BillRoland
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Ocala, FL
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| reply to hitman_001
Re: If they stop now they are done.
You're not looking at reality though. They are going to lose another 300,000 contract subscribers, this quarter alone. You can't possibly build out a successful WiMAX network if you don't even know how to run what you've got. The problem is that Sprint is now hemorrhaging subscribers and money at alarming rates. If this keeps up, there will be nothing left to spend on WiMAX anyway. I don't think anyone is arguing that WiMAX is a bad idea, but you've got to have your own house in order before you go out and attempt something like this, and Sprint doesn't even know where its house is, much less how to put it in order.
And sorry, but comparing Sprint investors on the WiMAX situation to Verizon's investors on the FiOS project is like comparing apples to beef. The Sprint investors have legitimate concerns.
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en102
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| said by BillRoland  :You're not looking at reality though. They are going to lose another 300,000 contract subscribers, this quarter alone. You can't possibly build out a successful WiMAX network if you don't even know how to run what you've got. The problem is that Sprint is now hemorrhaging subscribers and money at alarming rates. If this keeps up, there will be nothing left to spend on WiMAX anyway. I don't think anyone is arguing that WiMAX is a bad idea, but you've got to have your own house in order before you go out and attempt something like this, and Sprint doesn't even know where its house is, much less how to put it in order. And sorry, but comparing Sprint investors on the WiMAX situation to Verizon's investors on the FiOS project is like comparing apples to beef. The Sprint investors have legitimate concerns. I tend to agree... WiMAX may be a good offering, but if Sprint can't keep its CURRENT business floating (dumping Gary was to appease investors, I assume), then it may find itself in a tight financial crunch attempting to deploy WiMAX.
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hitman_001
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| reply to BillRoland
I believe im looking at reality correctly.. And i certainly dont disagree with putting the house in order, Sprint has to get themselves and nextel together and dear lord... Fix that awfull customer service, Finish deploying evdo, and quit leaving jobs half ass done before they start on Wimax. But completely shutting it down? lol.. I dont think thats the right thing to do at all.
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en102
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| With the amount of investment in spectrum (100MHz of 2.5GHz is HUGE!), they'll have to perform, or some other company will purchase them while their stock is hurting, or Sprint will be forced (by nervous investors) to spin off Xohm.
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to hitman_001
said by hitman_001 :... And i certainly dont disagree with putting the house in order, Sprint has to get themselves and nextel together and dear lord... Amen to that. The WSJ reported that a MAJOR part of Forsee's exit package negotiations involved his fervent wish that Sprint HQ revert to Kansas--for a company he's LEAVING!
As a veteran of several telecom mergers, I have to say that such a parochial HQ location attitude smacks of divisiveness and a fostering of the "us against them" mentality which can easily sink a merger. Why in the WORLD would he care after he's gone?
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