Comments on: Gary Forsee-Ya Later http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:24:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: CableCos Join The $3 Billion U.S. WiMAX Rescue Act - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-867454 CableCos Join The $3 Billion U.S. WiMAX Rescue Act - GigaOM Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-867454 <p>[...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]</p> [...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]

]]> By: The Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX Timeline - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-867429 The Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX Timeline - GigaOM Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:38:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-867429 <p>[...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]</p> [...] Oct. 9, 2007: Sprint CEO Gary Forsee gets the boot [...]

]]> By: Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-674251 Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:51:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-674251 <p>[...] 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) [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-673080 Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke? « GigaOM Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:14:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-673080 <p>[...] 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) [...]</p> [...] 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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-606472 Maggie Radford Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:35:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-606472 <p>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.</p> 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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-604587 Raymond Padilla Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:12:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-604587 <p>Geez, no wonder US telecom companies are so backwards. Between goverment regulators and moronic Wall Street analysts, it's tough to be progressive.</p> 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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-604026 GeraldZ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:51:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-604026 <p>"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."</p> <p>I agree. Forsee is a genious and WiMax is the future. Perhaps Google will acquire Sprint . . .</p> “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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603426 ronald Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:08:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603426 <p>Om, nice myth. I mean: "Of course when you get paid $21.6 million a year, well getting the boot comes with the gig."</p> <p>The sad truth is that the people working to make the gig are the ones who get the boot first.</p> <p>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/business/09phone.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fBusiness%2fCompanies%2fSprint%20Nextel%20Corporation&oref=slogin</p> 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.

(link)

]]> By: Joaquin http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603423 Joaquin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:04:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603423 <p>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.</p> 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 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603247 Tom Coseven Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:44:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/gary-gets-booted-from-sprint/#comment-603247 <p>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.</p> 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.

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