NEWS: Number Portability Hits With A WHIMPER, Not The BANG

Roopinder Randhawa wrote:
> Well when they do the math of giving up the existing contracts they wait.
> So when the wait is over they will change. The very determined (and
> frustrated) have already changed.
>
> Also net change will come evident only over time as all markets are
> different.
>
> So wait and see.
>
>

I have to comment that churn in rural areas will probably increase
dramatically as soon as portability takes effect there. We all know
that urban areas are much better covered than rural areas. I live in a
city of 60,000 right now and almost every call gets dropped (roaming on
Western Wireless). Statewide coverage is not that good, even with
Verizon's "Most Reliable Network Equipment and Coverage". I know many
people who want to drop "Cellular One" or any other service.

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Roopinder Randhawa wrote:
> Well when they do the math of giving up the existing contracts they wait.
> So when the wait is over they will change. The very determined (and
> frustrated) have already changed.
>
> Also net change will come evident only over time as all markets are
> different.
>
> So wait and see.
>
>

I have to comment that churn in rural areas will probably increase
dramatically as soon as portability takes effect there. We all know
that urban areas are much better covered than rural areas. I live in a
city of 60,000 right now and almost every call gets dropped (roaming on
Western Wireless). Statewide coverage is not that good, even with
Verizon's "Most Reliable Network Equipment and Coverage". I know many
people who want to drop "Cellular One" or any other service.

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Thomas M. Goethe wrote:
> "Scott in Aztlán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:17:44 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>....... He also said that many
>>customers were waiting until all the glitches had been worked out to
>
> switch
>
>>carriers.
>>
>
>
> And a lot are waiting for the end of contracts.
>
>

And a lot are waiting for number portability to take effect in other
areas (for example -- the rest of the United States outside of 100 MSA's).

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Thomas M. Goethe wrote:
> "Scott in Aztlán" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:17:44 -0500, "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>....... He also said that many
>>customers were waiting until all the glitches had been worked out to
>
> switch
>
>>carriers.
>>
>
>
> And a lot are waiting for the end of contracts.
>
>

And a lot are waiting for number portability to take effect in other
areas (for example -- the rest of the United States outside of 100 MSA's).

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