mittenmitten

they should do

$30 for 2gb,

$40 for 4gb,

$50 for 8gb,

$60 for unlimited

then add $10 to each plan and offer the same tiers on Sprint or Sprint Prepaid

to be fair, S stock did jump today. just like it does every day after it tanks.

rock lobster

imo Sprint is bloated, and Japan is infamous for pioneering lean business practices. this looks like a step to increase efficiency and profitability, not a sign of trouble..

Boost doesn't cap speeds; it's pretty much Sprint service without roaming. I was on it for a few months and I didn't notice a difference between it and Sprint.

I like their device selection tbh; there's a really decent aftermarket supply of phones on the cheap. I bought a Moto E for $30 from Swappa, as well as a Lumia 635 for $30. They sell some good LG phones.

Engineering screen shots? Speed test? What's the validation?

 

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definitely pulling in 2x20 CA in Grand Rapids!

 

 

TMO currently has a strong build out plan in action and its working. And they need that 600mhz to finish their vision. The rate of new customers onboarding to magenta is also amazing. But I also don't believe that vision can wait for "tomorrow"....

 

 

 

turning on B4 and B12 where they can get it is hardly a 'vision', and their customer count is closely related to their rock-bottom ARPU. their 'vision' is to be bought out.

that's a pretty good analysis / strategy; if the only carrier interested is T-Mobile, and they're only buying what is / would have been spectrum protected from open bidding, why the hell even have the auction. it's really up to those occupying 600mhz whether or not they want to sell isn't it? why would they sell knowing the only bidder is going to low ball. that's some intense strategy if that's really Sprint's intention.

To me, the 600mhz spectrum is like buying really nice materials to build a lemonade stand. You will have a nicer lemonade stand, and it'll last longer, but the faster you build the stand, the more time you have to turn profit. Why waste money on nicer materials, when you already have the bare essentials to start your business.

Densification will overshadow T-Mobile in the short term. If Sprint cuts off their funding, by stealing customers quickly, T-Mobile will stall, having dug themselves into a hole betting on an asset they can't utilize in the short term.

I personally think this is a great strategy; Sprint is going to do exactly what T-Mobile did to them. They're going to pump out the improvements, make a huge fuss about it, and generate a lot of buzz and excitement while T-Mobile is broke (relatively speaking).

If Sprint desperately needs low band spectrum down the road, they can get it through M&A, exactly like every other carrier has done in the past.

T-Mobile isn't the only carrier participating in the reserve auctions..

excitement for densification just went to 11.

I would think AT&T would sue T-Mobile over it.

http://i.imgur.com/4ZgGPoW.png

any thoughts on this hilariously inaccurate coverage map?

What's the deal with this Fabian guy anyway? Is he known from some other website or message board or something? Or does he just troll FierceWireless comments? It looks like he has a cult following or something, and every time I go to FW there's like a million comments from him. This is the first time I've seen him reference S4GRU though, do people here comment there a lot?

tiered data isn't the problem, the problem is the cost per gb in those tiers.

18gb for $100 isn't too unreasonable for Verizon service tbh (it's too high for my use, and wallet, but if you NEED Verizon coverage, and use a bit of data, it's probably a great deal). consider that plenty of people on Cricket and Boost pay $55 for 10gb.

there ARE some people who just plain don't use their phone that often. I get by with 2gb on Boost right now (im really busy lately). in fact, I haven't even hit the cap this month. between wifi and just not using my phone all the time, I used about 1.2gb this month. why the hell would I pay for more data I'm not going to use? even if the data is cheap, it's data I don't need.

look at MetroPCS' tiers: 1gb for $30, 2gb for $40, 4gb for $50? is $10 really worth 1 extra gb? the problem is the price per gb, not the fact that they offer just 2gb. compared to say, Boost, it's $10 more. even compared to Cricket it's more money for less data.

$10 says FierceWireless doesn't even report on it

is anyone going to mention T-Mobile's leasing deal that will bring B12 to their massive coverage hole in northern MI?

I would post a link but I can't copy and paste in IE9 (work comp) I guess, it's on T4GRU

I switched to AT&T GoPhone from Sprint to test their full-fledged speeds, and my results were just like yours; the same or worse than Sprint. I don't know if it's the fact that AT&T hasn't upgraded their equipment, they're oversold here, or Sprint is just catching up, but I was pretty disappointed after trying them. I'm back on Sprint now

Being a part of the partnership, doesn't that mean T-Mobile will have to open their B12 network to Sprint? T-Mobile can't roam on Sprint at ALL, considering none of their phones have Sprint bands, but Sprint phones are getting B12 and most of them already have GSM, which would allow them to roam on T-Mobile.

So, is this a desperate measure by T-Mobile to pump up their coverage map? They're getting a raw deal, not sharing Sprint's coverage, while Sprint has access to their coverage..

S is up again this morning, I hope it doesn't go too high, I still want to buy some at a discount XD

I hate to root against it...but I hope it plummets to $3

a ) customers aren't really asking for it, which is why the other carriers likely won't implement it right away or ever (there is no demand)

b ) it's not like people aren't already able do to what RCS does using other apps (there are plentiful substitutions)

c ) if the other carriers choose to implement it down the road, T-Mobile doesn't really gain anything from it, other than getting to say 'we did it first', despite what others have said about it being available through apps already (no real competitive advantage)

the ONLY scenario this works in is if you and your friend have T-Mobile. I have Sprint, and I don't know another person with Sprint. My brother's gf has T-Mobile, but apart from that, I don't know anyone else with either of them. EVERY other person I know has AT&T, Verizon, or an MVNO on those networks.

this seems like yet another thing for them to market. it's become T-Mobile's MO: 'we're the good guys, the other carriers are the bad guys. they want to oppress you, we want you to have freedom!'...now pay us for doing the exact same thing they do. they're becoming Apple of the wireless industry.

"there are too many messenger clients out there and they don't work with each other! our solution is to add another messenger, exclusively on the T-Mobile network! there, fixed."

in order for this to take off, another carrier will have to add it, otherwise it's still just exclusive to T-Mobile. I seriously doubt another carrier will throw them a bone on this..

Wow. Well, I guess I'm glad I held off on dumping in another $300.

I get a vacation check next week, couldn't come at a more perfect time!

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