Page 1 of 4 123 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 56
  1. #1
    Steve Sobol
    Guest
    Hey, I see the merger's been approved. http://www.newCingular.com/ crows about
    the combined company having the largest network, but the fine print at the
    bottom of the page says

    The ALLOVER(SM) Network covers 268 million people.

    Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million people.

    Interesting...

    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



    See More: Biggest network?




  2. #2
    Dave C.
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?


    "Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Hey, I see the merger's been approved. http://www.newCingular.com/ crows
    > about the combined company having the largest network, but the fine print
    > at the bottom of the page says
    >
    > The ALLOVER(SM) Network covers 268 million people.
    >
    > Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million
    > people.
    >


    Before they lost a couple hundred million. -Dave





  3. #3
    Steve Sobol
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    Dave C. wrote:

    > Before they lost a couple hundred million. -Dave


    Heh. I'm a Sprint customer, and was a Sprint customer a few years ago when
    they *really* sucked. I stuck with them and they've improved greatly. They had
    made a number of improvements already when they started advertising that
    number, and while they've had their fair share of churn, I'm reasonably sure it
    wasn't a couple hundred million customers.

    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  4. #4
    Steve Sobol
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    [email protected] wrote:
    > Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
    > million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
    > 280 million.


    Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
    million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.



    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  5. #5
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:47:49 -0800, Steve
    Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:

    >[email protected] wrote:


    >> Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
    >> million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
    >> 280 million.

    >
    >Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
    >million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.


    <http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/Pa...der_id=1371443>:

    "... reaching more than 280 million people..."

    --
    Best regards,
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>



  6. #6
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA1

    In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Hey, I see the merger's been approved. http://www.newCingular.com/ crows about
    > the combined company having the largest network, but the fine print at the
    > bottom of the page says
    >
    > The ALLOVER(SM) Network covers 268 million people.
    >
    > Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million people.
    >


    They say currently "Today, the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
    connects more than 240 million people."

    - --
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
    Spammers please contact me at [email protected].

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

    iD8DBQFBh/wt1p0e3NXsrtERAmeOAJwI/R67sAPZTh6x4u/9kGXOUzl8pgCfaSya
    /AB+IPDVMeMEtAl4WGtv1h8=
    =KD4b
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



  7. #7
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    In alt.cellular.sprintpcs John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
    >>million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.

    >
    > <http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/Pa...der_id=1371443>:
    >
    > "... reaching more than 280 million people..."
    >


    That is with the Free & Clear America [or Fair & Flexible America] plan,
    which includes all the free roaming [essentially includes what Verizon
    covers digitally].

    --
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
    Spammers please contact me at [email protected].




  8. #8
    Steve Sobol
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    [email protected] wrote:
    > It was actually 230 million for the longest time. Then it became 240
    > million as the affiliates launched some new markets.


    Yes, I remember that...



    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  9. #9
    Steve Sobol
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

    > They say currently "Today, the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
    > connects more than 240 million people."


    The link given by John Navas in this thread says 280.


    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  10. #10
    Steve Sobol
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

    > They say currently "Today, the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
    > connects more than 240 million people."


    Hm. Actually, the voice network covers 280 million. "Enhanced" means areas
    where services like Vision are available, no?


    --
    JustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/
    Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / [email protected]
    PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED)
    Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.



  11. #11
    Jer
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    John Navas wrote:
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:47:49 -0800, Steve
    > Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>[email protected] wrote:

    >
    >
    >>>Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
    >>>million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
    >>>280 million.

    >>
    >>Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
    >>million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.

    >
    >
    > <http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/Pa...der_id=1371443>:
    >
    > "... reaching more than 280 million people..."
    >



    So "reaching more than 280M people" and "having 280M clients" are two
    different kettles of fish. I get it.

    --
    jer email reply - I am not a 'ten'
    I'm Jer and I approved this message.



  12. #12
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.attws - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on 2 Nov 2004
    16:51:40 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

    >I couldn't see anything in that thread that says 280 million. It's
    >still 240 million:
    >
    >http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/ue...tworkAdvantage


    <http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/Pa...der_id=1371443>:

    "... reaching more than 280 million people..."

    --
    Best regards,
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>



  13. #13
    Al Klein
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:05:35 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
    said in alt.cellular:

    >Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million people.


    Almost every man, woman, child and infant in the US is a sprint
    customer?

    Or does that number refer to footprint?



  14. #14
    DevilsPGD
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    In message <[email protected]> Al Klein
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >>Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million people.

    >
    >Almost every man, woman, child and infant in the US is a sprint
    >customer?
    >
    >Or does that number refer to footprint?


    "covers" would mean footprint.


    --
    "NEWS SERVERS ARE NOT POWER BY HAMSTERS"
    -- rfgdxm/Robert F. Golaszewski



  15. #15
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Guest

    Re: Biggest network?

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA1

    In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
    >
    >> They say currently "Today, the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
    >> connects more than 240 million people."

    >
    > The link given by John Navas in this thread says 280.
    >
    >


    It is referring to coverage on the F&CA plan. Native coverage is
    claimed at 240 million people.


    - --
    Thomas T. Veldhouse
    Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
    Spammers please contact me at [email protected].

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD)

    iD8DBQFBiOwy1p0e3NXsrtERAk4yAJ41VzHIivANC1JEJoArSQdSvE/XKQCghY6j
    j6VVU2+iGrcDumhDW8r0QRA=
    =rQLm
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



  • Similar Threads




  • Page 1 of 4 123 ... LastLast