| DecaturTxCowboy 2006-05-28, 11:48 pm |
| SMS wrote:
> "By raising the bar higher in the mobile-phone business, Verizon
> Communications is putting pressure on rivals Cingular Wireless and
> Sprint Nextel Corp. to play catch-up."
>
> See: "http://tinyurl.com/nccrc"
"And Sprint has eschewed (that means abandoned - for those of you in Rio
Linda) its prior approach of telling customers all the cool things they
could do with their mobile phones."
Its nice to see carriers finally looking at a different approach (i.e.
fewer dropped calls and better coverage), but its less profitable than
the fancy stuff (i.e. ringtones for the under 30s crowd).
Like I have posted in the far past...In Texas, carriers make 90% to 95%
(or whatever number the industry magazines reported) in three core areas
- San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas/Fort Worth. Offering fancy stuff in
just those areas and dropping the rest of Texas would be a wise move
(somewhat sarcastically speaking). T-Mobile is doing fine and doesn't
have the statewide deployment like the big three.
Its a hard call to make. Concentrate on the more numerous low end plans
or less numerous high end plans. Using the hypothetical assumption kids
have lower cost plans than business users.
For you convenience, please use one of the following replies:
1 - "Total rubbish"
2 - "Unsubstantiated and anecdotal"
3 - "Works fine in the Bay area, you must have a bad handset"
4 - "You got it backwards, as usual"
5 - "Have a nice day"
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