lou99/maximus1987

What is the point of posting this when there is already a discussion of Sprint's quarterly earnings (or lack thereof) and Moffett's analysis in another thread? I think I know the answer to the question (rhymes with polling), but I'll sit back and wait.

Goes beyond just their earnings.

How they obtain additional $ will affect many things about Sprint and other 3.

In fiscal Q4, Sprint burned through $914 million of its starting $3.5 billion cash-and-marketable securities total," said MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett. "At this rate, Sprint will run out of money around the 2016 (radio spectrum) incentive auction."

"At the end of fiscal 2014, gross debt equaled $33.8 billion, with cash, short-term investments of $4.2 billion," he said in a report.

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Because your experience with B25 means it's bad everywhere...

 

You're stuck in an area where B26 cannot be deployed yet. Your example is not representative of the network as a whole.

But it is representative for non-trivial major markets.

I don't really care about b26. It's b41 that I'm surprised sprint hasn't launched in my area given the premier b41 schedule info.

I hate to debunk your blanket statement so quickly after you posted it (not really), but there's no B41 in my market and I routinely get over 10Mbps down. I rarely see anything below 5-6Mbps when on LTE (there are still some pockets of 3G around here). I just ran a test -- 14.85 down/7.23 up, indoors on B26.

The Sprint store I go to check has speeds ~ 0.05mbps on ookla while iphones - can't download app - max at 2mbps on bandwidthplace.com test.

Closest 3 towers are all b25 lte. Next closest is 3G-only but then farther out, they're all b25 lte.

T-Mobile doesn't mention how many POPs their band 12 covers, Verizon doesn't do it either for their XLTE, and AT&T doesn't breakdown their POPs by LTE bands either.

 

Sprint names the markets where they have Spark, Verizon does the same with XLTE, and T-Mobile also lists markets where they are working on Band 12.

Yes but 2.5 is necessary to have the true lte experience.

Having b25 and b26 gives you 1-3 Mbps.

4q2014 sprint happily volunteered they cover 125mil with 2.5

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Correct me if I m wrong,why the critics say that Sprint without a very dense band 41 network is in big trouble aND it wI'll take 7 years. I understand they need to dense the network,but every week we see new rootmetrics.Com reports about tied for 1st or or two.

 

The network is improving at a fast pace compared with a year ago,but the mangetrolls are in denial.

I've never seen 7 years from a tech website. Anyone can say 7 years in a comment section; without proof it's meaningless.

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Mine is also a failed attempt at haiku -- albeit, much better than yours.

 

Here is a real one for you...

 

Broadcasters say this

But they want mega money

Auction may backfire

 

AJ

If it happens, there's nothing broadcasters can do to take back their licenses.

There's always kelo vs new London.

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My interpretation: focusing on hotspot deployments at sites needing the most capacity does not make for an exciting POP count to market or promote.

 

POP's are only going to be useful in places where you blanket the whole market. Since there will be few places where Sprint will have wall to wall coverage of B41, you can expect Sprint to avoid giving out POP numbers for B41 for some time.

 

 

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I thought 2.5 was an easy install. Why isn't it going faster?

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Is this your failed attempt at haiku, maximus?

 

Try this...

 

I yearn for 2016

Will auction succeed?

Or will it even happen?

 

AJ

Broadcasters said they WANT fcc to eat a target for 120mhz nationwide.

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Bye said that Sprint is not disclosing how many POPs it is covering with 2.5 GHz LTE or how many it plans to cover by year-end.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-hints-upcoming-network-densification-strategy-using-25-ghz-spectrum/2015-05-05?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

My interpretation: only significant markets will get spark by EoY.

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Super high risk? Do you know how many people have doubled their money on Sprint in the past 3 years? It is absurd to call a Sprint investment as "super high risk." Not even Moffet will call it that. To be super high risk, there would have to be a good chance of bankruptcy in the next six months.

 

Stop with the grandiose superlatives, please. We won't stand to be Moffeted. Sprint will likely be the first carrier to double its current stock price from today's price than any other carrier. Sprint gaining $5 per share is much more likely than Tmo or AT&T gaining $30 or VZW gaining $50 per share.

 

Sprint has almost nowhere to go but up. Given the aggressiveness of current leadership and Son's backing, they aren't going back to where they were. At worst, they will be static.

 

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I yearn to see how much Son's backing will

Be worth for the 600 auction.

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The biggest problem with that option, is that they've sort-of already used it a couple of times. That path isn't effective the third time you use it.

 

Their current option (promoting RootMetrics results) seems much better. Regardless of whether it's true or not, no one believes Sprint when Sprint says they've fixed things. They need a respected independent objective third-party to say that, and promote the third-party's message.

 

RootMetrics isn't perfect, but they are probably the closest fit for that need right now.

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I worry though Sprint would raise the unlimited data price, in order to accommodate this, the same as T-Mobile did by raising the rate from $70 monthly to $80 monthly.

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That would be possible but only once all the major cities have spark.

Otherwise, you'd risk someone from a b25-only city being chosen for the town hall.

But in general, yes TMO is better at marketing and presentation.

Sprint should start taking some questions from twitter or from this very site.

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Not too sure since I don't get out that way very often

 

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I live and 6 Mile & Farmington and get consistent TD-LTE at my house mostly around 106 dbm and great download speeds. Too bad it doesn't stick when leaving my house.

 

 

 

How's Ann arbir?

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I also cant find anything as to what free unlimited texting really means.

 

If Im in Mexico, and I text a Mexican cell number, is that free?

 

The FAQ is very inadequate

Should be free. It's that way on TMO.

Can't imagine it being otherwise.

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Why wouldn't they?

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Would att, vzw buy 2.5 if it can only be used in Tdd?

What are the chances of a reorg of 2.5 by fcc into Tdd, fdd?

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Sprint (S) R. Marcelo Claure on Q4 2014 Results - Earnings Call Transcript $S

http://www.seekingalpha.com/article/3141626

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Why would anyone say this

It’s not assured, writes Moffett, that Softbanks’s Masayoshi Son can necessarily swoop to the rescue in such a funding emergency.

http://m.barrons.com/articles/BL-TB-47579

Why wouldn't Son swoop in to fund sprint???

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Why don't you check out the premier sponsor forums you pay for? The info there gives you a pretty good idea of progress. But it seams you just like to hear yourself talk a lot.

 

 

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It's based on user reports. Very incomplete.

Sprint reports a loss for Q4 2014 struggles to amid competition and departing customers.

 

 

http://www.androidcentral.com/sprint-reports-loss-continues-struggle-departing-customers

 

Yeah they made some very stupid decisions one of them over paying to get the Iphone which has taken Softbank to get that money back. The only thing they should be doing it putting up new towers like crazy and updating their current network but overall just improve their network coverage.  Either way at this point it might be good for them to merge with T-Mobile and work with Google more on their new service as well. 

Right. But those where the decision of the ideological bent of the current FCC. In 2017 we are likely to have a different ideology governing the FCC, one that might be more inclined to listen to what the market seems to be saying. It does no good to have four national carriers unless they are all profitable, otherwise we end up with three or less anyway and have to go through bankruptcy rather than a merger to get there.

Agree. But from now on, both TMO and Sprint will only get better. And if we go by market, market wants one carrier TO RULE THEM ALL!

Most 2.5 deployment has shifted to priority markets. That won't add more pops of coverage, but it will improve network quality in those markets.

I agree. But they could've stated how many additional 2.5 sites they have live. SOMETHING to give us some idea of progress.