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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    From the Gilat Skyedge II sales doc "TCP performance over satellite without special treatment is impacted due to the latency introduced by the distance between the Earth and the satellite. Typically this distance translates to a latency of between 240 to 280 msec, depending on where the sending and receiving sites are in the satellite footprint. This makes the round trip time due to propagation delay at least 480 milliseconds."

     

    Half second ping times are not going to make for a very good mobile experience. Delay in opening webpages is going to be reminiscent of dial-up.

     

    As Louis C.K. said, it's coming from space....give it a second.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    From the Gilat Skyedge II sales doc "TCP performance over satellite without special treatment is impacted due to the latency introduced by the distance between the Earth and the satellite. Typically this distance translates to a latency of between 240 to 280 msec, depending on where the sending and receiving sites are in the satellite footprint. This makes the round trip time due to propagation delay at least 480 milliseconds."

     

    Half second ping times are not going to make for a very good mobile experience. Delay in opening webpages is going to be reminiscent of dial-up.

     

    If the alternative is having no coverage at all in areas because of low ROI, is this preferable? To me, it is.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Looks like it..

     

    "We also expect to see the application of this technology to the mobile network of our group company Sprint in the US."

     

    The Gilat webpage has some good info on Cellular Backhaul via Satellite and Small Cell Over Satellite.

     

    Be sure to read the SatMagazine articles which are referenced:

     

    200Mbps TDMA VSAT for 3G/LTE Backhaul

     

    Small Cell Over Satellite: Connecting Rural Areas Cost Effectively

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    hmmm I'm already on the Family Share pack of 160GB for $130 a month. But this new plan is quite enticing, price wise. I like that it is unlimited but the only thing I am not certain of is whether the 3GB Hotspot is per line or in total which all lines can tap into. 

    I did a quick compare of what I have with this new plan.

    NewUnlimitedvsFamilyShare.png

    In my case, while the per line for the Family Share ends up being $32.50 per line as oppose to $37.50 for the new plan, the new plan in the long run is cheaper since there is no per line fee of $15 for data access . So my total cost ends up being $92.50. Even if I apply the 19% employee discount, it is still double per month than this new plan.  :blink:

    But again, my only hesitation before jumping on this new plan is that hotspot amount. I already use about 7.9 GB each on 3 lines, totaling about 22.5GB. If its 3GB per line, then I can possibly cut back on using my laptop, but if it is just 3GB to use among as many devices, then that won't work for me.

    I wonder if there is a hotspot add on that can be added to this new plan. 

     

    TS

     

    I believe it's 3GB of Hotspot per line. As I understand it, it's throttled to 2G once you hit it. No overages.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Hmmm would that be a good move to make to the 70 plan since I'm on the unlimited my way....

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

     

    You'll lose your "Unlimited Guarantee" if you move....

     

    You also won't be able to do 2 Year Contracts.

     

    If you have a Loyalty Credit on a Lease, you'll lose that as well.

     

    You may wind up saving money, but keep these things in mind.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Oh, I didn't realize the plan already included it. So I guess it is a straight price increase then.

     

    But a price decrease if you have 4 lines... relative to the 2 Unlimited Lines for $100/month and each additional line for $40 Plan. Four lines on that plan was $180/month and no hotspot.

     

    Four lines on this new plan is $150/month with 3 GB hotspot. In fact, you can get another line for $30/month... so five lines for the old price for four... and you can keep adding lines up to having a total of 10 lines total.

     

    Imagine being on that Family Plan... even better than Framily Unlimited Pricing.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    According to a post in /r/Sprint, Sprint's new unlimited plan pricing starting on 2/12/16:

     

     

    • 1st Line - $75
    • 2nd Line - $45
    • 3rd Line - $30
    • 4th Line - FREE
    • 5th Line (& Each Additional Up to 10 Lines) - $30

    (Total MRC for 4 Lines - $150/mo) (Total MRC for 5 Lines - $180/mo)

     

     

     

     

    Looks like a solid response to T-Mobile.

     

    EDIT: LINKED FIXED

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Probably not, seems like they had the least amount of data usage. Why would they want to highlight that fact?

    So. Cal isn't an ideal market for sprint, I wonder when the game is held in different parts of the country there is more usage.

     

    Sprint published an infographic for the 2015 Super Bowl. See here.

     

    See this FierceWireless Article. (The original link to Sprint's infographic from this article no longer works)

     

    The game was held in Santa Clara, CA. That's not So. Cal.

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    When does Verizon's roaming agreement with Sprint end?  I'm curious about what Sprint will do as it gets closer to the deadline.

     

    Great question... Not sure, but we do know Marcelo isn't happy with how much he has to pay Verizon for roaming. Hence his move to secure numerous LTE Roaming Deals with rural carriers.

     

    "I can't disclose how much I pay for roaming," he said. "But it's insane."

     
    He suggested that a combination of having the new Net neutrality rules in place to keep AT&T and Verizon in check, plus new business agreements that Sprint announced last year with rural wireless carriers throughout the country could help the company fill out its coverage in order to compete with the two largest national carriers.
     
    "I don't like writing checks for hundreds of millions of dollars to my two biggest competitors," he said. "I'd rather write those checks to rural carriers."
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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Although I like the thought of spending more money on their network, smart and effective advertising should never be chopped for any reason because without advertising, you will lose your business. It is dangerous if people get it into their heads that advertising is not something sprint can afford. Look at Tmobile for instance which it's success can be largely attributed to a marketing stunt.

     

    You don't have to advertise on TV during the Super Bowl to make a big splash. Just ask Oreo, which did it with a Tweet.

     

    Sprint was smart to save its money on this.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    It depends what type of analysis you are seeking. I responded to jreuschl's post saying Sprint should be drive testing large markets to "test network performance and recommend improvements." If that is the goal, Root's biannual testing is likely sufficient for both purposes. There is going to be a huge diminishing return in doing it more often than that. And if for some reason you want data in between those 6 month windows you can either do it internally or contract RootMetrics to retest.

    This was brought up months ago here and I thought it was a good idea, but it is also a heck of a lot more complicated than this. Who is going to analyze the data? Is it going to give them anything more meaningful than what their NV equipment diagnostics or customer feedback be it sprint zone, twitter, phone, and chat is already giving them?

    I'm thinking of the infamous "Can you hear me now" guy from Verizon... Seems like it would also be useful on Sprint.

     

    Drive testing with Direct 2 You cars ensures service is solid where new customers are and can improve retention/reduce churn.

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