Believe it or not, I'd really rather not see Sprint go belly-up.

I'm sure competition is a major reason VZW still offers decent
value-for-money. Not a bargain, mind you, but at least a fairly decent
package.

Around here (NW suburb of NYC), Nextel is considered to be a "work phone" or
"electronic leash" for PTT with mediocre phone capabilities, T-Mo is for
kids, and Sprint is hardly on the map. Very few people I know have Cingular,
though I know they are huge too.

Dean