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I live gaithersburg md]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
BTW, nice picture of the sprint center...]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
if your roommate lives in OP, doesn't that mean you live there too???]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 10th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
Kinda like the free call trick...

*2 then wait for the disclaimer, then say dropped call, but no more than 2 a day, you might get you contract voided
(oh no)

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Y'know, I'm not exactly sure the government would consider Verizon buying Sprint or AT&T buying T-Mo monopolies in either category. I mean, GSM and CDMA are two completely different things, but as long as one or the other exists, it's not a monopoly, I don't think. If AT&T bought up the rest of the big four or something ridiculous like that, THEN there'd be a monopoly.]]>Dec 9th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 10th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 10th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
The major carriers don't only own their towers they make money off leasing them too. They own towers just to lease. Verizon has GSM towers and AT&T has CDMA towers that they lease to other carriers they can't even use themselves.
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I'm sure the operators still own a small number of towers, but the majority was sold to third parties ages ago. Really, Sprint was not alone in this, and selling your towers is usually considered a GOOD thing, not a sign of approaching death.

]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Or- you don't have the money to maintain the employees to run your tower marketing operations any longer. All the money Sprint made in selling their towers to TowerCo was lost in their total Q2 & Q3 earnings this year anyways since they lost more than $300-Million each and every quarter in 2008 already.

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#1. They didn't get the iPhone.
#2. Then they didn't get an Android Phone.
#3. Then I got tired of the lack of cool phones and left, wanna buy my Mogul?

Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sprint-Mogul-Cell-Phone-Like-New-HTC-6800-PPC6800_W0QQitemZ170285947839QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item170285947839&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
Sure, no iPhone has probably hurt them a lot, but no Android device in their lineup probably didn't do much damage.

I think the biggest problem with Sprint is crappy marketing and some awful PR. Then again, the only people I know who are REALLY happy with Sprint, are all on SERO (like me). And I doubt we are making them that much money.]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/]]>Dec 9th 2008 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
Just because you are easily fooled by locking into an over glorified company name, doesn't mean that there aren't millions of business people who like the business-minded phones coupled with truly unlimited plans and the ability to tether internet off their CrackBerries.

I, for one, _LOVE_ that my business phone can do literally anything and everything that a phone should or can do.

Not everyone in the world is willing to sacrifice their souls for something they find visually appealing (not that Sprint doesn't have enough of it's own annoying lock-in.)]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
You're right, whether a phone is crap is mostly opinion. And my opinion is this: these common, widespread problems reveal that iPhone = crap.

I don't know why people get so defensive about this topic. It could very well be that iPhone 3G v2.0 is an awesome piece of hotness waiting to be unleashed. We shall see. But thus far, I think the iPhone has earned my criticism. And at this moment in time, there are other phones out there that are simply much better. I speak the truth, yo.
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Personally, I think WiMax roaming would be a great value add to existing data card customers, and don't see how teaming up with
-The only other existing WiMax operator
and
-Intel, Google, Comcast, et al.
to pull it off somehow dooms them to failure.]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 10th 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
ATT - Crappiest service I have ever used, dropped calls, long delays for voice mail, bad contracts and sub-par 3g. On the up side they do have the iPhone (read popular) and since they are GSM the phones can usually be used around the world.

TMobile - Haven't used them, but people that do complain about coverage all the time.

Verizon - Good coverage, fast 3g, but you pay a premium and they will cripple the same phone carried by Sprint.

Sprint - Good coverage, just as fast 3g, lower price, but never call in for customer service (this might be getting better). And with free roaming you get to use the Verizon network as well.

Sprint may have made some bad business decisions (Nextel), but if they can pull the WiMax off as a partnership, then buy up that partner (or merge) they could be sitting in a good position.]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
I wish I could round up a few private equity firms to help me buy Sprint . . . They just an entrepreneurial kick in the pants to get them going to overtake grandpa AT&T and his bipolar cousin Verizon . . .]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
Every cell phone customer can say a bad thing of another carrier, it is the laws of being a Consumer]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
Unfortunately, the average US consumer is an idiot. The avg. American cell phone user talks a little less than 700 minutes a month on their phone. 44% of American cell phone users talk 200 minutes or less a month. People are paying more for wireless service than they have to.

That being said, there is no way in hell I'll ever be a sprint customer. CDMA fails and I talk like 20 min a month. I doubt the average customer has an actual excuse why they're not on sprint. He or she just thinks she does. ]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/-Taylor]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/
"He convinced the city council to let him buy the school busses, and then he leased them back to the city for twice what he paid them!"

I don't get the point of setting up a separate company to buy this stuff just so you can lease it from them. I guess so that if they go bankrupt, you'll be debt free?
-Taylor]]>Dec 9th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/09/whats-going-on-with-sprint/Dec 9th 2008 6:54PM