At 10 Jan 2008 19:29:14 +0000 Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

> I my immediate area there is only Sprint and Verizon (and perhaps
QWest .. who
> joined/partnered with Sprint and share PCS spectrum and systems).

To clarify that comment a little, these days Qwest is simply a Sprint MVNO.
Qwest sold their wireless spectrum and assets long ago, and uses Sprint's
network and infra tructure, but but their own Qwest-branded handsets,
billing systems and customer service. Sort of like a postpaid Virgin Mobile.


Ironically, the "old AT&T" (the LD company that SBC bought) had just signed
an agreement with Sprint to offer wireless service in the same MVNO fashion
as Qwest, to back in the wireless biz two years after spinning off the old
AT&T Wireless (which has just been purchased by Cingular at that point.)
That deal was invalidated by their (AT&T's) acquisition by SBC.