At 08 May 2008 00:05:51 +0000 TeddeLI wrote:

> > Am I the only one wondering what effect 800,000 MORE users are going to
> > have on the already overloaded Verizon sellphone system??
> >
> > ......coming soon to a tower near YOU!
>
> I'm not an expert in this but doesn't Verizon now get to use the towers
> that Quest was using?

Qwest has no towers or infrastructure of their own. (They sold it all to
Verizon years ago.) Qwest operated as an MVNO, or "Mobile Virtual Network
Operator." They simply bought airtime wholesale from Sprint and resold it
to customers as "Qwest Wireless Service" much like Virgin Mobile USA
(Sprint), Boost (Nextel), Tracfone (mostly AT&T) does.

Switching to Verizon will only change who Qwest uses as a "supplier"- no
towers or spectrum changes hands.