Thinking out loud
I stumbled across this article, wherein the CEO of SouthernLINC explains his strategy:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/ctialive/story/souther ... »
I actually called SouthernLINC customer service and asked what is going to happen to their nationwide roaming when Sprint shuts down iDEN in 2013, but the SouthernLINC CS agent couldn't answer that question. I suppose that the intero...
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gloopey1 said:
...why will anyone even need direct talk once they own a phone that works in 3X as many places as Nextel?
There are still a lot of places in the sticks where no cellular service reaches. DirectTalk is very useful for crews that occasionally have to travel into the sticks to do repair jobs, and for families camping, etc.
I believe that the thing that WILL shut down iDEN in 2013 as scheduled is Sprint cannibalizing the iDEN 850 MHz spectrum for Sprint CDMA and/or future LTE use. In short, the bandwidth needs of Sprint's 28 million CDMA Sprint-branded customers will win out over the 7.33 million total iDEN customers (that's Nextel + Boost + PowerSource customers all combined).
I have seen absolutely nothing so far that would indicate that Sprint gives a rodent's derriere about anyone still using Nextel/iDEN. I've been waiting & hoping for the past six years since Sprint took over Nextel, but thus far, there is nothing I've seen that makes me think Sprint will give iDEN a reprieve this time. They want to be rid of iDEN, and they w...
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gloopey1 said:
How do you figure that Sprint is "cannibalizing" Nextel?
Simple. Sprint is taking much of the existing iDEN bandwidth and converting it to CDMA channels. Given the massive customer exodus from Nextel, it makes sense to do that now, but the fact of the matter is, much of the 850 MHz bandwidth that was formerly iDEN is now being used for Sprint's other networks. That type of action is frequently (and accurately) referred to as "cannibalization".
gloopey1 said:
Although you might argue that Nextel alone would've done it better, it still was going to happen.
Agreed, Nextel would have done it far, far better than Sprint has done it. Eventually Nextel would ha...
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gloopey1 said:
How do you figure that Sprint is "cannibalizing" Nextel?
cellphonesaretools said:
Simple. Sprint is taking much of the existing iDEN bandwidth and converting it to CDMA channels. Given the massive customer exodus from Nextel, it makes sense to do that now, but the fact of the matter is, much of the 850 MHz bandwidth that was formerly iDEN is now being used for Sprint's other networks. That type of action is frequently (and accurately) referred to as "cannibalization".
So let me get this straight--if Nextel had stayed independent and done this to themselves, they would also be guilty of cannibalization? Isn't that a very negative word no matter who's doing it to whom?
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gloopey1 said:
"Nextel never had a single year that their customer service or network tied with Verizon, yet Sprint has managed to accomplish this."
Interesting that you are still flapping your gums about all this, but providing absolutely no facts and no reliable sources to back up your opinions. Let me show you how it's done:
Below are several wireless-industry publication articles, along with hyperlinks, which is MY supporting evidence to back up MY statements that Nextel used to have THE LOWEST CHURN IN THE INDUSTRY BEFORE SPRINT TOOK OVER NEXTEL:
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2004/122004-sprint- ... »
Why would Sprint want to merge with Nextel?
>>> Nextel, de...
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gloopey1 said:
"Nextel never had a single year that their customer service or network tied with Verizon, yet Sprint has managed to accomplish this."
cellphonesaretools said:
Interesting that you are still flapping your gums about all this, but providing absolutely no facts and no reliable sources to back up your opinions. Let me show you how it's done:
Below are several wireless-industry publication articles, along with hyperlinks, which is MY supporting evidence to back up MY statements that Nextel used to have THE LOWEST CHURN IN THE INDUSTRY BEFORE SPRINT TOOK OVER NEXTEL:...
Churn figures have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with network performance or customer service. If that were the case...
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You absolutely made two false, unsubstantiated claims in one of your posts, and I proved subsequently that they were false. If you haven't figured that out yet, then logic and/or reading comprehension are not your strong suits, and I can't do any more to help you understand.
I cited source after source after source stating that Nextel had the lowest churn AND the most loyal customers, even to the point that they paid significantly more to have Nextel service than any of the other wireless company customers paid for Verizon/Sprint/ATT/Cingular's services. NEWSFLASH: Lowest churn and highest customer loyalty MEANS that company IS tops in customer serv...
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cellphonesaretools said:
...So let me get this straight: Now you claim to know what everyone else in these forums is thinking so you can speak for them. Very impressive! Knowing that is the case now, I can see it is useless to try to help you understand Nextel's history accurately...
...You have got to be the only person on the planet to draw that conclusion...
Now that's what I call "hung by the tongue!"
You got nothing, pal.
Adios.