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Sprint Affiliate Sues to Block Clearwire Deal

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May 12, 2008, 11:09 AM   by Eric M. Zeman

iPCS, a Sprint affiliate, has filed a suit against Sprint in hopes to prevent the company from pairing itself with Clearwire and offering mobile Wimax. iPCS, which has 640,000 subscribers spread across seven states, says that the Wimax service would compete with its own services, and thereby violates an exclusivity agreement it has had on record with Sprint since 1999. Sprint believes the Clearwire deal will not interfere with its affiliates, and has asked a judge to rule so.

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NapalmBBQ

May 12, 2008, 4:41 PM

Keep the Dream Alive

Whatever it takes to keep Clearwire from affiliating with Sprint is GREAT!
Yeah... And next let's shut down google! 🙄
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smiliey

May 12, 2008, 12:01 PM

can some one explain to me

why they would even have a right to sue sprint?

im in cali so ive never even herd of ipcs, are they an mvno?

since when can you sue the competition for fear of loosing the battle?
ipcs is a small time provider....sprint and ipcs had a deal together. sprint never made good on that deal (contract) and that is why ipcs is suing sprint.
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The deal is that Sprint agreed way back to not sell "competing" equipment in Affiliate markets. While most affiliates have folded and either been bought out, a couple remain ignorant. And want to cause trouble. This is a bluff. It'll be in the news ...
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lgmack

May 12, 2008, 11:56 PM

Why do some people...

want sprint to fail so bad...? I'm just curios..?
afraid of competition
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psycho dramatic7

May 12, 2008, 11:20 AM

Sprint....aren't contracts a mother? lol

Karma is a biotch, lmao. Let's see you try to weasel your way out of this one. 🤣
psycho dramatic7 said:
Karma is a biotch, lmao. Let's see you try to weasel your way out of this one. 🤣


Weasel their way out? What are you talking about?

My prediction is that iPCS loses this one. WIMAX is n...
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michael_herc

May 12, 2008, 11:33 AM

iPCS sucks!

iPCS only is causing more and more problems for Sprint! Sprint needs to buy them out now! This new lawsuit should realize how annoying iPCS is and just get rid of them. It sucks because not only will iPCS not build out onto Nextel towers or expand into rural areas it serves, you can't see their coverage on Sprint's coverage viewer. Which sucks.
totally agree i belive i live in a ipcs market (to the east is all ipcs to the west is sprint, i think ipcs has the spectrum here) but sprint has iden coverage at my house and the town around me... i use to have sprint now i cant and i hate iden i wou...
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