TKJunkMail
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|  iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
Their wireless gains are almost all based on new iPhone subscribers. And wireless revenues are barely keeping ahead of wireline losses. If AT&T wants to continue to grow profits they better make the deal with Apple to keep the iPhone exclusive to AT&T in the US.
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | They are counting..
3G sales as broadband? Thats a stretch. Maybe they should just buy earthlink or juno and count those numbers towards their braodband count. |
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baineschile
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Re: iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
Romour is that the iPhone will come to the EVDO networks once LTE is launched; why would Apple want to stay with one carrier when there are 3 or 4 other HUGE celluar companies that are willing to pay them? |
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jmn1207
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Reston, VA | reply to TKJunkMail
When the gains from iPhone subscribers stop generating revenue, it might not make sense to continue the exclusive contract. At some point, it's just not worth the costs to try and keep iPhone exclusive. That point might already be here now. |
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odreian615
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jmn1207
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said by baineschile  :Romour is that the iPhone will come to the EVDO networks once LTE is launched; why would Apple want to stay with one carrier when there are 3 or 4 other HUGE celluar companies that are willing to pay them? Money? You can ask the same question to NFL and their continued deal with DirecTV. |
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baineschile
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Sterling Heights, MI | Because they are pissed at Comcast and TWC; the cable giants wont air their crappy network on basic cable. |
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zed260
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Re: They are counting..
i dont care about 3g relly id just like to have a cell tower built here that is closer then 10 miles a way
there probably need to add another tower soonor or later lots more ppl have cellphones now days even poor ppl
»https://www.safelinkwireless.com/Enrollm···ome.aspx |
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Bit
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Re: iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
Conjecture? I'd like to see what percentage of these adds were iPhone subs. |
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TKJunkMail
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| said by Bit : I'd like to see what percentage of these adds were iPhone subs. Well, dig it up. |
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Metatron2008
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Stockbridge, GA | reply to zed260
Re: They are counting..
relly? lolz I tout ppls woud no h0w to type bie now |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
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Re: iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
I am assuming this
»tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090422/···rns_at_t
FTA
"The iPhone has been a drag on AT&T's earnings since last summer, when the latest model, the "3G," launched. AT&T has been subsidizing each phone by hundreds of dollars, with the aim of making its money back on service fees, since iPhone users pay 60 percent more per month than other customers.
That strategy started to pay off in the first quarter. Margins in the wireless business are now back almost to where they were before the launch of the iPhone 3G, despite the sale of 1.6 million iPhones in the quarter. Sales were down from 1.9 million from the fourth quarter, but were strong for a non-holiday quarter without a new iPhone model.
Apple's phone also helped AT&T avoid a trend analysts are expecting to see this year: more customers signing up for prepaid service than for expensive contract-based plans. Only a quarter of new subscribers at AT&T chose prepaid in the quarter, compared to more than half at T-Mobile USA." |
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kilometers
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Sacramento, CA | Re: AT&T: 16.7 Million Broadband Customers
So much profit and yet it is taking them forever to fix our 3G network that barely gives speeds of 100kbps half the time. ;_;
At least that upgrade is finally coming soon. |
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Bit
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Re: iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
I'm not the one who made the assertion. |
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JoesphM
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said by jmn1207 :Money? You can ask the same question to NFL and their continued deal with DirecTV. $4 billion for more 4 years of exclusive carriage is what keeps Sunday Ticket on DirecTV.
Comcast and TWC just don't want to pay... I don't blame them, there customer's are pissed enough and wouldn't want the rate increase this would bring. |
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c4junk
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join:2004-05-08 | ATT issued 1st quater eaenings
Kinda hard to poor mouth the union when you are making 10% profit in these hard times! |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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Re: iPhone is keeping AT&T afloat
I suspect that will be the case.
AT&T wants to keep iPhone exclusive (keeping many adds, and more importantly, keeping customers from leaving)
Apple wants revenue - doesn't care where it gets it from
AT&T would not like to have to pay as much as it does for iPhone customers (takes a while to break even), and customer adds on the decline.
Being GSM/HSDPA based, T-Mobile would be an 'easy' add, radio change for AWS 3G.
A little more work - chipset change + FCC for EVDO for it to go to Sprint/Verizon.
HSPA/LTE would be the next logical step. |
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jmn1207
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said by JoesphM :said by jmn1207 :Money? You can ask the same question to NFL and their continued deal with DirecTV. $4 billion for more 4 years of exclusive carriage is what keeps Sunday Ticket on DirecTV. Comcast and TWC just don't want to pay... I don't blame them, there customer's are pissed enough and wouldn't want the rate increase this would bring. Isn't it the same with the iPhone? Didn't another major wireless carrier take a pass on the offer made by Apple to carry the iPhone? Both Apple and the NFL are simply looking for options that make them the most money. |
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TKJunkMail
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| said by jmn1207 : Didn't another major wireless carrier take a pass on the offer made by Apple to carry the iPhone? Yes, Verizon took a pass before AT&T signed on for the iPhone. I'll bet Verizon wishes they could have a do-over on that decision.
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jwalk
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Old Orchard Beach, ME |  big biz
earnings..earnings...earnings... how about QOS?
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