en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Financing is probably a key factor..
When Sprint's status was lowered to 'junk' by various organizations, it makes procuring financing much harder and more expensive.
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rcdailey
Dragoonfly
Premium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA | Too bad Sprint is not an investment bank. If they were, they could get some help from the Fed. |
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Alphy
join:2001-12-31
Troy, MI | How long will it take?
Before we have serious competition in wireless? When will I be able to have wireless data and a reasonable amount of voice minutes for $50 a month? |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to rcdailey
Re: Financing is probably a key factor..
Yeah - JP Morgan did well off Bear Stearns with that one... at our expense, no less. $30/share, bought for $2/share 
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| 10 dollars =). Wonder how that sat with the stockholders (sarcasm). A 20 dollar loss in price. Amazing how this administration has screwed things up. 5 trillion deficit, a worthless dollar, etc etc.
As for sprint, they need to stop thinking in 20 directions. That's this company's major problem. They can't get idea one working flawlessly but decide to go onto idea 2 anyway. Seriously guys, fix your customer support and billing issues. This way customers won't be leaving in droves. Once that's resolved, THEN BUILD OUT. However, you first must focus on keeping your company alive and customers staying. You won't be building out for anyone if EVERYONE leaves. |
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IntelInside
@in.us
| Why not intel
Beg more money from intel... Their the ones pushing for the technology. I mean common. They want something but no one but Sprint is willing to invest...
I didn't think the cable co deals would fall through anyway. Its kinda upsetting to see a good technology go down the drain... but then again I wouldn't fund sprint either. |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | That's actually a good question, given Intel has spent so much on hardware and proclaimed WiMax the "greatest invention since the Internet itself..."
What's another billion between friends? |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to jc100
Re: Financing is probably a key factor..
I tend to agree with you on that point.
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
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| no backhaul??
It seems like a pretty crucial piece of the equation... I thought cell phone companies provided their own lines to the cell towers, you mean they are renting space from other companies? You'd think they'd save a lot of money over time if they ran the lines themselves.
The fact that they didn't run any lines in advance shows they weren't so confident about rolling this out. I suppose its fair to wait for the financing, but they probably should have gotten that first before making any plans at all. |
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TuPaK
join:2002-07-21
San Gabriel, CA | reply to IntelInside
Re: Why not intel
I feel that this is the only hope for a near-future launch.
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
1 edit | reply to axus
Re: no backhaul??
said by axus  :It seems like a pretty crucial piece of the equation... I thought cell phone companies provided their own lines to the cell towers, you mean they are renting space from other companies? You'd think they'd save a lot of money over time if they ran the lines themselves. The fact that they didn't run any lines in advance shows they weren't so confident about rolling this out. I suppose its fair to wait for the financing, but they probably should have gotten that first before making any plans at all. Most cell companies dont own the physical plant in the ground, so they need to purchase these from a LEC/CLEC/ISP, etc. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that one "not yet 3G" GSM provider has been purchasing a lot of ethernet circuits from a company out to their cell towers....
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bobgwen
join:2001-07-07
Bartow, FL | doesn't start with a "T" does it? |
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Doug135
join:2008-01-12
Laredo, TX
clubs: | reply to en102
Re: Financing is probably a key factor..
I agree with that too. Sprint just goes all out on one idea, then switches to another. You would think at least they would have a backup plan for this or at least had the sense to know that something like this was going to happen. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to Alphy
Re: How long will it take?
There is competition- just not price competition. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to Doug135
Re: Financing is probably a key factor..
I personally like Sprint's attempts at deploying new products ahead of others, and being more agressive at it and pricing as well. Unfortunately, they just haven't been always very successful at it.
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AJICQ499087
join:2001-12-01
Louisville, KY
1 edit | reply to en102
Sprint does need to come up with a solid business plan and follow through instead of backing out of various projects. The Sprint/Nextel merger has NOT been a smooth ride just like this Xohm launch project. This financing problem is another example of poor business planning by Sprint.
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Why is it taking so long?
Bell Canada and Rogers rolled out their nation-wide WiMax network (up to 3mbit/s per customer) over two years ago, in March 2006. Why is it so hard for Sprint to deploy what Canada deployed years ago? |
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ureihcim
Freshly made
join:2007-12-16
Miami, FL
| Good to freaking go
So what happened to that all IP network huh? How about that trash. Well thanks for letting everyone know now that you don't have the capacity to even operate the network you so badly been boasting.
*Michieru puts his cover on and walks the other way*
So much for competition, so much for everything else, it was all just a waste of time after all. I guess we never will really have a choice other than GSM technology and what they feed us. This news is more catastrophic than the first quarter results.
Whatever.
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ydoucare
join:2003-03-12
Rensselaer, IN
·Embarq
·Millenicom
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| Jeez, they didn't CANCEL the entire project, it's just delayed. If you expected a company in as poor of shape as Sprint to make their original deadlines then you were a little too optimistic.
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
·Verizon FIOS
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·RoadRunner Cable
·BroadVoice
| reply to bobgwen
Re: no backhaul??
said by bobgwen :doesn't start with a "T" does it? I would say you are headed in the "right direction" with that.
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