lou99/maximus1987

So now I'm the critic and youre the optimist? I'm gonna have to toss another "lol" back at you.

I believe sprint can survive by itself without needing a merger.

I don't want sprint or TMO to fail.

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Keep laughing, max. Lol. Hahaha. Jk. You guys. Stop. No really, stop. Jk jajajajaja.

#yolo #magenta4life #trollin

So you have given up on Sprint gaining customers?

Why wasn't that part of your original post?

You'd think with so much spectrum, you'd have more confidence in Sprint.

 Sprint's profit will improve when it either is able to raise rates or slow network capex. Demanding both profit and network vision 2, 3, and 4 on an accelerated schedule is foolish.

Sprint has plenty of money to pay plenty of people plenty of money to worry about how to become profitable.

I guarantee you Son/Marcelo/Legere/Adams/Randall are not worrying about your and my bill.

Sprint's profit will improve when it either is able to raise rates or slow network capex. Demanding both profit and network vision 2, 3, and 4 on an accelerated schedule is foolish.

How about gain customers? lol Have you given up on that possibility?

Replacing colors in Photoshop.

I wanna do sonething similar for TMO: they have 4 separate maps that they give to their mvnos: 2g, 3G, 4g, lte.

I want to basically do "lte map minus 4g map" to see where the GMO lte is.

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How'd you do that?


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Do the Canada Data packs get prorated when you cancel? She was only in Canada for 2 weeks of the cycle so I cancelled when she came home, but the bill doesn't seem to reflect that in the same way it normally does, anyway.

No. I distinctly remember reading that international stuff doesn't get prorated.

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Not sure. I used to think they were Clear but the panels seem a tad long and too rounded to be the Huawei dual mode gear, and there are no RRU's. Not to mention Sprint has their 8T8R equipment up. The only other provider I know of in this area beside the obvious is Towerstream, and I have no idea what their equipment looks like.

 

 

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I'm in Detroit metro and I see these panels - below the rack - here too. There's only a few clear protection sites so definitely not clear. Forgot about tower stream. Hmmm.

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Tower porn, Hacienda Heights

 

 

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To me, it isn't about how many carriers there are, but rather how good the network is. If it were up to me, I'd have one nationwide network, which all carriers competed on price only, not who has the better network. Everyone in the nation deserves excellent network coverage and quality speeds. However, knowing that isn't how things are, I understand the concerns with too few carriers. Unlike popular opinion about too much consolidation with there only being three carriers, I don't think it is a concern until it goes down to two. If the concerns are correct, with prices rising and all, then the FCC can take a look into the situation and remedy whatever problems there are. If they don't, then well the public can protest it, which probably will fail as so many protest do.

 

In the meantime, three carriers mean a better network for the third, and for some time, at least, competition will be fierce. It is a good thing for consumers, and for those who have Sprint and T-Mobile.

Conoetition is not fierce with 3 carriers.

France - 3 equal carriers until 2012 - had the highest prices in Europe.

Then Free mobile launched and now they definitely don't have the highest prices.

The fcc doesn't have power to lower prices in a supposed 3 carrier market no matter how much they would want to.

Empirical evidence shows that 3 carriers leads to horrible prices and 4 carriers lead to awesome prices.

There's no reason why a merged TMO sprint wouldn't pass on the savings to consumers … except human nature.

If Marcelo were hired to vzw CEO, he'd keep the same sky high prices and same goes for Legere. Their goal is to make as much money as possible while mine and yours is to save money. With sprint and TMO, those goals align.

If everyone cared about network quality then we would all move to vzw like tomorrow. But TMO's city coverage is still good enough for some people.

This idea "we have to allow 4 to 3 mergers so EVERYONE can have a 'good' network" is very elitist; people can chose their own networks just fine thank you.

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I disagree. The merger won't happen now but under a different administration it could. Don't be naive to think that just b/c it didn't happen once that it won't happen. Personally, I don't want it, but Softbank could pull that trigger next summer.

The election is next year which means any merger review - 6 months - wouldn't start so close to end of a term.

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I actually hope you are right about it happening under a different administration, but it depends if that administration is much different than the one currently in place. The bigger issue than that right now though, is Masa/Softbank's desire to seek an alternative way for Sprint to grow, in case that doesn't happen. The 600mhz spectrum is just that, which they don't seem very interested in even trying to obtain. That tells me they just are not that driven to help Sprint with the drive they need to truly succeed. Instead, they seem aimed to grow Sprint just enough with what they have so they can sell Sprint off to another company. If Softbank had any more desire than that, they'd back the 600mhz auction as a resource Sprint needs to meet the plans Masa once had for Sprint, which is a true alternative in case the T-Mobile merger doesn't happen.

You hope we go from 4 carriers to 3 carriers?

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Maybe they are acting like that because they want to catch the competitors off guard. Maybe Softbank already put the funds on the side.

 

That 600mhz auction is extremely important for the future of wireless.

No one is off guard. Everyone needs more low-band. Period.

Yeah, unfortunately all the carriers are bluffing about 600MHz, because they all have a special interest they are trying to get the FCC to blink over. And they think that their best leverage is to keep sounding like they are disinterested in 600MHz.

 

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The fcc isn't that dumb, is it Trip?

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I felt like he was talking non sense saying they don't need to go to the 600 auction. 800mhz can be brought to its knees with relative ease. 2500 will take much longer to deploy. He said WiFi was everywhere and I had to laugh. Walmart doesn't even have WiFi and there are so many places where WiFi is locked or you have to ask for the password. Its just not as convenient as your own home network yet. If Sprint for some reason decided not to get in that auction I will be very concerned.

It's all bs. Verizon too when they said "we may not BS bs bs bs"

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I think it's that Sprint doesn't want to have to bid on it alone. The price of the most recent auction has probably scared them a little. They tried to get the FCC to approve a joint bid with T-Mo and I think are still trying to work out a joint bidding arrangement with the rural carriers. I think they would like to have 600 spectrum so long as they don't have to foot the entire bill.

Seems like a good place for softb to invest more $

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Or some kind of hey check out our service program they can come up with. So how would they know if things have changed. I agree 100%

 

 

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Louis Maximus: Cut the crap. Your incessant trolling for Magenta is a major pain in the ass. You insert it into virtually every topic you enter. Your quoted comment above adds absolutely nothing to the topic being discussed, but then that is a very common thread which weaves through the vast majority of your posts at S4GRU. I frankly don't give a #### how much you like TMo. I am here to increase my knowledge about Sprint, not to listen to babbling idiots spout the same irrelevant complaints over and over and over again. Go away.

People only have past experiences on which to base their decisions because Sprint won't do a TestDrive

That better? I gave a real example about a former coworker no longer on sprint because of the WiMAX rollout. Seems relevant. And on topic to the comment which I originally quoted.

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I agree and sadly people only base things off their past experiences. WiMAX wasn't everywhere. I had the evo 4g and I only had 4g when I was home from school but up on campus and in my dorm I had nothing but 3G. The service sucked but I couldn't complain cause my parents was paying my phone bill. Call and text was fine it was just the data which was a hit or miss

 

 

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People only have past experiences on which to base their decisions because Sprint won't do a TestDrive like TMO!

Sprint was that boyfriend or girlfriend that was "the one" and sprint cheated on them and now they can't move on and love again. They still have scars.

 

 

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That's exactly why a co-worker moved from Sprint to Verizon: he bought a WiMax phone and never got 4G so now he happily pays way more for 4 lines on Verizon.

Laugh but there are many in that situation; Sprint lost them for a few years at least.

Fantastic news.

 

Has anyone on this forum tried using it yet?

 

Im going to call global support tonight, but I still dont know if free texting is ONLY to US numbers (instead of local numbers), and how one ensures that they dont accidentally roam into a non-free area.

What if I travel outside the International Value Roaming countries/destinations?

Users with International Value Roaming traveling outside of the International Value Roaming countries will not be able to use their device. Customers will need to chat with a Sprint representive before traveling to a non-International Value Roaming country to have their roaming plan changed to allow usage outside of countries not included with International Value Roaming

http://support.sprint.com/support/article/FAQs_about_Sprint_International_Value_Roaming/8fc1976f-831b-44a4-ab93-d1b3c36c39a3?INTNAV=IVR_LP#!/

http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/how-verizon-att-sprint-and-t-mobile-stacked-q1-2015?confirmation=123

You do realize that customers are NOT leaving because of LTE rollout, they are switching carriers in major markets where T-Mobile is a viable option.

 

Your customer in a small town who gets token T-Mobile service will not switch.

Yes I do, thus my comment

 

I concede: I will get better lte on sprint when I go to Florida or visit my cousin a few times a year.

 

except Sprint can't seem to make that 2.5GHz spectrum work outside of a city.... or rather in un-even terrain.

Small cells.

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You just did it again. Deflection and redirection. Hey everyone, look at that red…or is it Magenta...herring. You cannot help yourself. You are a lost cause, terrible at legitimate argumentation.

 

AJ

I addressed the islands of lte. You're right. It's much better to have rural lte and lose postpaid subs. Can't argue with that logic.

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maximus, what does this have to do with anything? Honestly, it smacks of your typical deflection tactics: instead of addressing criticism of T-Mobile, redirecting the same or similar at Sprint.

 

Now, if you are referring to the T-Mobile "islands of LTE" comment, you can be more specific in your quote. You should stop posting so much from your handset. Get on a real computer, man. Fix your lazy posting and quoting practices.

 

And, yes, Sprint's LTE was much better even before any band 26 activity. While T-Mobile LTE -- just like W-CDMA before it -- was confined to big cities, Sprint had band 25 not only in big cities but also in smaller towns, along highways, in rural areas, etc. Before or after band 26, Sprint has not had "islands of LTE."

 

AJ

So sprint's lte (rollout) is so much better than tmo (rollout) that it continues to lose postpaid phone subs?

I concede: I will get better lte on sprint when I go to Florida or visit my cousin a few times a year.

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