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Re: With a Company This Small

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:09:47 EDT

bobjohnson posted :

US Cellular is proof there's not that much incentive in that market.

And they're vastly cheaper than Verizon.

Nationwide coverage is a selling point even though the customer may never use it. I'm not sure what C-Spire is trying to accomplish with this but they do have an agreement with Verizon for 3g roaming so it may just be them setting up for a sale to them.
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Re: With a Company This Small

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:27:00 EDT

osravens posted : Dobson Cellular One was bought by AT&T, not Verizon. Cumberland was a Dobson Cellular One market. Until 2009, neither of the big 2 industry giants serviced this part of MD. Verizon still doesn't.

Re: With a Company This Small

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:26:14 EDT

osravens posted : US Cellular is proof there's not that much incentive in that market.

And they're vastly cheaper than Verizon.

Re: With a Company This Small

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:57:15 EDT

anon posted : For road warriors sure, VZ might be a better choice. But for the other 90+%, local coverage and $5mo savings is all they need to trump the others. That's the market they're going for.

Re: With a Company This Small

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:48:26 EDT

TBusiness posted : Maybe a pending merger in the works?

When VZW took over Airtouch Midwest (what was left of it) and Dobson's Cellular One, they did the same thing. Prices were changed to meet Verizon's and then a few months later everyone was given notices you were being sold to VZW an you needed to buy new equipment, those that didn't want to move were let out of their contracts. But that's only because VZW would not provide discounted handsets and AirTouch/Cell One was TDMA.

With a Company This Small

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:11:28 EDT

osravens posted : considering the problems roaming on 4G with the differing spectrum allocations, why on earth would you want to mimic Verizon pricing?

You have to find some advantage, or you might as well just give up. If it's not coverage and it's not pricing, what is it?