Sprint Nextel merger is a bad thing for Nextel Staff

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> In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Fester <[email protected]> wrote:
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> DELL gave up on that venture long ago. They found the quality lacking
> ... reportedly.

DELL outsources extensively. They only brought some of it back for the high
profile customers who complained and then spinned it to make it sound like
all support was here.




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In article <jzwick3-20A13E.08102313122004
@news1.west.earthlink.net>, Jack Zwickjzwick3
@mindspring.com says...
> Sprint has its WLNP help in the Phillipines.
>=20

Not entirely true. Sprint has WLNP support in multiple=20
locations, including within the USA.

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I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
be laid off

How can that be good? To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
networks for a long time.

Chip

[email protected] wrote:
> If it's regarding customer service people they are disposable to cellular
> companies. My 15 years of using a cellular service I haven't once talked to
> a competent customer service rep who knew what they were selling and
> supporting. Who cares...they'll just be hired by Verizon or Cingular and
> continue to answer questions wrong and make it terribly hard for customers
> to get any satisfaction. That's just the way some people are and the company
> lets it happen.
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>>It's too bad that Sprint appears to be taking a majority share in
>>regard to the merger. They are trying to make this look like a 50-50
>>merger, but anyone familiar with business knows that this is just smoke
>>and mirrors, and that Sprint is really just buying Nextel's customers
>>and bandwidth.
>>
>>The real loser will be the Nextel employees. Nextel is an outstanding
>>corporation, which has often ranked high on the "best companies to work
>>for" surveys. Sprint has always been in chaos, and will lay off
>>thousands without a moment's notice. Perhaps this is why they are third
>>in the industry. Hopefully better companies like Cingular and Verizon
>>will begin hiring soon so that the Nextel employees that Sprint WILL
>>lay off will be able to find employment.
>>
>>It's really sad to see a good company be acquired by a bad one.
>>
>>Gerald
>>
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Ralph Blach wrote:
> I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
> be laid off

If that's your only criteria, than all mergers are bad... Personally, yes, I
figure there will be some layoffs. You'd hope that the jobs would be cut more
through attrition than through layoffs, but...

> How can that be good? To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
> except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
> networks for a long time.

You've not read any of the recent press, have you. Nextel is already planning
to migrate to CDMA, and Sprint already runs CDMA throughout their network. iDEN
is based on TDMA, and Nextel is the last major TDMA-only carrier. TDMA is dead.
All of the other TDMA carriers are migrating to GSM.

Motorola apparently already has an iDEN-CDMA bridge ready to market.

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In <[email protected]> on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:14:55 -0500,
Ralph Blach <[email protected]> wrote:

>I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
>be laid off
>
>How can that be good?

Improves efficiency, reducing costs, thereby resulting in improved service and
lower prices.

>To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
>except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
>networks for a long time.

Both CDMA2000 and GSM now have PTT technology.

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"Ralph Blach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
> be laid off

Heard where? This sort of conflicts with what you say below.

>
> How can that be good? To top it off, there is NO real push to talk
> except IDEN. This will mean that Sprint/Nextel will have run dual
> networks for a long time.
>

Nextel has committed to iDen through 2007 (2008?). And they have also
stated that they won't give it up until a completely comparable (if not
better) PTT product is available on CDMA. And running two networks for a
couple of years guarantees more jobs than it eliminates (the conflict in
statements I mentioned earlier).

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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> Nextel has committed to iDen through 2007 (2008?). And they have also
> stated that they won't give it up until a completely comparable (if =
not
> better) PTT product is available on CDMA. And running two networks =
for a
> couple of years guarantees more jobs than it eliminates (the conflict =
in
> statements I mentioned earlier).
>

I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed data.
I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the data.
If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.

"John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed data.
I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the data.
If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.

They are successfully running high speed data in NC. Full rollout was being
considered, but the network upgrade costs were pretty steep ($3B). This and
the spectrum swap would have been doable, but quite expensive. No squeeze-
just a lot of money to spend.

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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>=20
> "John R. Copeland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>=20
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> I thought I heard Nextel also had committed to support high-speed =
data.
> I know very little about iDEN, but I've heard it can't handle the =
data.
> If true, it sounds as though Nextel's caught in a squeeze.
>=20
> They are successfully running high speed data in NC. Full rollout was =
being
> considered, but the network upgrade costs were pretty steep ($3B). =
This and
> the spectrum swap would have been doable, but quite expensive. No =
squeeze-
> just a lot of money to spend.
>
Ah! Thanks, Scott.

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:14:55 -0500, Ralph Blach
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I dont think this merger will be good. I just heard a lot people will
>be laid off

Because of the merger! That's *never* happened before!

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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:20:03 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
wrote:

>TDMA is dead.
>All of the other TDMA carriers are migrating to GSM.

GSM *is* TDMA based! If you meant IS-136 you should say so.

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Joseph wrote:

>>TDMA is dead.
>>All of the other TDMA carriers are migrating to GSM.
>
> GSM *is* TDMA based! If you meant IS-136 you should say so.

Yes. You're right, and I *did* mean IS-136.

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