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Additional rural coverage
maximus1987/lou99 replied to clbowens's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
CDMA on sprint will be running till 2022 at least. I don't call that soon. And EVDO 800 on fast bsckhaul is more than enough capacity-wise for truly rural places once the roaming rates go up. -
Additional rural coverage
maximus1987/lou99 replied to clbowens's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
It's only needed in areas where its too rural and expensive since EVDO pcs goes as far as 800 LTE so 800 EVDO should go really far so less sites and cheaper to maintain. And 100MB roaming is not much. -
I seriously wonder if it'll be legal to setup websites where people go to join a framily with whoever. Which begs the question for all you people in framilies: if you want to join a framily, what info will the holder of the framily see when you join one? Of course sprint would be pissed if everyone did this cause then arpu would be $25 + extra data for EVERYONE.
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I think OTA tv is an inefficient use of spectrum. Judge Judy, Maury, ricki lake reruns? Each 6mhz channel can host 3 separate streams so you have fox, NBC, abc, wb, upn, PBS, CBS. Reduce to 4x6mhz for TV and you can get 12 channels which is about how many I get on antenna. They won't be hd but access to hd is not a constitutional right.
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Additional rural coverage
maximus1987/lou99 replied to clbowens's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Since 800mhz LTE only goes as far as pcs EVDO, would it make sense, in rural areas only, to add an EVDO carrier to SMR and reduce LTE to 3mhz FDD? -
I think dish is gonna sell its 40mhz downlink and E block to ATT. And H block to Sprint. And be done terrorizing the wireless industry.
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WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
TMO is more expensive than Sprint in some cases: TMO unlimited + monthly smartphone = 50 + 20 + 20 = 90 Sprint (the same plan) = $80 TMO 500mb + monthly smartphone = 50 + 20 Sprint 1GB + subsidy = 70 On family plans, TMO is slightly cheaper: TMO (500 mb data, smartphone payment) 2 - 80 + 2*20 = 120 3 - 90 + 3*20 = 150 4 - 100 + 4*20 = 180 Sprint (1GB data per line + subsidy): 2 - 70 + 60 = 130 3 - 70 + 60 + 50 = 180 4 - 70 + 60 + 50 + 40 = 220 (I know it's not the same amount of data but there's no sprint 500 mb or TMO 1GB. The point is these are the entry level plans) Ok so for family plans, TMO is definitely significantly cheaper. But to your point about the investors: what choice do they have? They know TMO's network cannot justify the prices to match sprint and they also know DT wants to sell and won't invest anymore. So. . . . either the investors accept reality or sell their shares . . . preferably before DT's lockup period expires on Nov 1, 2014 aka the 18-month lockup. However, if DT can find a buyer for its entire stake, it can sell all at once. Hmm . . . I know I'm rambling but here's a thought: Sprint - or Dish ????- could wait until the lockup period expires, at which point there'd be downward pressure on the stock from the 67% about to enter the market. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
Cue pounding from AJ. I'll do some prep: you think Sprint is gonna buy everyone a volte phone to replace 1xA? Sprint said its gonna keep CDMA until sometime very early 2020s. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
And lose 800-1xA voice? Ain't happening. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
ATT was willing to pay $39 billion and that was before TMO upgraded 37k towers and before adding 9 mil metros. $20bil is simply market cap, not what sprint would pay. Sure ATT was willing to pay a huge premium to become sole gsm carrier but that doesn't mean that sprint will get away with not paying a premium to the stock price. The premium is standard in takeover bids. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
How about a compromise: network sharing. All the cool carriers in Europe are doing it lol. NV on steroids. Imagine the cost savings there! TMO's entire LTE footprint could be transferred to NV towers. However, TMO just spent billions on new basestations and I don't think NSN and Ericsson accept returns but can't those run CDMA also? TMO could run CDMA on sprint's spectrum using TMO's base stations and the increased CDMA tower density - i.e. cdma capacity -would allow sprint to refarm A-F block for LTE sooner. But long term and going forward, they could share base stations and whatnot. I'd be interested to hear Sprint's response to network sharing. If they're truly interested in saving capex and opex, then they should agree to this. If not, they simply want to take out tmo to secure the low-end so they can go after the high-end. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
I personally have no knowledge of the history of Canadian carriers. Why wouldn't it lead to Canadian situation? -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
Because they don't have low band spectrum. Give TMO 10x10 600 MHz and watch the duopoly crumble. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
Amen. Look at what TMO has done and the reactions they've FORCED from the big 3. 1) decoupled phone from service - ATT followed suit (though they didn't give consumers ALL the savings given that $450/24 = $18.75 for the iphone subsidy) 2) JUMP! - EVERYONE responded even though Sprint's response is most appealing. Though when you combine ATT's response to (1) with their NEXT, it's not as bad a deal. 3) international - fell flat and they'll probably rescind this if the roaming costs are not at least offset by new subs' revenue. But at least they did SOMETHING. The FCC can just trot out the same argument against Sprint+TMUS as the first time: TMUS is the challenger forcing everyone else to innovate. And if TMUS goes away, hello tri-opoly. -
WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
maximus1987/lou99 replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
ATT's viability never depended on such a guarantee.