Cingular cell phone service - Re: Sprint and Cingular Attack Each other in New Ad Campaign, While

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Re: Sprint and Cingular Attack Each other in New Ad Campaign, While

mhagen

2006-09-08, 10:33 pm

SMS wrote:
> "http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/15444047.htm"
>
> Sprint is running around claiming that their EV-DO network is faster
> than Cingular's Edge network, duh. Their basis for that claim is that
> since Cingular doesn't yet have wide deployment of UMTS or HSDPA, that
> the comparison is a fair one, though if you look at the number of
> covered subscribers, versus the geographic coverage, Cingular isn't
> lagging Sprint by a tremendous amount.
>
> Meanwhile, Verizon continues to outpace both Cingular and Sprint in
> growth, and if the current trends continue will pass Cingular as the
> carrier with the most subscribers sometime in the next few quarters.
>
Sorry to butt in but we'd be quite pleased to have fast wireless
connections here on the north and west Olympic Peninsula of Washington!
The high end line speed for phone lines is 28.8 on a good day. Verizon
is the only game in town.

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