JustinRP37

I have noticed recently that 4G WiMAX in Westchester NY has been having lengthy outages. The phone will connect to a WiMAX tower, but then no data services are present. When I switch back to 3G it works fine. There are also times when I am connected and then the phone will just drop 4G for no reason and then will not reconnect. I personally cannot wait for NV and LTE to be done with Clearwire. Hopefully Sprint has learned to always take care of your own network first. Is there a way to report an outage to Clearwire or Sprint without having to call and them acting like it is your phone?

All I can say is wow. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/13/homeless-people-turned-into-walking-wifi-hotspots-in-charitable-experiment/

I really do not know how I feel about this. Isn't this how Clearwire deployed WiMAX?

I'm not trying to be a smart ass or anything like that bro. I just really think that Puerto Rico is really a good and important market for Sprint and Puerto Rico. For being a small island, it got more population that a lot of states 3 or 5 times way bigger than Puerto Rico. For example: Oklahoma got 3.7 million, Kansas got 2.8 million. Puertorricans are paying a lot of money to companies like AT&T and Vrizon because they got the money to build towers in the island. All my family and my friends love Sprint. And they would like to switch back, but they haven't because there is not to much coverage in the island. But I bet you that if Sprint reception and data improves, they will have the potential to have at least close to 1 million subscribers.

I really agree. I was not trying to be a smart ass either. I just wanted it to be known that there are large markets that are large markets that are losings tons of customers as well. I will say it again that Sprint is currently being saved by unlimited data (albeit slow data). As Robert even points out Puerto Rico definitely makes much more sense than some of the other announced markets. And when peak travel season begins with cruise ships in ports and lots of people on the beaches the network can get really bogged down. When these new mega ships pull into a harbor it is like bringing a whole new market into an existing market! Imagine if 7,000 people just pulled into your market in one day.

I also think it is a good idea for Sprint to build out the PR/VI market. It's only ~250 sites. They can bang that out relatively quickly. Get in and get out. Serve a very dense population. Also, Puerto Ricans have been a very good and loyal customer base. I have been talking with quite a few PR customers the past few weeks. And they deserve to have their market done just as much as any other market.

 

I always find it amazing how people think their markets should be first and other markets aren't as worthy. I actually think that Puerto Rico makes more sense than some other markets. Like West Michigan. However, I won't take away from all the customers in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo either who really want Network Vision. I live in Albuquerque market, and I can make an argument why we should be in the first round too. However, we are in the final round. And I'm OK with that. I congratulate my Puerto Rican brothers on scoring some NV action. Just makes me want to consider a vacation to the Isle of Enchantment.

 

- Robert

Sorry if I came across as saying the PR market is not as worthy, because it definitely is, and I'll say it is even more worthy than West Michigan . I also wasn't trying to say that my market should be first, I was just trying to show that NV rollout is clearly not being based on population density. I still think Monowi, Nebraska will get NV before Phoenix . Kidding kidding!

I'm very exited that finally Puerto Rico is getting NV!!! Puerto Rico's population density of 1,100 people per square miles is among the world's highest - only Bangladesh, The Maldives, Barbados, Taiwan, South Korea and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore are more crowded. And that my friends is a fact. There are 3.8 million people in this small, beautiful island. I'm really hope that Sprint get it together in puerto Rico, since they are loosing a lot of customers.

I hate to burst your bubble but many areas have more than 1,100 people per square mile. New York City for instance has a population density of 27,012.5 people per square mile. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_york_city Also, Phoenix, Arizona has a population density of 3,071.8 people per square mile. So when you talk about losing customers, the networks in NYC, San Diego, Chicago, and LA are actually more crowded than Puerto Rico. This being said, I do think Puerto Rico needs NV too. The US as a whole is not as crowded as Puerto Rico, but some of the larger cities are much more dense.

Whoops my connection dropped during the chat tonight. Oh well off to bed I suppose!

Background in finance here, did day trading for a hedge fund for over 4yrs too. Personally I bought a tiny amount of sprint and clearwire last year. Did sprint when they got slammed on the lightsquared news and clearwire when they got ditches for not being in the NV conference or before that... I view them both as cheap long long term investments personally thy I expect to get nothing out of for awhile given their finances.....though neither are going anywhere and any kind of deal with either will spike them up decently and that's why I'm sitting in them small for now. It's not a position I expect much anytime soon at all but the possibility for big deals to happen for them is out there IMHO. And at this price your risking what bankruptcy? What's the lkilihood that happens? Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

True I like what you say. I tend to agree with everything they say. Also, many reports are saying to buy for LONG positions. I don't think Sprint would go bankrupt, but I do think a major deal would be more likely if the outlook does not improve. Both have a good deal of valuable spectrum. I have just been thinking about adding them to my small portfolio since I do see so much potential there. Especially with NV underway.

I am just looking to see what everyone thinks about Sprint's stock. As you all probably know Sprint stock has been below $3.00 a share for quite some time. It has been downgraded, but recently there are some big names taking notice of NV and saying that S is a cautious buy now. They still have a lot of debt and have yet to turn a profit in many quarters, but if NV is a success and they prove it to the rest of the nation, then investment may start to pay back. I am very cautious right now with my S forecasts and do not personally own any S stock. However, if all goes well, then I can see this stock easily finishing up $2.00-$5.00 by the end of the year. The main things that would prevent this are:

1) Keeping investors out of the loop (something they are great at and continue to do)

2) Clearwire problems (Sprint is the majority owner and Clearwire is still not run well in the eyes of investors)

3) NV Budget (If the project comes in significantly over budget there will be problems)

4) NV Performance (If NV improves the network but it is still overly congested when compared with ATT and Big Red then people will not switch back to Sprint)

I still personally hate the fact that Verizon and ATT get off charging so much for such little data, but I have to say the performance they offer is pretty amazing. Today my Sprint 3G was pulling a whooping 39kbps down and could not even load m.espn.com to track college basketball. Needless to say my Kindle keyboard on ATT pulled the same site down in less than 3 seconds. NV is badly needed in NYC. One of the buildings I work in in the Bronx unfortunately does not get WiMAX and 3G is super slow. Other times the 3G is pulling 800kbps down.

While its true that Foxconn does assemble for others, nothing compares to the quantity Apple does with them. Also, other OEMs have contracts all over the world even further diluting their share of contribution to Foxconn. I think the ratio of Foxconn Apple work to other OEMs is 3:1. Huge difference.

 

Also, Samsung is a greedy capitalist company. They don't claim to be anything else. Whereas Apple pretends to be something else specifically trying to cater their relationship with the responsible/sustainable crowd. And in many instances, Apples under reported business practices are distinctly at odds with its consumers ideals. Which is also fine. But many of their customers are willing to pretend that the issue does not exist, because they like Apple and Apple products.

 

However, if this was Walmart, I have a feeling those same Apple customers who don't care about Foxconn would be up in arms about Walmart.

 

- Robert

 

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I would agree 100%. I think many people would also be appalled to learn the truth behind electronic "recycling". It really is sad how we tend to ignore the problems associated with electronics manufacturing and recycling. And it is definitely true about Apple pretending to be something they are not. Granted they have done much for the technology industry, but I do think now is the time to be sure that employees are not mistreated (especially with all those record profits). Speaking of that, I hope that Sprint properly recycles and reclaims all the e-waste NV will generate!

Anyone know how long it takes to upgrade one tower? Is it just a few hours or is it days?

Apple announced that iPad 3 will not be on Sprint's 4G LTE network. However, if I had to guess I would say that it will eventually come to Sprint. I wonder what the pricing will be like to use 4G on the iPad 3.

I was just thinking the rollout tonight. I am not trying to be pessimistic, but it is mid-March. If Sprint is trying to bring NV to all their towers by then end of 2013, then they really have to start rolling it out. They have given no updates, which for a project of this magnitude is not very reassuring, especially for investors. They should be releasing some information on how the Texas projects are coming along. They have 97 markets to complete before the end of 2013, which is 22 months away. That means each month, in order to hit this target, they need to complete 4.4 markets. I really do not see this happening in any of the markets. While contractors will be working simultaneously in these markets, many markets (especially large cities), will more than a few months. I just have not figured out how this will roll out quickly. If they can, then it will be a true success. Regardless, I am very excited for the future of this network, as they are pulling out all stops to improve their product. I still love the value we get from Sprint.

Not to defend Apple or anything, but all tech companies are pretty ruthless with their employees overseas. Foxconn makes far more than just Apple products.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/02/28/rumor-sprint-adds-los-angeles-to-list-of-planned-network-visionlte-markets-for-2012/

Don't know if you saw this! This website is getting multiple articles on Google news when you search Sprint.

 

+JustinRP37 to be fair, Sprint sued the cable cos first over some voip patents. So, a retaliation lawsuit from Comcast was inevitable. We'll see how it sorts out.

Yes, we will have to see how this sorts out. If it is another blow against Sprint, then things will get tricky. The markets have not been kind to them lately and the current cash-flow is starting to disturb investors. Hence why they really need NV to be a huge success otherwise we are probably looking at problems within two years.

You would think Sprint would want to hurry up and get them out so that they could sign more 2 year contracts. Then again they often do not have the best management. I am still worried with all the negative press they have been receiving if they will be able to pull this whole NV plan off successfully. I am rooting for them, but now with Comcast suing them that will only hurt them more. However, Sprint does know that this may be their last chance and getting things right, so I firmly believe they will get it right.

I do not buy the whole 'unlimited will not last forever' because all the big companies have tiered plans. This is kind of like them saying, 'okay no more future technology growth'. If you think 2GB is going to tide over the 'average' user in a few more years, then you have another thing coming. I believe that if Sprint can pull this off then they can show that unlimited can work. I FULLY support throttling once you reach a reasonable threshold. I have never used more than 5GB. Hotspots should NEVER be unlimited as this encourages power users from using as much as possible. I don't know if anyone remembers, but Comcast tried to get the broadband industry to move towards tiered internet plans. This fell through before it even got off the floor because of customer complaints. Comcast still does throttle power users who try to download everything they can, because no one needs to be a bandwidth hog (seriously can someone truly watch every TV show out there?). Needless to say, even Congress said this would move our technology backwards. I think that the tiered system may not be here to stay if Sprint can provide reliable service at reasonable prices after NV, as it may be possible to get the Big Three to jump back.