gkong
join:2001-10-06
Edmond, OK | Mmm...
I guess Sprint has the most benefit (financially) |
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joshpo
join:2002-09-24
Philadelphia, PA
| And what do sprint customers get? Nothing but more congestion on their network.
Are the cable companies serious though? Their brand names are not exactly synonymous with excellent service etc. Would you really want a Comcast cell phone? I think some kind of bundling agreement is more plausible, like what Verizon has with DirecTV, offering and billing their service at a slight discount. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| said by joshpo  :And what do sprint customers get? Nothing but more congestion on their network. Are the cable companies serious though? Their brand names are not exactly synonymous with excellent service etc. Would you really want a Comcast cell phone? I would. If I had a want or need for a cell. My Comcast services are great! All of them. 
Seeing as they are talking to Sprint(Nextel), this would be bad... how?
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Nanoprobe
Crunching in subspace
Premium
join:2003-05-11
Crab Nebula
clubs:  | reply to joshpo
A Comcast cellphone? Can anyone else hear the twilight zone music? Can't speak for others but I'd have to pass on that one.
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EvelKub
Kitty is crazy
Premium
join:2002-03-17
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to gkong
But in Phoenix, where Cox provides cable, Qwest already sells resold Sprint PCS... and in Las Vegas, Sprint and Cox compete directly on the local level for customers. Would areas like this get different terms or be excluded? It seems that Qwest would have thought of that when they made their deal with Sprint since this kills their lead in offering the most bundled services. |
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insomniac
Oh Yeah
Premium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL
clubs:
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Nanoprobe
said by Nanoprobe :A Comcast cellphone? Can anyone else hear the twilight zone music? Can't speak for others but I'd have to pass on that one. I wonder if it stops working during DNS outages...
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ss4vegito7
join:2004-07-24
Cranbury, NJ
| reply to joshpo
said by joshpo :And what do sprint customers get? Nothing but more congestion on their network. Are the cable companies serious though? Their brand names are not exactly synonymous with excellent service etc. Would you really want a Comcast cell phone? I think some kind of bundling agreement is more plausible, like what Verizon has with DirecTV, offering and billing their service at a slight discount. How about more revenue and more people using the networking giving them a reason to built out thier network more, complete upgrades and roll out EVDO faster.
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bmn
? ? ?
Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| reply to joshpo
said by joshpo :Are the cable companies serious though? Their brand names are not exactly synonymous with excellent service etc. Would you really want a Comcast cell phone? Indeed, after the way Cox handled their phone service here after Katrina, in a largely undamaged parish, I wouldn't want to get anything telephony related from them, even if they are just reselling Sprint service...
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grapkoski
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Washington, DC | reply to Nanoprobe
it would be COMCASTIC! |
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bronkx1
join:2001-04-05
Warminster, PA | reply to EvelKub
I guess no one remembers comcast metrophone?It was taken over by Cell 1 and then by cingular.Comcast has money in cingular dont they?I know I saw some thing about cingular and comcast in the news. |
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ponderingman
| Suspect the synergy
I think it would be more beneficial to wirless companies such as sprint to introduce services such as voip over cell phone mode that doesn't use your 'minutes' for say $5, or free text that uses your wireless router. There are ways to make these services value-added synergies. But, as far as saving companies money, nah.. the wireless providers would be the clear winners here.. they get more customers whom are more interested in product that provide added value to their lives. For example, sprint can give services like free unlimited email and text messaging to customers whom bundle. Not necesarily take money off the bill, but not add on to it either for services which people use at home.. just making it more convenient. As of now there's not really much to keep sprint customers loyal besides Verizon's huge restrictions on the use of their services, (particularly data, and application usage-- the key issue is pay per service ie downloads to the phone, etc vs customer access to a phone THEY OWN) that's about it, my friend, otherwise its coke and pepsi here |
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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO
·Comcast
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
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Re: Mmm...
said by bronkx1 :Comcast has money in cingular dont they?I know I saw some thing about cingular and comcast in the news. cingular = SBC |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA | Cingular = SBC + BellSouth
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| No cost savings?
I see Sprint/Nextel commercials 24-7 and those aren't cheap. If course there is cost savings. And with cable operators, they have their own free venue for advertising. They just sub a few digital phone and HSI commercials on their cable stations with cellular ones and both them and Sprint win.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to grapkoski
Re: Mmm...
comcr@pstick |
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woody7
Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | hmmmmm.....
Why? |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to joshpo
Re: Mmm...
said by joshpo :Are the cable companies serious though? Their brand names are not exactly synonymous with excellent service etc. Neither is Sprint, so it would be a match made in heaven.  |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | News?
Haven't cable providers been talking about this for a couple years now with Sprint? |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to insomniac
Re: Mmm...
said by insomniac :said by Nanoprobe :A Comcast cellphone? Can anyone else hear the twilight zone music? Can't speak for others but I'd have to pass on that one. I wonder if it stops working during DNS outages... We'll cox's DNS it my only real beef with them, if its not down its slow/sluggish at best.
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA
·Comcast
·Vonage
| comcast cell phone?
for those of us who booted our stinking verizon landlines out the front door (3 yrs ago in my case), a cell phone is essential. the downside is that comcast is not particularly well known for low or even mid-range pricing structures. i could see them offering 100 peak minutes for $50, 250 peak for $75, and perhaps 400 peak minutes for $90. bub |
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