Arysyn
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I hope you are right. I would have mentioned this earlier, but the post I made then was long enough. I don't understand why none of these online analysts haven't mentioned about Verizon's long standing relationship with Comcast. If Comcast were to partner/merge with a wireless company, Verizon would be a very good choice. I'm wondering if that may be why Verizon wants to sell FiOS, to pave the way for a deal with Comcast to some extent. Besides, Verizon having the best coverage matches up well with Comcast being the largest cable provider. Both have plenty to offer one another, and could offer an unlimited Comcast streaming offer that would be a big deal for them. I can't imagine it being very successful with Verizon's high data rates though.
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It looks to me that most likely there will be some kind of partnership between Comcast and Sprint, not Dish and Sprint, though Dish has worked with Sprint in the past. It isn't that Dish doesn't want to work with Sprint, just not in the full capacity they wanted with a full purchase. As Dish will get that full operation with T-Mobile, it just wouldn't give them much benefit to their goal to suddenly decide on a partnership instead. Sprint's vast spectrum usage is much larger than what Dish really needs, and there is a considerable cost with that which makes the T-Mobile merger idea more appealing to Dish. Even though it may not be as much spectrum for their video plans, it gives them a better value in the overall benefits to ownership versus a partnership with another company they won't be able to control. However Comcast being much larger than Dish, would be a great match for Sprint's spectrum, which for the sake of Sprint and Sprint's customers, hopefully all that will ever be between Sprint and Comcast, is a partnership, unless Softbank were to purchase Comcast. Otherwise, there is that possibility that if Comcast were to offer the right price for Sprint to Softbank, seeing as Masa Son didn't get T-Mobile, he may find such an offer too good to pass up, particularly since he's been preparing for retirement, he may have given up on his goal of having a strong cell phone empire in the U.S., though not that he doesn't still care about Sprint though. He's a businessman, Comcast is a strong business, he'll sell knowing that Sprint will still do well under Comcast, even though Comcast has crappy cs.
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I forgot to mention, as I'm trying to keep it short (even my aunt criticized me for writing a novel-like email to her I admit was very long). I'm not really against resellers so much, as long as there isn't a nearby corporate store to go to. Although that doesn't mean resellers don't staff nice people. Still, my best experience at a cell phone store was back when I set up service at the local MetroPCS reseller. Very very nice representative who worked very well with me getting my Skype number ported to the service, which she setup and gave me plenty of service discounts relating to the activation. -
There is one really awful corporate store nearby in DG, though the others around, including in AH is nice. I suppose it really just depends where to go.
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I agree with all of the above statements about customer service. I'd prefer if these companies would have the option for in-store cs, as its usually, though not always easier to deal with issues in person. Although the costs of that are not as efficient.
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One more mention rather quickly. Some of the latest articles, though I can't say the same for all of them, but some have not mentioned anything about Dish working with Sprint as their big option. It has been either to merge with T-Mobile, or be purchased by Verizon. Mentions of Sprint have been them selling some of their spectrum, or being merged with Comcast. These articles mentioning Comcast though haven't been very clear about Softbank.
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In my efforts to keep my posts as short as possible as often as possible, I may often forget a word or two. I meant a nationwide network which involves Dish making a firm decision on what to do with its spectrum, in a way which would be their ultimate decision what to do in order to meet the FCC requirements by its deadline, for which it has to decide on a major partnership, a merger, a sale of its spectrum, or a sale of its business. The article I'm recalling, though didn't figure I had to save the link for a future date where the simple observation made in the article would be called into question by someone on a forum questioning it from another person's brief mention of it. Now as I've said on this site before, which I'll say here again. I'm not defending Dish, nor am I attacking Sprint. However, from my recollection of the article, which itself seemed to be based more on either the opinion and/or the observations of its author, it didn't seem that Dish was going to work with Sprint on a national wireless network in which Dish would be using its option on, of the options I have mentioned. Explaining things in detail takes longer, which more space is required. No apologies from me this time around for the long post.
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Sprint is very good at dealing with returns and cancellations. Verizon, my experience with them in the 2000s, was bad, and I had to deal with the store afterwards. My mother doesn't even deal with cs about our Uverse service, she calls retention for their better cs. Cricket though, which I never got to try, as they refused to port my number (long story) had horrible cs. Very difficult dealing with.
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That isn't the same as doing a nationwide spectrum partnership, nor selling its business to Sprint/Softbank. The article I read mentioned just that, nothing about a separate smaller project, which I already knew about and actually hoped to see something greater to occur between Dish and Sprint during the days of the Sprint/T-Mobile talks, as Dish could be a great company to bring into the fold after a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile took place. However, now that the government has stated against the idea, likely the most that is possible to happen is Dish/T-Mobile and Comcast/Sprint, the latter being another merger being suggested.
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and : http://www.wsj.com/articles/t-mobile-could-fit-within-dishs-value-spectrum-1434044606
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Here is one: http://m.nasdaq.com/article/dish-networks-in-talks-with-banks-about-funding-t-mobile-bid----update-20150611-00954
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Looks as though Dish is getting prepared to secure some funding for the T-Mobile merger : http://www.wsj.com/articles/dish-networks-in-talks-with-banks-about-funding-t-mobile-bid-1434056519 Edit Note : UGH! WSJ has this as a subscriber article. I'll see if there is another one.
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While I think it is a good idea for Sprint, they don't seem to want any of the AWS-3 spectrum. Plus, some reports I've read is Dish isn't interested in working with Sprint on a wireless network. Merging with T-Mobile would give them more of what Dish wants, a full wireless company, rather than a partnership. Although, I admit that is all I know about what Dish wants from this, and I'm seeing this more from T-Mobile's benefit.
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Jon Legere posted a blog ranting about AT&T and Verizon, trying to get people to complain to the FCC it sounds like :
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I certainly would hate for that bad type of business practice to happen with T-Mobile, though many reports say Jon Legere will be running things for both companies. I'm certainly not a huge fan of Jon Legere, as I'm in favor of a professional, yet non-arrogant type of C.E.O., such as Marcelo Claire running it. However, certainly Jon Legere isn't going to do anything negative for the combined company, and may even change around Dish for the better. T-Mobile desperately needs more spectrum, which Dish certainly has, especially lots of additional AWS-3 spectrum T-Mobile didn't get much of in the auction. That spectrum certainly would be a major help to Chicago, which is going to be limited to 15x15 AWS for the forseeable future, unless a merger with Dish occurs. While that amount of spectrum may be plenty in other markets, and while it may be adequate even here in Chicago for awhile, at the rate in which T-Mobile is gaining customers, particularly here, that amount of spectrum will congest the network back to 10x10 levels or at least near to it, in not too much time from now.
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Excellent analogy!
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Look, I'm not defending Dish, and you seem to think I'm highlighting a specific point regarding the speed at which Dish gets things done at. I know very little about the satellite industry, so seeing that is where the prime business is for Dish, I'd need to know more about that to make a proper opinion on that alone. My take on Dish regarding speed of doing anything, is only based on what I've read in news reports, with which I view it as being compatible with T-Mobile, in this issue being all the innovative things each company has done in a relatively fast pace, agaiiln from what I see in news reports along with shared opinion to mine by many people in the comments sections of these articles. You are correct though about Dish needing to scramble with their spectrum, which is what I meant by trying to do things fast, just as T-Mobile needed to do with their business some years ago in order to save their business, which they certainly have done. The difference here with Dish, is instead of trying to save their business, they are trying to keep their spectrum. Again, I'm not defending Dish, and perhaps they wouldn't move so fast without a desperate reason to do so. However being cash strapped, unlike Softbank, my view on their ownership of Sprint, had Dish won the ownership of Sprint, is they'd likely be more in a rush to improve Sprint than Softbank, different approaches towards Sprint for various reasons, one of course being a need for financial reasons. Also again, not bashing any companies approach here, just saying what it appears as.
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Well, perhaps they haven't shown you and possibly others anything, though like practically everything in life, some think one way about something, others think differently. There are people who view what Dish has done as very fast work trying to accomplish something which they appear close to accomplishing. It is that which I was referring to. I'm not one to really deep much into Dish and their actions and whatnot, and am not a fan of theirs by any means, though I recognize they have a good thing going for them and they appear to be the best match for T-Mobile, which was the main point of my post about it.
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That could be one of the reasons they lost to SB. Hopefully they will merge with T-Mobile though and soon.
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Dish doesn't have a wireless service, but they are desperately trying to get with on fast. Even before purchasing all of their AWS-3 spectrum, they had a plan in mind and were giving quite a fight over the control of Sprint against Softbank, which of course SB won. Although, instead of waiting around on the spectrum they have, they deployed a plan of action in buying a bunch of AWS-3 spectrum which their purchasing power stunned a lot of people in the media writing about it at the time. Now, not too many months later, they are in the process of talks with T-Mobile, which must be at least somewhat serious, considering the reports. Although it obviously isn't going to be fully revealed til their ready. That though is the speed I was mentioning in terms of Dish doing things pretty fast. Getting a national wireless network from scratch very likely isn't going to happen anymore, at least not in the current form.
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There are a lot of people doing this on many websites, particularly TmoNews comments, but also on postings on sites like Fierce Wireless, often quoting professional analysts who get paid to do this.
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While I definitely agree with that, being there are so many issues with Comcast, the same could also be said about AT&T, a company that has been dealing much more with mergers and acquisitions than it has on its network here, from what I've read lately.
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i On a serous note, If the charitable organization was started, it would be one of the few I know to be true to its mission, knowing you care about wireless technology as you do, AJ. I know other people who have interests in some simpler, yet still very worthwhile causes in their own right who'd do well with such foundations, if only they had some grand scale means to do so. While I won't go into details, I've dealt with so many greedy uncaring organizations who lie in their mission to what they actually do, its very sad, but in my own dealings very very distressing. To something a bit more wireless related though, having more security at wireless sites while I think is a good idea I've been showing my support to here, I'm curious on the issue of liability in cases where say some thief were to attempt stealing wireless equipment and somehow got injured. While I think by all means the thief ought to be liable for their own injuries, there have been cases where thiefs sue for injuries occurred at the robbery site, and even have won. Of course, this is a pathetic result, but since it happens, I'm wondering if in the case of this occurring at a cell site where likely the tower is owned by a tower company, does that also apply to the equipment on the ground in shelters, etc?
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If Dish and T-Mobile were to merge, hopefully they'd make use of the unpaired spectrum, along with all of the paired AWS-3 spectrum they have.
