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Oh God I hope not. The media will be all over that and Sprint will be the laughing stock not to be removed.

That was back on 2014,a lot has changed in the last two years.

For once, Sprint isn't so much talking as they are doing. Third carrier has been showing up everywhere around the country. Meaning 3XCA is imminent.

 

I understand the third carrier is appearing everywhere, but it's not aggregated yet. Sprint needs to win some network PR stunts against Tmobile.

Sprint talked about upcoming 3 Carrier Aggregation on the Galaxy S7 back in March:

 

Sprint Demonstrates Speeds of More Than 300 Mbps on Samsung Galaxy S7

Being the first carrier deploying 200 to 300 megabits down commercially score you a lot of positive feedbacks especially when your reputation is the slower carrier in America.

On a macro level they might be, but there's growth in T-Mobile's Upgrade Programs.

 

And if it's a great marketing tool, it seems to be working based on T-Mobile's overall performance this past quarter.

 

I'm hoping we see and hear good things from Sprint at the May 3, 2016 Earnings Call.

 

I still believe that Sprint will be one of the greatest business turnaround stories in history.

I agree with your sentiment, but Tmobile is not holding back one bit. They are already talking about 3 carrier aggregation with 4x4 MIMO tech to produce 300 Mbps speeds. This is one of the issues I have with Sprint, they brag a lot regarding being spectrum rich, and now the scrappy carrier is going to the front lines about deploying extreme speeds.

Will Sprint win the LTE speeds war? possible, but the pink carrier is not holding back. They are extremely aggressive when it comes to deployment of new LTE techs.

Incorrect.  Reliability is a measure - withing a given geographic footprint - of how often one can connect to said network on the first try and, more importantly, to remain connected to it.

 

Apples and oranges. 

 

What's more, Sprint isn't claiming those things; Rootmetrics is.

 

I am a Sprint kool-aid drinker but this one take it to another level. Coverage is extremely important, but then again the others three can run ads against Sprint inferior coverage.

The best quip in the call was John Legere more or less shifting the dumber slot from AT&T to Verizon. I will admit I laughed at that part. My gut instinct is that AT&T is getting smarter about competing by converging services and Verizon thinks they can compete over the top with Netflix. Good luck with that.

 

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Verizon is run by people that think short term, They should spend their resources on FIOS buildout. With Streaming services kicking into high gear, fiber to the home is  the new frontier.

Au contraire mon frere. https://twitter.com/WaltBTIG/status/724950414089682945

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Good.

Verizon and AT&T both have super large debts in range of $100 billion. That makes them a little more vulnerable than they would be in the past. Where in the past they could expand their networks, lower prices, and basically use all their tools to crush T-Mobile and Sprint, now they have to be more judicious and maintain profit and dividend even if it means shedding low quality customers. AT&T and Verizon could reduce the dividends but their institutional investors would punish them HARD. AT&T announces this afternoon IIRC, so it will be interesting to see what their earnings are. 

 

And here's the thing about T-Mobile's rural coverage... it isn't the highest quality on coverage but it is excellent for data hotspot. Not many customers means that coverage is usually really fast where the duopoly will usually be content with B12/B13 with some hotspots of B4/B2 tossed in. There's definitely needs that it fulfills. Cheap data for a hotspot is a need us rural folks have. People should look at T-Mobile for that, and I'd say the same for Sprint if they had more B41 in rural. 

 

To really close the gap, though, T-Mobile has to increase capital expenditures. Truth is, Neville Ray has done an excellent job on a shoestring budget. However, the gap can't really close unless capex goes way up. If capex went back up, that would eat into if not take away T-Mo's profitability. 

 

That's the juggling act T-Mobile faces. The ultimate solution to that is SCALE. However there isn't really a lot of options for that anymore and the FCC seems dead set on four providers. It isn't like T-Mobile is going to have the option to buy out Sprint unless the FCC has a change of heart. 

They wont be a threat to the Duopoly with a 1.3 billions on Capex per quarter. Hell they even spend less than Sprint on network, but for some reason they get better results. 

We know this but most consumers don't. Either way T-Mobile's approach is working. Personally I think all of the freebies is the biggest reason why they continue to do so well but a bigger coverage count never hurts.

 

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They know how to do marketing, and they market themselves as the cool kid. People want to hang out with the cool kids not with the boring ones(Sprint etc)

Personally I don;t like Legere,but he knows a lot about marketing. He has used marketing tools, ( Uncarrier 1-10, BingON etc to gives the company momentum until they have a superior network and take out  Sprint. 

Let's be clear here, Tmobile will never touch Verizon and AT&T, but Sprint is vulnerable.  Sprint mostly customers losses go to Tmobile.

True. But there statements makes Sprint look vastly inferior. If I was a average consumer I would look at who has the most benefits at the best price and the best coverage. That coverage map would have sent me to tmobile really quick if I seen such massive coverage difference. Also it would make me believe that Sprint is lying about its network being the fastest since they are not doing as good as tmobile 4th place customers and 4th place coverage but 1st place speed would not add up. It just doesnt look good. I dont have any proof that T-Mobile is lying about there coverage though so I can't say they are lying.

 

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We can argue anything, but it comes down to customer experience, and right now Tmobile is the carrier covering all the checklists in a customer eyes. Sprint burned a lot of bridges over the years, and many customers will not forget that regardless of what we say here.

The real question is how can they claim such coverage when most tests point to Sprint having better coverage than them overall. Does Sprint have more than 280 pops and for some reason is not reporting it? Thats a massive claim to say that Sprint is so far behind on coverage.

magentans says Sprint truly coverage is only 270 millions pops. I will leave the coverage stuff for the experts, but Verizon is the only carrier that cover  the most mass land in the United States. Pops and mass land coverage are different things in their eyes.

They truly have huge momentum, and they are not slowing down, they keep adding almost a million of phone customers, expanding their coverage etc.

Their churn is 1.33% higher compared to the twin bells, but it seems most of the customers they are taking are coming from Sprint. ATT and Verizon profits are hardly impacted.

I understand Sprint is moving fast to 3x carrier aggregation, but the sooner the better. Sprint being the first carrier in the US to have 200 to 300 megabits down helps a lot in the PR and images department.

Anyone noticed the 2.6ghz thread on the tmobile subreddit ? seems the fans over there want a piece of the 2.5-2.6ghz spectrum and rebranded to band 7. Of course Sprint number one hater Cabian_Cortez is hoping Sprint fold .

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I saw construction for a small cell in Lincoln Square, I don't  know if it is Sprint or Verizon but I am sure  is one of the two.

The listening tour lost its credibility when he decided to carry a TV crew to record the whole thing. If you wanted to listen to customers  you could had done that while your assistant takes notes. 

You didn't need to prove the whole industry that you are traveling around America's top notch cities listening to customers from every carrier about what they want from their carrier. 

Most wireless customers except the tiny minority that is part of the magentan cult simple want their service to work to make phone calls, text and data anytime they need it  regardless where they are.  In a simple terms just be the dumb pipe. Customers want that, and be treated with respect from their carrier that's all. 

Ever since Legere started throwing candy around many especially tech blogs are treating wireless service as something different. Seems the used car salesman techniques have worked on the sheep. 

To be fair, Sprint has been in debt for the longest. So I'm sure that's not the reason why they won't expand considering they are moving forward with densifying the network.

But the bills weren't due, but now are coming especially with the first one by year's end with a whopping 3 billions amount due.

Thoughts on what Marcelo should do at this point?: Keep the "Listening Tour" going, or pull the plug?

Get out of the spotlight, you will never be Legere with the clean cut professional look. Spend your time and energy on the Sprint native footprint network.

If my network is fast in Las Vegas, why is so mediocre in El Paso Texas. Regardless Sprint is handicapped with that 32 billions debt. That is why they can't do expansions, faster deployments, acquisitions, better marketing tools etc.

Yup. Great suggestion. Have Marcelo be the new "Man on the Street".

 

This one too:

 

 

That man has always been classy, it just the management team and board messed his vision.

When Legere went into a 12 months rant against Sprint Hesse never bothered to respond to him.

I always felt that Sprint management and their mediocre marketing efforts need to lay low until the network is a great story, and their 32 billions debt issue is resolved. Marcelo is an amateur, every six months we get a big fumble from him.

Last year, the collapse of him on Twitter against Legere because of prices, then the all in promo with 600k throttling video speeds, and now this.

Magenta is a cult, and they just sit there waiting for a little social media mistake to throw you their media tech blogs at you.

The only way Sprint will beat Tmobile is if they have a better network, faster speeds and better coverage the rest is irrelevant, just ask Verizon and AT&T.

With its financial problems Sprint only needs sure products on their shelfs (IPhone, Galaxy and the note lines).

Sprint network is improving, but it's balance sheet is a mess. The previous management didn't fix the network or the company financial problems, they just kicked the can down the road.

This report pretty much tells what will happen the rest of the way. SPRINT ain't gonna pass Tmobile in NYC Tri state , Philadelphia, DC, Boston, Los Angeles, and Dallas Forth worth

Sprint will beat Tmobile in Chicago, Kansas city, and Houston.

The problem with Sprint is, they threaten for the number 1 spot in markets like Cincinnati, Dayton and Pittsburgh then drop down. There is not consistency besides Denver and Las Vegas.

Looks like the writer of that Sprint article from the Twin Cities decided to take it for a test run and was impressed!

 

 

 

http://blogs.twincities.com/yourtechweblog/2016/03/25/sprint-gasp-does-not-sk-anymore/

And with the current Sprint rate plans there is not point to stay with Verizon. Now we can talk what we already knew, this is why Verizon is attacking Sprint now.

Bottom line is, Verizon see Sprint as a threat now otherwise they wouldn't spend once cent attacking them.

To me Sprint is taking Verizon customers, and not the other way around like it has been for the last 8 years.

Looks like Massa was right calling Marcelo a street fighter once he handed him the keys.