User: ScribeD
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There are problems with this idea...
I understand this concept from the standpoint of increasing a marketplace and the advantages that drives. More users means better buying power which reduces costs. Also, the combined spectrum would be immense between the two entities. However, that's where the issues begin,IMO.
First and foremost, while there is a cost savings in purchasing power, there is a huge cost period in supporting so many varied networks. GSM, EDGE, HSPA, CDMA2000, EVDO Rev. A, WiMax, iDen (thought ...
Honestly, many would...
Evrodude, you have to understand people for this to make sense. Most of us here know about the advantages of other devices. I am not going to spend time here bashing the iPhone, let's be honest, the iPhone changed the game and became iconic (Hey Mr Jobs, here is one for you... patent the word iCon). But, in terms of power, price, capability, and competitive progress, it is far from being the Top Dog as far ...
Ohgood lord...
Based on that logic, we should fine fat people when they eat a cheeseburger.
Serioysly, we cannot legislate common sense and personal responsibility. UGH!
Why do people confuse unlimited data on...
... smartphones with unlimited data via data cards?
Verizon, for example, has soft caps on their data card plans. They haven't called them unlimited in a while though. However, their smartphone data plan is completely unlimited with no throttling. This may change, though, with the iPhone launch.
Re: Fine
Possibly. But would you rather have had to switch to Verizon or AT&T in two years when Sprint goes into Chapter 11 because the Nextel papers come due?
I don't like Sprint, personally. However, I like having them in the conversation because it keeps the Big Two at least somewhat restrained.
Re: The industry is getting much worse, Sprint is getting just a little worse
Menno,
I am not defending Sprint by any means. This change was necessary, and we all know it. That's the only "defense" really. Necessity. They have to raise rates or fall into the slippery slope of going into Chapter 11. Don't forget, all those debt papers issued when they took over Nextel are coming due in two years.
Even with this change, they are still a budget minded provider. They are still cheaper that Verizon ...
Re: Fine
Honestly? Because price is the main thing Sprint has right now. Look at their advertisements. They talk about their simply everything plans.
AT&T and Verizon
69.99 = Unlimited Talk
Sprint
69.99=
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Email and Internet
Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile
450 Anytime minutes
(I always found this to be a bit ironic. Simply Everything isn't simply everything... but still, a good deal for most)
They have a cross branded commercial with HTC for their Evo phones.
That's it.
This is much ...
Re: Hmmmmm...perhaps a Wi-Max iphone???
Nah... Verizon has paid out the *&% for the iPhone. Apple is a greedy company, but they aren't blind-greedy. Launching n iPhone on all the major carriers turn their exclusive feeling device, the ICON of wireless, into just another smartphone offering. They want the status that being an Apple product brings.
No matter how one feels about the device, Apple, cost, and other offerings out there, the iPhone does dictate to the market while all ...
This is actually a -good- thing
Everyone, relax. This isn't ending the world. This was a necessity, plain and simple.
The thing is, Sprint has been in the red for some time now. Some will argue that this has been a "on paper only" discussion, but, regardless, the effects are present. Their only options were to find a way to raise arpu or a way to decrease costs. Being CDMA without the clout backing of Verizon's 93 million customer base makes ...
Ok, why did they talk so much about...
... 4G (6G haahaa) service if they are launching this on EVDO rev A only? This is shooting one's self in the foot, no?
Two years of testing...
"Has been working with Apple for two years. Started technical discussions in 2008"
Heh, one year of that testing Antennae-Gate.
Re:"Competition" vs. "Healthy Competition"
No Slammer, you took my comment backwards. :)
The Regional Carriers are being asked to pay an additional 8% more if they do not offer a reverse roaming agreement over those companies, such as US Cellular, who do offer a roaming trade.
Honestly, whether in a full monopoly or a completely open utopia, do you think that any carrier would discount their services to someone who is not giving something in return? When you are speaking ...
Re:"Competition" vs. "Healthy Competition"
Slammer,
I would heartily back your point if the fiscal requirement by Verizon and AT&T were sufficiently choking enough that it would be unfairly burdensome. However, the "premium" that they are asking for non-roaming trade agreements is in the neighborhood of 8% over those with a roaming trade agreement. This is hardly insidious at all, merely an attempt to recoup some of the costs they will incur while supporting a larger network load.
Re:"Competition" vs. "Healthy Competition"
What isn't being said here is the Major Carrier side of things. We all like to assume (albeit usually correctly) that the Big Four are at fault. However, what isn't being said in this instance is that the Rural Carriers are asking for roaming agreements with price per packet/minute at the same rate as those who are giving like territory to trade on. In other words, they want the same rights without paying the differential cost. ...
The big picture...
As of right now, T-Mobile has a compelling product. This, in my opinion, is a very good thing. T-Mobile has been advertising it's pricing... and when you do that, you don't have a product to sell. While this isn't a game changer, it is definitely a game initiator. Hopefully, this will push Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, and regional carriers to roll-out their high-speed products faster, which helps all customers.
Now, I want to add a few things ...
Menno, I wish I had seen Cellstudent's back in the day to add...
... a few quick tidbits.
The first is in regards to technology. When the various carriers were making the various decisions over which 4G technologies would reign supreme (Ok, I just watched the Iron Chef, sue me :P), there were three really. LTE, WiMax, and UMB.
Verizon and Sprint both, initially, considered going with UMB. It is more spectral efficient, faster, and has a slightly larger scalability than LTE. However, it was designed by the netwrok system ...
Re: Oh Wonderful!
"*offer newer phones brought to market FASTER"
Sorry, I prefer a phone that works rather than just looks cool. Even going CDMA to CDMA... step inside a Sprint store one day and check out their "Technical assitance" area. They swap phone more than Paris Hilton swaps sexual partners.
"*offer more than the pocketpc smartphones and quickly certify the handspring treo 600 for use on the network."
You dont think that the Handspring is in testing? It has been for ...
Re: Verizon???????
You dont think this phone was presented to the largest CDMA carrier in the US? Why do you think it has AMPS and 800 digital... for sprint?
This phone, like oh so many, simply doesnt cut the mustard when it comes down to the single most important feature... reception.
A phone can look great, have a 5 megapixel camera with xenon flash, a 17 day talk time battery, a hideaway qwerty keyboard, and weigh 3.2 ounces, but if it doesnt ...
Re: Here are the Comparison #'s
Here is the real comparison:
Audiovox 9900: Made by Toshiba
9000 series of Audiovoxes work.
On Verizon Wireless's network, which means you can actually keep a phone call for more than 2 minutes.
Sanyo 5500: Made by Sanyo
Sanyo phones are "cute" and have "great features" but their reception sucks
Used on Sprint's Network... enough said
