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Re: Sprint targeting Wimax to cities; where it is least needed
said by Karl Bode  :And why is fair and even deployment of service suddenly a concern for you, Tom? Don't have Sprint stock? I have over 500 shares of Sprint thru one of my mutual funds. And the concern is that Sprint may actually do better by marketing Wimax to areas where their take rate would be much higher(rural areas) than in cities where the competition would be much stronger. I am sure Sprint did research on this, but I am not sure I agree that their current strategy will maximize their profits from their Wimax investments.
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| They will have nearly all of their rural areas covered by RevA by the time they start deploying WiMax. At that time, the rural customers will be able to buy a RevA/WiMax card and subscribe to the cheaper service. I'm not too worried about rural areas being covered. (I live in a very rural area that has had RevA for ~4 months now.)
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I am not sure I agree that their current strategy will maximize their profits from their Wimax investments.
Keep in mind we're talking 2Mbps for an estimated $55 and no limits, which throttles Verizon and Cingular/AT&T 3G offerings. Targeting dense and relatively affluent large markets makes sense. |
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| said by Karl Bode : quote:
I am not sure I agree that their current strategy will maximize their profits from their Wimax investments.
Keep in mind we're talking 2Mbps for an estimated $55 and no limits, which throttles Verizon and Cingular/AT&T 3G offerings. Targeting dense and relatively affluent large markets makes sense. Is that symmetrical ? If So Ill dump comcast in a second.
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lest not forget that Sprint also has roaming agreements with ALTEL to roam w/Data. Maybe, just maybe, WIMAX will be a metro fad while rev A and B? could find it's way out in the boonies? Lets not also forget that a few years ago, sprint tried to deploy what was called Wireless broadband by using line of sight antennas in the Detroit metro area. It didn't go over very well at the time due to those big green leafy things we call trees..  It was a crash and burn for that service. Too bad. Those poor sprint techs spent a hour on my roof trying to get a good signal. |
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Sprint has always been interested in using a wireless infrastructure for the last mile to replace the need for copper loops controlled by the telcos. Their previous wireless launches reflect this as does their Wimax strategy.
As to take rate, which is better 1% of a 10,000,000 customer market in a 30 mile radius or 100% of a 10,000 customer market in a 30 mile radius?
Keep in mind that WiMax will initially require truck rolls and service calls, it's alot easier to start to deploy where you already have this infrastrure than a new area. |
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Most rural areas out here don't even have Sprint, let alone EVDO, we don't have service from Sprint up here, and we're still waiting on 3G from the local carriers (Verizon, US Cellular and Edge Wireless (Cingular Affiliate).
I don't think wireless does good in areas like this either, Mendocino County (NW CA) is very mountainous, and heavily forested (and some of those are Redwoods, which can reach 300 feet or more!), we can't see the local wireless outfit's site due to hills. Thankfully, Comcast (formerly Adelphia) has HSI out here, and we have it. |
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