Sprint getting rid of Nextel??
Sprint_2008 said:
good prediction Yean. By then Qchat will probably be equal to, if not much greater than iDEN ๐ณ
Sprint is only phasing out the Nextel branding for PTT phones. Future phones will say "Sprint" on both sides with "Nextel" referring to the name of the PTT service, similar to "Garmin Mobile."
Plus, I get paid for a new activation.
This is in regards to a conversation I had with a gentleman in my market who has Nextel, and his wife has Sprint. He's kinds stuck with Nextel for work, but he told me his wife's phone worked a lot better.
Of course, me finding that a bit ironic now that I've seen the latest numbers from all the networks. I almost suggested him talking to his boss about a Power Source phone.
Of course, I made a comment somewhere else in regards to the relation of land line and wireless. My market is mostly Qwest territory, and Qwest has contracts with Sprint. Maybe that could explain why this market seems to have better Sprint coverage. Tailed off rea...
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Oh, and also.. iDEN to CDMA is not a new activation, retard.
Unless youre a MORE filthy liar, and tell them they need new phone numbers and cancel their old ones.
In short, you couldnt sell an eskimo a pair of gloves, dbag.
Affiliates like Shantel, IPCS still get paid for a New activation when converting them from nextel to Sprint because they are going from a Corporate nextel account to an agreement that is owned by the affiliate. Also in these markets the affiliate can NOT SELL iden at all so that makes them competitors. You can still see a Nextel stand and a Sprint stand right next to each other fighting for the same customers in some parts of the usa.
Thats the same reason not all Sprint Customers have Roaming included...
Just because its one way where you are does not mean it is that way all over.
Most of the iDen only phones are currently being replaced by Power Source phones, which run on both CDMA and iDen. I have seen a growing number of said Power Source phones.
A personal thing that I have noticed:
Sprint was boasting a total coverage of over 295 million people nationwide last year on CDMA. That has gone down to 262 Million this year. This could be because of affiliates either falling out or not reporting their coverage numbers to Sprint. This could also be because of the possiblity of using CDMA structures for WiMax-along with towers having to be shut down due to age ir cost of operation vs revenue in area.
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Sprint HAS lost some coverage though, due to analog shutdown. Analog put Sprint and Verizon over AT&T in terms of total voice coverage.
The scenario is particularly possible because of DT's foreign ownership; a weak dollar means Sprint can be had for far less now that it would in better economic conditions, and Sprint's stock is down nearly 50 percent since the beginning of the year.
Of course, technical challenges would be incredible if the two companies were to merge: T-Mobile is a ...
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1. It would consume nearly all of Tmos capital to buy up Sprint. Sprint is not cheap. If you want to be realistic at least look at who can afford it... Google comes to mind, especially since they vadged out early on the 700mhz auction and their stock is over $425 a share right now and they have billions flowing into their wireless ventures like its on Fir...
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