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They had it coming for a long time

Mark_S

May 13, 2008, 4:27 PM
It is a real shame that a company with potential really lived up to what a mobile phone company should not be. They did not learn from all the mistakes and by watching competitors more closely. Verizon would be super smart to buy them out like Cingular did with AT&T Wireless back in 2004. Merging the same technology would give Verizon the boost to really compete with the New AT&T. Nextel then can go on their merry old way. T-mobile should stay exactly as they are. If they buy out Sprint they would create a logistics issue to convert CDMA to GSM.
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iamajim

May 13, 2008, 4:44 PM
I agree with you about Vz; this could be a big boost to them.
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bentos88

May 13, 2008, 4:49 PM
I agree. Verizon Wireless should definitely step in and take over Sprint. VZW would then be the biggest wireless carrier in the U.S.
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marufio

May 13, 2008, 5:15 PM
If Verizon buys Sprint then ATT will buy Tmob.
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maverick6772

May 13, 2008, 5:20 PM
one att could not afford to buy t-mobile from DT in the first place plus DT would not let them go.
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bentos88

May 13, 2008, 5:21 PM
I don't think Deutsch Telekom would sell T-Mo. DT was considering to purchase Sprint. So there may be a battle between DT and VZW! or maybe not.. I wonder what VZW thinks about this. It's going to be really interesting to see how this goes.
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nextel18

May 13, 2008, 6:05 PM
They would not but DT could buy out Sprint and combine T-mobile USA and Sprint.

VZW will not buy Sprint. They could buy out Nextel if they want.
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art23ncsu

May 13, 2008, 5:26 PM
I 100% do not agree!! I DO NOT want Verizon, the company I sell for to buy Sprint and any of their problems. That will destroy alot of my, and many other people, incoming revenue by having all of these unhappy potential switch overs all of a sudden converted to Verizon. Sprint is THE worst for everything wireless. Customer service and reception, and its great income for me or anyone that sells TMobile or ATT to have these unhappy cell users switching over.
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SPRINTPDAGUY

May 13, 2008, 5:59 PM
um...buddy...att vzw and tm are about 3 to 5 years behind in technology...vzw buying out sprint would create a better network then vzw already has...4g and wimax...would be stupid not to consider..
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nextel18

May 13, 2008, 6:01 PM
Sorry but a VZW and S merger will not happen. The divestitures alone would dilute the deal.
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wonderwall

May 13, 2008, 6:31 PM
Verizon is for the most part a positive cash flow company but defianetly not that positive to fool with Sprint
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nextel18

May 13, 2008, 6:35 PM
Positive cash flow does have some part of the purchase equation but they need a lot more than that to fund a potential transaction of Sprint or any other company that size.
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wade496

May 13, 2008, 9:46 PM
So you are saying you are not going to be happy to have more customers to help. Do you not think that if Sprint merged with verizon that the sprint customers wouldn't need any help from you. You would then become the problem with customer service in not wanting to help the new customers. If Verizon does this they are done, because they have people like you who work for them. Open your little mind to more than just verizon and you will find most carriers have the same qualities. Also most carriers copy off each others ideas ie phones, rate plans, etc
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Ghosthendrikson

May 14, 2008, 6:12 PM
SPRINTPDAGUY said:
um...buddy...att vzw and tm are about 3 to 5 years behind in technology...vzw buying out sprint would create a better network then vzw already has...4g and wimax...would be stupid not to consider..



A lot of good all those advances in technology are doing for them.
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MizzSprint

May 13, 2008, 6:18 PM
Oh please! I would hate to sell Verizons expensive plans anyway.
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fack

May 14, 2008, 10:52 AM
Are you kidding??? Expensive???? Sprint makes you pay extra for picture messaging!!! By the time you get done paying for crap like that, its way more expensive. And lets just pretend for a moment that your pathetic excuse for a statement was true, would you not be willing to pay a little more for better service. I'm sorry sweetheart but you have no leg to stand on in this matter.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 1:15 PM
NO! are you kidding? Why would you pay for all those seperates when you can get everything for $99? Doesn't Verizon charge like an extra $30 for data? lol Like I said I wouldn't want to sell their expensive service. I remember just a few years ago only old people were the base of their customers.
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bkw79

May 14, 2008, 1:41 PM
MizzSprint,

why complain about selling their expensive service? It's obviously working, because they've brought in more customers than Sprint every quarter for the last like 7 years lol. And Sprint has consistently lost more customers, and yet you don't want to sell for them? Makes no sense.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 1:49 PM
Why would I go from selling something at one price and jacked up at the next carrier. That's like selling gas at one place for $3 and going to the next place and selling it for $5. Someone made a great point Sprint allows people with bad credit to join, so what does that tell you those people cannot be trusted. That's what usually happens people jack up their bills and don't pay them. I believe it's Sprint being greedy but hey what can I do. I would work for Tmobile before anyone else I heard they treat their employees very well. Verizon would be the last resort. Also I would be successful too charging people $1000 for deposits that makes up for a lot don't cha think?
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bkw79

May 14, 2008, 1:57 PM
Actually,

This facts are this....Verizon charges the most, yes, but because of their brand, superior product, and superior customer service, customers choose to come to them more than Sprint and Tmobile, and ATT. Also, customers choose to stay with them more than any other company. That's the company that I'd want to work for....it makes more sense to me.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 2:02 PM
Verizon's service isn't great. How about I needed a tech sent to my house for my infamous high speed fios (yeah right) Made an appointment for one day he came the day before because he had "nothing to do", what are appointments for? I was on vacation that's why I didn't make the appointment for the time the idiot came. Talk about great customer service! I cannot wait until this contract is up with Verizon, I couldn't get anything done over the phone I had to write a letter to escalate everything and finally 5 months later I got a response. I guess all of their "GREAT" customer service reps are at the wireless department.
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bkw79

May 14, 2008, 2:13 PM
Well, there will always be isolated incidences, but the proof is in the numbers. Verizon has the lowest churn consistently for every quarter for almost 6 years, and they also bring in more customers than any other carrier almost every single quarter. So, I would think they are pretty great...if not great, definitely better than the rest....and they do this, even with higher prices.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 2:18 PM
That's fine, but come July 1st they have something under their sleeves. They're going to start paying their reps on every single phone sold and customer service. Honestly, if they would have started this sooner maybe it would have saved them. In the past if people threatened to cancel we would say "hey here's your account number", but when that goes in effect it's going to be much different.

Sprint is finally realizing that happy reps= great Customer Service.
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bkw79

May 14, 2008, 2:20 PM
Good for them! I used to be a Sprint customer, but customer service was one of the primary reasons that I left. It would be great if they improved it. That would push the other carriers to work harder!
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willv

May 14, 2008, 3:05 PM
now your talking landline verizon and not verizon wireless. and their deposits are $125 or $400 per line. no more no less
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 3:08 PM
No Verizon is Verizon. I've had about 6 customers that came back to us because their deposits were $1000
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willv

May 14, 2008, 3:18 PM
working for verizon wirelss, my deposits show up as 125 or 400. and verizon is not verizon wireless
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 3:20 PM
Seriously did you say Verizon is not Verizon Wireless? Why do they carry the same name?
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willv

May 14, 2008, 3:32 PM
before this starts a whole new debate let me clarify why i said that

im in florida, in and around my area there are verizon store and then verizon wireless stores. wireless stores dont sell landline. i cant speak for the rest of the country, but around here they are "different". verizon wireless cs and verizon cs are also different. that was why i said that. im an indirect agent, and cs isnt that great to us, maybe cause arent "customers". and just so you know im not a "hater", i hope sprint starts to pick back up that way maybe vzw will offer everything for 100. unfortunatly i dont think they will do that because they know they can make a lil more off data. if people stop buying it then maybe they will change.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 3:36 PM
Okay I got you. Do you know anybody that works in a Vzw corperate store. I have to be honest on the Sprint side indirects have it pretty easy, they only have to worry about selling phones and meeting quota. While in the corperate store, we used to have to sell long distance for house phones while Indirect didn't have to.
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willv

May 14, 2008, 3:44 PM
only the guys at my local store. they arent the nicest people. they only get paid commission, while i get salary plus comission(comission is a lot less) but they dont help customers just sell. one of customers was in the mall where the corporate store was and he forgot his voicemail password, they asked where he got it and he said down the road, the rep said he had to see us to fix it and WE ALL know thats total bs. i have to help people, CS is part of my job, not just sales. when i was a customer before i started working for them i would drive for about an hour to get to a good store and not go 3 minutes to see them locally. they are that bad. but no one is perfect and everyone has bad days so maybe they were havin bad days everyday lol
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 3:49 PM
Thank you for your input, because you confirmed that every company has it's share of bad customer service. Sprint isn't doing the bestnow but I cannot wait to see how it's going to be when the new commission structure is in effect.
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willv

May 14, 2008, 3:57 PM
oh hell no vzw isnt perfect, and anyone who thinks so is crazy lol. in my opinion vzw and sprint are the best (alltel close). now this is in my area i cant speak for the rest of the country. someone is gonna come on here sayin vzw sucks in wisconsin. man i never been to wisconsin. it doesnt bother me. someone is allways gonna be really good somewhere and not so good somewhere else. i talk to cs a lot over the phone, and sometimes you get the stupidest person and other times i get someone that sounds like they went to vzw school or something. i think alot of people are bandwagon-ers and haters and like to see people fail. sprint failing wouldnt be a good thing, only if they came back better. competition is key. i heard in europe a lot of peop...
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 4:01 PM
I like you! 😁
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willv

May 14, 2008, 4:09 PM
you seem pretty knowledgable and open-minded too. 🙂
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 4:11 PM
I try to be 😁
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nextel18

May 13, 2008, 6:25 PM
"Sprint is THE worst for everything wireless." You cannot say that because they still have a lead in data.
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learninghome

May 14, 2008, 4:08 PM
Kind of like hanging out with an uglier person to make yourself look more attractive. With a company around to look disorganized and unreliable, it makes us look even better.
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willv

May 14, 2008, 4:22 PM
lmao i dont care who the hell you are thats funny
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fracturedpsyche

May 13, 2008, 9:38 PM
att couldn't buy tmobile if they wanted to with cherries on top. TMobile is owned by Deutsch telkom, one of the biggest friggin wirelines in europe, and they would not sell Tmobile in a million years
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AndrewT

May 19, 2008, 11:15 AM
Deutsche Telekom's assets make AT&T look like a pauper... And withh T-Mobile being #1 in wireless growth and gaining net customers, there's no way AT&T could ever buy T-Mobile. In fact, Deutsche Telekom could probably buy AT&T, but it wouldn't make business sense...
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nextel18

May 13, 2008, 6:03 PM
Cant happen. FCC wouldn’t allow that and it wouldn’t be worthwhile when you take into account the divestitures they would have to do before the regulators even think about giving the nod.
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NapalmBBQ

May 13, 2008, 7:35 PM
I have genuinely missed Nextel18 and his voice of reason. I wondered if all the hubub about Sprint would bring him out of his cave.

Let the uninformed have it, sir!
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nextel18

May 14, 2008, 4:46 PM
No. I was just busy.
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YOUNGFLY3FLASHY

May 13, 2008, 5:50 PM
cingular was allways at&t at&t spun-off Verizn and Comcast AT&T was a Monopoly
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eric_cartman

May 13, 2008, 6:06 PM
If VZW buys Sprint, then will all Sprint customers be unwillingly supplied with the VZW Software on their Sprint phones?
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lray801

May 13, 2008, 6:08 PM
All Verizon needs to do is sit back and watch Sprint tank. Don't expect them to make a move unless they're forced to. I have no sympathy for Sprint. They've been broken for a long time with a no 'quick-fix' solution and buying Nextel only put more holes in their canoe floating down River de Crap. Deutsche Telekom could buy Sprint just to let it go under and be less pressure for T-Mo. As for Verizon buying Sprint to complete with the 'New at&t'? What a laugh. Anyone who believes it's the 'New at&t' is giving their marketing dollars a lot of use. Seriously! It's the same company, new spin. Verizon is way ahead at&t, new or old.
It's sad for people who work for this company, but the weak will perish!
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wonderwall

May 13, 2008, 6:33 PM
Verizon isnt in competition with ATT and never will be. We build our customers not buy them
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PooFlinger1

May 13, 2008, 6:39 PM
wonderwall said:
Verizon isnt in competition with ATT and never will be. We build our customers not buy them


LOL... ummmmm... Cingular/ATT merger? How is that not buying customers? every major national carrier got to where they are by purchasing smaller companies. ATT, Verzion, Sprint, TM.... They all do. And if ATT is so good at building, how come they still have higher customer churn than Verizon and TM?
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wonderwall

May 13, 2008, 6:46 PM
Verizon hasnt had a major merged with anybody since verizon started. We have picked up little mom and pop carriers through the years but nothing major like att and sprint nextel. So yes I stick with saying att bought there customers and we built ours.
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jskrenes

May 14, 2008, 12:18 AM
And you know that VZW would have the balls to either spin off the Nextel portion or just shut the whole thing down and let people out of contracts.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 3:51 PM
But hasn't Sprint's stock gone up from 7 buck to 9 bucks weird? Especially since they're going out of business. You would think it'll go DOWN 2 more not up.
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nextel18

May 14, 2008, 4:34 PM
If Sprint were to go out of business, the stock would go to $0 or under $1. They still have a nice enterprise value so that makes the shares worth something.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 4:55 PM
I was being sarcastic to the Sprint haters
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Ghosthendrikson

May 14, 2008, 6:13 PM
MizzSprint said:
I was being sarcastic to the Sprint haters



And he was kindly pointing out that you don't know what your talking about.
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MizzSprint

May 14, 2008, 7:35 PM
Do you feel better Sprint hater?
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Ghosthendrikson

May 14, 2008, 9:25 PM
I never said I was a Sprint Hater. I could care less about the whole "Who is the better carrier argument". You guys can all argue until your blue in the face about who is the better carrier.

I look at it strictly from a business standpoint. When you look solely at company financials, then it becomes very difficult to justify that Sprint has done ANYTHING right, starting with what will probably go down as the WORST merger in the last probably century.

When your looking at financials, VZ and ATT are titans compared to Sprint or even TMO, Altell, etc.

The reason for my comment about your comment was due to the fact that your sole argument was that Sprint stock went up a couple points. Thats all in good fun in the short term, but the...
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fack

May 16, 2008, 2:04 PM
Guess theres nothing else mizzsprint....?
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MizzSprint

May 19, 2008, 11:36 AM
Aww Fack you missed me!

I had the past 3 days off, and I usually don't come on PS unless I'm at work.
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MizzSprint

May 19, 2008, 11:32 AM
Yes, the stock has been down, WHO CARES! The company stock has been down for the past few years. When we see it's finally coming up we have people that say "Oh well Verizon or AT&T this." We're talking about Sprint here. Another thing how come people have to bring those carriers in the argument each time something positive is said about Sprint? Since those carriers are so superior why are people so worried about what Sprint is doing? They lost subscribers that's fine, every company has to have a downfall at one point in order to take proper steps to become successful.

So as I was saying in the post prior, Sprint's stock is up finally! It may not mean anything to YOU but it does to me, and all the other faithful stockholders that held on ...
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