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MVNOs gone bad!!!

bones boy

Aug 16, 2006, 4:51 PM
HA HA HA I wondered how long before you would start hearing these type of stories, with the recent obnoxious onslaught of these prepaid services. Not a great situation for Sprint.
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SkillciaX

Aug 16, 2006, 4:55 PM
What they should do is halt sales of Boost Mobile, and make CDMA walkie-talkie pre-paids instead since they are rolling out revision A. Cause either way Nextel isn't going to be around in about 4-5 years right? So what's the point in having all these pre-paid customers taking up spectrum when it won't do them any good in a few years.
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nextel18

Aug 16, 2006, 7:38 PM
Halt sales? What?! It is a profitable business for Sprint, but the only problem has to deal with the capacity and spectrum issues current Nextel is facing on their network. When Nextel completes the FCC re-banding, it would be much better.

Well, they cant make CDMA walkie talkie type phones that will be sufficient enough for Boost and Nextel customers and they have to wait until REV A comes about to deploy Qchat. After that, then your theory would be wise, but until then not a chance.
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prepyjuan

Aug 16, 2006, 8:22 PM
😡 Damnit, why did Nextel have to sell out to Sprint in the first place?? They were doing pretty good on their own! Although it would have been more expensive and longer to improve its iDEN network, they should of stuck it out, and not found an easy way out of it.

😡 Nextel is... WAS too good for Sprint.

😎 And Boost Mobile's the ****! 🙄 That bitch is gonna suffer when they have to stop adding new customers.
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nextel18

Aug 16, 2006, 8:34 PM
Well, Nextel merged with Sprint due for a few reasons.
1. great assets combined both cell towers, spectrum and subscribers
2. Nextel would have spent billions of dollars on IDEN, which is being seen to have a problem with capacity, and we are seeing that now with Boost as well as with their legacy. Nextel would also have to spend billions upgrading it to either CDMA or a next generation data network.
3. Nextel has a very good prepaid market and targets the business sector while Sprint targets the consumer sector. They wanted to differentiate themselves and still broaden their segments in which they target.
4. great data and products.

I would not say that Nextel was doing well on its own, because metrics were starting to diminish du...
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muchdrama

Aug 17, 2006, 3:05 PM
nextel18 said:
Yea, Nextel was too good for Sprint however when you combine them they will be a strong company perhaps it does not show that now, but it will.



And how the hell did you figure THAT out? Personal preference? LOL!

Sprint essentially saved Nextel from a dead-end existence.

But please, try and rewrite some more history...it sure is entertaining.
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nextel18

Aug 16, 2006, 7:40 PM
Well, it is not a great situation for Sprint but, it will get better when Qchat comes about and the FCC re-banding plan is complete, but by then, Qchat will be on the network and then you will see changes.
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muchdrama

Aug 16, 2006, 8:16 PM
bones boy said:
HA HA HA I wondered how long before you would start hearing these type of stories, with the recent obnoxious onslaught of these prepaid services. Not a great situation for Sprint.


This has nothing to do with Sprint's original spectrum, and everything to do with the now Sprint owned iDen spectrum.
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