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By any chance Rich was the change in the Carriers section made to reflect the ranking of the wireless carrier as far as the Tier 1 carriers are concerned? The reason I ask Rich is because I noticed the Sprint and the Sprint Together With Nextel are no longer side by side as they were a day ago and it appears the wireless carriers are indeed in order of subscriber numbers.
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nope ray its because they dont want sprint renmaing nascar to sprint nascar cup instead of nextel cup. also because your sprint underwear scares them.. i am just joking rich and eric just so you know. morning ray.
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LOL! Good one satch of the moe. Good one. LOL! Yet another day in the wireless maze like scampering rats seeking out their wedges of cheese.
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Yes. I update the rankings as quarterly numbers come out.
Sprint CDMA: 25.1m
T-Mobile: 25.0m
Sprint iDEN: 16.5m
Please note:
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Sprint CDMA: 25.1m
T-Mobile: 25.0m
Sprint iDEN: 16.5m
Please note:
- Sprint just issued their Q1 numbers. T-Mobile hasn't issued theirs yet, so when those numbers do come out it may change the ranking again, since it's so close.
- I count "PowerSource" customers (hybrid CDMA + iDEN) together with Sprint CDMA. I think that makes the most sense for a number of reasons, even though it's handled through the Nextel brand at the moment.
- The order of the carriers is NOT intended to be some kind of official 1-2-3 ranking. It's purely for the sake of having the Tier 1 carriers listed first, since your average visitor is statistically more likely to be looking for o
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I do appreciate your prompt response Rich to my inquiry from earlier this morning. I'd like to think Rich one of the primary reasons in point #2 for including the PowerSource subscribers under Sprint CDMA is because both the voice and data channels are currently carried over the Sprint 1xRTT network (1xEV-DO Rev 0 & Rev A once one of these types launches) while the PTT still goes over the iDEN one.
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... I'd like to think Rich one of the primary reasons in point #2 for including the PowerSource subscribers under Sprint CDMA is because both the voice and data channels are currently carried over the Sprint 1xRTT network (1xEV-DO Rev 0 & Rev A once one of these types launches) while the PTT still goes over the iDEN one.
That's the technical part of it.
In a broader sense, it's also that PowerSource customers represent successful migrations in phase one of phasing out iDEN.
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The next IC902, dual phone, will have DO on it so perhaps Rich will adjust accordingly.
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I said I already count PowerSource customers as Sprint CDMA customers, so why would that change anything? 😕
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Oops. I was just telling the Ray person that they would offer DO phones on the IC platform.
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LOL! One of our TRSMs from the ATL has been test driving the Motorola ic902 and I was able to view it as well as obtain the final specifications for Sprint. As soon as the ic902 becomes part of our Advantage Club, I plan on getting one.
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