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Sprint Buying Alltel

Wireless.O.G.

Mar 26, 2008, 1:07 PM
Source: Reuters for Dummies

"Just announced, Sprint is using it's remaining capitol originally intended to help launch their WiMax and QChat technologies to buy the regional service provider Alltel. Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse was quoted saying "If we are going to go down... we are taking Chad with us." The Merrill Lynch investment analyst thinktank was quoted later as saying "Based on our information we believe that if T-Mobile did purchase Sprint post the Alltel purchase that they could in fact afford to consume both companies and likely benefit from the merger offering their customer's a more diversified set of offerings." Sprint's purchasing of Alltel has been a long standing expectation since Alltels merger with Smucker's Blueberr...
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Jon-sprint-

Mar 26, 2008, 1:17 PM
Is this a joke? What does Grape Jelly have to do with anything?!?! 🤨
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Wireless.O.G.

Mar 26, 2008, 1:24 PM
Blueberry Preserves not Grape Jelly.
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yoboy8

Mar 26, 2008, 3:57 PM
funny...not true...but funny 🤣
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Jon-sprint-

Mar 26, 2008, 9:00 PM
hmmmm......difference?!?! 👀
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jediknight811

Mar 27, 2008, 10:41 AM
I agree funny.....but it won't happen. With the release of the amazing Simply Everything plan and the the first carrier to have the curve next month AND WIMAX in the future I highly doubt Sprint would throw that all away.
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I AM GOD

Mar 27, 2008, 4:44 PM
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att and T-mob have the curve.
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jrfdsf

Mar 27, 2008, 6:40 PM
I AM GOD said:
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att and T-mob have the curve.


Not to mention some good sliders as well!

Sorry. That one was way out in left field!

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DE 2 Philly

Mar 31, 2008, 9:36 PM
So the LG Rumor and Samsung M520 arent good sliders?
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jrfdsf

Mar 27, 2008, 6:36 PM
And Chad's hair gel will get a 4g upgrade as well. 😁
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Wireless.O.G.

Mar 31, 2008, 11:52 AM
lmfao
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DE 2 Philly

Mar 31, 2008, 9:37 PM
I have a strange feeling Hesse wouldnt have said "we are taking Chad with us"; that doesnt sound like something he'd sake... FAKE!
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Jon-sprint-

Apr 2, 2008, 3:08 PM
Hesse is more of a bller than people give him credit for
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BigKippa

Apr 3, 2008, 12:26 PM
Where did you hear this. I have found nothing to back this up.
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gldnhrtrblfst

Apr 23, 2008, 9:37 AM
are you people dense, its a joke
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X_MOSES_X

Apr 23, 2008, 9:33 AM
Please tell me where your sources are coming from..I gotta know...Because if in fact it is The Inquirer ..Inquiring minds wanna to know...
Please make up all of your minds who is buying who. It is like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get.
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Jessie2002

May 1, 2008, 11:07 PM
Hi I work for sprint and i can tell every one this right now that we are not going to buy out Alltel. This is not true and if any of the Alltel customer read this please don't worry Sprint is not coming after Alltel. 😎
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