User: SPCSVZWJeff
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Re: "Oh give me a home"
Even big red does it. Except their tele sales people go out of their way to sign people up in markets where they have no network coverage. They are even good enough to add data plans so the customer can not use them and then get told that they are being dropped because 100% of their usage is on another carrier's network.
I believe that...
Every carrier should be mandated to allow any competitor with a compatible network to roam on their networks. The price should not be mandated, but negotiated between the carriers.
Re: There is not Big Four.
Some build their business by building their business, others buy their way in. Verizon and AT&T did not get big because the public flocked to them, their gains are modest for the size of carrier they are.
They grew at the expense of a smaller competitor. The list is....
Alltel
Unicel
SBC Wireless
Ameritech
Bell South
Airtouch (via merger)
Bell Atlantic (via merger)
GTE (via merger)
McCaw cellular
AT&T Wireless
Western Wireless
Primeco
Re: I'm Confused
You are thinking of it completely backwards.
Why should the smaller carrier allow a much larger competitor to roam on their network?
What would Verizon's big red map look like without roaming partners networks?
Those of you who do not venture outside of a metropolitan area would not understand what the smaller carriers mean to the people they serve. They provide the services those markets care most about for a reasonable price. When you have a billing question you go in ...
Re: Charlotte, North Carolina
Not to mention Dallas, Springfield, Albany, and Milwaukee, Oregon. All are major metropolitan areas populated by lots of cows, loggers and sheep.
Re: Wimax 2 speeds top 330mbs!!!
Sprint is a better value than Verizon and AT&T. They don't have the customer base of the other two but with the exception of the Nextel purchase they built their network rather than buying it.
In most markets Sprint's netrwork is more reliable than Verizon's or AT&T's.
Re: can we say "B.S!" ?
Of course it could never be that the manufacturer, the OS developer and the service provider are trying to shield you from a bad experience. Integrity and good will toward the consuming public is definitely not ever the case, is it? Microsoft does have standards that hardware must meet. Just like Apple and others
Re: Chicago
They have a very realistic business model. They stay within their capabilities and remain customer centric. They only spend money that they have. Their network is solid, they have the best footprint in most markets they serve. In short they are wireless done right.
Re: the world without clearwire
Any network buildout or rebuild eats an enormous amount of capital. This is why 4G will rollout relatively slowly
Re: When CLEAR goes bankrupt
The funding gap is for short term funding, until the end of the year. After that the partners will have budgeted additional money for Clear. They just won't put more into their budgets for the balance of this year.
GSM and LTE are not necessarily the fit. LTE is derived from WIMAX like UMTS is derived from CDMA.
Clear is looking to run both WIMAX and LTE simultaneously so a T-Mobile partnership is a good fit.
Re: bonus points
Calling it 4G because it uses an OFDM technology is what is happening. Both LTE and WIMAX use OFDM while T-Mobile's HSPA+ is a CDMA product.
802.16M which will begin deploying next year will allow for 180mhz downloads in a 20mhz wide channel. Next year Clear/Sprint will be able to meet all of the criteria.
Re: Nurse! Verizon Wireless @ 200CC's, Stat!
One problem:
In most markets Verizon has way less bandwidth than AT&T has. Unless of course Verizon chooses to run things on their AWS properties which are not used at this time.
CDMA does use bandwidth more efficiently than UMTS but not efficiently enough to make up for the bandwidth issues.
The problem AT&T is having with the iPhone is a problem of success. What do you do when you sell a device to millions of people and they use its ...
Re: Has things the Lotus doesn't
Think of who Blackberry users are, they are mainly business people who use the phone as a communication tool. Many are put off by all of the "cool factor" of Android and iphones.
This phone makes a lot of sense for some of my customers who work in the trades or in manufacturing. Having a Blackberry clamshell protecting the screen is appealing. This phone was developed for a specific audience and not a generalized crowd. It will do well ...
Re: I can see why they want to get involved but...
If you look at the earnings statements for the carriers you will see that they depend on overages for revenue growth.
Some of those fees you see are cost recovery fees. The govenment imposes fees on the carrier and does not allow the carrier to call them a tax.
Since they go up and down it makes no sense to cover them inside the plan. They are not the same company to company or state to state.
Re: Because God help us if we were just responsible...
The principle is still the same, it just is a much slower turnaround time in a more complex market. Why do you think companies like Verizon spend so much in marketing? It is to keep the public perception positive.
Government intervention in ths type of industry only short circuits any market based corrections. Poor performing companies can continue to operate poorly because there are no market consequences for poor performance.
Re: Long Term plan for Indirect Channel?
You make a good case. If you could get all of the independent Sprint dealers to create a "group" to compete with Best Buy and RadioShack then you could get the same consideration with the instant vs. mail in rebates.
I hate having to support the customers who come from WalMart because they did not complete the activation, could not program the phone or flat out misinformed the customer.
I also hate having to explain to customers that bought ...
Is there another issue here?
The FCC is a part of the executive branch and therefore has no authority to write laws. That belongs to the legislative branch. The FCC can regulate usage of the airwaves only according to existing law. They cannot supercede it. Unless congress passes this as a law and the president signs it, it would be struck down by the courts because it falls outside of the juridiction of the FCC.
This appears to be an abuse of power by the ...
Re: Because God help us if we were just responsible...
It would be great customer service if the carriers did that voluntarily. I do not believe they should be mandated to do anything of the sort. If some do it and if customers think it is a great idea they will move to that carrier. Carriers who don't do it would not be looked upon favorably. This is how a free market works. Companies who serve their customers well get more customers. Companies who don't serve the customer well ...
Re: T-Mobile has already been doing that
I think there is some confusion here. GSM's last technology jump was EDGE. GSM is a TDMA network. UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA and HSPA+ are all CDMA air interfaces. GSM annot mix voice and data at the same time, it takes a wideband (5MHZ channel) CDMA product to do it. Versed is mistaken, virtually EVERY carrier went to CDMA in one form or another. GSM has been described as the best piston engine fighter in the jet age.
CDMA has rev B and ...
Re: Half right
There are not 100,000 towers between Verizon and Sprint combined. Thinking on this forum seems to be a bit muddled about the role of 4G be it LTE or WIMAX.
CDMA based products will be around for a long time to come for things like voice and SMS. Many rural markets may not see 4G for years if ever. 4G is for data. There is a huge opportunity for wireless companies to take cable internet subscribers.
It is a ...
Re: T-Mobile has already been doing that
Hate to tell you this but GSM was abandoned in favor of a CDMA air interface in the AT&T and T-Mobile 3G. 3G does not make speakers buzz nor does it alter CRT images.
GSM is a 2G product. They kept the GSM data core but use a CDMA air interface in 3G, hence it is called WCDMA.
Re: Fail... Not really
Keep the spectrum and allow T-Mobile to use it as an MVNO for long term cash flow. For immediate cash for expansion tap one of the other partners like Intel or Google. Throw them a bone to make it worth their while.
Re: Doesnt Clear haver cashflow from people subscribing to WiMax?
I agree that Clear should market more but their choice is literally between network buildout and marketing. If Verizon were faced with the same choice they would choose marketing.
Verizon will suffer some tarnishing of their brand when people want the product and can't get it. For people who want a product, buildout never happens soon enough. If there is an alternative they will go with it. This is why it is wiser to build the network rather ...
Re: Fail... Not really
You would make a duopoly a triopoly. Verizon and AT&T don't have any ideas they just imitate other carriers and use their marketing clout to plagiarize others' work.
Re: Doesnt Clear haver cashflow from people subscribing to WiMax?
One difference is that the iPhone was a piece of hardware operating on a network that was just about everywhere. 4G is not everywhere.
Verizon will market the daylights out of LTE and build a lot of anticipation. They will not have it in all markets and it won't perform up to the expectations they build so people will be disappointed.
Clear on the otherhand is trying to build in a short time what it took decades for the rest of ...
Re: Gray matter, use it
I'm not sure I agree with you, Menno. The 39 million iPhone users are using more data than Verizon is. Also their "unlimited" plan is capped at 5gb after which you pay overages.
The odds of a smartphone using that much data are very slim. so it is a non factor.
Re: Doesnt Clear haver cashflow from people subscribing to WiMax?
According to Fierce Wireless they added 722,000 new subscribers in the second quarter of 2010.
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/s pecial-reports/grading-top-10-u-s-carriers-se cond-quarter-2010
Re: Well That Does It
Remember Fair and Flexible? Why not something similar for data?
Re: Sprints Wimax versus T-Mobiles hspa+
802.16E (WIMAX) will burst at about 40mbps
802.16M (WIMAX2) will burst at about 1gbps
both are OFDM technologies which would qualify them as 4G.
HSPA+ will burst at up to 42mbps. While you would ask what the difference is, HSPA+ can be compared in a way to EDGE. HSPA+ is still a CDMA product and as much as I like CDMA, it is at the end of its life as EDGE was the pinnacle of what could be driven by GSM.
Much ...
Re: More Windows Junk!!!
As opposed to a truly external antenna?
Let's wait and see what Microsoft brings to the table before we make judgement calls. They seem to be pretty excited about it on the campus. Way more excited than with Winmo.
Re: Stay the Course
A merger would be a good idea if they keep networks separate and brands separate until the time that 3g disappears.
Sprint does this successfully with Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile. It would be like GM with all of their sub brands.
The problem with the Nextel merger was that iDEN was dying before the merger. Nextel was planning on migrating to CDMA. Sprint tried to merge the networks and brands too soon.
Re: Let's see, I can pay $80 for 5 GB of data with Verizon, or $40 for unlimited data with Virgin
In fact in most of the country Sprint's data network is more reliable than Verizon's
Rule the air must mean put out more propoganda mis-stating reality. Spend more money convincing people that no other network will work and yes you rule the air.
Many people don't switch because 5-7 years ago Verizon did have a clear network advantage. Times have changed but many people had such a bad experience with other carriers many years ago that they will not change. ...
Re: Dear Verizon--
AT&T is having some issues now but they will get them fixed soon.
Funny that they release this the same week that Virgin Mobile announces a $40.00 unlimited data plan. Sprint's data network is incredible. In Northwest markets (One of verizon's strongholds) we are getting speeds over 2mbps on 3G. What if Virgin Mobile was given access to the WIMAX network next year?
T-Mobile launched HSPA+ here and it is comparable to the current WIMAX standard.
Why pay so much for ...
Re: So how soon before someone sues?
Jay we are all consumers. We who are in the industry see both sides of the argument. Not everyone who works in the industry is a mindless slave with the corporation's logo tatoo'd to their tushies.
There are things in the industry we all wish were different. But before people call something anti-consumer remember that the carriers and their manufacturing partners risk a ton of their cash so that you can have a service that works and a product ...
Re: Where are the little green men?
Much CDMA technology is used in military communications. I think the concern is valid enough to look into for the sake of our service personel
Re: I call BS
I'm not sure if this is the forum for this type of discussion.
Name calling is not going to solve our problems. As long as we continue to cast blame we will never do what it takes to solve anything.
People are generally smart. For example a bunch of high school graduates in the 18th century formed the greatest nation the world has seen.
When I assume that people who disagree with me are stupid I am displaying the most ...
Re: T-mobile coverage quality worse?
When I was talking about real world I was talking about LTE, which is not commercially available yet. So it is theoretical.
HSPA+ comparisons to WIMAX were only in the Philadelphia market. Comparisons are not on a busy HSPA+ channel of a mature product with broad usage.
Here in the Northwest we often get up to 20mbps on the WIMAX in different parts of the market. I don't know what was going on in Philly at the time for Clear ...
Re: T-mobile coverage quality worse?
I think there is a misunderstanding here,
In Philadelphia HSPA+ was on par with Clear's service.
HSPA will burst at 21mbps which means it is capable of that on a dormant network. The Philly tests were not based on a busy network which as you know slows data speeds as the bandwidth gets shared.
WIMAX (802.16e) will burst at 40mbps. Many markets will see constant speeds in excess of 20mbps (Portland, Seattle and Las Vegas) in much of the market.
WIMAX 802.16m ...
Re: Hmmm... Not bad... But no Blackberry... Sprint still beats them
Are we missing the unlimited messaging for $20.00 that Verizon charges?
Sorry, Verizon is still just plain overpriced
Re: good job tmo
Or the top dung beatle is lord of feces
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