ESPN Cellular closing shop

ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
is giving up the ghost "by year's end".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc

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In article <[email protected]>, Jackzwick wrote:
> ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
> is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc

Hm. I thought you said you were no longer going to post to the Sprint
newsgroup. I see you posted to the Cingular newsgroup too. How is this on-
topic for the Cingular newsgroup?

Don't you have something better to do like complaining about the old
AT&T Wireless signs on Cingular retail stores?


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In article <[email protected]>,
"Steven J. Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote:

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Are you the clown that said you loved Ohio so much you'd never leave?
And then they chased you out.

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Jackzwick wrote:
> ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
> is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc

No surprise. This MVNO had zilch to offer. Sports fans want to view
sports on a BIG screen in clear detail, not a tiny one.


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In article <[email protected]>,
Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jackzwick wrote:
> > ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
> > is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc
>
> No surprise. This MVNO had zilch to offer. Sports fans want to view
> sports on a BIG screen in clear detail, not a tiny one.

Squintavision is the best name for "TV" on a cell phone.

ESPN thought weekend gamblers would like instant sports info, and were
counting more on data rather than action video, but the
SprintPCS coverage issues didn't help.

Jackzwick <[email protected]> wrote in news:jackzwick-
[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jackzwick wrote:
>> > ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
>> > is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
>> >
>> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc
>>
>> No surprise. This MVNO had zilch to offer. Sports fans want to view
>> sports on a BIG screen in clear detail, not a tiny one.
>
> Squintavision is the best name for "TV" on a cell phone.
>
> ESPN thought weekend gamblers would like instant sports info, and were
> counting more on data rather than action video, but the
> SprintPCS coverage issues didn't help.
>


And just what coverage issues are you talking about, Phillipe? Did you
mean to say Cingular, who is always at the bottom of network suryveys?

Jackzwick wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jackzwick wrote:
>>> ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
>>> is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
>>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc
>> No surprise. This MVNO had zilch to offer. Sports fans want to view
>> sports on a BIG screen in clear detail, not a tiny one.
>
> Squintavision is the best name for "TV" on a cell phone.
>
> ESPN thought weekend gamblers would like instant sports info, and were
> counting more on data rather than action video, but the
> SprintPCS coverage issues didn't help.

that doesn't even matter when they have enough ****heads like YOU to
cough up dough.
--
Ernie
<The man on the hill with a mountainous load in his shorts>

In article <[email protected]>, Ernie & Eythl wrote:

> that doesn't even matter when they have enough ****heads like YOU to
> cough up dough.

Ah, but Jackzwick wouldn't have. After bashing Sprint for quite some time,
he moved to Cingular and swore he wouldn't post in the Sprint newsgroup
any more (which we knew was a lie). The hilarious thing was that he started
bashing Cingular shortly after moving to Cingular.

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Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
Apple Valley, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED

It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

In article <[email protected]>,
Ernie & Eythl <ernie&[email protected]> wrote:

> Jackzwick wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Jackzwick wrote:
> >>> ESPN wireless telephone service (which used the SprintPCS Network)
> >>> is giving up the ghost "by year's end".
> >>>
> >>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/media_nm/espn_dc
> >> No surprise. This MVNO had zilch to offer. Sports fans want to view
> >> sports on a BIG screen in clear detail, not a tiny one.
> >
> > Squintavision is the best name for "TV" on a cell phone.
> >
> > ESPN thought weekend gamblers would like instant sports info, and were
> > counting more on data rather than action video, but the
> > SprintPCS coverage issues didn't help.
>
> that doesn't even matter when they have enough folks like YOU to
> cough up dough.

I never spent a penny on ESPN via cellular or otherwise, let alone on
gambling.