  DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
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kudos:1 | Metro is going to be a winner Metro offers decent plans, and there are following the leaders, something microsoft did, and look what happening to it. I am still waiting for a metro/cricket merger one of these days. | |
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 | | | Re: Metro is going to be a winner And they seem to be pursuing some interesting technology. They deployed microcells on light poles (I don't know if that's the proper term) linked by a fiber-optic network for parts of their Boston network. | |
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| | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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1 edit | Re: Metro is going to be a winner said by probboy:And they seem to be pursuing some interesting technology. They deployed microcells on light poles (I don't know if that's the proper term) linked by a fiber-optic network for parts of their Boston network. They didn't do anything. And its not microcells. Its a company called NextG which builds RF over fiber cellular antenna systems, then tried to blackmail/extort incumbent cell carriers to use them, or face retributions from local municipal government that the incumbent's planned or existing cell towers are illegal by zoning code, or city council ruling (AKA bribe the city to make all new towers except NextG's style "towers" illegal, forcing incumbent cell carriers to use NextG's network if they want to improve capacity or reception at all in a certain city).
Conviently, its easy to "rent a network" from NextG, than it is to build out it from scratch, all you need is the spectrum.
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| MetroPCS, cricket and revol wireless need to merge. all three of the flat rate unlimited companies. they all roam on each other now....if you pay the $5 extra roaming fee each month...but they'd have the power to undercut everyone else......but i got a feeling sprint will be doing the same thing on their plans... go the flat rate unlimited and offer it dirt cheap---$50 per month for text, web, voice and everything else---just like boost. | |
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| | | They're not going to win. They're cheap and only good for kids. They don't lease enough towers and the reception on the handsets show.
I bought my younger sister one of their phones years and years ago when they first came to the bay area. They gave me a number which was in my area code but it was 25 miles away. Didn't find out about the prefix being so far until a month later when all of her friend's parents got landline bills and saw the extra charges they had to pay. I felt bad and paid the charges for the kids. It was something like $20-$30 total. Nothing major and I had the number changed after that. MetroPCS was unapologetic when I told them what happened. | |
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| Re: Metro is going to be a winner Years and years ago does not count as far as today. They have expanded and are still expanding.
Also its always up to the customer to check to see if that number you have is local or not. Sounds like you never checked to see what city the number belonged to. | |
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1 edit | Re: Metro is going to be a winner Of course I didn't check to see where the number was based in. They asked for my home address and location where phone would be used. Given those factors......You would think these operators would know how to do their jobs instead of diddley. I guess these things should be expected with an imitation smelly phone company.
I just checked again and the car distance is 38 miles away...Richmond, CA to Fremont, CA. Same area code. They do activations everyday, 8 hours a day... Good grief. | |
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| Re: Metro is going to be a winner and again just because then you had shitty service it them doesn't mean they're still like that. companies do change you know.
also maybe they didn't offer a local number to the city you wanted so they pulled one as close as possible. I'm sure by now they offer local ones to that city.
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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Metro is going to be a winner Metro is basically for those who live/work in the city and have no need for anything else (like a land line).
If I compare size to that of T-Mobile or Boost network, its small. How often would I be outside of their coverage range.. not often.
Currently, AT&T (with corp discount) is cheaper for me than Metro for what I need.
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| | | | | | | | Re: Metro is going to be a winner metro also offers roaming when you're not on their network or a partners network. yes you pay for it but still creates a national network.
but yes they are small and for people who don't travel much or for kids. | |
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| | | Re: Bring it... Does the iPhone support AWS? If not, it won't be usable in many of Metro's markets. | |
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| | | Don't expect the entry of smaller fish to LTE meaning we won't continue to be gouged by data prices. That's quite a ways down the road if you look at the growing demand for data.
3G iPhone kids wanting to switch to MetroPCS will probably have a feature or two that might not work correctly out of the box but I would thing could be configured (other than the obvious data settings). | |
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| | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: Bring it... AWS factor. Why would Apple make a handset for a carrier it has no business relationship with, and its current partner carriers refuse to roam on? | |
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| | | DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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1 edit | Re: Bring it... said by patcat88:AWS factor. Why would Apple make a handset for a carrier it has no business relationship with, and its current partner carriers refuse to roam on? Cause its the same freqs as T-mobile uses, and a AWS phone, is not much different then a quad band, it just uses a UMTS(aws), not UMTS (euro), the channels are almost the same. | |
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| | Attractive asset for DT?
Would Metro be an attractive asset for a company like DT (T-Mobile USA) if they can build out their 1700 MHz spectrum for LTE down the road?
T-Mo USA would have ready built LTE networks in spots.
We all know T-Mobile bought lots of spectrum in the AWS range that is will use for 3G and possibly more down the road. | |
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| | | Re: Attractive asset for DT? Metro PCS will never be a threat they’re a local carrier. And I doubt they’ll build out a LTE network just to cannibalize it before turning a profit. Plus they’re CDMA and T-Mobile is GSM. | |
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| | | | Re: Attractive asset for DT? MetroPCS aims to be a landline replacement in metropolitan markets. A carrier lacking sufficient capacity in a metro area might consider it worthwhile to buyout MetroPCS as opposed to building out their own network further.
Capacity is going to be a major issue as wireless data takes off (capacity is one of the major reasons for the caps on 3G plans). | |
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| | DaveDudeNo Fear
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New Jersey
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| said by SHABAZZ:Metro PCS will never be a threat they’re a local carrier. And I doubt they’ll build out a LTE network just to cannibalize it before turning a profit. Plus they’re CDMA and T-Mobile is GSM. But it really doesn't matter what technology there used, DT could just use there license. Lots of networks have changed technologies. Metro should just merge, and from a serious nationwide carrier. LTE could lead them into a data price war.
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| | | patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: Attractive asset for DT? said by DaveDude:But it really doesn't matter what technology there used, DT could just use there license. Lots of networks have changed technologies. Metro should just merge, and from a serious nationwide carrier. LTE could lead them into a data price war. You forgetting DT AKA T-mobile, already has a ton of AWS spectrum, and would probably hit a spectrum cap if they bought Cricket or MPCS. | |
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| Re: Attractive asset for DT? true...which is why Cricket and Metro and Revol Wireless should merge as i've been saying for months. they roam on each others- if you pay $5+ extra per month. they offer somewhat the same prices....just Metro provides better phones. Merge already and get it over with. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: Attractive asset for DT? Cricket/MPCS/Revol would be the only merger blocked by the federal govt this decade if they tried thanks to ATT/Verizon's lobbying power. | |
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Attractive asset for DT? i don't think it would be. Really they don't harm their business, expect the prepaid business. | |
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