Hmight
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600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
Hmight replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
Sir, 1. My opinion is shared by many who spoke on hindsight, just like you are. 2. The broadcasters were pretty much got screwed by the FCC and Wheeler. From being sold on the auction extravaganza to the 39 month timeline to move their airwaves. 3. This spectrum is far more valuable than the AWS auction. To say that this auction is still a success, excluding the AWS auction is just plain wrong. Wheeler should have seen the demand was just not there. Especially carriers just spent a crap load to acquire spectrum. -
600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
Hmight replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
uhh....It was a flop. Let's face the facts. Former FCC Chairman sold this auction like it was the "mother" of all auctions to the broadcasters and the demand was just not there for them from the carriers. I can quote you a lot of analysts who expected this auction to generate a crap load of billions. Noone, I mean NOONE expected the auction to get less than 20B. To deny that this auction was not a flop is living beyond your reality. -
They have enough cash to spend more on Capex. It's a matter of spending it to their strategy. Marcelo has said just because they have money, that means they are going to spend like they did in the past. It's a matter of spending it wisely (better ROI). That's why they have been using more diverse equipment choices (small cells), rather than just put Sprint gear on every tower.
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What do you mean most Sprint customers do not live anywhere near Charter? Charter owns TWC and Brighthouse aka Spectrum network. Do you live in Canada? The wireline-wireless synergy is obvious and a good price point for Softbank to acquire. Tmo could only give them scale, but Charter gives them a strong backbone to build out a 5G network with less $.
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The earnings next Tuesday will tell the whole story. Whether Sprint is confident to actually spend money again or this could be a reckless spend. However, the $200 million is actually a good bargain for 3 million users and the company is worth at 600 million. If they were later sold to another company for 2 billion or more, this will be a prudent investment by Sprint and Marcelo.
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I hVe tested at about 4 3xca sites close to work and the house. Speeds are about 70 to 100% more. Highest is 80 down and 12 up. I am going to hit the 2xca sites this weekend where i used to hit 100+ down to see anything has changed.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6UAsbnz8SGqSzRpY2MxdmM3R2s
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RRAxbSXia3KbZA9C7fZP5pX-tLL60tQ0l2POBCdyisY0KVtcNpxe3gJCc6E4W1FuMk019ImHYpY3a0I=w1680-h960-rw 3xCA in Fort Lauderdale.
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New York was awesome. I didn't do any speedtests, but I was in Midtown, uptown and downtown over mlk weekend. I got signal (b26) inside the MET. In my hotel on the 30th+ floor, I had b41 signal. Everything loads so fast. I was able to watch a video (480p) inside a theater on broadway during intermission.