dnicekid

Smh. How about they stop trying to sneak the big uglies and do what everyone else is getting approved and deployed so easily??

I personally don't care but it seems others do. So how about a universal approach that won't be so difficult? Or start putting them up as flag poles. Smh

I love your positive attitude and enthusiasm, It reminds me of myself back in 2012-2016 lol

???????????? Me too! But it's good that people are positive about sprint! We just need more to become positive and enthusiastic!

You can get the same deal from Verizon and you don't need a Comcast high value account to get it.

How? Don't you need 4 lines to get $45 price?

I completely understand your perspective, RedSpark, and you make very valid points. However, I think this may be one area we disagree, with respect. I believe you that customers would be better served by having a higher quality wireless experience, and everything you've suggested from deployment, density, spending, etc. are all great ideas Sprint ought to be doing/changing.

 

The problem though which I share the same viewpoint with those mentioning Sprint's past reputation, is with a rebrand, the company can start fresh, without the stigma in the mind of people who still are stuck on the old Sprint and whatever negative experiences they remember having that makes them think and sometimes say really bad things about the company.

 

Still, a name change alone isn't enough. They need a complete rebranding in advertising, etc. to get through to customers that this is a whole new opportunity for the company based of course on the most important aspect of them all, network improvements. I would like to see them do a Domino's-style advertisement campaign at first, directly addressing those people who "hate" on Sprint with a positive message meant hopefully to give them another try, including those who aren't so negative towards Sprint, but simply are skeptical.

With all do respect it seems like you're in a dream. I would love a rebrand and so would most. Financially it's not a few thousand, its millions. The worst part is the wireless industry is so aggressive the negative press would absolutely slaughter sprint. Can't you hear JL and everyone saying "you can change the name but the network is the same"

I fully agree at some point sprint needs a rebrand but that can't some until the network is in a much better position it's just money wasted that could have been put somewhere more useful. As mentioned early sprint needs to advertise more where the network is strong, increase advertising in areas as the network gets better. --- meaningful advertising directed at that specific local market... As in Sprint has the fastest speed/coverage etc here in this specific market vs whoever was the top.

--- But I do agree with your last part about the domino effect

Only problem it's not same people. 2011-2014 wasn't Marcelo. So 2015 he was just starting.

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I am fully aware of that. My point was people would think it's the same. I will edit my post so to reflect thank you

I wouldn't even waste the money on a rebrand. It would get slaughtered. The press and critics would say same people same network quality as yesterday and don't fall for a new name.

Once the network gets to s certain point with b41 and ca and so forth then I would be all for it. Only way to rebrand now and sell it is another company merging or buying sprint.

Meanwhile John Legere, Marcelo and Son is discussing a possible merger.

Lmao!! Isn't that something!! The Far East is full of surprises!!

I agree. FAR EAST sounds like Japan to me.

 

I wonder where Neville Ray is...

Lol from Denver "Far East " would be west soooo you have a point if he was trying to be sneaky but I don't think he would be so excited as it's 50/50 at best for the merger.

I think he is flying to Europe.

Xfinity Mobile was just announced:

 

http://corporate.comcast.com/news-information/news-feed/comcast-xfinity-mobile

 

Unlimited – Consume all the cellular data you want for one set price for up to five lines.2 $65 per line on up to five lines with no usage limits, or $45 per line for our customers with our best X1 packages.

 

By the Gig – $12 per GB of cellular data across all lines on an account each month. Seventy percent of U.S. wireless customers use less than 5 GB of cellular data per month3, so families can share their data across devices and will only pay for what they use.

 

2 Reduced speeds after 20 GB of cellular data usage

 

Am I missing something here? How is this a good value?

$45 a month unlimited with a Comcast plan

On the other site it says hands on the S8 the infinite phone...something like that

Wow!!

One of those speed test had a download speed of 211mbps!

Probably an announcement coming soon

But when root does testing this half sprint should blow them away as not many have 3xca phones so if root uses one ....

The att plan/offer includes "hotspots" for $20 a month! Haven't seen that before!

Looks like sprint is losing the advantage of having so much MHz.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/65-mhz-fallow-licenses-at-t-s-sees-spectrum-position-as-key-differentiator-vs-peers

Looks like att has been moving quietly.

Lol

Tmo won???

Masa won he has been trying to offload sprint since he was denied buying Tmo. Vzw and the unlimited plan is like a nail in the coffin for a merger.... Or it's vzw opening up Pandora's box with a merger.

~130 mil subs ridiculous amount of spectrum converting sprint to gsm

Not so sure vzw and att want that

Read the fine print, "Savings until 3/31/18; then $60/mo. for line 1, $40 for line 2 and $30/mo. lines 3-4. Streams video at up to HD 1080p, music at up to 1.5mbps, gaming at up to 8mbps. Data deprioritization during congestion. MHS, P2P and VPN reduced to 2G speeds after 10GB/mo. Pricing shown with AutoPay discount applied w/i 2 invoices. Req. new acct. Other monthly charges apply**

 

https://www.sprint.com/landings/unlimited-cell-phone-plans/index.html?ECID=vanity:unlimited

Bam!

I didn't see that on what I read, it wasn't part of the fine print.

However I did call to cancel... stay tuned

Where does it say "new customers only" I don't see it. I didn't see existing customers in vzw. My point is until someone calls and gets denied we don't know.

Marcelo believes that "Goliath is panicking"...

 

https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/831619230843957248

 

I don't see it that way...

He is giving us his best version of J L. Trying to spin off something we all know isn't true.... this is a big move by vzw, and he is acting like it isn't lol

My case is different. I have 3 lines on Framily but I need hotspot, faster speeds and especially VoLTE (Simultaneous talk and data) I dont really need the added coverage but I'll take it. Verizon has every tower in my city with band 2(10×10),band 4 (20×20) and 13(10×10). vs Sprint band 25(5×5), band 26(5x5), and one band 41(60mhz) 8t8r site in the whole county. There is no comparison in how much more Verizon is here.

Isn't that the same total MHz? Just vzw is more evenly spread out?

So much for Sprint spending $200 Million on TIDAL.... should have put that into CapEx or paid off debt with it. The move looks pretty ill-timed with this development.

 

Verizon's move here is really serious, and I'm not sure Marcelo realizes it... or if he has, he hasn't said anything yet.

 

So far, he's retweeted someone else who called the Verizon CEO "a snoozer": https://twitter.com/sprintsback/status/830967531691139072

 

Sprint's at the $60/month price point for one line because it has mobile optimized video. Add in the $20/month upgrade for HD Streaming and you hit $80/month.... which is Verizon's Price Point for Unlimited with HD Video.

 

Combine that with Sprint offering 5GB of Tethering vs Verizon's 10GB and Sprint has some work to do to respond with a competitive offer.

I did see some tweet by Marcelo but it was simply "corny" at best.

As I said before vzw could have timed the release differently and it probably would have crushed sprint/Tmo if this was tied in with the new samsung release as a promo.

Most people are stuck paying for phones and won't switch I do love the idea and hopefully sprint comes back with the "framily" pricing as that would be the equivalent @45 a line.

I can't wait to see how this turns out

What's funny is how many die hard Tmo/sprint people are ready to jump. That shows there is no loyalty in this business and customers will go for the best "value" regardless. I don't see this being that big of a deal for sprint -they will tweak their plans. The biggest impact will be felt by Tmo/att. A lot of Tmo customers came from vzw and will jump back at these prices as soon as the new samsung comes out. Att hasn't done anything recently so I am guessing they heard about this on their private chat lines which would explain why they haven't really changed pricing and have done nothing for retentions. Now att will play the cards they have been sitting on whether it's publicly or through retentions.

All in all I don't see this as a big deal most people switch when a new phone comes out and there aren't many phones out now to make someone want to switch and stick with that phone for 2 years. I would be more excited if they did this at the time of the new samsung s8 or iPhone8. It's definitely a game changer but I think they did it a little early. This will be an interesting week nonetheless.

I do believe this will show us sprints future plans. It almost seems to easy. Sprint and Tmos secret collaboration of lowering prices until the big 2 respond drastically then running to the Feds saying we can't survive without each other. Hmmmmm

I have a small cell up in my little town. Often times u don't realize it because u have to be looking at the top of telephone poles while driving...

I have also seen mini macros and small cells in the city I frequent. They are working on them just not as fast as we want.

Well nevermind. That new B41 install I mentioned yesterday is actually a Nokia mini macro setup on an existing macro site. Details in the CLT premier thread when I get home.

A mini macro on a macro?

Exactly. Now if they can do this for their small cell densification then I'll be happy lol.

Someone is popping up small cells in my area (Springfield Ma) of course the photos are too big for me to post but I am working on it.

No politician truly "cares" about the merger, it's just what benefits them the most. Hillary could care less as long as son put a nice chunk of $$$ somewhere she could eventually get to. Same with Trump...