Whenever I am traveling with co-worker from my company that have Verizon,
there are many times that they borrow my Sprint phone because they either
can't get a signal or they keep dropping the call. Whenever they have this
problem and need to borrow my Sprint phone, I make them say "It's the
Network" before I let them borrow my Sprint phone to make their call.

I make them say "It's the Network" because they are drinking so much Verizon
Kool-Aid that they just can't belive that their phone can't make a call or
is dropping the call. Sometimes they are so brainwashed that they even try
to blame the dropped call on the landline phone of the person that they are
talking with!! Can you believe that?!

Anyway, I make them say ":It's the network" and then I let them borrow my
phone.

BTW: I don't work for Sprint or have any connection to Sprint or Verizon
other than I was a Verizon/Airtouch customer for 10 years before being
forced to switch to Sprint becuse Verizon couldn't provide service to my
neighborhood in Southern Orange County California and therefore I had to
dump-them. 'Actually Verizon dumped-me and waived the ETF after
investigating my neighborhood and talling me that they cannot provide
reliable service in my area. I think that Verion has the best marketing
maching of any company in the world and I congratulate them for that
accomplishment. Their "It's the Network" marketing campaign has everyone
drinking Verizon Kool-aid by the gallons. This really fun! I was on Ortega
Highway (between Riverside and Orange County) with a friend last week to do
some astronomy. He wanted to call his wife and his Verizon phone had no
signal! I loaned him my Sprint phone after making him say "It's the Network"
and he was able to make the call. Just for the fun-of-it, I forced my Sprint
phone to roam on Verizon and showed him that I couldn't get any signal
either. He was rather impressed that I could force my phone into roaming
mode and is going to be switching to Sprint after his contract is up with
Verizon. I also work in a building in Carlbad California on Faraday Avenue
that has a very low Verizon signal. The Verizon Kool-Aid drinkers are
dropping calls all of the time in our labs at the office. I save the day by
loaning them my Sprint phone after making them say "It's the Network".

Boys and girls, is really important to be able to separate the wheat from
the chaf. The truth is that "It's the Network" is a wonderful marketing
campaign but there is no single cell phone service provider that is "the
best". The best cell phone service is the one that works the best in the
areas that you work, live, play, and travel. That is really the final and
ONLY truth!!