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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    32 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

    At some point or another, Sprint needs to approach Dish about hosting their spectrum beginning with the 600MHz spectrum. Maybe not right away but if they want to be a truly nationwide carrier they need to reduce their roaming expenses and at least cover the highways.

    Dish 600MHZ is mostly a 5x5 nationwide and only 10x10 in the New York Tri-state area. Softbank dropped the ball, the Germans were never going to give Masa control of their company, therefore, Softbank needed to bid in the 600mhz auction. Instead, they allowed Tmobile to walk out with all the spectrum. 

     

    I think Softbank did a bad calculation thinking that oh we could get Tmobile alone with their 600mhz holdings.

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    Network Vision/LTE - New York City Market

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    On 11/1/2017 at 3:44 PM, transitwatch889 said:

    That's very generous. In less touristy areas I would say Sprint hasn't really paid much mind too. Parts of East Harlem. North west Bronx are lacking for sure. I frequent those area and always check to see if there is any progress being made and it's been stalled development for awhile. They changed the tilt of towers that use to receive band 41 signal and the best you can get in one place is overloaded 3g that particular area needs small cells badly if there isn't too be extended macro site deployment. I stopped reporting as there wasn't work being done. That was over a year ago sadly. It's a sport bar so fortunately they have wifi inside. That particular area is around 116th and first ave. If you ever go there check it for yourself.

    The Sprint macro site on East Harlem 116th and Madison ave haven't been upgraded completely to an 8T8R tower. Also, there aren't any small cells in that area which makes service terrible in the Mall in East Harlem. Regardless that is the only part in Manhattan where I see issues with the network.

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    1 minute ago, greenbastard said:

    You're not wrong. What came out was Sprint trying to negotiate a better deal. I still think it happens since everyone and their mommas has turned Sprint down at this point.

    If SoftBank doesn't go through with the merger, the only option is to sell and recoup their money or double down on a fierce wireless industry in which competitors are cannibalizing themselves via pricing. I doubt Son wants to do the latter.

    They will buy the other 17% of the company and take it private.

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    Just now, Tengen31 said:

    Officially not yet

    Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
     

     

    8 minutes ago, jamesinclair said:

    This post didnt age well :)

     

    I for one am thrilled the merger is off.

     

    9 minutes ago, jamesinclair said:

    This post didnt age well :)

     

    I for one am thrilled the merger is off.

    You could have pulled my post after Softbank officially drop out. As much I want to this is not officially dead yet...

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    So the Softbank board finally wake up..... Have they followed through with this nonsense of merger the would end having a presence in the wireless broadband market the United States. The Germans wanted total control from the start, I don't  understand what kind of control didn't Massa Son understood. Also didn't he says he has a 300 years world domination plan so why no be patient with Sprint.

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    1 minute ago, Arysyn said:

    In a sense, I'm disappointed about this, but then again this has me hoping T-Mobile will go for Dish, otherwise Sprint may tie up with Dish. However, I think it would be better for Sprint to grab U.S. Cellular, while T-Mobile goes for Dish, then later on let the cable companies go after Sprint once the cable industry consolidates enough to make owning a national wireless carrier viable.

    This fantasy of Tmobile grabbing Dish has been around for 3 years now. I don't think that will happen because Eager will never give up control of Dish. 

    Tmobile strategy regarding spectrum is finished for now. They see Verizon can sustain over 140 millions wireless connections with the only 113mhz of it. So I am sure Mr. Neville arrogantly tells Tmobile executives we can do the same. The problem is Verizon print money and they go insane adding small cells and towers everywhere.

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    21 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

    http://investors.sprint.com/financials/default.aspx

    The fixed income tab section breaks down Sprint’s debt.

    Total debt: $38,378 Billion

    This is the problem that Hesse and that incompetent board didn't start to address in 2008. They just kicked the can down the road just like US presidents do with this country debt. 

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    At this point, this merger is a pretty much-done deal unless the lawyers at the DOJ block it. However, the number one guy in the antitrust division is a pro-big merger and big business. I think the Nextel deal sunk Sprint to the deep ocean, and they weren't able to recover. This forced the company to operate two networks then eventually three with the WiMAX fiasco, all while the debt was keep pilling up.

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    FCC and DOJ will approve this. Enjoy the last glorious months. The chain of events was setup when the board didn’t allow Hesse to buy Metro PCS. If T-Mobile never gets Metro they would be a weak company right now. Another stupid move before this was Att arrogance of cutting a deal with a breakup fee during an administration that was very anti big business.

     

    I have been saying for three years this is why they never decided to invest in the network because they weren’t on it for the long run. Marcelo didn’t have a problem burning billions on promotions but when it came to network investments the debt bs excuse surfaced. Thanks to The massive band 41 Spectrum Legere and Ray will claim a  super fast Network. Now Neville will says Band 41 is a great Spectrum. Watch how he changes his tune.

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    4 hours ago, RedSpark said:

    I feel like we're waiting for the other shoe to drop on this merger... right after the iPhone X launches.

    I really don't want it to happen. Sprint is completely capable of making it on its own and I don't want to see T-Mobile running things.

    Sprint owner has been running the business with a merger in mind for the last three years. If Little Massa Son wanted to make  Sprint a force or believe in it they would have started investing on the network from day one.  Make city markets dense with band 41 then spread out as the financial health of the company improve. As the cities get dense with band 41, start thinning out legacy 3G on the 1900mhz and blank highways and rural areas alone with 800mhz.

     

    The funny thing about these mergers rumors is the Germans don't want to pay market value for Sprint, and this happens because the owner didn't turn the company into a strong player and decided to focus on buying tech companies around the world. The Germans are basically offering a discount offer as take it or leave it. The carrier with the most spectrum and frequencies ideal for 5G  is getting a lowball offer. Seems to me the Germans got their advice from Legere about Sprint no worth market value and if they don't take a lowball offer we will crush them.

    Sprint 2.5ghz-2.6ghz spectrum is worth a premium, and Son is making the mistake of thinking about selling for a below market value. 

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    28 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

    Agree to disagree.

    We shall see in a few years how "well" this all plays out.

    It will take a year after the merger close to see the higher fees and unlimited going bye bye. I do not favor for this merger, but Sprint and its parent company have been waiting for this. This has been their strategy from the start, but the problem now is they are the seller rather than the buyers. The only thing in their way is the DOJ, but the new administration appointed pro-business lawyers in the antitrust department. 

    Had the Japenese invested on Sprint network from the get-go, they would have been negotiating a merger from strength rather than weakness. 

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    I don't want this merger to happen, and I could care less about the Magenta fans saying that Tmobile is too good to merge with Sprint. The fact is Sprint is finally picking steam. They don't really need this merger especially with that massive amount of spectrum for 5G. Massa is wasting his time, the Germans and Legere won't want him to have a say in a combined company period. News like this distract the people that work in the field from executing the company's goals. A combined company will be saturated with debt and will slow the rollout of gigabit class LTE, and  5G.

    Maybe this is Verizon leaking false information since they are the ones that would benefit from this merger. They are eager to go back to raise fees and eliminate unlimited again. 

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Verizon’s good unlimited data plan is now three bad unlimited plans

    Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there’s no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymorehttps://www.theverge.com/2017/8/22/16181362/verizon-new-unlimited-data-plan-video-throttling-net-neutrality

    Looks like Verizon could be running out of capacity... Unlimited has hit them pretty hard. It's now also clear why they were doing that "Netflix Test" not too long ago.

    Sprint's Unlimited Freedom Plan with 1080P HD Streaming included is becoming a much better value... and you also have the option of Ultra HD Streaming for an additional $10/Month per line.

    Don't get any ideas Sprint...

    Nah, after a month Sprint will switch back to that 480p because they are adding so many customers /s.

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Sprint is still carrying a substantial amount of debt. We'll get an update on things at the upcoming Earnings Conference Call on August 1st, but this shows what Sprint's up against in terms of having sufficient funds for CapEx across its network.

     

    http://investors.sprint.com/financials/default.aspx

     

    Debt Maturities as of March 31, 2017

     

    FY 17': $4.875 Billion

    FY 18': $6.032 Billion

    FY 19': $4.085 Billion

    FY 20': $2.532 Billion

    FY 21': $3.755 Billion

    FY 22': $2.520 Billion

    FY 23': $8.010 Billion (That's quite a bit right there.... although they have a few years of breathing space before it hits.)

    FY 24': $4.000 Billion

    FY 28': $2.475 Billion

    FY 31': $2.000 Billion

    And you wonder why they desperately want some sort of merger. Between 2017 and 2018 they have to pay 10 billion on debt, that is a lot of money so I don't expect major network upgrades or expansion anytime soon. 

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