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join:2002-03-03
Ocean City, NJ
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|  Pivot isn't worth extra $15-$25
$15-$25 on top of a traditional Sprint mobile phone plan will net cable customers mobile video content, email access and web browsing. I guess there is limited interest. You can get all those things from a std Sprint plan without paying anything extra to Comcast.
And if you want your Comcast email, you can do that with any mobile phone that supports full web access. Just go to
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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| Re: Pivot isn't worth extra $15-$25 I tend to agree. There's no real benefit.
Comcast = pricey Cable provider with caps on data
Sprint = cheap Wireless provider with limited coverage (without roaming) and no caps on data.
Comcast gobbled up Adelphia and swapped markets with TimeWarner in some areas and is doing ok (and increasing prices all the time).
Sprint merged with Nextel, struck a deal with Clearwire on WiMAX and is struggling with keeping subs.
I don't think these 2 companies would work well together.
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Cheese
Premium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
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| Re: Pivot isn't worth extra $15-$25 said by en102  :I tend to agree. There's no real benefit. Comcast = pricey Cable provider with caps on data Sprint = cheap Wireless provider with limited coverage (without roaming) and no caps on data. Comcast gobbled up Adelphia and swapped markets with TimeWarner in some areas and is doing ok (and increasing prices all the time). Sprint merged with Nextel, struck a deal with Clearwire on WiMAX and is struggling with keeping subs. I don't think these 2 companies would work well together. They took over TW here and prices haven't moved up one bit. | |
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kpfx
join:2005-10-28
Kerrville, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| Both Sprint and Pivot charge $15 for their data services. However that Pivot data plan includes access to the video and multimedia content at no additional charge. Stand-alone Sprint customers have to pay $20-25 for Power Vision services with the video services.
So essentially with Pivot you're getting the Video services for the price of the data services.
Does it really matter? Maybe not for some. Yet since I'm a current Sprint customer this is essentially a free perk when compared to what I'm already paying for. I may not be using it all the time but it is nice to be able to listen to Music Choice or watch the news while sitting around the waiting room. | |
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texans20
Weapons of Masturbation
Premium
join:2002-09-28
Texas!
clubs: | Hope Not I hope not. There have been too many mergers especially in the telecom industry. Competition is a great thing, and without competition the free market will fail. | |
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Jameson
10-8
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join:2004-05-28
Fallbrook, CA
clubs: | Re: Hope Not screw that! | |
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join:2007-05-10
Burlington, MA
1 edit | Hope So However, Sprint and Comcast don't compete with each other, so competition isn't really harmed by a merger, and a merged company would be stronger, better able to go up against powerhouses like Verizon. | |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
Premium
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
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·Comcast
| NO! Please Comcast, stay away from Sprint / Nextel. It's bad enough since the merger and we REALLY don't want it to get even worse with your well know lack of cust support, iffy usage policies and whatnot.
Stop being so **** greedy and focus (and spend your massive profits ) on your current service and inferstructure: TV, HSI, and so on.. | |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | ...And please stay away from T-Mobile!!!!!!!! I do not need Comcrap care for my cell phone. | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
·Verizon Online DSL
| Nextel is Poison.
Nextel was sick and ailing. Sprint bought Nextel, and now Sprint has Nextel-itous.
If Comcast bought Sprint, they would get the same Nextel-itous that Sprint got.
It's like Nextel was born out of some horrible, evil bad Karma.
I dunno, maybe the company was founded with laundered drug money or something.
Either way, Comcast stay away from Sprint-Nextel! It will mean your demise!!!
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iLive4Apple
Hybrid power
Premium
join:2006-07-13
Helena, AL | Re: NO! Sprint sucked much before it bought Nextel. Now they have ruined Nextel it sucks even more. Go Sprint! | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | What do you mean 'we' ?
I have Nexthell service, and its recently improved.
Currently my Nextel is more reliable than AT&T 3G.
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iLive4Apple
Hybrid power
Premium
join:2006-07-13
Helena, AL | Re: NO! Nextel iDEN has been around since like 1994, it's been almost perfected where as UMTS hasn't been around long enough to be stable yet. I love my Nextel service though. | |
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dcs2281
join:2004-09-14
Santa Clarita, CA
1 edit | Comcast buying Sprint - Hope that never happens The day Comcast is bought by Sprint will be the day I leave Sprint. Had Comcast twice, my first and last time. They CS is worse than Sprint, and the service was out more than it was on. My options for service where I live are limited, but I would rather have less headaches with another provider that doesn't work at my house than deal with Comcast. | |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | WOW.... Close to an hour and none of the cable fanboys are defending their beloved Comcast.
Could it be they realize how bad their customer service is?
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RIRWIN1983
join:2005-08-30
Columbus, OH | Re: WOW.... naw, they just havent gotten their daily dose of kool-aid yet. | |
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join:2007-02-27
Riverbank, CA | Re: WOW.... Screw comcast & sprint. Both of them have shitty customer service. I don't ever want comcast and I don't have want to go back to sprint again. I am very happy with my ATT wireless & DSL service. | |
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| fiberguy
My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
1 edit | said by moonpuppy :Close to an hour and none of the cable fanboys are defending their beloved Comcast. Could it be they realize how bad their customer service is? I'm sorry.. our Comcast Shill Hotline is "...currently handling other shills, please stay on the line and a representative will be with you soon. For faster brain washing, please have your cranium ID ready for the next available representative."
Must be a busy day at the call center... none of us know what we're supposed to say yet!
By the way.. how's that telco shill hot line working for you?? Judging by all the posts in this tread, call levels must be low on your end.
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: WOW.... said by fiberguy :I'm sorry.. our Comcast Shill Hotline is "...currently handling other shills, please stay on the line and a representative will be with you soon. For faster brain washing, please have your cranium ID ready for the next available representative." Must be a busy day at the call center... none of us know what we're supposed to say yet! By the way.. how's that telco shill hot line working for you?? Judging by all the posts in this tread, call levels must be low on your end. Sorry don't work for a telco but thanks for playing. | |
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My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: WOW.... said by moonpuppy :said by fiberguy :I'm sorry.. our Comcast Shill Hotline is "...currently handling other shills, please stay on the line and a representative will be with you soon. For faster brain washing, please have your cranium ID ready for the next available representative." Must be a busy day at the call center... none of us know what we're supposed to say yet! By the way.. how's that telco shill hot line working for you?? Judging by all the posts in this tread, call levels must be low on your end. Sorry don't work for a telco but thanks for playing. ..but you defend them. I thought around here the act of defending a particular industry, at anytime, qualified one to be a "fanboy" or "shill"... correct me if I'm wrong.
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: WOW.... said by fiberguy :..but you defend them. I thought around here the act of defending a particular industry, at anytime, qualified one to be a "fanboy" or "shill"... correct me if I'm wrong. Show me where I defend them blindly like the way you defend Comcast?
Guess you didn't see my comments about the stupidity of ATT/Dish over the $300 charge of a burned up receiver. | |
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My views are my own.
Premium
join:2005-05-20
| Re: WOW.... I will so you mine if you show me yours... 
Serious.. I don't give comcast a free pass all the time. Trust me, I've lost my voice with them a few times in the past. I also give phone support. BOTH where warranted. I just personally never been abused by cable and in turn, have spent a life long period of phone making things harder and harder simply to make a simple phone call. So if you want to know where my bias against phone comes from... go talk to the guy at phone who invented the contract, cancellation fee, and all those little annoying fees they love to live by.
Funny you bring up AT&T and Dish.. because in this case, I supported them. I guess it's amazing how people's views vary based on the situation, huh? In that case I support at&t/dish for the charge of the receiver - but STRONGLY disapprove in the cancellation fees for contracted customers, or at least not suspending the service until the customer gets situated again with their life.
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Re: WOW.... Show me one instance where you went against Comcast.
As for the ATT/Dish thing, I supported their $300 charge BUT at least wait for the family to get its check from the insurance company (since it can take a while for checks to be cut.) | |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
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2 edits | WiMAX I expect someone in the WiMAX game to acquire Sprint. Maybe an Asian telcom company or even Google. A cable company could work too though if they can optimally fit in wireless into the business model.
Sprint is becoming more of a wireless _data_ company. Voice will eventually just be one of many services, not necessarily the primary use.
I spend far more time on my Sprint EVDO card than I do using voice minutes. Am also now doing VoIP over EVDO, which works well in some conditions (Avaya). Should be more consistently usable on WiMAX. | |
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@aol.com
| Sprint PIvot in NYC I agree with the statement that Cable Companies are not pushing the service. that's how no one has no news or interest about it, if they were pushing it , then customers would know about it and be interested in it if it helps on the Cable bill's, like I am waiting for Time Warner Cable, New York and New Jersey Division to launch it or even put it on the website. Also its not on the Sprint Website, so post it and people would know and have interest on it .
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| I wouldn't support something like this... Comcast has enough on their plate with tv/hsi/voice to move into wireless as well.
And, I think companies are usually best served by sticking with what works already and focusing on that.
If they want to have a partnership of sorts..that's fine I guess. But I don't think they can really expect comcasts sales people to talk about it very much. I think that would be trying to push too much down peoples throats. If it was there as a subsidiary type of product that people ask for...that's one thing. But to turn every call into trying to sell someone on quadruple play is a bit much I think.
Comcast should leave the wireless to AT&T. Lord knows they need it. Actually..with landlines dying..uverse..the pits..dsl..so slow..it might actually serve to keep them in business another year or two longer.
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RangerTX
Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
| I hope not!! I really hope that comcast do not buy sprint, as we will have invisible caps on mobile to mobile etc.
p.s. on a side note, i see comcast authorized their spokesman to post on this issue
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Ulmo
join:2005-09-22
San Jose, CA
·Comcast
·SONIC.NET
| WRT Pivot, I can't easily find it in Google. With respect to Pivot, I can't easily find it in Google in the top of the first page it gave out.
Easy to find names are best four to eight characters in length and have no corresponding dictionary or common name word in any language. "Abxuek" would be a good network name, as a result, since when you put Abxuek into Google, you get only one something Portuguese. You should search harder to find a string that doesn't come up at all, and is also prounounceable, like Retwaw. | |
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tpower
join:2001-03-28
Snellville, GA
| Actually...a 3 way Smaller Carrier Merger Makes Sense My opinion is a 3 way merger of Alltel Wireless (www.alltel.com), US Cellular(www.uscc.com) and Sprint makes the most sense. Looking at the technology and area coverage, all CDMA, that makes the most sense. Have the US Cellular folks take over customer service area, they seem to get high remarks usually. | |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
| Re: Actually...a 3 way Smaller Carrier Merger Makes Sense said by tpower :My opinion is a 3 way merger of Alltel Wireless (www.alltel.com), US Cellular(www.uscc.com) and Sprint makes the most sense. Looking at the technology and area coverage, all CDMA, that makes the most sense. Have the US Cellular folks take over customer service area, they seem to get high remarks usually. No way.. Sprint is and will be dealing with the fallout of buying Nextel for some time to come. They wouldn't dare step in and buy altel. However, there may be a solution. Now that the investment companies purchase has been approved for Altel, they will start selling off "chunks" which Sprint and VZW can step in and gobble up. Now, that seems more likely then eating the whole pie. | |
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Would Comcast Ever Acquire Sprint?
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