Sprint to potential sell off their iDEN network
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Ensemble was owned by Nextel. P2K, Sprint payed a company to use the Billing system. So does Convergys etc...
Saint.Patrick said:...
How may forum members here feel that divesting of Sprint's iDEN wireless network would be a positive initiative on Sprint's part? I started with Sprint in one of their Nextel Communications branded (post merger) retail stores and by sales ratio was 90% CDMA and 10% iDEN. If one of my customers/potentials did not need a rugged phone, GPS/LBS applications or PTT, I steered the person as far away as possible from a Nextel wireless device. Why you may ask? The sound quality of iDEN is definitely not better than CDMA (anyone remember TDMA?) and if you attempted to use a Nextel wireless device outside the iDEN network, you were FUTA royally with pretty much a paperweight in your hand. I pray every day good o
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But back in early 2002-2003 Sprint was the only network that had that sort of low deposit or no deposit. And most of the time they gave out a free phone. Any remember the Kyocera 2035 or the LG-1010?
Every time I delt with a customer who complained there phone was shut off for no reason. It was a Sprint customer 90 days into there contract with no first payment on file.
On the other hand VZW customers never had issues with non payment. Most complaints were based around other common things like broken phones and minor billing mistakes.
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Saint.Patrick said:...
I don't consider DirectTalk in the conventional scheme of the wireless realm. Even though DirectTalk works up to a 6 mile range, there are stil quite a few iDEN handsets that don't have the DirectTalk capability. Even with roaming, business still can have reliable communications with one another. True, Sprint mobile to mobile doesn't apply while roaming, but at least I know that if I need to dial 911 and I have a wireless signal, I can rest be assured of peace of mind. That can't be said if this same scenario occured outside the DEN network. Currently Sprint has 5 NDC on Sprint, 3 of which are compliant to military specification 810F where as Verizon Wireless only has 2, both 810F compliant. You have t
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jrfdsf said:...Saint.Patrick said:
I don't consider DirectTalk in the conventional scheme of the wireless realm. Even though DirectTalk works up to a 6 mile range, there are stil quite a few iDEN handsets that don't have the DirectTalk capability. Even with roaming, business still can have reliable communications with one another. True, Sprint mobile to mobile doesn't apply while roaming, but at least I know that if I need to dial 911 and I have a wireless signal, I can rest be assured of peace of mind. That can't be said if this same scenario occured outside the DEN network. Currently Sprint has 5 NDC on Sprint, 3 of which are compliant to military specification 810F where as Verizon Wireless only has 2
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And also said: "All I can say is, I subtly discourage anyone from establishing new wireless service on the iDEN side as well swaying current iDEN customers to leave their Nextel service in the dust and come over to real service."
You, SP, obviously know nothing of the Nextel heritage, nor the demographics of the former Nextel subscriber base, nor the value of the Nextel system.
The only legitimate point you've made is that on average, CDMA has better sound quality than iDEN; any reasonable person can agree with that one statement. But iDEN's audio is still ...
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> But you stated that you started with Sprint, not Nextel, and even though you started with Sprint in a former Nextel store, you started post-merger, which means you never really knew the genuine Nextel culture. Sprint changed it dramatically from day two.
SP said: "Sprint won't lose any spectrum nor HPPTT technology..."
> I'm sure you're correct on that point. Sprint can't afford to lose even one iota of the massive spectrum benefits and HP-PTT they sucked out of Nextel. To give any of it up would be suicide for Sprint, because Sprint was weak and non-innovative and in decline for the last several years before the merger, so they had to grab onto some kind of a lifeline, and...
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I was a Nextel customer for quite some time, but after Sprint came into the picture, I could could only watch my phone service and customer service drop for so long before I had to switch.
It's a real shame that a "company" like Sprint got aholed of Nextel and ruined it in practically no time. I do hope Sprint sell's off the iDEN network, and I'd really like to see Nextel come back to what it once was. If that were to happen, I'd sign back up in a heartbeat.
By the way, "Sprintified girlie-person" is very creative. I like it. 🤣