 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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1 edit | Revenue per Unit? Sprint? I'm shocked that Sprint has the highest voice ARPU and is within $.40 of Verizon's data ARPU. If you exclude the two regional carriers (#9 and #10).
So much for their perception as the "discount" carrier. |
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 MPScanPremium
join:2001-08-24
Boston, MA | said by Matt:I'm shocked that Sprint has the highest voice ARPU and is within $.40 of Verizon's data ARPU. If you exclude the two regional carriers (#9 and #10).So much for their perception as the "discount" carrier. I thought that was weird also.. especially since Verizon nickle and dimes people for everything. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by MPScan:said by Matt:I'm shocked that Sprint has the highest voice ARPU and is within $.40 of Verizon's data ARPU. If you exclude the two regional carriers (#9 and #10).So much for their perception as the "discount" carrier. I thought that was weird also.. especially since Verizon nickle and dimes people for everything. I wonder if perhaps ARPU literally means "handset" ... Verizon probably has more family plan users, which would artificially lower their ARPU.
I know my individual Verizon service was more expensive than my individual Sprint service was, for virtually identical plans. However, I have 4 phones on my Verizon plan now and I only pay $9.99/month each for the 3 additional phones. |
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Im more shocked that with Verizons future acquisitions , they would turn into a 14+ billion dollar company. That is enough to make me want to invest the rest of my savings in Verizon.
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Actually Sprint data ARPU is quite a bit higher on the CDMA side, way higher than Verizon. The iDen side isn't heavily data oriented so it drags down the total data ARPU. |
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With Alltel you'd only pay for the 3rd phone. The first 2 phones are free. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to xenophon
Ah, the good old Sprint excuse- "We swear we'd be number one if it weren't for Nextel!" |
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T mobile sucks I can get it here but they would not even give me a phone verizon did att wanted too much so im stuck with verizon. |
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 schmol
join:2001-12-26
Windsor, PA | would have you been a new subscriber at T-Mobile? I can't believe you couldn't get a free phone if you were a new subscriber or was it you wanted a more expensive phone and not one of the ones they offered you for free...that's my guess. |
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Well, they would be in ARPU. Not an excuse, it's reality. Nextel simply doesn't pull much data revenue, as it barely has a data network. |
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no I wanted their free phone promo. It was my first cell phone my credit is not that bad. I only had to pay a $125 deposit for verizon. T-mobile would not even let me put down a deposit. the just flat out denied me |
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