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Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:24:00 EDT

anon posted :

And it most likely will. sprint already charges you extra for 4g services. They've been doing that since WiMax. Yet 95% of their customers could NEVER get it. Yet people are still paying for that and still no LTE or WiMax phones.

Incorrect. Every smartphone from Sprint has the $10 premium data fee added on even if it is a 3G-only phone.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:43:39 EDT

hottboiinnc posted : And it most likely will. sprint already charges you extra for 4g services. They've been doing that since WiMax. Yet 95% of their customers could NEVER get it. Yet people are still paying for that and still no LTE or WiMax phones.

Sprint is totally banking that money and I could see them raising that or having a price plan of : $XX for LTE $X for WiMax and $X for 3g/2g until the networks are one.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:22:42 EDT

openbox9 posted : And the $8B cash infusion alleviates that.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:15:58 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by openbox9:

The same place it was coming from before this deal.

before this deal they were in debt up to their eyeballs.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:13:26 EDT

openbox9 posted : The same place it was coming from before this deal. Also, as you mention, $8B is going to fix Sprint's messy balance sheet, which makes future debt discussions much more tenable.

said by Forbes.com :

The $8 billion cash infusion provides Sprint with a significant cushion as it undertakes its expensive 4G LTE network rollout and network modernization project. It will also reduce the company’s net debt (long-term debt, excluding operating leases, minus cash) to $6.5 billion from $14.5 billion. As a result, its net leverage – the ratio of net debt to EBITDA – would decline from about 3x to 1.3x. This could lead to credit rating upgrades, and as a result lower borrowing costs for the company.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:27:12 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by openbox9:

It's a tender offer. How else do you propose a company buy another?

Point is the article states Sprint is going to spend $5 bil on LTE expansion. So if none of this money is going to that were is this money going to come from?

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:06:19 EDT

openbox9 posted : It's a tender offer. How else do you propose a company buy another?

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:50:30 EDT

BF69 posted :

said by sandman_1:

You really think that Softbank isn't going to put anything into the infrastructure? I beg to differ especially if spending 20 billion +.

They already said $12 bil is going straight to Sprint shareholders and the other $8 bil is going to balance the books.

Re: might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:31:11 EDT

sandman_1 posted : You really think that Softbank isn't going to put anything into the infrastructure? I beg to differ especially if spending 20 billion +.

might stay but cost more

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:14:47 EDT

BF69 posted : Considering that $0 of that $20 bil is going towards infrastructure I can see where Sprint keeps unlimited but as a premium service and have capped tiers like at&t and Verizon.