Comments on: Gary Forsee-Ya Later

By: CableCos Join The $3 Billion U.S. WiMAX Rescue Act - GigaOM

CableCos Join The $3 Billion U.S. WiMAX Rescue Act - GigaOM — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:19 +0000

[...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]

By: The Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX Timeline - GigaOM

The Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX Timeline - GigaOM — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:38:18 +0000

[...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]

By: Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke?

Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:51:02 +0000

[...] Nextel’s (S) rough patch is turning into a highway from hell. The exit of CEO Gary Forsee, questions about its plans for a WiMAX network and its aborted partnership with Clearwire (CLWR) [...]

By: Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? « GigaOM

Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? « GigaOM — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:14:12 +0000

[...] PT | No comments Sprint Nextel’s (S) rough patch is turning into a highway from hell. The exit of CEO Gary Forsee, questions about its plans for a WiMAX network and its aborted partnership with Clearwire (CLWR) [...]

By: Maggie Radford

Maggie Radford — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:35:00 +0000

Thank God the board came to it's senses. Gary Forsee made bad decisions at Sprint that cost good people their jobs, the stakeholders money, and the company image problems.

By: Raymond Padilla

Raymond Padilla — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:12:17 +0000

Geez, no wonder US telecom companies are so backwards. Between goverment regulators and moronic Wall Street analysts, it's tough to be progressive.

By: GeraldZ

GeraldZ — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:51:13 +0000

"Forsee or no Forsee, Sprint has a great opportunity to change the rules with WiMax; both from a technology perspective and in terms of Sprint’s business."

I agree. Forsee is a genious and WiMax is the future. Perhaps Google will acquire Sprint . . .

By: ronald

ronald — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:42 +0000

Om,
nice myth. I mean:
“Of course when you get paid $21.6 million a year, well getting the boot comes with the gig.”

The sad truth is that the people working to make the gig are the ones who get the boot first.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/business/09phone.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fBusiness%2fCompanies%2fSprint%20Nextel%20Corporation&oref=slogin

By: Joaquin

Joaquin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:04:35 +0000

Forsee or no Forsee, Sprint has a great opportunity to change the rules with WiMax; both from a technology perspective and in terms of Sprint's business. Hopefully the Board (and Whitworth) won't be blind to that opportunity (which requires foresight and patience). If all they (and the new CEO they bring in) are interested in is Sprint's short-term market valuation, and they simply try to compete head-on with Verizon and AT&T, the rest of Sprint's (likely short) existence will be bloodied and painful.

By: Tom Coseven

Tom Coseven — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:44:30 +0000

Forsee, for good or for bad, was willing to bet the company on WiMAX. Unfortunately the shareholders weren't convinced. Chasing Verizon and AT&T on their terms (in an increasingly integrated telecom environment), is an obvious death by a 1000 cuts. I see only two choices: 1) sell the entire company; or 2) sell off the pieces to fund a much smaller WiMAX company.