John Legere must be doing something right, another public CEO battle with Sprint ensues

The internet is a wondrous thing. We can buy products from around the globe, learn about other cultures, study a new language, find hidden spots on trips and…. catch two CEO’s going at it on a social network. It is almost like a live drama series that we all get to watch unfold. Last nights eruption was, as it usually is lately, thanks to John Legere, T-Mobile’s no holds bar CEO. A single tweet went out with a link to a recode.net article that illustrated Sprints new All-In plan was a miss. John’s Tweet is below.

Following along with the conversation we see that Sprint’s CEO, Marcelo Claure, wasn’t about to let John’s comment go unnoticed. He came back with a rather lengthy rebuttal that is well over the 140 character limit, covering 80 words over several tweets.

Here is the full response.

@JohnLegere I am so tired of your Uncarrier bullshit when you are worse than the other two carriers together. Your cheap misleading lease imitation is a joke.

You trick people to believe that they have a 15 dollar iphone lease payment when it’s not true. You tell them they can upgrade up to 3x but you don’t tell them the price goes up to 27 dollars when they do.

You say one thing but behave completely different. It’s all a fake show. So it’s really #Tmobilelikehell.

I find it a bit comical to say the least. All John did was agree with an article from a website and Marcelo went after John for it. I would have expected a more fact based response and less of an emotional bash. Another beautiful aspect of the internet is that everyone has the right to their own opinion. John has yet to make a response, at least none that I have seen yet.

At the end of the day it isn’t about the battle between the CEO’s that is beneficial to the consumers. More so it is the competition in the wireless industry that is being created because of it. There is a carrier and a plan for everyone. Whether you are a coverage nut and don’t mind paying a premium to have service in more places or more excited to have a new phone a few times a year for a small monthly fee, one carrier or another will be right for you.

What are your thoughts? Not so much about the battle its self, but more so about the changes we are seeing in the industry because someone is bold enough to try new things for consumers. Nothing is perfect, but at least we are starting to see carriers stepping out of the norm and trying new things. Some are arguably better than others, but that is always up to the individual to decide.

Via: Recode Source: Twitter