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
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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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CO_Chris
Premium
join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO
·Comcast
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
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| 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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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to grapkoski
comcr@pstick |
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imrf
Premium
join:2002-06-06
Utica, MI
·Comcast
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to joshpo
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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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to insomniac
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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the niTz
Premium
join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ
·Cox HSI
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at my work we use qwests rebranded service if we went straight to sprint we could have had free incoming free sprint to sprint calls and no roaming charges with qwest we get .50/min roaming calls were under a biz plan which shares 6000 mins with 6 phones, and incoming isnt free
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DarkSly
join:2004-12-10
Danvers, MA
| reply to joshpo
Their ads claim that the network can handle up to 230 million customers... I don't think they have 230 million lines at this point.
Sprint has been doing this for years with Companies like Conxus, Virgin Mobile, etc..
»conxuswireless.com/
»www.virginmobileusa.com/
From my understanding the product isn't really designed to turn a huge profit for the MSOs, but to take core business from the RBOCs that offer wireless (SBC/Southern Bell w/ Cingular)(Verizon w/ Verizon Wireless). Also, providing 4 products that pretty much everyone has (Cable, HSI, Home Voice, and Mobile Voice) will provide a bundle that should "stick" to the customer...
I mean who wants to go through the hassle of finding a new company for all 4 products when you can get the top of line/innovative products from one company...all on one bill...with a nice bundle discount... |
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insomniac
Oh Yeah
Premium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL
clubs:
·AT&T Midwest
| said by DarkSly :Their ads claim that the network can handle up to 230 million customers... I don't think they have 230 million lines at this point. The statement is:
"Sprint PCS built the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide network from the ground up, reaching more than 230 million people."
This is not saying that their network can handle 230 million customers; it's saying that their PCS coverage reaches 230 million people, which is definitely not the same thing.
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DarkSly
join:2004-12-10
Danvers, MA
| my understanding of that statement is that PCS has the ability to cover up to 230 million people...what is the use of making the statement that your network is available to 230 million people when your network is not available to 230 million people?
That would be like a satellite company claiming they can reach 6 billion people... |
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ohcellphones
@cdw.com
| Yes, it is pretty much the same thing as that...well, sort of. It's a marketing way of saying that Sprint PCS covers 90-odd percent of the geographic area in which people actually live. All carriers make similar statements in varying ways, the point of which is essentially: If you don't live in Wyoming, you'll always have service! In my opinion, it's not especially misleading, perhaps simply because it's a common advertising tactic for these types of services. |
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