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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, dro1984 said:

    Wish I would have heard that.  I just wondered because they utilize so much of Sprint's Spectrum in their service area.   

    Can you share what the options were?   I cannot pull up the transcripts.

    https://seekingalpha.com/article/4093772-shenandoah-telecommunications-shen-ceo-christopher-french-q2-2017-results-earnings-call?part=single

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    But briefly, there is a waterfall of events that happen in the event that they merge with T-Mobile. First, we agree not to file an injunction to try to stop the merger.

     

    Second, T-Mobile, within 60 days of the closing of the transaction, T-Sprint would have the option to buy our wireless business using the same formula that's in the contract at -- in for 2029, which basically is, we get valued at full value assuming we own the spectrum and the brand to investment bankers using a discounted cash flow model. If they are within 5% -- 10% of each other, we split the difference. If they are greater than that, we get a third bank involved. But ultimately, we get paid 90% of that amount, because we don't own the spectrum and brand. Our opinion is that there is a very low probability that T-Sprint would want to do that, because neither Sprint nor T-Mobile have a great rule strategy. In the event that they do not buy us, then it flips the other way. We have the option to purchase all the T-Mobile customers and network in our footprint at $0.75 on the dollar of the value of the merger.

    So using as an example, assuming that customers were valued at $1,000 a piece, we could buy all the T-Mobile customers and network in our footprint at $750 a piece, immediately accretive to our shareholders. In the event that we can't finance it, T-Sprint would finance it for 5 years at their cost of money. And in the event that we decided we didn't want to buy the networking customers, T-Sprint would have to turn off the competing network within 2 years.

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, dro1984 said:

    Food for Thought:   

    What will happen to Shentel Wireless (does Sprint have any others?) if the merger gets announced?   

    I see T-Mobile just bought out the remaining intereste of Iowa Wireless... (sounds like prepping for you-know-what)...  

    I thinking back of the debacled Sprint/Nextel merger where Sprint ended up getting sued multiple times until it had to buy 99% of it's and Nextel's Affiliates out?    Have a feeling Shentel will have an issue with Sprint because T-Mobile has coverage in their area.   

    What do you all think?

    I imagine that the combined entity would purchase the network from Shentel. Shentel's CEO or CFO addressed that possibility and the choices that would be available to a combined Sprint/T-Mobile on their last earnings call.

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

    in General Topics

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    39 minutes ago, avb said:

    Just came back from Montreal for the weekend.  My Sprint service worked fine for calls and text, but data was throttled to 2g speeds (speedtests were showing 0.02 Mb/s down and 0.05 Mb/s up).  My Unlimited Freedom plan has global roaming, but I thought I was supposed to receive a text to invite me to pay for high speed data passes?  I'm using an unlocked Moto G4 Plus, so maybe only Sprint branded phones get that option?  In my hotel I was on wifi and looked at my Sprint plan online and didn't see an option for high speed data.

    You shouldn't have had to pay for high speed data in Canada anyway. In addition to Global Roaming, did you also have the $0 Premium International Experience enabled on your line(s)?

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    Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Where exactly? Movistar MX has almost halted their LTE expansion while Telcel and At&t are moving at full speed.

     

    As a matter of fact, I'm pretty amazed at the quickness and urgency that At&t has shown in Mexico with their LTE deployment. They have almost matched the number of cities with LTE that Telcel has.

    Perhaps this is why Movistar MX has halted their LTE deployment:

     

    https://seekingalpha.com/news/3271711-report-telefonica-pondering-sale-mexico-unit

    Network Vision/LTE - Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    I can see the antenna but is not broadcasting since yesterday.

     

    Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

     

     

     

    Absolutely correct.. i work in Aguada (Calle Colon) and since yesterday internet not working. Signal drops to 0 every few minutes.

     

    Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

    Have you guys contacted Sprint and let them know that a problem has recently occurred?

    Network Vision/LTE - Las Vegas Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    Lol that would be terrible, though if Sprint didn't buy the naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium right in their backyard, I doubt that they'd be willing to spend even more and do so here. T-Mobile pays ~$6M/year for the naming rights to the arena here. I'd have to imagine that the bill would be significantly higher for a brand new NFL stadium.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Las Vegas Market

    in Markets

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    Sprint's service in Las Vegas is generally good, but of course I don't spend very much time on the Strip (which technically isn't in Las Vegas ????). Hopefully they'll get whatever capacity issues they're having on the Strip sorted out soon or at least by the time that the Golden Knights start playing.

     

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    Long time user thread

    in General Topics

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    According to my profile, I've been here since January 20, 2012. However, I've been around since November 13, 2011 when the site was s4gru.spruz.com and the membership was slightly smaller. ;)

     

     

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

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Unless there is a sort of Hail Mary in the next hour, I guess Marcelo and the rest of the executives at Sprint are not going to get their bonuses since its only one hour before the closing bell of the Stock Exchange and the stock is below $8. its currently at 7.80

     

    5 months above $8 and on the last day, POOF

     

    I can imagine Masa doing this for the entire flight all the way back home to Japan.

     

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

    in General Topics

    Posted

    When Sprint goes VoLTE, its roaming partner options become much better.  Sprint knows 1x is played out.  But they have to keep talking it up until they are prepared to talk about VoLTE.  And that will be right before they are ready to do it.

     

    Indeed. I still recall Hesse hyping WiMAX right up until they officially announced that they were launching LTE even though that was one of the worst kept 'secrets' in the industry.

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    Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)

    in General Topics

    Posted

    My sister has been in Colombia for 3 weeks. I told her about the 1GB limit. She is at .56

     

    So I am not speaking in hypotheticals here.

     

    Our current cost is $0. The new plan would be $75. Thats outrageous.

     

    That's all well and good. Yet, I never claimed that the new Global Roaming will be better/cheaper for all people in all circumstances. Indeed, I've stated several times that it will depend on one's usage. Kudos to your sister for only using half a gig in three weeks. However, it seems just as likely that there will be customers who find it valuable and perhaps even cost effective to have 4G speeds instead of 3G and to not worry about having to watch the meter. Clearly you're not one of those people so they give you the option to stay on Open World. Seems win-win.

     

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    Sprint "Open World" plan (replaces International Value Roaming)

    in General Topics

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    Because calls are no longer free.

     

    Also, it is $25 per WEEK. The $30 was for the entire month.

     

    If you use 1GB over the course of a month, it would now be $100, vs $0 before.

     

    That's a massive price hike.

     

    Again, depends on usage. I don't know what's so hard to understand about that. I'd venture to say that the average person doesn't vacation for a month. However, even for someone who does, are they really going to stay under 1 GB of data usage for the entire month? If you use 10 GB, for example, over the course of a month it would be $300 on Open World (which still isn't terrible IMO) vs $100. Or if you don't want to pay for the high speed data, don't take the buy-up. That's an option. Or keep Open World, that's also an option that they're offering.

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