Larry wrote:
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> "On May 5 came news that Sprint's subscriber exodus will
> accelerate as phone company Qwest Communications (Q) switches to
> Verizon Wireless to provide mobile-phone calling to more than
> 800,000 of its subscribers. The decision to drop Sprint is just
> the latest blow for a cellular company that has stumbled almost
> continuously since its $35 billion acquisition of Nextel in
> 2005..."
>
> Business Week article: http://www.starturl.com/Sprint
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> Am I the only one wondering what effect 800,000 MORE users are going to
> have on the already overloaded Verizon sellphone system??

It depends on the infrastructure in the Qwest service areas, and how
much those users are spread out. At worst, Verizon would have to install
a few extra sites to handle the extra load. Verizon's system is not
overloaded, so you're starting with a false premise.