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I'm quite surprised that she responded.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-05/softbank-said-to-seek-decision-on-t-mobile-bid-in-coming-weeks.html?cmpid=yhoo Whatever this alternative plan of Son's may be, it's more intriguing to me at this point than a T-Mobile tie-up.

And now Tammy Parker wants to get in on the act: http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/sprints-26-gbps-demo-shows-it-time-walk-walk/2014-02-06 It's like there's some kind of groupthink exercise going on or something. What I find interesting is that these bloggers are jumping on Sprint for, as Parker put it... A. While it would certainly be nice, to my knowledge Sprint has never promised customers 2.6 Gbps or 1.3 Gbps speeds. B. Sprint didn't even issue a press release for this demo. NSN did, but Sprint did not. Just very odd writings these days.

The S4 wasn't originally released as a tri-band device. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

The studies always amuse me. As far as the postpaid carriers go, they ALL got a "C". Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

This would seem to make the most sense. I wonder what specifically is the hurry in trying to acquire TMUS. Yes, of course...that was pre-pandering Legere. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

That's true. However, while Karl Bode has no problems in taking At&t, Verizon and Sprint to task, I can't recall him ever having much of an ill word towards t-Mobile even before St. Legere arrived. Even when T-Mobile was bleeding subscribers, I don't remember a peep. Of course, every quarter that Sprint recorded a loss of subscribers he had it front & center. His biggest thing for a few years was his incessant predictions that Sprint would ditch unlimited data. Eventually I guess he got tired of looking silly on that one. So now I guess he's figured out that if he puts any story about Sprint out there and puts a slightly negative spin on it he's usually rewarded with a plethora of clicks and comments. And as can be seen, the usual suspects are only too eager to play along every time.

Yes, the article should be updated to indicate that not everyone will have to pay the $5 add-on charge.

It seems USCC acquired Barat (and Carroll Wireless) in 2012 http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2012/10/26/us-cellular-snapping-up-two.html?page=all It certainly appears that they have or had a curiously complex arrangement with Barat, King Street et al.

Interesting. I was just going by the pink company's press release on the matter: http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251624&p=irol-newsarticle&ID=1833844

And the Mississippi Valley spectrum that they sold to T-Mobile... Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

Read more at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chief-tells-sprint-chair-000521569.html So now supposedly the stink eye from the DoJ and the FCC. Perhaps it's time for Son to start thinking about whatever his 'Plan B' is.

Damnit, I was pulling for a shutout!

Morpheus starts singing opera. Awesome!

I'm in the same boat and feel the exact same way!

That sounds somewhat similar to a thread that I seem to recall AJ starting last year indicating that Sprint may be inclined to start offering service in a number of BEAs where it doesn't currently have native coverage. The purpose of this would be to satisfy substantial service requirements related to their PCS G block licenses. I believe that he mentioned the buildout deadline is sometime in 2016.

I disagree. Of course it helps their coverage. It changes roaming coverage to native coverage. That helps! When you have native coverage you're more in control of the quality of your subscribers' wireless experience. Moreover, roaming has always technically been limited, but it's gotten even more restrictive with the MyWay and Framily plans with only 100 Mb of data roaming allowed. That roaming also is usually only going to be at 1x. Going from a 10 Mbps LTE connection to 100 kbps roaming can be inconvenient to people. Buying the smaller carriers also gives a subscriber boost and the reach to potentially acquire more subscribers. Buying the smaller carriers also should give them a swath of 700A spectrum that they could use to bargain with T-Mobile for cash to offset the purchases and/or PCS spectrum. Verizon and AT&T also could've gone the roaming route in the majority of the lesser populated parts of the country, but instead chose to make strategic acquisitions to offer the broad coverage maps. A lot of people desire (perhaps irrationally)that kind of coverage despite the fact that most of those people will never even use it in a lot of those off the beaten path places. Select acquisitions to help Sprint broaden their native coverage map could also help them shed the poor, highway only coverage stigma. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

Indeed!

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/01/30/antitrust-chief-dont-waste-my-time-with-half-hearted-offers/?mod=yahoo_hs Hopefully Son knows what he's doing….

I use it with my son. I find it convenient when I just want to check up on him quickly. At 10/10ths it's not as good as iDEN, but that's hardly surprising. iDEN's main use was for PTT, interconnect was secondary. Anyway, as both of us are usually on LTE, it generally works very well. Set up time is slightly longer than iDEN, but volley times are pretty comparable. I haven't really used it on 3G so I can't really comment there. I imagine performance would suffer a little, probably even more so while roaming. It's included on our plan so since we have compatible handsets we might as well use it. If it weren't included I likely wouldn't pay the $5 for it since I don't have more contacts.

Personally, I think Sprint should make all of their handsets with the requisite GSM/UMTS bands capable of domestic unlocking (once contracts or whatnot have been fulfilled). It's not something that they'd advertise or that all of the casual users would really appreciate or care about. However, they'd be able to tell the tech media that Verizon was forced to do it because of the rules of their band 13 spectrum purchase, while they're choosing to do it of their own volition. That might resonate with them and perhaps get some of the naysayer writers to soften their stance about the company. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/29/lenovo-nearing-3-billion-deal-for-motorola/

Read more: Sprint partners with BroadSoft for VoLTE, but timeline is MIA - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-partners-broadsoft-volte-timeline-mia/2014-01-29#ixzz2roUaNMqe Subscribe at FierceWireless

Indeed. The concept seems pretty similar to all of those DirecTV Refer-A-Friend commercials that I'm constantly seeing on TV.

You could be right. However, I don't think Son would push Hesse out, especially after extending his contract last year. The rest of the executives probably have cause for concern though. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk