{"id":1506,"date":"2015-02-02T13:38:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T21:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2015-02-02T13:38:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T21:38:54","slug":"sprint-ceo-fires-back-at-t-mobiles-legere-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=1506","title":{"rendered":"Sprint CEO Fires Back at T-Mobile\u2019s Legere on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sprint and T-Mobile both had Super Bowl commercials last night and, apparently, T-Mobile CEO John Legere didn\u2019t like the message Sprint\u2019s told. On Twitter, Legere sent out a Tweet that stated: \u201cHalf assed commercial, half-assed data speeds. #typical.\u201d For one of the first times that we\u2019ve ever seen, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure actually responded to Legere.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Claure sent a Tweet back with an image that stated: \u201cNever sacrifice your class to get even with someone who has none. Take the high road.\u201d Ouch, Claure just said John Legere has no class. It\u2019s a rather surprising reaction since AT&amp;T, Sprint and Verizon have largely ignored Legere\u2019s constant barrage of Tweets, though a couple of those carriers have indeed changed plans to better compete with T-Mobile\u2019s unsustainable business model.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Half-assed commercial, half-assed data speeds. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/typical?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#typical<\/a> @sprint. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SprintLikeHell?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SprintLikeHell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Legere (@JohnLegere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnLegere\/status\/562072388654092289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnLegere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnLegere<\/a> @sprint <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UH8J6ZvMAD\">pic.twitter.com\/UH8J6ZvMAD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcelo Claure (@marceloclaure) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceloclaure\/status\/562076136796991489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marceloclaure?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marceloclaure<\/a> @sprint Oh look! You learned how to use the \u201crespond\u201d button. I thought you only knew how to use the retweet button.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Legere (@JohnLegere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnLegere\/status\/562088842111381504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Legere, of course, responded to Claure. \u201cOh look! You learned how to use the \u201crespond\u201d button. I thought you only knew how to use the retweet button.\u201d Claure kept quiet after that one. Remember: all of this carrier in-fighting is good for us consumers, particularly as each wireless provider continues to fight to gain new customers. Keep at it, lads!<\/p>\n<div class=\"infinite-scroll-metadata\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmonews.com\/2015\/02\/john-legere-and-marcelo-claure-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMONEWS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sprint and T-Mobile both had Super Bowl commercials last night and, apparently, T-Mobile CEO John Legere didn\u2019t like the message Sprint\u2019s told. On Twitter, Legere sent out a Tweet that stated: \u201cHalf assed commercial, half-assed data speeds. #typical.\u201d For one of the first times that we\u2019ve ever seen, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure actually responded to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-mobile","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}