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Sprint slow
Anon
2013-Oct-3 4:02 pm
The usual Sprint delaysSprint never does anything quickly. That is why they are always trailing AT&T and Verizon and soon to trail TMO. |
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skeechanAi Otsukaholic Premium Member join:2012-01-26 AA169|170 |
skeechan
Premium Member
2013-Oct-3 4:15 pm
Sprint is looking up...it finally has a futureI see better speeds from Sprint in my area of SoCal than either Verizon or AT&T and with unlimited for life and TD coming (a few years down the road), things are looking good for Sprint. They are certainly behind now, but with Clear's spectrum and Softbank's money, there is an excellent path forward. |
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88615298 (banned) join:2004-07-28 West Tenness
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88615298 (banned)
Member
2013-Oct-3 4:27 pm
Investors today are too impatient.In the old days you invested for the long term. You worried about the stocks value in 30 years now in 3 months if the stock hasn't tripled is price they want to fire the CEO. I firmly believe the desire to make quick profits now instead of over the long term is actually hurting companies. |
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HarleyYacLee Premium Member join:2001-10-13 Allendale, NJ |
NNJ is getting MUCH MUCH better! |
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I'm assuming they mean financial turnaroundnot the network turnaround. I wouldn't mind if it dropped by another buck or so that way I can buy some shares before it (hopefully) takes off again. |
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linicxCaveat Emptor Premium Member join:2002-12-03 United State |
linicx
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2013-Oct-3 4:53 pm
I remember ...A couple of years ago they were screaming AT&T lagged far behind Sprint in 4G coverage, and how AT&T was touting a boosted 3G as 4G. But, at that time Sprint was in small town rural America beefing up coverage. Sprint does not have, nor will it ever have. the coverage area of AT&T. And although I wish it would come into ultra small rural areas, it is very doubtful that it will happen.
The biggest problem with rural America is it is isolated away from the rest of the country. |
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to skeechan
Re: Sprint is looking up...it finally has a futureCurrently at $6.29/share, I wouldn't mind picking up some Sprint stock.
Why not.. It's almost down to penny stocks. LOL |
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Too late for "Sprint"The Sprint name has far too much negative perception involved with it. SoftBank would be wise to ditch the name once the turnaround gets going. |
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to skeechan
Re: Sprint is looking up...it finally has a futureWhat kind of speeds are you getting on Sprint ? Here in SoCal, the lowest I hit on AT&T is typically around 25Mbps down. The best I've hit is 69Mbps down, while typically its around upper 30's to mid 40's.
My coworkers in NorCal have issues with Sprint in Palo Alto area - dropped calls are often. |
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Jon GebLong time member join:2001-01-09 Howell, MI |
to linicx
Re: I remember ...Sprint likes to deploy small towns first, much easier to color a map with low density and low traffic backhaul sites. |
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tobyTroy Mcclure join:2001-11-13 Seattle, WA |
toby
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2013-Oct-3 9:47 pm
said by Jon Geb:Sprint likes to deploy small towns first, much easier to color a map with low density and low traffic backhaul sites. There are only so many technicians available. Smaller towns have less towers, which require less people. Not rocket science. |
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ilikeme Premium Member join:2002-08-27 Stafford, TX |
to skeechan
Re: Sprint is looking up...it finally has a futureAround here its the complete opposite. At&t is usually around 20-60Mbps, Verizon is 10-40, and Sprint is usually less than 5, often less than 2, and that is where Sprint actually has coverage, which is rather lacking around here. |
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nonymous (banned) join:2003-09-08 Glendale, AZ |
to Jon Geb
Re: I remember ...said by Jon Geb:Sprint likes to deploy small towns first, much easier to color a map with low density and low traffic backhaul sites. Sprint backbaul will have a minimum of fiber or fiber like or microwave on all sites. There will be some exceptions where neither is available. |
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openbox9 Premium Member join:2004-01-26 71144 |
to 88615298
Re: Investors today are too impatient.Money doesn't need to triple every three months, nor does anyone realistically expect it too. What investors do expect, is a viable and executable strategic plan to increase value. Investors absolutely worry about value in 30 years. |
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to i2Fuzzy
Re: I'm assuming they mean financial turnaroundShould've bought before Softbank signaled plans to throw money at the problem. Buy the rumor, sell the news |
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skeechanAi Otsukaholic Premium Member join:2012-01-26 AA169|170 |
to en103
Re: Sprint is looking up...it finally has a future20-22Mb with Sprint. With my AT&T iP5, I have never gotten more than 12 and usually 6-8. VZW LTE (MiFi) I get around 10Mbps. |
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88615298 (banned) join:2004-07-28 West Tenness |
to openbox9
Re: Investors today are too impatient.said by openbox9:Money doesn't need to triple every three months, nor does anyone realistically expect it too. What investors do expect, is a viable and executable strategic plan to increase value. Investors absolutely worry about value in 30 years. Really then why did Verizon investors basically force Verizon to stop FiOS expansion? Because if they hadn't they have at least twice as many customers and in 20 years they be making a ton more money off of it. Short term investors wanted profits NOW and that is a fact. Which in the end is actually going to cost Verizon profits in the future. |
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to Jon Geb
Re: I remember ...said by Jon Geb:Sprint likes to deploy small towns first, much easier to color a map with low density and low traffic backhaul sites. Really could have fooled me. heck just in the last few months they bothered to offer 3G service here. |
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to i2Fuzzy
Re: I'm assuming they mean financial turnaroundsaid by i2Fuzzy:not the network turnaround. Aren't they kind of tied together? If the network doesn't improve Sprint is not going to keep customers or gain new ones and then there won't be a financial turnaround. |
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to skeechan
Re: Sprint is looking up...it finally has a futureUnlimited as long as you never change your plan when it changes is the key part. VZW did the same thing years ago and it was only everything unlimited for a few weeks for $69. They're still stuck with people on that plan due to they refuse to upgrade and pay full prices for phones.
Sprint will change as well as Softbank needs to make that $$$ they're spending left and right. |
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to openbox9
Re: Investors today are too impatient.And with stock dropping as fast as it should and nothing really to show for it after the take over investors should be worried what is next. |
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to 88615298
Not really. VZ makes their money on the wireless company not in the landline. if VZ can get away with spinning off all of their regulated business and only keeping FiOS and VZW and moving to the VZ brand completely they would in fact do it. And I'm sure they're probably already exploring that idea as it would make prefect sense for them long term. |
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to 88615298
Re: I'm assuming they mean financial turnaroundYes it is, but as a whole, the network really hasn't improved yet. Even with Network Vision some areas are worse than what they were before they started changing crap. |
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to nonymous
Re: I remember ...they have MSOs for this. |
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to Gilitar
Re: Too late for "Sprint"They'd be smart to ditch it now. And then get rid of their management instead of keeping them on longer. |
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openbox9 Premium Member join:2004-01-26 71144 |
to 88615298
Re: Investors today are too impatient.Investors didn't force VZ to stop investment in FiOS. said by 88615298:Short term investors wanted profits NOW and that is a fact. Who doesn't want to profit now? That's not the point though. Companies invest for the future. Investors want companies to invest for the future, regardless of what people suggest. At the same time, investors want to understand the plan for the future and have a voice (after all, they're owners and have a right). If future prospects aren't clear, or they aren't profitable (enough), then that is when concern will be raised. Investors want to be paid now and in the future for placing their capital at risk. I don't see the problem with that. |
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openbox9
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to TBBroadband
The pps decreased after the takeover announcement because of dilution and the addition of debt. It's been dropping recently with the rest of the market because our Congress is bickering like spoiled, stubborn children. |
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JEJE 's BACK BABY Premium Member join:2000-12-15 Charlotte, NC |
JE
Premium Member
2013-Oct-4 9:32 am
Sprint 4G/LTE Speeds in Charlotte NC.This is in Ballantyne while @ work. I don't have great service or coverage @ home, which is not too far away, so I have to wait until I'm at work to use the Sprint towers: I guess this is the best Sprint can do..they suck in Charlotte! |
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RokHed join:2000-09-09 Pennsville, NJ |
RokHed
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2013-Oct-4 10:13 am
That looks like Wimax to me. |
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bshelly Premium Member join:2002-02-17 Conover, NC |
bshelly to JE
Premium Member
2013-Oct-4 11:18 am
to JE
No offense, but do you really need more than that at this time? Sprint is deploying a single 5x5 carrier in the PCS G block at this time. Once Tri-Band devices come out and LTE is deployed on 2600Mhz and 800Mhz, things will balance out and speeds will be more to everyone's liking. Deployment is already underway in Charlotte and other cities. I'm happy getting 2Mb/s down and 1Mb/s up on a mobile device. Verizon's 4G LTE is about the same on the downstream side of things. Upload is faster, generally. |
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