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- 12-15-2004, 02:22 PM #1Steve SobolGuest
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- 12-15-2004, 06:00 PM #2Guest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
Steve,
The best thing to come out of this deal for us might be the new
coverage on Hwy 58 and Hwy 395 that Sprint will be getting as a result
of this deal. Bishop, Mammoth, Mojave, Tehacapi, and Ridgecrest are
included. The Nextel cell sites in that area will be converted to
Sprint possibily in 12-18 months.
- 12-15-2004, 06:26 PM #3Steve SobolGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
[email protected] wrote:
> Steve,
>
> The best thing to come out of this deal for us might be the new
> coverage on Hwy 58 and Hwy 395 that Sprint will be getting as a result
> of this deal. Bishop, Mammoth, Mojave, Tehacapi, and Ridgecrest are
> included. The Nextel cell sites in that area will be converted to
> Sprint possibily in 12-18 months.
Y'all know where my issues are with Sprint: by the cement plants, on National
Trails Highway (old US 66/US 91) at Air Expressway in Victorville. That's the
only big hole Sprint has around here - I'd like to see it fixed. Improving
coverage on 395 in or around Adelanto may fix a couple minor problems I have
out there too.
*crossing fingers!*
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- 12-15-2004, 09:20 PM #4JosephGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
On 15 Dec 2004 16:00:30 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>Steve,
>
>The best thing to come out of this deal for us might be the new
>coverage on Hwy 58 and Hwy 395 that Sprint will be getting as a result
>of this deal. Bishop, Mammoth, Mojave, Tehacapi, and Ridgecrest are
>included. The Nextel cell sites in that area will be converted to
>Sprint possibily in 12-18 months.
Decidedly you're an optimist.
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- 12-15-2004, 09:44 PM #5Rod GoldingGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner of
your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose there
jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side. And on top of it Sprint will be
able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and look
what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and once
again corporate greed prevails.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Steve,
>
> The best thing to come out of this deal for us might be the new
> coverage on Hwy 58 and Hwy 395 that Sprint will be getting as a result
> of this deal. Bishop, Mammoth, Mojave, Tehacapi, and Ridgecrest are
> included. The Nextel cell sites in that area will be converted to
> Sprint possibily in 12-18 months.
>
- 12-15-2004, 10:35 PM #6MikeGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
"Rod Golding" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
> towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner
of
> your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose
there
> jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side. And on top of it Sprint will be
> able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and look
> what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
> company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and
once
> again corporate greed prevails.
You are such a twit! "Corporate greed"? The ENTIRE purpose of a
corporation is to return a profit for the shareholders! That's the way it
is meant to be!
- 12-15-2004, 10:52 PM #7Rod GoldingGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
And also supply jobs to the community which in turn spends money on cell
plans, all a big circle.
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> "Rod Golding" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
>> towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner
> of
>> your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose
> there
>> jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side. And on top of it Sprint will be
>> able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and
>> look
>> what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
>> company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and
> once
>> again corporate greed prevails.
>
>
> You are such a twit! "Corporate greed"? The ENTIRE purpose of a
> corporation is to return a profit for the shareholders! That's the way it
> is meant to be!
>
>
>
>
- 12-15-2004, 10:53 PM #8Rod GoldingGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
And how much is enough? 20%, 30%, 40%? More?
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> "Rod Golding" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
>> towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner
> of
>> your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose
> there
>> jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side. And on top of it Sprint will be
>> able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and
>> look
>> what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
>> company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and
> once
>> again corporate greed prevails.
>
>
> You are such a twit! "Corporate greed"? The ENTIRE purpose of a
> corporation is to return a profit for the shareholders! That's the way it
> is meant to be!
>
>
>
>
- 12-15-2004, 11:03 PM #9J A HaynesGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
I was all excited about the arrangement until I found out that Sprint bought
Nextel and not the other way around. I hear terrible things about Sprint,
especially in the arena of billing and customer service. So, now I'm really
worried.
"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> From NEWS.COM:
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- 12-16-2004, 12:08 AM #10CentralGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 04:53:35 +0000, Rod Golding wrote:
> And how much is enough? 20%, 30%, 40%? More?
>
>
Um like any business 100% return would be the impossible goal they set for
themselves. Sprintpcs, Nextel, or any other business are not in business
because they want to be your friend or friends to their employees. They
have employees and customers because they are required to make a profit.
It just so happens to be that good customers and happy employees are key
to a long term successful business. You can't have a corporation with out
what you refer to as greed. After all small companies do not have to grow
but do so to be successful. Anyway it was, "corporate greed" that got
those companies to where they are now and it was that same greed that gave
all those people jobs and benefits that you are so concerned about. If and
when they get fired they will get what they agreed to in their employee
contracts, nothing more and nothing less. In short, it is business.
- 12-16-2004, 12:58 AM #11Jack HamiltonGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Rod Golding" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
>> towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner
>of
>> your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose
>there
>> jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side. And on top of it Sprint will be
>> able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and look
>> what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
>> company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and
>once
>> again corporate greed prevails.
>
>
>You are such a twit! "Corporate greed"? The ENTIRE purpose of a
>corporation is to return a profit for the shareholders! That's the way it
>is meant to be!
Well, no. Corporations are not natural entities. They are created by
human laws, and their purpose is whatever those laws declare it to be.
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In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted comfort and security.
And in the end, they lost it all - freedom, comfort and security.
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- 12-16-2004, 01:24 AM #12Steve SobolGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
Rod Golding wrote:
> I can not believe my eyes. You people are talking about a couple of cell
> towers and how it will "improve your coverage in your small little corner of
> your world". What about the thousands of people that are going to lose there
> jobs on both the Sprint and Nextel side.
Having lost jobs before due to companies being bought, I certainly don't wish
to minimize the impact of the layoffs.
Just because I haven't said anything about them -- and we don't know what
exactly is going to happen yet, so any talk about layoffs is premature anyhow
-- just because I haven't said anything about layoffs doesn't mean I'm cheering
about them.
> And on top of it Sprint will be
> able to completely screw up Nextel as they have their own company and look
> what they have to do, buy a profitable company in order to make their
> company look good. It is indeed a sad day in the world of cellular and once
> again corporate greed prevails.
I'm sick and tired of hearing "X sucks." All cellular carriers suck. Nextel has
pissed-off former customers too.
Don't like Sprint? That's your choice and you have a right to your opinion.
Sprint has worked well for me and has done better than another carrier that is
supposed to have a far better network and far better customer service. YMMV.
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- 12-16-2004, 01:27 AM #13Steve SobolGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
J A Haynes wrote:
> I was all excited about the arrangement until I found out that Sprint bought
> Nextel and not the other way around. I hear terrible things about Sprint,
> especially in the arena of billing and customer service. So, now I'm really
> worried.
They used to be horrible. I've been with them since 12/2000 and they have made
a bunch of huge improvements since then. They absolutely still have their
issues and there is still work to do, and they have a crappy reputation to
overcome because they lost a lot of customers back a couple years ago. But
they've made huge improvements in many areas.
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- 12-16-2004, 10:07 AM #14John RichardsGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
The way capitalism is supposed to work, if one company was making
that much profit, you'd see all sorts of new competition getting into
the field, with the end result being a lowering of prices.
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"Rod Golding" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> And how much is enough? 20%, 30%, 40%? More?
>
>
> "Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
>>
>> You are such a twit! "Corporate greed"? The ENTIRE purpose of a
>> corporation is to return a profit for the shareholders! That's the way it
>> is meant to be!
- 12-16-2004, 10:15 AM #15John R. CopelandGuest
Re: Sprint, Nextel agree to merge
"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message =
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> .... and they have a crappy reputation to=20
> overcome because they lost a lot of customers back a couple years ago. =
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> they've made huge improvements in many areas.
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> Steven J. Sobol
You may recall that many of those lost customers were terminated by =
Sprint.
They were deadbeats signed on by the failed policies of the previous
administration, policies of marketing to people with poor credit =
histories.
Gary Forsee came on board in late 2002, and has improved Sprint greatly.
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