yearly, both macro and micro. I suspect those numbers are now being reduced and someone is interpreting more long term discussions within ATT about "network overhaul" as why in-progress work is being slowed. If true, it doesn't sound like something that couldn't be solved with multi-mode panels. And that can't be the end of the world from a $$ perspective. Is the existence of delays a surprise?

Cspire customers have had access to sprint lte since last year. At the present time, sprint customers in native cspire lte markets remain on sprints lte only Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

How will Dish meet their deployment requirements? Have they been granted extensions? Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Its about time. The Framily idea doesnt need to go away, but there needs to be options for the average sized family who isnt interested in the framily shuffle/gimmick. Im not convinced asking a family of 3-4 to share 6 or 10 GB is unreasonable. Not sure I understand the add a line pricing differences though. Would you choose $160 for 20GB to share with 4 lines or $160 for 10GB to share with 4 lines? Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Oh , the nextel site debate. The wealth of knowledge on this site indicates that some of the sites were converted while most were either redundant or served areas that sprint struggled to find revenue to support the capex. And its important to remember that all of this planning was done long before softbank came into the picture. If the money is there for expansion, way more than legacy nextel areas are going to be up for consideration. Think about it: What did nextelians who held onto an iden device until the bitter end, having never had sprint cdma native service, think about sprint now? I would venture to say that bringing them back to sprint would be more difficult than the average customer acquisition. Atleast in my state, just erecting pcs coverage on the forgotten nextel sites would have created coverage islands, leaving considerable gaps that would have required additional sites to fill in or careful smr tuning and reliance. Sprint would never have gotten that transition and tuning to be seamless at the iden shutdown. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Folks, it seems the biggest sprint panty droppers come with no warning at all from Sprint... Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Well maybe theyll announce the end of roaming and drastically revise our prls to remove costly partners like verizon Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

If they officially put it up for sale, at least one member of the duopoly would want it, among other smaller suitors. On second thought, if Uncle Charlie were in the trenches of negotiation with softbank and wasnt happy with the price (as he only wins when someone else loses) floating news about how much verizon wants his spectrum is a negotiation tactic Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk