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| # I got a private message from a Sprint employee and so far he/she says the company is in stable grounds but I guess the iPCS issue was resolved or a agreement was made that I was unaware and yet that I was so concerned about.
Anyway back to topic Sprint is leading in regards to new technology deployment and we saw that with EV-DO Rev.A and now WiMAX is on it's way soon enough. We will soon begin to see more WiMAX enabled laptops and devices in the future and so far mobile broadband will continue to improve with such things as UMB or competitors like HSDPA that the last mile is now completely wireless without the need to lay down copper or fiber and still reach broadband like speeds compared to today's markets such as cable and DSL.
On top of that this increases competition because wireless coverage is almost everywhere and they will be working in area's where you could only get AT&T, Qwest, Verizon as a broadband provider. On top of that customers who travel, are moving and such will not have to go through the hassle of disconnecting there service and porting it over to a new area like cable or DSL and all you do is take your WiMAX card and check that you have coverage and your good to go.
Wireless has it's huge advantages and as long as the technology improves the cost for reaching customers will drop dramatically and rural customers will finally be able to taste broadband.
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yahtzee
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Richmond, VA | Why wouldnt it be full speed ahead? 5,000 is not that many folks, especially after such a large merger. WiMax is a business/consumer changing product...
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join:2002-02-26
South Jordan, UT | Future of Sprint... Does anyone know if this will be a replacement for their current Broadband Direct MMDS service? My (limited) understanding is the freq's are the same / similar. | |
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | India They probably hired on 20k Indians in place of those who got the pinky. For one American worker's salary, they could pay 100 or more of their counterparts overseas.
We didn't hear about it because they didn't issue a press release for that. | |
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Michieru
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| Re: India You got any proof of that because if I remember correctly there call center is in Kansas and I never spoke to someone who had a strong accent or at least not that I noticed.
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join:2004-04-07
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| Re: India I did get someone in the Phillipines (I asked and they said Manilla Call Center) last week, so I do know they are doing some outsourcing overseas. | |
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Michieru
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| Re: India Well I would take your word for it, but so far I been lucky.
I do know that Directv is outsourcing for sure as I called yesterday to get a receiver repaired and a lady with a strong accent picked up the phone and was simply doing the procedure done by most tech's.
Of course maybe she is just new to the U.S and recently got a job, but this is not the first time I called Directv and got someone with a strong accent.
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Re: India When I called in about my data card 4 months ago, I got someone with an "urban" accent. Definitely someone from N. America. | |
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| Yeah, the accent in the phillipines is a whole lot better than india's. However, I feel that an american rep can get more done on my account. 2/5 times I have called in the past month have been to the manilla call center. Both reps have been pleasant and I could easily understand them. | |
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join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT
| Re: India I've also gotten someone English trained, but clearly from India. The outsourcing trend has recently been shifted to cover the non 9-5 hours. In general Americans answer the calls during the day and the support is handed off to the foreign call centers in the evening. This is what I believe DirectTV is doing. Seriously though, there should be a law making any company, that outsources foreign, 120% liable for any privacy violation where US law doesn't reach. I hate the idea of someone in a foreign country having access to all my personal information with no way to seek recompense because they aren't in the US if something goes wrong. | |
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Michieru
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| Alright called Sprint in regards to my Power vision package and I also added the question in regards to outsourcing.
Tech said yes that they did outsource some departments and to a extent but there are still many departments here in America.
On top of that if you always say "data" or "broadband" someone with a american accent always picks up.
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XuhQshinR
join:2001-09-18
Bradenton, FL
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| Sprint does outsource to India and other countries. Retentions last summer said the entire reason my replacement phone order was messed up was because the order somehow got sent to the normal orders department that is handled in India instead of retentions that would have shipped out of Louisville Kentucky. (this happened twice in 1 week that the orders went to India).
I am sure others will verify that this happens as well. | |
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| A lot of people had all ready left right after the merger, those were the top execs from the Nextel side. I was reading another paper how Forsee was blaming the high cost of running nextel was causing some of the problems, I personally think that is because he or his people know how to properly run the existing Nextel system. This is very apparent due to the Quality has significantly gone down due to most part of the people who really cared about the system are now gone and the employees left have to loyalty to Sprint. Since Tim Donahue sold our soles to the devil everyone had seen the writing on the wall. At the time of the merger they were talking around 4500 people now it is up to 5000 that is just about the number of Nextel's employee force for the NY market. (had to correct myself) | |
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| | yahtzee
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Richmond, VA | Re: India Nextel had 18,000 employees...are you saying that 13,000 have left? Don't think so.
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New Fairfield, CT | Re: India Sorry ment for the NY market. | |
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Richmond, VA | I am under the firm belief that the executives from the Nextel side (AVP and up) are what is keeping it afloat now. Hard to believe, I'm sure, but they have a great reputation.
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Michieru
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| Re: India From my understanding and from someone I knew whose dad worked at Nextel said all the higher ups where jumping ship and that his dad was pissed for some reason yet he did not go into details.
Nextel had great tech support, call them any time of the day by simply calling in as a data problem and they where there, no outsourcing and they also offered for 99 dollars unlimited calling which Sprint would never provide.
Personally there billing system was also better and there are rumors that once the whole merger is complete and by that I mean the financial systems are in one, and all the internals that the billing system will be switched from Sprint's to Nextel.
Personally I agree with that decision because the manager allowed for so much more customization, information and was more easy to navigate compared to this blob, half cut thing Sprint calls "Account Management".
But there are many things we as customers don't know and I think it's best to not speculate too much on what they do next.
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Richmond, VA | Re: India Sprint was so consumer focused it wasn't funny. They are merging the billing system into one by end of year and it's the former Nextel one.
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New Fairfield, CT | Re: India I worked for Nextel for close to 10 years, I can tell you that VP's and Directors from the Nextel side had positions in the new structure jumped ship as they seen what was coming. Some jumped by choice some did not. | |
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Richmond, VA | Re: India Agreed....however, there are still some good folks there....
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Marietta, GA | what are you trying to say? | |
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Re: India What are you trying to say? | |
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Marietta, GA | Re: India just kinda confused if you were blaming the indian who works hard vs the lazy american who complains about their job all the time | |
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ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA | Re: India Why don't you go burn an American flag while you're at it. | |
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| Sprint does not out source to india for the most part. the only group that does that is a small nich in kansas sends out certain types off calls(none of that a consumer would use) to india to help with the work load. but that is only from 6am t 10pm cst. before and after that it is all us calls. and have you ever thought that maybe some people with accents work here in the us? wow!! what a thought? | |
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join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY | what's next? Use 7-11 as a sprint storefront and be the #1 wimax provider who also sells beef jerky?
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