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Not even the iPhone can save Sprint

iDont Care

Oct 3, 2011, 1:48 PM
lmao 🤣
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freedom4u

Oct 3, 2011, 2:00 PM
hahaha i agree .. the end is near for the sprint and epic fail!!!! finally some good news! 😈
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gloopey1

Oct 3, 2011, 4:21 PM
freedom4u said:
hahaha i agree .. the end is near for the sprint and epic fail!!!! finally some good news! 😈

Yeah, you guys have been saying that for years now:

https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »

https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »

https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »

Wrong then, wrong now. 😎
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VZW611LA

Oct 3, 2011, 7:11 PM
When did they last post a profit? That's right. They will be bought out by different compaines once they get to a price they are worth.
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gloopey1

Oct 3, 2011, 8:05 PM
VZW611LA said:
When did they last post a profit? That's right. They will be bought out by different compaines once they get to a price they are worth.

How about the last 6 quarters? Go do a little research before posting stuff.
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Jayshmay

Oct 4, 2011, 2:15 AM
🤣 !!! Good response!
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T Bone

Oct 4, 2011, 12:03 PM
Sprint has NOT posted a profit in the last 6 quarters, they have experienced reduction in the amount of loss, but they have NOT had any profits.

Even with the recent improvement, Sprint is STILL losing money.

For fiscal year 2010 Sprint lost over $3 billion.....this was considered an 'improvement' because a year earlier they were losing $10 billion

But they have NOT posted a profit in years....

I don't think they've posted a profit so far this century.
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cellphonesaretools

Oct 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
I'm just waiting for the Sprint fanboys to blame Sprint's mega-risky iPhone decision on Nextel ;-)

Eventually, they always get around to blaming ALL of Sprint's problems on the failed Nextel acquisition.

Wait for it...
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cheech004

Oct 3, 2011, 7:16 PM
your a moron, how can you wish any company employing people in the USA to go under. Times are ruff millions are unemployed and your ok with adding a few thousand more. Go crawl back to your cave
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Jayshmay

Oct 4, 2011, 2:16 AM
You should be a politician.
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Ashke13

Oct 4, 2011, 11:11 AM
You are obviously a former Sprint customer who didn't get what you wanted or left because you didn't wnat to pay your bill. Sprint is doing very well and is not being taken over by anyone, do some research on Sprints last 6 quarters to see proof.
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netboy

Oct 3, 2011, 2:05 PM
those sprint morons just don't get it!
how about spending that 20 billlions improving the networks instead?
people don't care how hot is your phone, if coverage sucks people will stay away!
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vercetti

Oct 3, 2011, 2:14 PM
your the moron, they have the 2nd highest rated network behind verizon, like pages of awards, AT&T has "0" awards adn last place for dropped calls and network call quality!
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jikhead

Oct 3, 2011, 2:17 PM
This is not their major problem. The problem is coverage, or the lackthereof....no rural coverage. This was the biggest problem when I worked for Sprint. We had the products and service that were the best, and we provided the best service in town. This was back in early 2000s and didn't have VW in our state yet. Where we couldn't compete was in coverage...we had no rural coverage , which is important in a rural state like Arkansas. Corporate always refused to see that and always stated to us, "coverage is never an issue". This is why I left shortly before my store was sold off to an independent dealer in 2004, and it was completely closed down somewhere from 2008-2010.
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Slammer

Oct 3, 2011, 3:09 PM
---" The problem is coverage, or the lackthereof....no rural coverage. This was the biggest problem when I worked for Sprint. We had the products and service that were the best, and we provided the best service in town. This was back in early 2000s and didn't have VW in our state yet."---

No. Coverage is not the issue. This is always a misconception. Why do people always judge the rural coverage as being the huge selling point? The rural areas only make up about 18% of the wireless subscriber population. Sprint has service in the vast population of the country. For this reason alone, I have always contended and felt that people are paying more for something they don't need. I don't think it is in Sprint's best interest to spend billions o...
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yourvoiceofreason

Oct 3, 2011, 3:16 PM
I agree with what you said about paying more for something that you don't need...

Sadly though, the majority of the people in my area feel they need awesome rural coverage, when the majority hardly ever go to rural areas...
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Mark_S

Oct 3, 2011, 3:58 PM
Alot of these opinions and perspectives are decently thought out.

Regardless, Sprint needs to pull its pants up and work on coverage.
There was and is plenty of example with VZW and AT&T what to do and not to do before taking big ventures on Droids and IPhones.
Sprints network for what and where it is now is good.
The Metro/Rural issue does have an impact to an extent.
Big Red and Big Blue excel in those areas due to mergers and acquistions.
At&T's coverage if the T-Mobile merger goes through will improve nothing for AT&T.
The coverage will be exactly the same for AT&T but for T-Mobile it will improve.
Sprint should have worked on network coverage expansion a long time ago.
Listening to customer feedback is crucial and not the cor...
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Slammer

Oct 3, 2011, 4:21 PM
Sprint's position for coverage, ended when Verizon and AT&T worked and are still working as a cartel. No other carrier dare enter rural coverage areas for proposition. ATT and Verizon would only out bid them.

John B.
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gloopey1

Oct 3, 2011, 4:30 PM
Slammer said:
Sprint's position for coverage, ended when Verizon and AT&T worked and are still working as a cartel. No other carrier dare enter rural coverage areas for proposition. ATT and Verizon would only out bid them.

John B.

Unless you live in a rural area, roaming works just fine. I would rather have a phone that works everywhere I need it to than one that offers in-network coverage most places. at&t's rural coverage is still very poor compared to CDMA networks and Verizon restricts roaming in areas where they do have it. In other words, a Sprint phone will usually roam onto a partner network where there are in-coverage gaps, but Verizon usually does not. You just live with the gap and suck it up....
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Slammer

Oct 3, 2011, 4:12 PM
Those customers absolutely need the coverage. There's no doubt about that. Unfortunately, these subs will most definitely have to buck up for the rural coverage. But the important point I am trying to make, is more of a mature perception. Even though they can't connect with Sprint as their primary carrier, most don't rail on Sprint as saying they "Suck". They say it sucks that they can't get Sprint(or Tmobile). Doesn't that sound more mature? But regardless, It's just not financially feasible at this point for Sprint to plug money into a small percentage of subscribers. The great thing about having Sprint and Tmobile around, is rural subs can still benefit by the two's existence. They act a govern for price across the board in metro and rura...
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CellStudent

Oct 4, 2011, 12:18 AM
netboy said:
...people don't care how hot is your phone, if coverage sucks people will stay away!

Dude- where have you been?

That statement stopped being true in, like, 2007.

The glitz and glamor of the handset IS the major selling point for wireless phones now.

It shouldn't be... improving coverage should matter, but it doesn't. As long as people keep gravitating away from voice services (that require 98% effectiveness to not be annoying) and keep adopting SMS, messaging apps and web-based means for communicating (which only require 80% effectiveness to be acceptable) the money isn't going to be there for building out new markets.

SO, I wish you were right, because I've devoted ...
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Jayshmay

Oct 4, 2011, 2:33 AM
I think your cool for learning about cell towers and deploying wireless networks 😁
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