JeffDTD

Verizon pursuing Dish or Dish spectrum only is not bad news for sprint/tmo Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

I really -want- tmo to walk the walk they are talking and promising and deliver....profitably. So I can become a customer? No. But I get it. The marketing strategy is working. The last thing I want written into telecom history is that tmo ate the "turd" that was sprint and suffers indelibly for years because of it. Id like to see their current trajectory take them there alone. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

These changes make me less interested in a merger. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Jellybean and KitKat both have had the option to restrict background data for certain apps. And as mentioned, the play store can be set to update apps only over wifi. Given the general malaise about sprints slower data, why would you voluntarily let your phone update over 3G/4G if not on B41? Otherwise, your data is dragged down for an extended period of time if it even completes, your battery drains and your device is a hot potato.. Tweekin hard for an app update that cant wait for wifi? OCD. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

3G roaming, coast to coast, for all customers regardless of PRL? If we're talking just LTE, I find the press release from Sprint to be misleading based on what we know about nTelos and SoLinc. The press release states "now extends coverage" when in fact the networks described for those two companies don't exist at that extent yet. Specifically, another example C Spire Wireless, covering over 61,700 square miles and approximately 5.5 million people in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and TennesseeMeanwhile, as of June, 2014, Cspire only claims their LTE reaches 2.1 million people across 11,900 square miles. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140616006163/en/Spire-4G-delivers-cutting-edge-network-performance#.U6DZEfldVS0 So, are Sprint's numbers for at least some of these companies representative of what they "hope to build one day"? Or did Sprint describe all the coverage offered by each carrier, regardless of technology, just to make this sound better? No real sure how anyone would use that SoLinc iden network anymore. How else do you reconcile the differences in those numbers?

Agree. Id be satisfied with a full speed roaming cap and heavy throttling or a toss back to 1x after that. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Eager to see how sprint devices prioritize other providers lte. Native 3G over roaming lte? Same roaming alerts for voice? Very interested in seeing it in action Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

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What does Sprint get by owning Dish that it wouldn't get in a network sharing agreement with Dish?

Well, verizon and att combined spent more than 16B in the 700mhz auction. 2B is worthwhile for reserved bidder spectrum, but nothing against the duopoly Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

None theoretically. Sprint has to finish nv 1.0. A pending merger isnt justification to leave individual sites in dysfunction. I wouldnt hang around expecting expansion or more coverage than you currently get though... Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

If the breakup fee is argued to disproportionately enhance tmo and harm sprint in a disapproval scenario, then it too - just like the negative press on sprints network, negative cash flow projections and horrible public perception - all play favor to convincing the fcc and doj that approval is the only healthy future for sprint Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

http://www.pcmag.com/fastest-mobile-networks Accurate or flawed, sprint just cant catch a break. 2014 is just not shaping up to be sprints year, at least not with the media. This helps frame a flawed argument that "sprint needs tmobile". Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

If a merged entity mouth-pieced by the miami-vice harpy were to cause the public to suddenly see pink and overlook the obvious issues, its a sad testament of the buying publics' foolishness and a phenomenal investor play. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Son is so wealthy, the risk of losing 1B is well worth the reward of a merged company in his eyes. Betting 1B on a play that could be wildly profitable is equivalent to one of us taking, oh, say 2% of what we're worth to a casino. And whats to lose? Well, if his dreams of a merged company don't play out, Sprint's spectrum holdings and potential still make it valuable enough to dump, perhaps leaving him with little or no loss. There is another billionaire out there with hoards of liquidity just dying to make a play...

Although multiple sources are on the story since a few hours ago, the details vary from source to source. Perhaps a sign of active negotiations and both sides releasing info? As for the likelihood of approval, how do we reconcile the continued approval of small acquisitions by the duopoly? Why is it acceptable to Verizon or ATT to continue to buy the small players one by one but not acceptable for two companies to form a competitor that is closer in size and scale to the duopoly? Assuming the combined entity is willing to divest unused spectrum that it disproportionately holds, what are we really debating? Every time Verizon or ATT picks off another regional carrier, the competitive environment for Sprint and Tmo becomes more dim.

Prior to thr announcing of the spotify relationship, some thought that would be about HD voice. Perhaps hd voice across majority of network and more cities "launched" since launch and completion have nothing in common. And of course, the promise of a happy ending lol Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

I mean, lets just be honest: if tmo is an inevitable sale, a sprint tie up is the best chance Legere has for ascention and the same freedom to be a maverick as tmo has enjoyed. A Dish buyout would leave them answering to the penny king Uncle Charlie. Ouch. A comcast buy would leave him answering to a red league of execs, if they even kept him or anything from tmo. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

That "impact" that us Americans stand to weather as sprint customers is one of the best catalysts softbank has to justify a merger. Sprint struggles to compete and make money. If dreams of 4 healthy competitors prevent approving a guarantee of 3 healthy competitors, then bloodshed is music to Son's argument in litigation Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Concessions and divesting spectrum is a given. Im personally ready to see the current Sprint branding and reputation die. Sprint carries a reputation worse than the actual state of its network and customer experience. Don't want to become Tmo either though.

So what do new tmo customers who arent satisfied with coverage and have traded in for the etf promo do? Leave with prorated billing for their services and carry their gsm devices, with payment plans for the full retail of the new devices, back to att? And forego compensation for the traded device? Prob not. They prob stick around as tmo customers for awhile. Thats bloody Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Me too. And im always dismayed that any carrier lets a single customer anywhere in their network get away with consuming that much data unthrottled Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Comcast also wont fail. Between owning NBC and their monopoly on cable, there will always be revenue and/or assets to sell if funds were low. If Son is going to take an official swing at TMo, I think we will receive an announcement any day now given the ATT/Direct announcement Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Lowered access costs for Americans who go subsidy free and finance are finally baiting people away from the subsidy model. Entirely factual. But expecting that trend to exponentially benefit the consumer is flawed. Once subsidies are no longer the norm, the carriers will be less inclined to take the hits to access costs they are taking right now. Some easy ways to curb this: 1)strict credit requirements for 0% financing, steep financing rates for everyone else 2)Mass adoption again of upgrade and activation fees. 3) Removal of trade in/early upgrade programs Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

As soon as there are a handful of cities with live volte, those carriers and their pocket tech journalists will be telling the public we want volte. That will of course influence the crayon eating interwebs to again flame sprint for the next few years. And as far hoping for more voice coverage via roaming agreements, do we know how either of the 3 will bill for volte? Will minutes be tracked like the legacy networks, or will it be billed based on the data it uses? Tmo's pains with roaming access have always been more about the cost than the availability of a network to roam on... will paying per kb for voice be cheaper than per minute if it ends up that way? Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk