http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19347870 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:10:15 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:10:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19604126 jgkolt : well with the ceo fired and the scaled back of wimax and the deal off the table with clearwire I think wimax development and sprint and dwindled away. Personally i think this is a major downfall. They probably did this to appease the investors but if it was a private company then they would probably still be doing wimax.
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3 free for you/3 free for me: Free Stock Trades : PM Me]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19604126 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:07:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19429546 huntml : I agree. Sprint is not about to compete with any GSM carrier on phone quality/variety, and it's probably too late to fight against VZW's reputation among consumers of having a superior voice network, never mind the fact that Sprint probably has better coverage overall than VZ when one takes roaming into account. So Sprint's best chance at differentiating itself in the market as to push itself as a technical and data-services leader. I think they are trying to do this, sort of, with the new 'Sprint speed' campaign, but there seems to be some hesitance to follow through. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19429546 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:46:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350661 xenophon : Sprint does seem to be winning already when it comes to mobile data. It's cheaper yet has higher data ARPU, meaning higher % of users doing data.

The guys at EVDOinfo,com say that Sprint EVDO cards are outselling Verizon 2:1. ATT has HSDPA laptop cards but has much fewer users and half the coverage, but they do have more HSPA phones catching up.

WiMAX will be self-marketing for Sprint. Many will buy devices with WiMAX and not know it, then hookup to whatever 'hotspot' is out there. It will be Sprint or Clearwire in the States. You can be a Sprint data customer and not have a Sprint cellphone.

Sprint's troubles are the Nextel side and customer support. The data network is ahead of the others.

Sprint should become a wireless data company that happens to support voice. They could really differentiate themselves from cell companies, and are about to do so with WiMAX.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350661 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:27:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350391 en102 : Sprint and T-Mobile both have similar products. Sprint has 3G, T-Mobile doesn't.

T-Mobile has rated near tops for consumers while Sprint has rated near (or at) the bottom.

Sprint can't keep itself cheap forever and keep bleeding off its Nextel customers to AT&T/VZW.
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Canada = Hollywood North]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350391 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:43:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350029 huntml : Sprint is the best choice among the major American wireless carriers for cheap, unlimited data; when I look at bills from similar users with the other big 3g carriers (ATTM, VZW) I just shake my head.

For me, the best thing that could possibly happen would be for someone with deep pockets and a commitment to mobile data services (Google? One of the Korean carriers?) to buy up Sprint.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19350029 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:42:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19347870 jgkolt : but sprint is such a crappy company i would hate to see sprint acquired. Does this mean their stock will go up?>
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3 free for you/3 free for me: Investing Trades : PM Me]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19347870 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:48:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19347261 xenophon : I expect Sprint to be acquired in less than a year. Especially if it looks like WiMAX will take off. Don't be surprised if it's Google.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19347261 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:12:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19346751 morbo : sprint will be acquired for the spectrum and their voice customers. give it a few years.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19346751 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:48:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19346581 xenophon : "LTE and UMB, meanwhile, will theoretically be able to offer 100Mbps/50Mbps and 280Mbps/60Mbps, respectively, but won't be seen in the wild for some time."

WiMAX 802.16m spec is in the works, which theoretically can go to 1Gbps. Crazy thing is that Sprint actually has enough spectrum to do it (100mhz per market) but it's highly doubtful consumers would ever see it... maybe will be used for backhaul.

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