if you could change one thing
How bout bringing back the classy phones that actually work well?
Where's the love, ya'll? 😎
Roll out Rev A over all of the network.
Focus on CDMA growth.
Partner with Google. Make Android their operating system of choice for Sprint branded smartphones and keep up a near perfect relationship with BlackBerry because those are the two best OS's on phones now.
Bend Kyocera over and make them produce Sanyo phones that live up to their reputation.
Treat sales people like the bread and butter they are. Get comp pay out on par with verizon and at&t.
pay the techs better.
name something in the company after dan hesse and remove forsee from all company records. he f'ed the company up so bad that even a government bailout and an endorsement from obama himself couldn't help our past reputation. ...
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1. Bring back tethering!!!
2. Get some real smart phones!
3. Release a phone that actually uses the 4G network!!
http://androidandme.com/2009/12/carriers/t-mobile-ne ... »
https://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=5258 »
This is how it works.
HSDPA does not add more feeding fiber lines to give faster internet to the customer. Instead it is essentially an upgrade in repeater equipment and software that attempts to optimize what little fiber it has. In favorable conditions (good signal and few connections to the repeater - essentially a test environment) it is possible that the user could see up to 21Mbps on the latest HSDPA incarnation. However, in the same conditions with WiMax you can top out at just over 40Mbps.
The difference is Wimax companies are not at all trying to ...
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http://www.dslreports.com/forum/clearwire~days=365 »
And the real world speed test of T-Mobile's HSPA seems to be performing well:
http://androidandme.com/2009/12/carriers/t-mobile-ne ... »
And this is using a laptop on Sprint's 4G (Clearwire) versus a mobile phone on T-Mobile's network!
Thoughts?
Two completely different data codecs, speeds, and consumer equipment. Customers in CLEAR markets who have not upgraded to CLEAR equipment from old CLEARWIRE equipment will not get to take advantage of the upgrade.
You can view CLEAR coverage here:
http://www.clear.com/ »
or here:
http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?language=EN »
You can view CLEARWIRE coverage here:
http://www.clearwire.com/ »
broadband reports currently does not distinguish CLEAR from CLEARWIRE. CLEAR also offers 3G/4G mobile services instead of just a home use ...
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Do you work for Sprint? You must work for Sprint!!
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/update-sprint-an ... »
The real world field speed test from non-bias customers using both Sprint's (Clear) and T-Mobile's HSPA is reporting different results from your previous statement. Since you work for Sprint....is it true Sprint will not be releasing 4G phones until the end of 2010???
To ensure I was not leading you astray, I have put some considerable time into looking into 21Mbps HSDPA. We do not have any yet here in the US that is full blown (non-beta) launched. But other markets worldwide have launched. It appears as though it is topping out at 5Mbps which is closer to the bottom out speeds I am getting with WiMax. Average speed (depending on visibility, IE: inside...
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21Mbps HSDPA is an end of life technology. It is a band-aid for companies that do not have the spectrum to deploy a true 4G network.
3G vs. 4G is no contest. T-Mobile just started to launch a 3G network in late 2007 while Sprint was beginning it's 4G rollout.
T-Mobile is the only major cellular nationwide carrier in the united states in worse shape than Sprint.
3G vs. 3G, looking at current lineup of phones 18% of...
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Needless to say you are a minority in that respect, I can't believe someone would change their carrier over voice command...sounds like T-Mobile isn't gaining a customer, rather a headache.
I am not leaving Sprint just because of Voice Command....you may want to go back and read the thread. My main reason for leaving is Sprint removing Tethering from the so call "Simply Everything Plan". I am getting the Nexus-One phone unlocked with a T-Mobile plan. Today is the announcement from Google! The T-Mobile unlimited plan cost $79 instead of Sprint's $99 unlimited plan.
So much for that 21Mbps HSDPA is an end of life technology huh???
Dan Hesse and other mobile moguls have gone public with the desire for battery innovation. The sad truth of the matter is that 4G is a smaller network. To have a phone moving around in and around a 4G city constantly trying to decide whether 4G or 3G signal is stronger is going to kill your battery. In addition the much faster speeds of 4G would mean the phone itself is having to process more data and faster which would also kill battery life.
Releasing a 4G phone that is a brick with a giant lithium ion battery...
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rainbow_metals said:
about sprint what would it be?
Their very existence.