"Ron" <ronclifford@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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>>The article makes it sound like this switch to Verizon basically is a
>>retreat from the wireless business for Qwest- they'll be selling Verizon
>>service AS Verizon service- not rebranding it as "Qwest" and competing
>>against Sprint, Verizon, etc. for customers. They'll sell it like they
>>sell
>>DirecTV for TV service- as an already popular "parner" product you can
>>bundle with your Qwest home phone/DSL bill to save a few bucks a month.
>>
>>After four years, Qwest still has less than 1,000,000 wireless customers,
>>so
>>this story is really more a reflection of Qwest's inability to market
>>wireless
>
> Nice try at spinning. Even a Sprint MVNO has to suffer Sprints
> 1900 Mhz poor coverage and lack of indoor penetration.

Look Phillipe, we all know about your axe to grind with Sprint, so stick a
sock in it. Only an absolute idiot would believe a single word you post
about Sprint, knowing your history.

As to the "poor coverage," Sprint's been able to amass 40 million customers
despite long-time customer service issues. Obviously their network WORKS or
they'd have no customer base left- those 40 million aren't hanging around
for the stellar CS! Even the bulk of their current customer hemmoraging is
coming from the Nextel side, not the PCS service. Look over the complaints
in the SprintPCS newsgroup (other than the 400 or so you've inserted via
various sockpuppets)- the majority are about billing issues, surrepitious
extensions of contracts, etc. VERY few complaints here are about coverage.

As to Qwest, I live in a Qwest market (Denver.) I know a load of people
with Sprint service (most of whom are relatively happy.) I don't know a
single Qwest Wireless user! Again, they're not dumping Sprint due to any
issues with Sprint- they simply haven't been able to market a successful
wireless service in the 25+ years of cellular's existence. Heck, when I
moved to Denver 4 years ago, Qwest was still hawking LOCAL plans at the
prices other carriers sold nationwide service for, and charged outlandish
roaming fees when you roamed off of "their" (Sprint's) network, despite the
fact that Sprint itself offered better plans with no roaming fees!

Whatever problems Sprint may have, Qwest created far more of their own!
Qwest Wireless' problems are on Qwest- not Sprint. Qwest has just never
taken wireless seriously- it's as if they only offer it at all because
"bundling" internet, phone, TV and wireless is expected of a telco or
cableco these days. Bundling services people actually know and use (like
DirecTV or Verizon) makes more sense than trying to launch or increase
awareness of their own brand.