Michieru2
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Good, but I still expect more from Sprint although I am not a investor I still listen to there conferences to see of any new information I can get my hands on. But not only that the investors seem to be asking most of the questions that people ask here on BBR and the CEO is responding with these solutions and they are actually doing something about it.
So is Sprint's decisions influenced by smart investors? Most likely but there just a piece of the puzzle. Sprint said they will be bringing more choices and this is what they mean by that.
Verizon is seeing things heat up in the Wireless arena and they are going to respond back with new things as well. But Sprint has the upper hand because of all the spectrum they own and all the latest gear. So there in a better position than Verizon is at this point but Verizon has cash to throw around and they can catch up I am sure.
Not only that Sprint-Nextel has the government on there side and there biggest buyer, so they also have a steady cash flow. The battle between Verizon and Sprint is going to be fierce. Cingular seems to be still slowly entering in the game, they have the most customers though so they have cash to throw around. I just hope that this trend continues because this might be the start of a wireless market boom.
Maybe companies are finally realizing that it's easier to simply install one cell site in an area that covers a good 4-8 miles radius where they can not only provide voice but broadband services as well instead of wasting money laying phone line or copper wiring all over the place.
But Verizon seems to be stuck in FIOS which is a good thing I assume since they know everyone want's to market wireless broadband as the next big thing if there is not a big migration towards it they will have control of all the landline market. Cable is the only competitor here for FIOS but they need to get those network upgrades and increase speeds.
If this pace continues for let's say a decade we won't be as far as behind on the broadband market as we thought we would be. I think the big guys got the picture but don't expect it to be cheap. The network is there but you have to pay up for higher prices. Unless competition stays put then we would see a decrease in prices across the board while the telco's might begin to eliminate POTS.
In short it's time to move on. |
