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I wonder if the CCA/RRPP agreements include a Sprint right of first refusal if any partner decides to put itself up for sale.
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You are over simplifying that private and government cooperation. AT&T in the beginning agreed to things like universal service and made sure rates were set to be fair for rural customers. Then the government changed the game and allowed new entrants that disrupted how AT&T made its money. Considering how much AT&T was a major R&D house for the US as well as how many technologies it essentially gave away, it is interesting how quickly the very same government that once benefited from them turned on them first disrupting their model and then breaking up their business, and hamstring the parts that were left. This is why I prefer less meddling than not. No doubt the mess the current AT&T wireless is in is partly the fault of the government. It would seem the best run parts of the Bell System ended up in Verizon's hands.
I disagree. It was mutually beneficial for one company to manage the nationwide bailout. ATT extended that monopoly to telephone equipment(western electric). As a result the government filed an anti trust suit because AT&T had total control over telecommunications. The actual breakup was proposed by AT&T. In any case my original point stands that when we talk about nationalized companies the original AT&T should be included in that discussion.
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Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans will nationalize the wireless infrastructure; the only times the feds have stepped in to nationalize an industry in American history was when the industry was failing and the industry's leaders were begging for a bailout (see Amtrak, which bailed out the railroads' money-losing passenger operations, or the GM and Chrysler bailout). Even if the market gets down to 3-4 national players and few others, nationalization just isn't going to happen.
Thats not exactly true. Outside of wartime there was one industry that had a national monopoly, telephone service. To me that was a defacto nationalized service as public funds were used with federally mandated service requirements.
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There are rumors that other EU carriers are interested in making a play with T-Mobile (not just IIliad). I have heard Vodafone specifically is interested and apparently their CEO has said in the past they would love to buy out DT's stake if they ever decide to leave the US market. Vodafone certainly has the $ to make things happen. I really hope that Sprint & T-Mobile don't spend all their time beating each other up and each respectively pick one of the big two to beat up on, $T and $VZW are the ones we need to bring back down to size.
Vodafone buying T-Mo would be significant especially considering the amount of money Big Red just paid them to exit their partnership.
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Everything goes in cycles. I remember when Sprint was the top dog and AT&T was considered to be Satan's toe jam. Amazing how things change. Enjoy your service and needle your friend whenever it might amuse you
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I wonder how much of the low price is a result of Softbank leveraging its buying power. This could be the start of a great trend.
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Are we there yet?
"The trip is the destination" aka Daddys revenge!!!!!
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US Cellular has better rural coverage in many parts of Oregon than Verizon does so a reciprocal roaming agreement with USCC would "stoke my fire." Even better idea, they should just buy USCC. That would make much more sense than a purchase of T-Mobile. I promise you that as soon as Sprint proved to have much better rural coverage than T-Mobile and Spark speeds in town, they could have all T-Mobile's subscribers voluntarily without having to buy them like they tried to do.
Sprint likely does not want a significant portion of them.
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My eyes need to see myself.
Robert
Get a mirror.
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I seem to remember somebody else trying this with no success.
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I know everyone is all upset about new customers getting promotions that current customers don't get. I'm fine with them getting device discounts or waving the access fees for a year, as long as they aren't getting a better deal LONG-TERM. When you move to a new carrier and buy all new devices, you have to make a big upfront investment (especially now that we are getting away from phone subsidies). I'm fine with Sprint giving them a break for the first year or so, as long as they don't maintain that status in perpetuity.
I agree, accept that this was an issue with Sprint that was corrected with the Premier program. I am still hoping that they bring back some type of loyalty program. It also makes sense as it may help to retain some of the new customers once their introductory pricing expires.
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WiMax had a similar potential as LTE especially with later protocol releases. The problem was that the industry moved towards LTE. That would have caused the price of equipment and hand set procurement to rise significantly. Bottom line WiMax is dead because of money and not performance.
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No spectrum but tower rights? Does that mean that Sprint can take its time building out? I also hope that Cellular One had good tower spacing/placement. If nothing else I think Sprint should cover I-80 through Wyoming asap.
EDIT: I see now that these towers only cover a small part of northern Wyoming. Atleast they have the ability to cover a major part of I-90 in Montana.
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I know North Carolina State government internet access was down for the better part of the day.
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I think the calendar app took a step back in usability from the Evo 4G LTE. The Agenda view only shows stuff from the current day. It's completely redundant to the day view.
I agree. Even though I have gotten used to the new calendar app I still like the old one better.
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They don't need Level 3 backbone, they need their metro fiber loops
Exactly.
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Maybe a crazy thought, but why compete to the bottom by out pricing lower than tmo.
Why not go aggressive on price with AT&T - which should still leave some margin.
Either way I think it's going to be a fun fun ride! Especially with Marcelo and Son on a mission.
This a thousand times. I have been called crazy before but I still think Sprint can compete head on with AT&T. With the right pricing/value I think they should go right after AT&T. Let T-Mo become the bottom feeder.
Level 3 for maybe $10-$20 billion. Mr Son has the money.
I think Level Three would be a great acquisition!
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From an earlier article endorsing the T-Mobile/Sprint merger:
As such, I wonder if Masayoshi Son’s big vision goes beyond just combining these two carriers and includes an acquisition (or two) of wireline assets too, so as to create a true rival to AT&T and Verizon. Centurylink would be the obvious property to go after there, with a significant footprint across much of the middle of the United States, and a growing presence in enterprise services too. A Sprint-T-Mobile-Centurylink merger with significant backing from SoftBank could be really powerful.
http://www.beyonddevic.es/2013/12/13/why-sprint-t-mobile-makes-sense/
To lazy to look it up right now but Century link is saddled with significant debt, mostly from financing its own merger. I think a strategic alliance would be more beneficial for both parties. The first step would be for Century link to come back into the Sprint fold as a MVNO.
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Fiber for the most part will follow the same pole vs underground conventions that other utility lines have used mostly because it just makes sense. The legacy telephone and electric companies did the math regarding underground or pole mounted and their decisions are reflected in the fact that you see utility poles or you don't. When cable came around it followed these same routes because again, it just made sense.
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Yeah, DC traffic is insane man. They need to do something to bypass that mess! Yikes!!!!!
Dont remind me. I just had to deal with that mess last week at 12 noon! I decided to save somebodies life and keep my freedom. I stopped at a hotel for the night.
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Hmm, the author of that nearly decade old HowardForums thread seems vaguely familiar. If only we could have someone that experienced here at S4GRU...
AJ
Look it that....AJ lived vicariously through me...wait....I lived vicariously through AJ....wait..........
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I'm curious about this Korea mode as well, please allow us to learn from your actions so as that we may not be doomed to repeat them.
This is an old thread but it may be applicable.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/796999-Toggle-KoreaMode-!
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Well it seems that total revenue for the whole wireless industry was flat if not outright negative. So it's not just Sprint but the whole industry.
Read the comments, they are very enlightening.
Its a saturated market. Just about anybody who wants a cell phone has a cell phone with the only emerging demographic being pre-teens/teens. That's why we are about to see an all out battle to keep customers, steal the other guys customers and capture the youngsters. That's the ONLY route to growth other than mergers.
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Really? Sprints been working on nv for over 4 years now. Management from top to bottom is bad, customer service is bottom every year. Tmobile now has more prepaid customers than sprint. It's not a shock if tmobile is 3 by this time next year
4 years? Wrong. Bad management and horrible customer service? If you are going to voice your opinions then don't present them as fact.
To The Bat Cave! A Peak into Verizon's Underground Shelter
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Not sure if this would be very useful for sprint since most of its ERT equipment( as far as I can tell) is always on the move or deployed.
http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/services_solutions/details.jsp?detId=govt_emergency_prep&catId=industry_govt_public_safety&catName=State%20and%20Local%20Government%20and%20Public%20Safety&detName=Emergency%20Preparedness&specialCat=true