Why are Sprints 2Q numbers in the toilet???
Can someone explain to me why Sprint's growth is so horrible while other carriers are kicking butt(Verizon, Cingular).
Is it the Nextel customers that are leaving or what? I work in the business channel for a competitor and I can't tell you how many people are over paying for a spotty network with Nextel.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Is it the Nextel customers that are leaving or what? I work in the business channel for a competitor and I can't tell you how many people are over paying for a spotty network with Nextel.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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It comes down to the coverage. The Sprint coverage is just plain bad in a lot of areas, even on interstate highways. When you have to roam off of of someone elses towers most of the time, it gives little meaning to having wireless service. After all, that's the basis for a cell phone is the service you get, not the kind of phone you have.
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Mostly it's because the Sprint people had a crappy network to start with, then when they tried to culturally absorb the Nextel customers into being Sprint customers (I say "culturally absorb" because the networks are still separate) they lost the Nextel identity. So why should Nextel customers stick around when they are being ignored, and even though it will take a few years, the iDEN network will be converted to Sprint-POS, which has a lousy reputation for quality. The Nextel customers might as well bail to Verizon or Cingular now, rather than hang on with the now-ignored Nextel brand & system.
They ought to fire ALL of the Sprint executives, hire back all of the Nextel employees who have left, and let Nextel assume control of Sprint. Then...
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They ought to fire ALL of the Sprint executives, hire back all of the Nextel employees who have left, and let Nextel assume control of Sprint. Then...
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nextel is horrible in detroit, and ny, but nextel will not assume control of sprint because it wasnt even a merger, it was a purchase, pr made it look like a merger of equals but i think you knew that already, but sprint's horrible service is the reason y i left, and also most people i know used cingular so i went to them and their service is excellent to me but they do have their f*ups, and cs isnt all that bad like people claim,
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Mergers can be tough especially when you are trying to merge two completely different technologies. It will somewhat confuse employees.
Sure Sprint has a lot of roaming, but can you not talk in that roaming? Whats the point of a cell phone? To talk right?
Roaming just allows you to do that in more places while keeping the consumer prices down.
I believe lack of marketing and lack of mainstream phones such as anything MOTOROLA, is what caused low numbers.
To combat those issues- watch your TV, sprint has something up their sleeve...
Sprint welcomes the KRZR and RIZR to join their line up. Also, the Q. updated.
Geographically speaking, Sprint has the largest VOICE coverage area. Period.
Sure Sprint has a lot of roaming, but can you not talk in that roaming? Whats the point of a cell phone? To talk right?
Roaming just allows you to do that in more places while keeping the consumer prices down.
I believe lack of marketing and lack of mainstream phones such as anything MOTOROLA, is what caused low numbers.
To combat those issues- watch your TV, sprint has something up their sleeve...
Sprint welcomes the KRZR and RIZR to join their line up. Also, the Q. updated.
Geographically speaking, Sprint has the largest VOICE coverage area. Period.
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Well, all the pre-paid(s) added on Boost (iDEN) and Virgin (Sprint) are biting the heck out of their native networks. Lenny's (Lauer, COO) one job was to limit the prepaid adds to the network because it was taking away from the postpaid subscribers who truly are the meat & potatos. All the construction co's and truckers using Nextel AND all the enterprise (business subscribers) using Sprint... Well, Lenny's gone.
I look at it from a marketing perspective. Yeah, the "are you agitatin' my dots?" commercial is the funniest thing I've seen, it's not enough from a new corp identity stand-point.
My favorite was the cry-babying about SPCS(s) low stock evaluation while the spin-off (Embarq) is running around like a **insert funny ane...
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I look at it from a marketing perspective. Yeah, the "are you agitatin' my dots?" commercial is the funniest thing I've seen, it's not enough from a new corp identity stand-point.
My favorite was the cry-babying about SPCS(s) low stock evaluation while the spin-off (Embarq) is running around like a **insert funny ane...
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I think it is because Sprint has a very poor business model. They have become very dependant on there MVNO resellers. Did you all see in RCR that Sprint's resellers posted negative net adds? That really is a problem for the bottom line.
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