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Fraydog

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  1. I think the most surprising thing that I've found when going back to look [emoji102] at T-Mobile customer numbers was that their ABPU is 7% lower than Sprint, their ARPU is 17% lower than Sprint's, and their postpaid phone numbers went up through the entirety of Uncarrier from 20 million to 32 million. That's barely more than Sprint. The largest engine of their growth has been prepaid. Sprint would be in a better position if not for the past bad debt and bad decisions. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  2. People are upset because they care and want to see Sprint do better. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  3. But then does Apple just bite the bullet and pay exorbitant sums for X16? Ugh. Qualcomm has been quite the whipping boy over their SoC performance on r/Android and if people investigated what they did on RF that would likely escalate. Maybe Apple could specify that X16 is only used on carriers that can deploy that capability or just limit X16 to the US, China, Japan, and Australia while providing Intel to the rest of the planet. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  4. I am assuming that Apple and Intel would really be pushing it to get this out. I am rooting for Intel, especially after the chicanery of patents Qualcomm is pulling has come to light. Someone needs to knock Qualcomm down a notch. Also, Qualcomm SOC's suck compared to both Exynos and especially compared to A Series. Even MediaTek is starting to get close to Snapdragon SoC performance. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  5. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/01/28/the-chronological-history-of-how-qualcomm-became-t.aspx Holy crap, Qualcomm is a foul bunch... no wonder why Apple and Samsung are moving away from them (Samsung in markets other than US, Japan, and China). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  6. The XMM 7560 has feature parity to the 2017 X16, but probably won't be ready until 2018. By then, Qualcomm will be out with the X20. What is really pushing Apple toward Intel is the lawyer and intellectual property side of Qualcomm, which is truly unfortunate and only hurts consumers. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  7. http://www.anandtech.com/show/11138/qualcomm-snapdragon-x20-lte-modem-gigabit-for-mobile-devices In happier news, Qualcomm has introduced X20 which will be making its way into top tier smartphones in 2018. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
  8. Another point to add: trade ins still don't often get you to $0. Even if I traded in my Note5, I'd still owe $108 to Verizon before being able to either fly contract free or upgrade a device. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  9. Not to mention Marcelo had to neglect the Miami MLS thing until it died, which I'm sure doesn't sit well with him.
  10. Also, I'd say S shareholders who bought at 2-3 range are going to be happy and that is a lot of people on here. Cash out time. See, not everything has to be negative.
  11. Maybe not but since Son seems to have already massaged the FCC this time, I'd say it is done.
  12. http://seekingalpha.com/news/3244519-sprint-t-mobile-spike-report-softbank-pursue-carrier-merger?app=1&dr=1#email_link Here we go again.. same shite different day.
  13. I am personally not a fan of the exploding promos. They just make it hell on billing and on billing people. Verizon might be expensive, but they have predictable billing, I know since I've been a customer for many years now. It isn't just Sprint that struggles with this though, look at the T-Mobile subreddit. Every time I look or post on there, I see a thread complaint about something that their billing either did or didn't do that required either T-Force or one of their executives to go back and fix. Ideally, I'd like the simple pricing structure to be the way forward for all carriers. Now that we're in the unlimited age, people are going to demand simplicity. If it isn't provided, people will be looking for carriers that can provide it.
  14. Over on the T-Mobile Reddit, people are more or less open about it being T-Mobile's weakest market. It is what it is. T-Mobile has hit spectrum constraints especially in the city proper. Cook County is more open and faster.
  15. Marcelo found a company with a worse response, the company that barely wants to be in consumer wireless. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  16. I try to explain spectrum to customers and it goes right over their heads. Fact is, most customers that I talk to whether it is urban or rural, don't care. They just want their smartphone to work and they want it to work well.
  17. The gossip seems to be around Dish and T-Mobile talking again. Or it could be a ploy by Legere to get maximum value out of SoftBank. Who knows.
  18. I still think deeper price cuts are needed, since Sprint isn't in a position to compete on network.
  19. Believe it or not, I'm extremely sympathetic to that belief. Over to the east in my home of STL, we lost what would become AT&T due to Ed Whitacre not getting a membership at STLCC. Then after that was the big shot in the gut, which was InBev taking Anheuser-Busch. In retrospect... it was all inevitable. But I think that if Sprint isn't merged with T-Mobile, any other entity willing to buy is probably nuking Overhead Park. The main advantage KC has is a far better system of regional leadership and better infrastructure to draw in new businesses. As a matter of fact, the Sprint Campus itself could be an incubator for tech startups much like what STL is doing with its downtown. Maybe the new thing will be bigger and better than Sprint someday. Embrace the future. KC's going to be just fine. Tl;Dr Sprint is the problem not Kansas City. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  20. Still, I'm shocked by the lack of response on Sprint's end to Verizon Unlimited. I think that Sprint hasn't done a lot in response is the big Sprint related takeaway on the Verizon response. Verizon laid their bomb on the market Sunday afternoon, and so far only T-Mobile has really responded. AT&T is still dead silent. ???? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
  21. I'm not sure that's what I'm arguing for here. If anything, I'd say I'm arguing for T-Mobile branding and core network being paired with Sprint spectrum. I'm aware it's probably the end of a lot of the Sprint bureaucracy, but if the current trends in the market keep up, that won't be around anyway.
  22. I remember Milan or someone said back in the day to not use the speed test server in Secacaus, NJ. Didn't put out good results.
  23. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/business/dealbook/softbank-japan-fortress-investment-group-masayoshi-sun-private-equity.html?_r=0 Interesting... SoftBank buys out Fortress Investment Group... Son's investment in America ramping up?
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