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205 is without autopay ($5 per line). Claure conveniently left that out.

Its for the 10gb hotspot upcharge at tmo, 5/line.

T-Mobile is cheaper after promotional offer.

 

After promotion, 5 lines with Sprint is 190+taxes vs Tmobile which is 180 w/taxes included. (Both after autopay discount).

180?? you mean 205??

https://twitter.com/marceloclaure?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/857020888704851972

haha this is hilarious!  Can't wait for the earnings call on Wednesday. 

Or those cost conscious customers could leave once Sprint's promotional offer ends and continue to save money again with T-Mobile.

 

These promotional offers by Sprint are only for new customers, so even if a new promotion arises, they aren't available to those who are always switching around. I just don't buy what Sprint is trying to do with promotional offers. They are a small term solution to subscriber numbers, but not a long term solution.

 

Fix the network, and the rest will straighten itself out.

Only if the cost is lower, and I don't see that now, or even after the promotion ends in a year. 

Not long term savings.

 

 

Besides, the type of customers that are attracted by these offers are the same that will leave when they see a better offer, especially when the regular price kicks in. A 10 dollar difference from Verizon is not competitive once the deal runs out.

New plans come out monthly, if not daily, most people who are cost conscious will change or jump to a cheaper plan when it's available.  You can save hundreds, over a 2 year period.  Even if you hold on to the plan for the 3rd year, you still not paying more with Sprint than Tmobile considering the 3 year period. 

10x10 In Macon Georgia

 

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Good speeds?

 

 

The Website is effectively Sprint's largest retail presence and it reaches everyone. A single store location does not.... and the Return on Investment is much lower for those in my opinion.

The website has been working a lot better for me.  I notice it loads much quicker and hasn't lagged like it's used to be.  Hopefully, they have figured things out. 

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2017/04/25/sprint-ceo-stays-on-track-for-big-stock-bonus.html

The earnings call is may 3rd, :-).  I don't see Sprint stock would drop more than 1 dollar after earnings call.  I expect them to add around 100k in postpaid phones, and around 300k total users. 

And of course, it's an introductory price. After promotion is over, 5 lines are cheaper on T-Mobile (after taxes) and only $10 more expensive on Verizon.

 

Not as competitive as they make themselves to be.

It is still cheaper after 2 years with Tmobile when accounting for the entire length of 2 year of service.  Taxes can vary by state.  Tmobile charges $5/line for the hotspot.  So even with taxes, you could be paying less for 5 lines of service anywhere with Sprint. 

 

Instead of adding more store locations, Sprint needs to improve or relocate its current ones. It also needs to improve its most important distribution channel: The Sprint Website

 

One tower outage or a single tower overloaded and in need of an upgrade affects a limited set of people in a given area. The more remote the tower, the fewer people it affects. However, a bug-ridden feature/function on a website (or a poorly designed website overall) can affect everyone who does business with Sprint as a customer, or who considers doing business with Sprint as a prospective customer.

 

Take Sprint's coverage map, which finally got an updated look and redesign in the past months/year. Prior to this update, the map window itself was poorly designed and sat stale for years. When your product is the network, the coverage map on the website (in addition to the other value proposition messaging and transactional steps for customer onboarding) is what engages prospective/current customers en masse... more than a single tower or retail location would ever do.

 

Sprint's lack of CapEx funds to move as quickly as we'd like on tower upgrades/network expansion has its roots in past business or strategic failures, and it's been discussed pretty much in full here. However, where your current product is the network and the ad is the coverage map, it's a failure on a macro business level to effectively communicate a value proposition to a customer... and this failure has extended beyond the Coverage Map page into other sections as well.

 

Sprint finally seems to be getting this right. The website looks better overall. The BYOD Process is more clear. There's finally a "My Sprint" App for BYOD devices on Google Play. The website is the most important distribution channel Sprint has and it needs to be properly leveraged.

 

Adding more retail locations doesn't improve the actual product sold... and it's a step backward. Sprint needs to improve the product sold, and that only comes with efficient, effective and committed spending on CapEx. Spending money on retail locations takes away from this. Sprint's current distribution channels are sufficient in my opinion.

 

I agree for the most part with what you're saying. I think it has to do with Marcelo's background.  He was not a product or network guy.  He's a salesman and distributor first.  He wants to expand the distribution network for Sprint to grow, the network will follow.   

Also, it may be that Masa is the final decision maker on the network spending side, so he doesn't have much influence on the network CapEx. 

B25 CA

 

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sweet! Why didn't they roll this out to S7 or other phones if it's all ready to go?

I see 3rd carriers on Sprint sites in Orlando all the time. Where are you looking at?

I was going to say, usually macro sites get 3xCA already. I can't imagine Orlando has only a couple marco sites.  The site by Disney definitely is a macro site I was connected to at 2xCA last year.

I'm In Orlando Florida. Why is this so slow?

 

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How slow? May be backhaul is not up to par yet? I didn't know they have 15x15 already. This and 3xCA and 5x5. They should rule Orlando.  

And Sprint not even mentioned.

 

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170421005314/en/

 

They have a lot of work to do

 

 

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LOL. Why is this a Sprint's problem when a competitor didn't mention Sprint?  May be Sprint is actually faster than Tmo.  I don't hear the same questions being asked when Sprint is not mentioning Tmo in their ads. 

Thoughts on Sprint's new "Topher Brophy" ad campaign? I like it much better than the collaboration it did with "The Onion" on Paul.

 

 

 

And probably the "longest" Sprint ad ever....

 

 

There are additional 7 second clips on Sprint's YouTube channel as well.

I can see people grow on this. It's more subtle than having Paul in your face all the time. 

This is the state of journalism at Forbes today, sponsored and/or analyst written articles. Wow.

 

"Sprint's $50 Rate Plan Beats Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile Despite Rate Surge, Crappy 4G Network"

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2017/04/18/sprints-50-unlimited-plan-beats-verizon-att-t-mobile-despite-4g-network-ranked-last/2/#1328feb855e6

 

AJ

I saw the article and I am not surprised.

 

I think I found where Sprint has 3xCA enabled in Overland Park at 135th and Nall.

 

I can't imagine it is the only place with 3xCA in Overland Park. I typically find anywhere with Sprint full macro setup there is 3xCA enabled here in South Florida.  Though, the speeds are not anywhere near the 170 dl range you are hitting.

Perhaps I haven't looked recently at the Sprint coverage maps for middle and south Georgia but, to me at least, it looks as if Sprint is showing much more rural coverage between Macon and Valdosta along the I-75 corridor. I've not driven that portion of 75 in years - partly because brown skin doesn't do well in those parts (I've seen "Get Out," thank you very much) - and partly because Frontier airlines has dirt cheap fares to Miami. So I'm usually flying over it. For any that have driven it within the past year, would you say that the actual coverage improvements match Sprint's estimates or is this overstated 75 corridor coverage?

Lol theres part in rural georgia i would drive through if im not white.

I should have noted that it works in some places. Vancouver is one that it did really well. I think it depends on how they handle the throttling.

 

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When you roam on another network, it all depends on how good the network is in that area, just like using any carrier in the US. If the network is shitty, nothing Sprint can do about it. People need to have perspectives before they start ranting.

Normally I'd say that's fine, but Google maps doesn't even work at that speed (which is pretty much all I use my phone data for overseas). Most of the time things just time out instead at 64kbps.

 

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Uhh not from experience abroad...google maps was more than sufficient with roaming speeds. And I was in vancouver before.

It's pretty great here in Philly too but randomly it will just shit the bed, I understand it happens to every carrier. I overreacted I had some whiskey last night wasn't a good day for me I was let go from my job lol, I apologize too all. [emoji29]

 

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Sorry to hear! The economy is still good even with Trump, but WWIII will be here sooner rather than later haha. I'm sure you will land on your feet again. 

Still waiting for the OTA My Sprint update on my S7.

same here.

I wanna know how you can sit behind a computer bullying people.

 

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Huh? Bully? Im saying your statement is wrong. What does it have to do with bullying. Be prepared to be critiqued if you're willing to speak.

Accept 2.5 only travels 3 miles and 600 mhz will travel way farther

 

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lol and your in-depth research is earth shattering. 

I think this caught Sprint off guard the way Verizon caught everyone off guard with their unlimited plan. It's really crunch time for Sprint. Either sink or swim.

 

 

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Why did this catch Sprint off guard?  Tmo needed this spectrum and had been talking about this for years.  Verizon came out with unlimited when they had been against it for years.

Sprint has enough spectrum to use, just need to execute it. They have more mid-band spectrum now (2.5) than 600mhz nationwide.  They just need to execute. 

Also, it looks like they are farming 1900hmz in south florida. I have seen 2nd carrier more and more.  I suspect they will have VoLTE on 1900 and keep LTE data on b41.