EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
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I find it interesting that the new service won't be called Qwest Wireless, but Verizon Wireless... also, that VZW won't allow Qwest handset owners to switch their existing handsets to VZW- since Qwest Wireless is Sprint, wouldn't they all be CDMA? (Or are the Sprint handsets not dual-band or something? I suppose cellular 800Mhz coverage would be important for VZW in former AirTouch territory.) |
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xirian
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join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY
| said by EPS  :I find it interesting that the new service won't be called Qwest Wireless, but Verizon Wireless... also, that VZW won't allow Qwest handset owners to switch their existing handsets to VZW- since Qwest Wireless is Sprint, wouldn't they all be CDMA? (Or are the Sprint handsets not dual-band or something? I suppose cellular 800Mhz coverage would be important for VZW in former AirTouch territory.) They would need to have verizon software for said phones to flash it with, as sprint phones use java whereas verizon uses BREW. |
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25
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I'm not so sure it won't be called Qwest Wireless. An interesting note at the end of this article: »www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=152939
"With Sprint, Qwest was simply buying and reselling Sprint contracts as a wholesaler. But with Verizon, it will act as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and actually market and sell the service as if it were its own."
As for handsets, here is an interesting note from Xchangemag: »www.xchangemag.com/hotnews/qwest···,p2.html
"Before selecting Verizon as its new provider, the RBOC also was talking with AT&T Inc., which has GSM-based service. Qwest’s Sprint-based offering is a CDMA service, so moving subscribers to Verizon’s CDMA network would be a less painful transition for end users, requiring no handset exchanges."
Maybe this is referring to voice, not data handsets? |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Pretty much all handsets are data in some way nowadays, though... even my free three year old Samsung has Get It Now and game downloading, though it can only use the slow 1xRTT rather than EV-DO. |
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viperlmw
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join:2005-01-25 | reply to viperlmw
According to Ed, it won't be Qwest Wireless. It is being sold by Qwest as Verizon Wireless. |
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