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Fraydog

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  1. From all I can gather that beats Sprint in a lot of places. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  2. Shentel will just put up a bunch more small cells and the same dopes won't even be able to identify what they are. ???????????? FWIW I wish Sprint were run like Shentel, then it would be competitive with the other national carriers. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  3. The LG G6 will be the first HPUE handset. http://newsroom.sprint.com/blogs/sprint-perspectives/mwc17-breaking-new-ground-with-gigabit-lte-massive-mimo-and-hpue.htm I'd bet there will be a writeup over this device once the RF info is available from the FCC testing. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  4. To be fair, Masa is extremely tight with the purse strings. That makes the RadioShack/Tidal/Pokémon dalliances all the more frustrating. That crap won't get customers in the door. Advanced voice and data capabilities will do that. Not spectrum. Not Tidal. Not RadioShack. Not Pokémon. Only capability. Network product in customer hands paired to top level devices with simple rate plans. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  5. To me, it is a focus issue. The lack of focus is maddening. Sprint has three priorities right now: 1. Network 2. Network 3. NETWORK Focus on anything else seems extraordinarily wasteful given Sprint's less than optimal financial situation. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  6. http://www.ibj.com/articles/62811-radioshacks-successor-reportedly-preparing-for-bankruptcy "Filing will likely result in liquidation" well, isn't that something else. ???? Seriously the RadioShack deal was just such a waste of money and the Tidal deal would have made some sense if it were SoftBank and not Sprint doing it. Edit: Pokémon too! Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  7. Activation fees are bad but SIM fees are worse. Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T charge activation but SIM's are free. T-Mobile charges for the plastic that costs a buck to make. Lose a SIM card? Give us another $20, now $25. I know, it happened to me when I had the $30 plan as a backup. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  8. Not everyone has employer discount. That's a big part of how the ED1500 is still a better two year plan in your case. You also use a premium smartphone. The people who still have employer discount should try to hang onto it. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  9. It's pretty common with the Note5. I have it happen too. Best fix is a paper clip followed by a reboot. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  10. I think you're swinging a level low here. Masa controls CapEx with SoftBank. Sprint has to abide by SoftBank wishes as SoftBank owns 84% of Sprint. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  11. I fired my cable company's router and went to a Arris SB6141 connected to an AirPort Extreme a few years back. Saved money doing that over rental as well. For what I saved on rental over the last few years I could pay for my current setup and then sell the Extreme for replacing it with a UniFi system. It is crazy to see what people spend on renting things like that they could buy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  12. If Masa was putting in larger capital expansion and was expanding the network, Sprint wouldn't be having to cut their prices to compete. Competing on network would be a better long term proposition. Maybe that can be done with T-Mobile leading the way. Lord only knows Neville Ray would be kicking ass with a $10 billion CapEx. That said, AT&T and Verizon likely raise prices, and T-Mobile pricing would be the future starting point. Sprint like pricing would be going away except for MetroPCS and other MVNO players on the combined T-Mobile network. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  13. Sprint is fortunate to not have to worry about the 5 GHz band, I will be watching to see how operators get in the unlicensed space. I think landlords in particular have to be diligent with 5 GHz as being a property asset. If they can work out T-Mobile or Verizon using LTE-U in the 5 GHz unlicensed band without interfering with other bands, I am all for it. If I'm a Cisco or Ubiquiti network guy, I'm watching very closely for 5 GHz interference. There's only a limited amount of space in 5 GHz bands as is and even with space worked out, prospective LTE-U deployment has to be done a lot like robust UniFi deployments, with LTE-U small cells being deployed in roughly the same density as 5 GHz Ubiquiti deployments. I can barely get 5 GHz to go through two walls in my house and am going to likely have to do a Ubiquiti deployment to get 5 GHz through my house. Whoever is doing LTE-U is going to have to do deploy a lot of Flexi Zone and Radio Dot with a lot of Gig Ethernet and a strong backbone of fiber connected to it in order for LTE-U to really work. Mind you I'm not against LTE-U, I think it has strengths like 4x4 MIMO, efficient spectrum speed over a relatively small 20 MHz block of supplemental download, good capacity handling, and it works with people who forget to look for WiFi. I just think it has to be used in conjunction with WiFi for capacity handling. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  14. Chicago might do better with VoLTE with low band coming online fast there, but based on my experience, I like the idea of having low band for VoLTE. Granted my experience is on Verizon where leaving the VoLTE network is a dropped call. On T-Mobile, eSRVCC exists where calls can get handed off to 3G WCDMA. Sprint has a similar issue to Verizon, so to start to get people off CDMA and get to things people take for granted now like HD Voice and talk and surf, Sprint has to get a denser and larger macro network. Small cells will help but I feel has to go hand in hand with macro expansion including new Nokia and Ericsson mini macro sites. I do get an occasional, one out of 100, dropped call on VZ VoLTE, but even if CDMA never dropped calls here, which frankly it did more than VoLTE did, the gains in voice quality and talk and surf would be worth it in my book. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  15. Sprint started really gaining in customer growth for the first time in a long time after Marcelo Claure more or less abandoned subsidy. I'm just saying... Also, there are very few calculations that I can see that leave 2 year subsidies as being less expensive than 2 years of plan plus device payments. Though to be fair, if you're making money at all, you're better off just paying full price for devices up front. It isn't hard to figure out, I can go on WhistleOut and get 2 years of service costs factored out for each of the four service providers. Three in my case since Sprint doesn't serve here. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  16. The US is completely capable of supporting four players. Sprint is completely capable of turning around with more capital investment. Yet, the chairman, Masa Son, isn't pouring capital in. Banks don't want to SoftBank loaning money to Sprint? Find new banks. Maybe he should look out of Japan to find loaning, or sell part of the Alibaba shares to get $10 billion of capital expenditures into Sprint. Small cells isn't enough, Sprint also needs a more ambitious expansion of the macro grid in both coverage and density. Sprint has to be on one technical track as well. Why should Sprint have 2G/3G networks dragging behind them as they launch 5G networks? Sprint can't repeat mistakes of the past that poured 60,000 macros spread over CDMA, IDEN, WiMax, and LTE. It's time to be on a single technical track. It's also high time Sprint works to minimize the amount of money they pay to Verizon. Verizon isn't putting money into CDMA, they haven't really done that since 2011. They're literally pushing ahead of the pack on 5G. I mean they could get burned if their standard isn't completely compatible with 5G New Radio, but since 5G New Radio appears to be the air interface, they probably won't be that far away. Sprint is capable of turning around without needing T-Mobile to rescue it. If a merger happens, that's because Masa Son wants it. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  17. You just missed the GS7 promo. That would have been the best RF performance device for her. Keep your eyes peeled. T-Mobile has a history of repeating promotions. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  18. Mobile is a scale business. The more of it that you have, the better off you are. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  19. I don't know if AT&T cares about the consumer mobile market any more. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  20. They are very close by going to a prioritized system sort of like what T-Mobile runs with MetroPCS. I only wonder what took so long to go that direction. The proxy server might have been something needed in the 3G Era but in the 4G Era it seemed redundant. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  21. If I were making that call I'd reverse Verizon out of the deal. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  22. I'll also add ramping up to 320 million POP'S by 2020 with 5G New Radio being a use case for all the footprint. I don't necessarily buy 5G being a solely urban play. For rural areas 5G might be the only chance for rural to get to gigabit speeds at home. https://www.google.com/amp/www.pcmag.com/news/352002/t-mobile-sprint-might-call-gigabit-lte-5g%3Famp%3D1 On another note, I'm watching to see if Neville reverses course on T-Mobile not being excited with home 5G at some stage. If anything I would like to see competition be increased on the home front. Most areas of the country have two broadband options and cable is the faster one, except in fiber areas which trend suburban. I wish we would have an UnTV enter the market. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  23. If Verizon wanted a media company they should buy one. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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