jgkolt
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join:2004-02-21
Lakewood, OH
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| reply to xenophon
Re: WiMAX at 1Gbps
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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huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
 ·Comcast
| reply to xenophon
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. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
3 edits | reply to en102
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. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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| reply to huntml
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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huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
·Comcast
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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. |
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