Any faith left for sprint

[Almeuit]

Eeew, not what I want. Google has their hands in enough already, I don't need them monitoring ALL my traffic. But the competition from Google would be great, since it would drive down the prices and drive up the speed/capacity on other carriers.

I'd take em in a heartbeat. 70 bucks for 1 Gbps... Sure .

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[Bigballer]

Eeew, not what I want. Google has their hands in enough already, I don't need them monitoring ALL my traffic. But the competition from Google would be great, since it would drive down the prices and drive up the speed/capacity on other carriers.

Who says comcast/att don't already do that?

Look at att:
AT&T Offers $70 (Sort-Of) Gigabit Internet… If You Let It Snoop On Your Browsing History ?€“ Consumerist

Seems as though google fiber doesn't snoop as much as your other "friendly" ISPs

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/laying-down-the-facts-on-google-fiber/

 

[crxssi]

Who says comcast/att don't already do that?

They might... but they don't ALSO have access to the largest search and tracking network in the world, and lots of info from the most prevalent mobile OS in the world, and access to the largest Email system in the world, and data from the most used mapping system in the world, and (well, you get the idea)....

 

[Bigballer]

They might... but they don't ALSO have access to the largest search and tracking network in the world, and lots of info from the most prevalent mobile OS in the world, and access to the largest Email system in the world, and data from the most used mapping system in the world, and (well, you get the idea)....

And Sprint/tmobile/att/verizon have the ability to pinpoint my exact location at all times, monitor my web content, monitor my phone calls/text messages.

Even though google has the most used maps application, I could argue that the network operator has greater control to track my location.

But shoot, if Google gives me internet as long as I can get my full uncompressed 1080P video on Netflix and only pay $70 a month for 1 gbps speeds uncapped, I'll take it.

Between comcast's prices and their future speed caps, I'll gladly take anyone over that sick and evil company.

 

[dpham00]

And Sprint/tmobile/att/verizon have the ability to pinpoint my exact location at all times, monitor my web content, monitor my phone calls/text messages.

Even though google has the most used maps application, I could argue that the network operator has greater control to track my location.

But shoot, if Google gives me internet as long as I can get my full uncompressed 1080P video on Netflix and only pay $70 a month for 1 gbps speeds uncapped, I'll take it.

Between comcast's prices and their future speed caps, I'll gladly take anyone over that sick and evil company.

Netflix is compressed. 1080p uses about 3gb/hr which is somewhere around 7mbps. Netflix 4k uses about 7gb/hr which is around 16mbps

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[dpham00]

It depends on the matter at hand. For the most part, it never is. In the case of Att+Verizon owning almost the wireless space, yes. How many companies has Att gobbled up since the 80's?? Hundreds of hundreds. Why should Sprint+T-Mobile not be? There is no competition having two small networks VS two GIANT ones.

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Actually AT&T corporation was much larger in the early 80s... It was at one point the world's largest telephone company and the world's largest cable company. Verizon (as Bell Atlantic) was actually part of att prior to 1984, at which point it split from att and was a rboc.

If you are talking about spectrum holdings, Sprint has close to as much spectrum as att and Verizon combined.

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[dpham00]

Every other network is doing upgrades while Sprint is building a brand new Network. Trust me, in 5 years 90-120mbps is going to look like dial up ;-)

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Not sure what you mean. Verizon spends about $9 billion on infrastructure a year. Sprint plans to spend $8 billion in infrastructure a year for this year and next year. If Sprint is building a brand new network, then they should be spending a lot more than Verizon, who already has a 4GLTE network.

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[Golfdriver97]

Found this a few days ago: Sprint may need up to 40,000 new cell sites for 2.5 GHz, tower exec says - FierceWirelessTech

 

[ttwiitch]

Found this a few days ago: Sprint may need up to 40,000 new cell sites for 2.5 GHz, tower exec says - FierceWirelessTech

This is exactly why they are go to buy T-Mobile.

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[Bigballer]

This is exactly why they are go to buy T-Mobile.

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Sprint has problems maintaining its current network already.....

 

[Almeuit]

This is exactly why they are go to buy T-Mobile.

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Well they can try.. Still has to pass regulators .

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[Golfdriver97]

This is exactly why they are go to buy T-Mobile.

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And probably won't get them much further as they would have to shift to a GSM band anyway.

 

[dpham00]

And probably won't get them much further as they would have to shift to a GSM band anyway.

They would just refarm everything to lte anyway.

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[Bigballer]

They would just refarm everything to lte anyway.

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With the current GSM subscriber base, how long do you think that's going to take?

Tmobile isn't exactly a small carrier like cricket/metro

We all know how Sprint "absorbed" Nextel and Clear so great....

 

[dpham00]

With the current GSM subscriber base, how long do you think that's going to take?

Tmobile isn't exactly a small carrier like cricket/metro

We all know how Sprint "absorbed" Nextel and Clear so great....

Recent Smartphones shouldn't be an issue as they can run on Tmobile's 4GLTE network, which I am assuming would remain . Basic phones though could be. They could offer some sort of a trade up program for those with basic devices. Otherwise maybe keep the network up for 2 years which would be reasonable, at which point those people would have to buy a new phone. The trade in option maybe more appealing to customers.

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[Robbie317]

Recent Smartphones shouldn't be an issue as they can run on Tmobile's 4GLTE network, which I am assuming would remain . Basic phones though could be. They could offer some sort of a trade up program for those with basic devices. Otherwise maybe keep the network up for 2 years which would be reasonable, at which point those people would have to buy a new phone. The trade in option maybe more appealing to customers.

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But we are talking about Sprint... They kept the Nextel iDen network up and running for how long? Didn't they just FINALLY shut it down late last year or earlier this year???

 

[maverick7526]

But we are talking about Sprint... They kept the Nextel iDen network up and running for how long? Didn't they just FINALLY shut it down late last year or earlier this year???

That's because people actually used it. The walkie talkie thing worked exceptionally well. It was much better than Verizon PTT or att PTT. Now it's just spectrum for LTE which will be utilized later in the year for building penetration

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[Robbie317]

That's because people actually used it. The walkie talkie thing worked exceptionally well. It was much better than Verizon PTT or att PTT. Now it's just spectrum for LTE which will be utilized later in the year for building penetration

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Oh I used a Nextel Walking Talkie for years... Great service.. But Sprint delayed shutting it down numerous times and it was a major financial drain on their bottom line... They needed the network/spectrum to push out their LTE network and they clung to iDen too long and might be part of the problem with their slow LTE roll out...

You would just hope that in a T-Mobile/Sprint merger that Sprint would be SMART enough to shut down the CDMA network rather quickly and move to the more widely accepted and used (at least worldwide) GSM network and continue to build out the LTE network.... Instead of just dragging along two totally different network types and having people who would technically be on the same network/carrier but unable to get similar coverage in certain areas because one guy has a GSM phone and the other CDMA....

Who knows... Even though after 17 years I finally ditched Sprint for T-Mobile I am optimistic that a combined company run by the T-Mobile CEO and backed by Softbank money could make a major play for a great network...... but then again I said that with Sprint for the last 6+ years of the smart phone revolution......

 

[Bigballer]

Oh I used a Nextel Walking Talkie for years... Great service.. But Sprint delayed shutting it down numerous times and it was a major financial drain on their bottom line... They needed the network/spectrum to push out their LTE network and they clung to iDen too long and might be part of the problem with their slow LTE roll out...

You would just hope that in a T-Mobile/Sprint merger that Sprint would be SMART enough to shut down the CDMA network rather quickly and move to the more widely accepted and used (at least worldwide) GSM network and continue to build out the LTE network.... Instead of just dragging along two totally different network types and having people who would technically be on the same network/carrier but unable to get similar coverage in certain areas because one guy has a GSM phone and the other CDMA....

Who knows... Even though after 17 years I finally ditched Sprint for T-Mobile I am optimistic that a combined company run by the T-Mobile CEO and backed by Softbank money could make a major play for a great network...... but then again I said that with Sprint for the last 6+ years of the smart phone revolution......

Spoken like a true politician

 

[tee52]

We have been Sprint customers since January 2000. The only issue we had was from Aug 2013 to about Dec when they were upgrading towers in my area. Just recently my husband does not receive my texts or some of them anyway and on occasion I don't get one or two from him. We are on same plan with Sprint, work in the same place - in other words nothing has changed except our phones. We just got the Note 3. Text not going thru and not received on the other end is frustrating. If you call or go by to see tech support all they want to do is a factory reset. They seem tho think that fixes everything. It doesn't. But over all I am happy with Sprint. Never had poor customer service any of the few times we had to contact them.