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Amp'd Files For Bankruptcy Protection

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Shaggy145J

Jun 2, 2007, 11:37 PM

growing too fast...?

for some reason I don't remember learning in college that more growth = losing money

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Growing too fast is not "bad", but it might not be the best in terms of profit. In economics they teach you of two costs: fixed and variable.

In this situation fixed is wages, equipment costs, rent, etc. The variable cost though is related on every...
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It is the MVNO model, some have the funding to survive and some simply do not have it. I can honestly say this is not the last of the MVNO deaths(remember ESPN mobile)...
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RaunchyFarts

Jun 10, 2007, 1:09 PM

My prayer for Amp'd Mobile

I pray to God every night before I head off to bed that Amp'd Mobile is violently torn apart and dissolved like a school of sharks on a wounded fish amongst their creditors seeing how they owe $100 million in debt to which the greatest chunk, $33 million, is owed to Verizon Wireless on which Amp'd Mobile relies upon for their 1x-EV-DO voice and data services. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. I also hope Verizon Wireless will leave the 170k Amp'd Mobile customers in the dark by terminating their wireless access ASAP seeing that of that 170k customer base, approximately half of them are deadbeat customers defaulting on their 18 month contracts. While we're at it, who's up to deporting Peter Adderton, the Amp'd Mobile CEO back to the ...
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chocolateman85006

Jun 5, 2007, 8:09 AM

Damn!

There hasn't been a company like Amp'd, nor will there be one after Amp'd, should it go away.
I saw this coming when it came out... didn't think it would work. It's a man eat man world out there.
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roberto92989

Jun 3, 2007, 2:11 PM

"will this affect customers?"

"I wanna know!"
Only when they keel over and die. Or, when they start raising rates.
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softtouchmoto

Jun 3, 2007, 10:31 PM

Good

I Hated Ampd Anyway 🤣 😈 👿 🙄
ehrenboi

Jun 2, 2007, 10:16 PM

Wow

😳 Wow 😳
HAHAHAHAHA *cough* ugh... god... that's a good article.
Can't say I'm surprised. At least they are relying on a much better network than other virtual carriers.
Yankees368

Jun 3, 2007, 10:15 AM

Ampd- Try Not To Die

Anyone remember that
 
 
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