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Comments on news posted 2012-08-10 08:42:10: Nobody really knows if Dish is bluffing about building an LTE Advanced network. Some believe that Dish really is considering building a major LTE network that could help compete with major carriers -- potentially by around 2016. ..

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ITALIAN926

join:2003-08-16
kudos:1

Hmm

Maybe Dish should work on regional sports first?

elefante72

join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY
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They have to

If you look at the quad play, dish only has 1, the least profitable and will continue to go down as content providers keep ringing record profits.

If they don't move into being a network provider they will be irrelevant in 10 years, period. Fixed wireless, regional/terrestrial wireless, or fiber can wipe them out in an instance.

With that said directv is in the same boat.

If they wait until 2016 when their actuaries see them turning the subscriber crest (probably happen before that) they can deploy a network to compete. By that time VoLTE will be solid and the incumbent voice play will be out. Equipment cost will be in the sweet spot. A content company may actually have a chance.

I have a hard time believing the market won't be disrupted before that, so they may need to turn up the heat. I put it at the tail end of the major carrier rollouts in 2014 timeframe.

They also know there is enough spectrum to go around, so a one time sale does not make a company..


tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
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As Company Insists They'll Proceed Without FCC Waiver...

...And they'll just walk into a bank and DEMAND the money to do it too.

flycuban

join:2005-04-25
Homestead, FL

Buy Out of Clear

I see them buying CLEAR and/or Sprint.... There are still fish's to be caught..

Sammer

join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA

reply to tshirt

Re: As Company Insists They'll Proceed Without FCC Waiver...

said by tshirt:

...And they'll just walk into a bank and DEMAND the money to do it too.

Last I heard they had over $5 billion available to do it.


Jim Kirk
Premium
join:2005-12-09

Dish rumored to have purchased Clearwire's debt

»www.engadget.com/2012/08/10/dish···e-rumor/

Sammer

join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA

reply to flycuban

Re: Buy Out of Clear

Sprint is still a pretty big fish to swallow but AT&T, DirecTV, and Dish are all potential buyers of Clearwire.


tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3

reply to Sammer

Re: As Company Insists They'll Proceed Without FCC Waiver...

$5B is a drop in the bucket on this, and thinking about going around the FCC? is a way to get your bucket taken away.


steviebeef

@speakeasy.net

reply to flycuban

Re: Buy Out of Clear

You KNOW the Justice Department would be all over that as a vertical monopoly. Agree it would be smart--don't think it would fly JMHO

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