Wireless Number Portability--Public Preparedness Guide

That was the whole point!
"Michael Notforyou" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Trimodeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Siren Blasts:
> >
> > (Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through
or
> > was dropped.
> >
> > >
> > >
>
> Switched TO Cingular? Who in their right mind would do that? Everyone
> I know that has Cingular is running to the nearest Verizon store come
> Monday, including me.
>
> I'm in the old BellSouth Mobility DCS service area, which is GSM.
>
> *Michael Notforyou*

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That was the whole point!
"Michael Notforyou" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Trimodeman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Siren Blasts:
> >
> > (Silent)- The user switched to Cingular but the call did not go through
or
> > was dropped.
> >
> > >
> > >
>
> Switched TO Cingular? Who in their right mind would do that? Everyone
> I know that has Cingular is running to the nearest Verizon store come
> Monday, including me.
>
> I'm in the old BellSouth Mobility DCS service area, which is GSM.
>
> *Michael Notforyou*

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:28:54 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.verizon:

>You should have seen the preparation for the opening of Ikea in East Palo Alto
>a few months ago. There literally were police command posts set up on roads
>leading to the store. All newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations did stories
>on the opening and how people should prepare. Residents near the store were
>stockpiling food because of the fear that traffic gridlock would make it impossible
>to get out to grocery stores. Newspapers printed maps of the best routes in and
>out of the area, as well as advice on alternate routes that avoided the area
>entirely. Traffic helicopters hovered over the major roads leading to the store,
>reporting on the status of the parking garage. Nearby stores hired private
>security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

And here on Long Island, no one notices when a new store opens. A
0.01% increase in traffic isn't a big thing.

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:28:54 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
<[email protected]> posted in alt.cellular.verizon:

>You should have seen the preparation for the opening of Ikea in East Palo Alto
>a few months ago. There literally were police command posts set up on roads
>leading to the store. All newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations did stories
>on the opening and how people should prepare. Residents near the store were
>stockpiling food because of the fear that traffic gridlock would make it impossible
>to get out to grocery stores. Newspapers printed maps of the best routes in and
>out of the area, as well as advice on alternate routes that avoided the area
>entirely. Traffic helicopters hovered over the major roads leading to the store,
>reporting on the status of the parking garage. Nearby stores hired private
>security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

And here on Long Island, no one notices when a new store opens. A
0.01% increase in traffic isn't a big thing.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> Nearby stores hired private
> security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

Off topic, but...

As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
in your lot? Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
don't bother, but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping. Many
of these folks will have ventured to the Ikea opening from well
outside their normal trade area and will likely return to Ikea in the
future, and the local merchants have acccess to these people and their
wallets for the first time! Instead of making a good first
impression, they are the bastards who forced you to walk an extra six
blocks! Arrgh!

When I used to own a Cingular (indirect) store, the management of our
plaza approached me and told me another cellular dealer wanted to move
in, but my lease gave me a right to refuse a direct competitor.
'Bring 'em on!' I told them- I was confident my product was as good or
better than anyone's, and having the competition close would actually
help- most wireless customers (smartly) don't want to commit to a
contract before checking out all the carriers. I fifured the more in
my plaza the better- if the customer could check everyone out wit out
getting back in the car, the more likely I'd hook them. If the leave
to check out the competition, there's no guarantee that if they
eventually chose Cingular that they'd come back to me instead of the
next Cingular store they drove by.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> Nearby stores hired private
> security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.

Off topic, but...

As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
in your lot? Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
don't bother, but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping. Many
of these folks will have ventured to the Ikea opening from well
outside their normal trade area and will likely return to Ikea in the
future, and the local merchants have acccess to these people and their
wallets for the first time! Instead of making a good first
impression, they are the bastards who forced you to walk an extra six
blocks! Arrgh!

When I used to own a Cingular (indirect) store, the management of our
plaza approached me and told me another cellular dealer wanted to move
in, but my lease gave me a right to refuse a direct competitor.
'Bring 'em on!' I told them- I was confident my product was as good or
better than anyone's, and having the competition close would actually
help- most wireless customers (smartly) don't want to commit to a
contract before checking out all the carriers. I fifured the more in
my plaza the better- if the customer could check everyone out wit out
getting back in the car, the more likely I'd hook them. If the leave
to check out the competition, there's no guarantee that if they
eventually chose Cingular that they'd come back to me instead of the
next Cingular store they drove by.

"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
>
> > Nearby stores hired private
> > security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.
>
> Off topic, but...
>
> As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
> of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
> in your lot?

The reason was that the massive number of Ikea customers would fill every
space, leaving no parking for their regular customers.

"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
>
> > Nearby stores hired private
> > security firms to keep Ikea shoppers from using their parking lots.
>
> Off topic, but...
>
> As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
> of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
> in your lot?

The reason was that the massive number of Ikea customers would fill every
space, leaving no parking for their regular customers.

On 23 Nov 2003 22:15:33 -0800, [email protected] (Todd Allcock)
wrote:

>As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
>of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
>in your lot?

Because someone going to your store to purchase from your store will
be unable to park, and hence, probably go somewhere else. You loose
business.

>Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
>store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
>window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
>don't bother,

And they park for free at your store. Loose / Loose situation.

>but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
>advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping.

I will NEVER give my business to a company that 'leaflets' cars.
Annoys the hell out of me - and then half of them end up being on the
ground. And someone has to clean them up.
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

On 23 Nov 2003 22:15:33 -0800, [email protected] (Todd Allcock)
wrote:

>As a former retail store owner, I'm always surprised at the stupidity
>of shopkeepers. Why would you not allow those Ikea shoppers to park
>in your lot?

Because someone going to your store to purchase from your store will
be unable to park, and hence, probably go somewhere else. You loose
business.

>Best case scenario, they might notice/stop into your
>store at some point in their shopping frenzy (perhaps preferring to
>window shop awhile than to fight gridlock!), worse case scenario they
>don't bother,

And they park for free at your store. Loose / Loose situation.

>but you can hit their car with a flyer or leaflet
>advertising a great deal at your place while they're shopping.

I will NEVER give my business to a company that 'leaflets' cars.
Annoys the hell out of me - and then half of them end up being on the
ground. And someone has to clean them up.
To e-mail me, remove theobvious from my e-mail address.

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon

Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
hoping, Steven.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon

Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
hoping, Steven.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
> 15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
>
> Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
> hoping, Steven.


Is Dublin one of the top 100 markets? Or do you combine it with
Pleasanton to get into the top 1000 markets?

In article <[email protected]>,
John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov 2003
> 15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
>
> Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you keep on
> hoping, Steven.


Is Dublin one of the top 100 markets? Or do you combine it with
Pleasanton to get into the top 1000 markets?

"Patrick Bosley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
| In article <[email protected]>,
| John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
|
| > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
| >
| > In <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Nov
2003
| > 15:58:19 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote:
| >
| > >Long-Short-Long John Navas has switched carriers to Verizon
| >
| > Not terribly likely, given the crappy coverage in this area, but you
keep on
| > hoping, Steven.
|
|
| Is Dublin one of the top 100 markets? Or do you combine it with
| Pleasanton to get into the top 1000 markets?

1. Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 51. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
2. New York, NY 52. Hartford, CT
3. Chicago, IL PMSA 53. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
4. Philadelphia, PA-NJ 54. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
5. Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV 55. Memphis, TN-AR-MS
6. Detroit, MI 56. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
7. Houston, TX 57. Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
8. Atlanta, GA 58. Jacksonville, FL
9. Dallas, TX 59. Rochester, NY
10. Boston, MA-NH 60. Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI
11. Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 61. Oklahoma City, OK
12. Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 62. Louisville, KY-IN
13. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 63. Richmond-Petersburg, VA
14. Orange County, CA 64. Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
15. San Diego, CA 65. Dayton-Springfield, OH
16. Nassau-Suffolk, NY 66. Fresno, CA
17. St. Louis, MO-IL 67. Birmingham, AL
18. Baltimore, MD 68. Honolulu, HI
19. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 69. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
20. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 70. Tucson, AZ
21. Oakland, CA 71. Tulsa, OK
22. Pittsburgh, PA 72. Ventura, CA
23. Miami, FL 73. Syracuse, NY
24. Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH 74. Omaha, NE-IA
25. Denver, CO 75. Albuquerque, NM
26. Newark, NJ 76. Tacoma, WA
27. San Juan-Bayamon, PR 77. Akron, OH
28. Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 78. Knoxville, TN
29. Kansas City, MO-KS 79. El Paso, TX
30. San Francisco, CA 80. Bakersfield, CA
31. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 81. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
32. San Jose, CA 82. Gary, IN
33. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 83. Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA
34. Orlando, FL 84. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA
35. Sacramento, CA 85. Toledo, OH
36. Fort Lauderdale, FL 86. Jersey City, NJ
37. Indianapolis, IN 87. Baton Rouge, LA
38. San Antonio, TX 88. Youngstown-Warren, OH
39. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC 89. Springfield, MA
40. Las Vegas, NV-AZ 90. Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
41. Columbus, OH 91. Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD
42. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 92. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
43. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 93. Ann Arbor, MI
44. Bergen-Passaic, NJ 94. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
45. New Orleans, LA 95. Stockton-Lodi, CA
46. Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 96. Charleston-North Charleston, SC
47. Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC 97. Wichita, KS
48. Austin-San Marcos, TX 98. New Haven-Meriden, CT
49. Nashville, TN 99. Mobile, AL
50. Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 100. Columbia, SC