wruckman
Ruckman.net
join:2007-10-25
Northwood, OH | Slowing down
This is a sign that business is really slowing down for Sprint. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
| said by wruckman  :This is a sign that business is really slowing down for Sprint. You know I never understand why Verizon Wireless does not buy them?. CDMA carrier (mostly) and this would double their size and Blow AT&T out of the water in terms of # of active subscribers. |
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lettcco
join:2003-12-04
Valencia, CA | I sure hope it's the other way around, cause verizon=communist |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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said by NY Tel :You know I never understand why Verizon Wireless does not buy them?. Probably because there is too much overlap between Verizon Wireless and Sprint's coverage areas. A much better acquisition for Verizon Wireless or Sprint would be ALLTEL.
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Raptor
Not a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
 ·Bell Sympatico
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Perhaps time is all it will take, let them bleed a little bit more before moving in for the kill. 5000 last year, more to follow now?
And then there's getting the Federal nod, not that that is ever a real hurdle. 
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
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Wasn't Alltel recently sold? And as far as the overlap is concerned - that would be 50 million additional subscribers who would be able to take advantage of the Verizon network, allow them to shut down duplicate towers and become the largest carrier overnight. |
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DoRight
join:2007-07-20
Mechanicsburg, PA
·Comcast
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Yeah.. Sprint should have bought Alltel or US Cellular... I can only thank Sprint for one thing.. Them laying me off last year.. If they hadn't I would still be there and not have this awesome job managing Verizon FIOS locations...  |
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s13
join:2007-12-06
USA | reply to lettcco
I went with Sprint specifically to get away from Verizon and their nickel-and-diming bullshat. The day they buy Sprint is the day I become a T-Mobile customer. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
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said by NY Tel :And as far as the overlap is concerned - that would be 50 million additional subscribers who would be able to take advantage of the Verizon network, allow them to shut down duplicate towers and become the largest carrier overnight. I don't think Verizon would want to touch the mess that is Sprint. I don't have Verizon Wireless as my personal cell provider but it seems they are doing pretty well without Sprint as it stands now. If they were to acquire Sprint, it would be a huge financial risk for a company that is doing very well. There would be all sorts of problems, and if Verizon is smart, they would want to avoid such hassles.
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CurGeorge8
join:2005-05-02
Pittsburgh, PA | I concur. VZW seems a lot more concerned about profitability than they are about shear size. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
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Probably why Verizon has not yet offered me the job of Senior VP of Mergers and Acquisitions. Hey I'm a former employee - they could just re-activate me and bridge my years of service, I'll buy Sprint - shut the towers down, overload the network and collect my 6 million in executive perks.....lol
Works for me  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to lettcco
As much as I despise Verizon (Wireless and landline from past issues), I don't think Verizon would buy Sprint. A Sprint + Alltel deal would be more likely.
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | Sprint is a $40B+ Fortune 100 profitable (barely) company. They could lose millions more customers and still be an F100 company.
The issue is iDen losses, not CDMA. Once they convert iDen customers to CDMA and improve customer support (it's getting better), they'll be back on track. When they merged, they said it would take several years for the dust to settle. Well it's only been two. Give it a couple more years.
If WiMAX takes off, they'll be in good shape.
This is no different than US car companies going through ups/downs. They're just too big to go away. |
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esc0
@swbell.net | reply to DoRight
Please tell Verizon to come into the El Paso, TX area. I am dying for a change. We all are. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
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said by NY Tel :Wasn't Alltel recently sold? Alltel is now privately held but that doesn't prevent them from being acquired in the future. Stock analysts have stated for some time that Alltel would be an excellent fit with Verizon Wireless. |
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NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
·VOIPo
| said by Sammer :said by NY Tel :Wasn't Alltel recently sold? Alltel is now privately held but that doesn't prevent them from being acquired in the future. Stock analysts have stated for some time that Alltel would be an excellent fit with Verizon Wireless. I believe that Verizon "peers" or uses quite a bit of Alltel's network already. |
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BIGMIKE
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join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA
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ydoucare
join:2003-03-12
Rensselaer, IN | reply to NY Tel
If Verizon ever buys Sprint, i'll be saying goodbye to my nice unlimited EVDO connection. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
| reply to xenophon
what you fail to mention is that the iDEN bubbas didn't just switch over to the CDMA side of sprint. They left. That has to be the case because you can't move people around on your network and lose money. People have to leave.
Also, Sprint lost a lot of the original Sprint faithfuls (like me) who viewed them as an advanced company pairing up with a bunch of hick chirp users. These days, Verizon and ATT understand the tech just as well as the old Sprint used to so yo udont have to stick with them to be cool or hip.
And the MVNOs are killing sprint. They need to stop those the sooner the better. |
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