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Have you raised this with the Local Network people/management? Greg Post handles the Southwest Region. Here's his Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregpost11 If he doesn't respond, you could mention it to Guenther: https://twitter.com/guengott68

Given the new terms for the Sprint/Ericsson network managed services relationship going forward, how will Ericsson be involved in these issues going forward?

Debt payments?

Not all of the appointments have been announced in the Newsroom. However, if you do some searching around based on the different "One Sprint" areas and market regions, you should be able to find the appointed Area President or Market President you're looking for.

Many of the new Manager/President announcements as part of "One Sprint" are made in Sprint's Newsroom. I would start there and read back through the archived releases for what you're looking for.

Brian Hedlund: Sprint President, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Virginia Region (As of December 17, 2015) Twitter: https://twitter.com/BkHedl1 If he doesn't respond, or have someone follow up, you could reach out to Guenther Ottendorfer (COO, Technology) on Twitter: https://twitter.com/guengott68

Although each program has specific merits/benefits, it does bug me that we have Global Roaming and Open World as two separate programs.

At the very least, Sprint should double the Sprint Global Roaming 2G speeds of 64kbps to 128kbps. I'd like to see it at 256kbps to match T-Mobile One+.

The cost structure for deploying Small Cells isn't the same as a Macro Cell Site build. It's hard to get a read from spending alone given this change in cost structure.

You see your e-bill amount for Sprint. AutoPay pays that amount automatically on the Bill Due Date. It charges to your credit card. If you have AutoPay setup for your credit card, you don't have to pay your Credit Card until the due date. You have plenty of time to review all of this. There's more on how this works for checking accounts here: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/you-have-protections-when-it-comes-to-automatic-debit-payments-from-your-account/ Monitor your accounts. Tell your bank right away if you see a payment that you did not allow (authorize), or a payment that was made after you revoked authorization. Federal law gives you the right to dispute and get your money back for any unauthorized transfers from your account as long as you tell your bank in time. Click here for a sample letter.

Because it was a funding, leadership and executive team issue. Those issues have been addressed. There's finally funding. There's leadership from Marcelo (and Son). The new Executive Network Team (Saw as CTO and Ottendorfer as COO, Technology) can finally execute on what they want to do. The right pieces are in place, and it took going through Network Vision to lay the foundation for what you're seeing in Chicago happen.... and for what's next. Reread this Press Release and the Investor Update from the last earnings call. That's real progress.

Be sure to read the FierceWireless Interview with Verizon's Mike Haberman. Given the different amount of Spectrum holdings Verizon has across the country, its 3x Carrier Aggregation footprint may not match up to its 2x Carrier Aggregation footprint: With holdings of more than 160MHz of 2.5GHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S. markets, Sprint's in a unique Spectrum position to do Two Channel Carrier Aggregation, Three Channel Carrier Agregation, and beyond to Four Channel and Five Channel, all utilizing 20MHz wide channels.

Yup. Exactly right. Put Sprint on AutoPay with a credit card. Look at your bill each month. Know that will be the amount paid on the due date. Even with checking accounts for other bills, I've never had an issue in 10+ years of AutoPay deductions (Power/Gas, etc.)

I have everything set to e-billing. I have everything set to AutoPay. Each month, I get an email telling me the billed amount due. I then see the scheduled payment amount for the due date... and nothing happens until the due date which is 2-4 weeks away). So if something's wrong on the billed amount, I would call the billing department and sort it out well before the AutoPay would go through. Everything that can, goes on a credit card. Other things go on a checking account. In the 10+ years of doing AutoPay, I've never been billed incorrectly, have had the wrong amount come out for either, or have been late on a payment. Both the credit card and the checking account provide for zero liability for fraudulent or incorrect charges. I have peace of mind that my bills are paid on time and for the correct amount. I have notification alerts set up for my credit card and my checking account, so I see every transaction. (Deposit/Withdrawal/Payment) I also get to hold onto my own money longer and earn interest, knowing full well that the payments will be made appropriately. You can even set up AutoPay as a backup, and manually submit a payment earlier if you choose to do so.

That's understandable, but they already have your online information from your prior payments. :-)

Perhaps you can call them? Are you enrolled in AutoPay? I don't trust most websites to work properly anymore when I need them the most, and there have been a number of times that there have been outages for sites on which I would have bills due. So I've done everything I can do remove myself from the actual Payment Authorization process and ensure payments get made no matter what. I know what the billed amount is supposed to be, and I know it will automatically be charged on the due date to my credit card. If there's an issue with the charged amount, it's charged on a credit card, and I can take it up with Sprint and/or the credit card company before actually having it come out of my bank account. I've been doing AutoPay on all kinds of accounts for many years on credit cards, and there's never been a screwup of any kind.

Key section from that: This is where Sprint can shine. Sprint has holdings of more than 160MHz of 2.5GHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S. markets.

Thanks for the info on this. The device base makeup is a critical factor. Given that small cells don't support more than 3 carriers, will Sprint have to add additional macro sites to provide enough 3 Carrier Coverage.

And this new hardware will have to deployed on every macro and smell cell site? Whoops... Small Cells, not "Smell Cells"... Those will come later!

It's not Sprint service, but at least it's something: Metro launches 45-day public Wi-Fi pilot at six Metrorail stations, seeks public feedback

I thought Sprint has the equipment to do this and beyond: 3/4/5 Channel Carrier Aggregation. Isn't most of it a pushed Software Upgrade to the tower sites?

All depends when it goes live nationwide and at what part of the RootMetrics testing cycle we're at. If it goes live before the end of 2016, we may not see the full impact on RootMetrics testing results until the First Half 2017 tests are done. If it goes live in early 2017 (as Marcelo has previously said in the Earnings Calls), we may not see the full impact until the Second Half 2017 tests are done.

Sprint just flipped a switch too: Sprint and Samsung Take Three-Channel Carrier Aggregation into the Field with Live Demonstration in Chicago

As I read it, content providers have "three choices" as listed. If a content provider doesn't provide Sprint with information, then by default "The Sprint Network will optimize streaming rates utilizing the above respective limits for customers on the Unlimited Freedom Plan."

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