Comcast may buy Sprint

[Digger]

Will Comcast buy Sprint

"As telco giants AT&T and Verizon move deeper into the TV business, cable giants like Comcast may have to get into the wireless business to compete. That could eventually involve Comcast buying Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier," writes Silicon Alley Insider here.

Comcast and Sprint are backing the Clearwire 4G wireless network, and its WiMax system. If Clearwire doesn't connect, and cash-rich Comcast decides it's easier to buy than build, "the most logical deal could be for Sprint, which currently has a $12 billion market cap," Insider says. "It's not a new idea. But it could make sense in the next few years."


Citing a report from Pali Research, the article quotes Comcast CEO Brian Roberts at the annual cable show in Washington yesterday: “Wireless is a conundrum for the cable industry... AT&T and Verizon... are the super elephants. They’ve got all the market share..." He "avoided a clear answer to the question as to whether Clearwire was Comcast’s sole wireless strategy."

I hope this doesn't happen because it will only expand exclusitivity. There goes Charter, DirecTV, and Dish Network forced right out of the sport if it does.


You know, with teams struggling to find sponsorship, you think NASCAR would realize exclusitivity is bad for the sport. There's a handful of cars running with no decals out there that phone companies have been interested in.

 

[Joniki]

I have to agree with NASCAR on the exclusive right to sponsor the race.

Look at this way! Let's say AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. produces widgets. AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. negotiates a contract with NASCAR for a four year 250 million dollar contract. (The numbers are just numbers to prove a point.) After the first year of the four year contract W9VD Inc., who also makes the same widget, decides to sponsor a car for 25 million dollars a year. W9VD Inc. is getting advertising every week for less than half of what AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. contributes. And W9VD Inc. cuts into AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. profits.

A contract is a contract. All parties involved knew what was in the contract and need to honor their portion of the contract. Comcast, Verizon and a plethora of others had the chance to put or shut up before Sprint signed the contract.

 

[MRM]

Exactly. The more money you pay to sponsor a series, the less competitors that should be allowed.

I don't like Comcast. I dumped them last year. I love their high speed internet, but their TV prices are a joke. So that means if they get involved with NASCAR, they'll go up on their prices without offering NASCAR any more.

 

[Magnethead]

a house we're looking at is pre-wired for ATT U-verse...which would work great since we're on ATT wireless.

Comcast and sprint as just mad that they haven't been able to get their market returns on their fiber optics like verizon and ATT have.

 

[Digger]

a house we're looking at is pre-wired for ATT U-verse...which would work great since we're on ATT wireless.

Comcast and sprint as just mad that they haven't been able to get their market returns on their fiber optics like verizon and ATT have.

What fiber optics?

Chuck County finally allowed fiber optic television... for major area businesses.

 

[TexasRaceLady]

We had land line trouble with the phone last week --- the repairman said we may get DSL out here in the sticks by the first of next year. Still have to go with satellite TV, though. Cable doesn't come out beyond the city limits.

 

[Magnethead]

We had land line trouble with the phone last week --- the repairman said we may get DSL out here in the sticks by the first of next year. Still have to go with satellite TV, though. Cable doesn't come out beyond the city limits.

we'll take darn near anything over wildblue/HN...ATT is selling wildblue now too as an "alternative"...that's just wrong..

 

[TexasRaceLady]

I considered Wildblue for internet, but decided HN.

 

[Magnethead]

I considered Wildblue for internet, but decided HN.

It's the same company, TRL. They have a monopoly Both use the same Hughes modems and technology, they just use different policies. Modems the same, Birds are the same.

 

[buckaroo]

I have to agree with NASCAR on the exclusive right to sponsor the race.

Look at this way! Let's say AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. produces widgets. AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. negotiates a contract with NASCAR for a four year 250 million dollar contract. (The numbers are just numbers to prove a point.) After the first year of the four year contract W9VD Inc., who also makes the same widget, decides to sponsor a car for 25 million dollars a year. W9VD Inc. is getting advertising every week for less than half of what AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. contributes. And W9VD Inc. cuts into AndyMarquisLIVE Inc. profits.

A contract is a contract. All parties involved knew what was in the contract and need to honor their portion of the contract. Comcast, Verizon and a plethora of others had the chance to put or shut up before Sprint signed the contract.

Smoke, you can't argue with Andy, he's a 20 year old who knows everything. Just ask him and he'll tell you.

As for Comcast buying Sprint, so be it. I'm a customer of Sprint and anything they can do to better themselves, I'm all for it. How about this, next year we could be watching the Comcast Cup Series in NASCAR. i wonder if my Time Warner package would allow me to watch such goings on? I guess I'd have to dump TMC and go with what's available. I'm ready to deep six TMC anyway and I've got all three of their services.

 

[kelloggs5TLfan]

Our Comcast bill is high enough.

 

[tkj24]

I got rid of Comcast and got Dish Network. As for internet I have DSL and I love it. Much cheaper than Comcast.

 

[Newracefan]

Our Comcast bill is high enough.

You got that right I'm hoping FIOS shows up soon so I can switch before I go bankrupt, there's a reason it's called ComcOst

 

[mike honcho]

I had enough problems with the cable I didn't want to try anything else.

 

[BobbyFord]

When is Sprint's 10 year contract with NASCAR up?

 

[kelloggs5TLfan]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR


In 2004, NEXTEL took over sponsorship of the premier series from R. J. Reynolds, who had sponsored it as the Winston Cup from 1972 until 2003, and formally renamed it the NEXTEL Cup Series. A new championship points system, "The Chase for the NEXTEL Cup " was also developed, which reset the point standings with ten races to go, making only drivers in the top ten or within 400 points of the leader eligible to win the championship. In 2007, NASCAR announced it was expanding "The Chase" from ten to twelve drivers, eliminating the 400-point cutoff, and giving a ten-point bonus to the top twelve drivers for each of the races they have won out of the first 26. Wins throughout the season will also be worth five more points than in previous seasons. In 2008, the premier series title name became the Sprint Cup Series and The Chase for The NEXTEL Cup became the "Chase for the Sprint Cup", as part of the merger between NEXTEL and Sprint.

 

[SlowNeasy]

In 2010, the premier series title name became the Comcast Cup Series and The Chase for The Sprint Cup became the "Chase for the Comcast Cup", as part of the merger between Sprint and Comcast.