There seems to be some excitement here at the summit about a possible merger. Most seem optimistic about it and like the idea of it.
DISH Makes offer to buy Sprint (Rescinded)
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I do think this merger is best for Sprint and DISH. I do hope it goes through. I would switch back to Sprint if it did go through, I had Sprint before and they worked great in my area.
Everything I hear is that Sprint's coverage is just too spotty. Yes, some/many areas, they have excellent coverage and if it's where you live, work, travel, that's fine. I hear all too often about Sprint or T-Mobile that if you go outside your normal "home" area and venture too far from major highways though, you're in trouble for coverage. For me, they don't even offer their WiMax/4G service, let alone LTE, on the data side.
I'm just hoping that with a merger they will be able to combine their efforts and create a much more stable product across a larger area. My demographic basically has US Cellular and that's it. I have AT&T and I'm happy with it but I don't use my iPhone for calling often.
Maybe not AS spotty, but AT&T has it's weak areas as well...like in Naples FL where my Mom lives. Nearly impossible to get above one bar signal in her immediate area. She switched to Verizon because of it.
Just look a some sprint forums. They are littered with people complaining of slow data speeds and spotty coverage. They are cheaper, but would you rather save $20 or $30 a month, or have a smart phone that is actually usable? We had them for 4 years, and I use more data on my 2gb limited plan from AT&T than I ever used on Sprint with unlimited, because Sprint was just painfully slow, if I even had a signal.
They did not do what many thought they were going to do, because they had no plans to do so. Blockbuster was already in the ground (bankrupt) when Dish acquired them. Instead of trying to resurrect the dead, they picked the carcass clean and discarded (sold off) the rest. The Sprint situation is a completely different scenario, there is no correlation to be made from one to the other.
i am interested just to see if there would be some bundled pricing so i can come back to dish since i am on sprint, save a few bucks.
Yeah, I know. Someone is trying to Weekend at Bernie's that dead horse and make it Sprint.
It seems Softbanks is merely a merger while the Dish/Sprint combination could have a potential to be a game changer for the industry. Terrestrial OTA is the future. It may not be now, but it is the future. Its odd that a new player could get into the cell game so late, yet have a massive advantage over the old players, ie untouched bandwidth.
Dish could screw it up, but I think the possibilities are exciting.
It's very exciting. I think the merger needs to happen. The industry needs something new and exciting. It's been pretty stale over the last few years.
I don't know if anyone has brought up this point. AFAIK, Sprint is the only carrier that has unlimited data. This fact could play a big part in advertising. "Come to Sprint. No limit to the amount of streaming from Dish"
Personally, I would never get ATT for that same reason. I rarely ever publicly "question" ATT's coverage area because I'd get an endless argument about how wrong I am. My co-worker has ATT and travels all over the country. If he's driving anywhere outside of a major city, I expect multiple drops during every conversation we have while he's out. Or, I can't count the number of times I call and it goes straight to an "operator" message or it never even rings.
My brother-in-law works for a cell-tower operator (they build, maintain, etc towers all over the US and all of the major carriers lease tower space from them) and he says if you want the best odds of coverage, get Verizon. This is where people jump in with "Verizon sucks in my area..." comments though.
"Wed May 15, 2013 10:07pm BST By Soyoung Kim and Olivia Oran
NEW YORK May 15 (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has lined up four banks to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, escalating the bidding war against Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Dish, run by billionaire founder Charlie Ergen, is working with Barclays Plc, Macquarie Group, Jefferies and the Royal Bank of Canada to help finance around $9 billion in debt needed for the offer, the people said on Wednesday.
The U.S. satellite company is still finalizing details and has yet to commit to the financing package being put together by the banks, the people said. " (the other guy said Charlie could not find a bank to do it! The game continues!)
NEW YORK May 15 (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has lined up four banks to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, escalating the bidding war against Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Dish, run by billionaire founder Charlie Ergen, is working with Barclays Plc, Macquarie Group, Jefferies and the Royal Bank of Canada to help finance around $9 billion in debt needed for the offer, the people said on Wednesday.
The U.S. satellite company is still finalizing details and has yet to commit to the financing package being put together by the banks, the people said. " (the other guy said Charlie could not find a bank to do it! The game continues!)
I kinda of hope dish wins. But I think SoftBank will in the end. Sprint hasn't put the vote on hold or anything and the deal has been approved by regulators already. Once the share holder vote happens and they approve I think dish will have lost the battle. It's sad sprint isn't giving them the chance they deserve.
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