JustinRP37
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Made a bunch of new friends today including this guy. #Florida #ESA2016 https://t.co/s3gUtLKKnn
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If you have #Apple stock, this should worry you: https://t.co/N61XkMvNwu. And rumors for the iPhone 7 are lackluster. Come on Apple...
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My wife and I will be celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary on Saturday before I fly to #ESA2016, sadly she cannot come.
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Depends on how they measure it. If it is in terms of GBs on b41, then yes I can see it. Virtually every user in NYC is on b41 when outside and the speeds are tremendous. Most apartments would still also have b41 by windows etc. Most major cities are, so in terms of throughput, I could see it. -
Interesting article: http://fortune.com/2016/07/29/analyst-sprint-doomed/ but again very pessimistic. I will say though that CAPEX is at an unsustainably low level. Always look at the word choices as well in quotes. I'd like some news on a potential network expansion, etc. I am loving the iPad Pro for how quickly and easily it can change networks without removing a SIM card. I currently have Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile all active with very cheap plans. It is pretty cool to see how the networks compare.
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This is exactly why I am waiting before judging Sprint on one good quarter. They have to be really careful because one major screw up and they are toast. I can tell you I would not be willing to pay more based on my recent experience with the network compared to my iPad on T-Mobile and AT&T.
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Yeah to be honest, I agree with the Fierce article. I do want to see Sprint able to do without the 50% off promo. The adds they had this past quarter were really not all that impressive given how much they were discounting. I am very interested in the next quarter to see if they truly have righted the ship. Time will tell. I have been with this company through thick and thin, so I am hopefully things will continue to get better.
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This!! It is people taking their gains, but this is a big part of it. T-Mobile posted pretty remarkable numbers today.
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Yeah but this is still pretty scary "The number of total connections amounted to 59.45 million compared with 56.81 million last year, and ARPU was $4/month lower for postpaid and 50 cents/month lower for prepaid. Sprint recorded a net loss of $302 million or 8 cents a share for the period. Last year, it reported a net loss of $20 million or 1 cent a share." from the http://www.phonearen...ditions_id83515 article. They will have to show improvements in this area going forward which will, unfortunately, mean prices increases. However, with price increases you also run the risk of increasing churn. The reason for the stock shooting up today is because some analysts are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. I do think the stock will drop back a bit over the next few days. If you believe momentum is building, then if you have some cash for a risky investment, now would be the time to pull the plug (after the next drop). Personally, I want to see them stop hemorrhaging cash while still gaining subscribers.
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Not data abusers. If they come to Sprint they will degrade the experience for others likely increasing churn in the long run. Thankfully Sprint does manage users on unlimited plans on congested sites. Now if they want to come to Sprint on a metered plan, then I'm all for it.
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http://www.droid-life.com/2016/07/20/verizon-unlimited-data-rip-tetherers/ If they churn, I hope they stay clear of Sprint.
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That's great. I do not have issues either normally. Where I live it is perfect. But there are macro sites just off the campus. If I had to pinpoint which site it is, it would be the one on 191st. And come to think of it, they are rebuilding the chillers on the roof so they probably had to disable that site temporarily. That makes the most sense. I should have looked at the maps first to see if I could figure it out. That means I'm most likely getting service from 187st or off Webster Ave. This makes sense as if you walk towards the zoo side of campus the speeds become insanely great, most likely from the Crotona Ave site.
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You cannot look at an announcement just like that. A company would never come out and just say they are no longer going to commit as much money to their future as was once planned. That would be stock suicide in a fragile moment such as the one Sprint it is. Sprint HAS to maintain and instill investor confidence for the stock to grow. If they succeed in instilling confidence, then they will be able to increase CAPEX more in the future. I am hoping that the numbers at the investor call start showing that they are on the right path. If they have a weak quarter, then things could get a bit uglier. I am an investor in Verizon and seeing Verizon grow this strong is exciting yet frightening because I am a Sprint user and love the company. Put it this way, Verizon's profit right now, per quarter, are close to what Sprint is spending for capital expenditures in an entire year. The underdogs Sprint and T-Mobile, have to pick and choose their battle grounds and words very carefully.
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What part of the Bronx? Northern sections around Woodlawn I know there is a major outage as the executive team said something happened with equipment and they are trying to restore service asap. Fordham U does have a few sites around and Sprint is the official carrier to the university. However I haven't noticed any small cells yet. There is definitely a legacy site though, which actually might be deactivated now. I did not imply it was a city wide issue. And I remember some days ago even you commented on how slow the data became heading north towards the suburbs. The only thing that is frustrating is to get answers you do have to work your way up the ladder with customer service. The problem is in areas where I was getting 5Mbps + in the Bronx, right now I am pulling less than 0.5Mbps, which is why I had to call. Finally after repeatedly assuring them it was not my phone they noticed they had several calls in the area. I actually received a call back saying it was equipment failure in the area.
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I will say that at this point Sprint is having major troubles in the Bronx. I do not quite understand what they are doing. I work at Fordham and band 26 is unusable, 3G is similarly unusable. However, band 42 is okay, not great, but just okay. Yes, there are still parts of the campus with no WiFi. Commuting home, LTE is atrocious along the Harlem line until about Fleetwood. I have contacted Sprint and the executive team. Each time they say there is a massive outage but it should be resolved in 72 hours. I am about to call back as it has been 3 weeks now. I am super happy I picked up the iPad Pro though. It is simply amazing how easy it is to change networks with the embedded SIM. I kind of hope this is what the future will be like.
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Oh wow... I don't play but this is good for business. http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/07/15/pokemon-go-sprint-boost-mobile-promotion-lures/
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Hopefully Sprint can figure out that roaming agreement with Verizon by then, otherwise they will have a lot less coverage! I've been on them recently about a pretty significant data outage in the north Bronx, Southern Westchester area. They are 'aware' of the major issues there and are working to restore service. I commute through there quite frequently on the train.
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The network still has many holes though. The Metro-North tracks through the Bronx have some of the most congestion I have seen since LTE began to rollout. I have tweeted about it and reported it through the app. That is the only pain point left on my commute. But it has been fascinating to watch over the years. Started out with not being able to listen to music, to then having spotty streaming of music, to full streaming of radio, and now even video is getting better if I need to catch up on news on the way home. Hell last night I uploaded my lecture slides to Blackboard from my iPhone for my students.
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Between #teaching summer term, #writing, and #collaborating there just isn't enough time in a day. Still try to run 3x a week to stay happy
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Congrats to the #Penguins but this was still not a memorable #StanleyCupFinal. Penguins dominated.
