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Author Re: Unlimited voice AND data for only $99 come to a GSM network starting 2/21/08
John Navas

2008-02-20, 12:33 pm

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:46:50 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47bc58c6$0$36374$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>4phun wrote:
>
>Analysts say Sprint will offer unlimited voice and messaging for between
>$60 and $80 in the next few weeks.


Citation? Oh wait ... you almost never have any ... you mostly just
make stuff up.

>If Sprint went one further, and
>offered unlimited voice and (relatively) unlimited 3G data for $100,
>that would really shake things up. What does Sprint have to lose at this
>point?


It's XXX. That would make no sense at all.

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John Navas

2008-02-20, 3:33 pm

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:33:13 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47bc71b5$0$36410$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>Todd H. wrote:
>
>
>Actually I saw the "$60-80" from
>"http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/02/20/ap4676170.html"
>
>It's always amusing to see "he who must not be named" demanding
>citations for widely disseminated news stories, while at the same time
>never providing citations for any of the claims he makes up, and never
>providing any factual basis for disputing any of the citations that
>others make.


Total nonsense.

>He's never provided a citation for extended GSM, despite repeated requests.


Actually several of them.

>He's never provided a citation disputing the accuracy of the network
>quality surveys, despite repeated requests.


Actually several of them.

>He's never provided a citation disputing the USA Today story that Apple
>approached Verizon with the iPhone prior to going to Cingular/AT&T,
>despite repeated requests.


There's no need to refute spin solely from Verizon.
The other companies don't comment.

>He complains that people treat him badly, but if he would change his
>behavior he would be forgiven and perhaps he could make some useful
>contributions.


Total nonsense.

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Best regards,
John Navas <http:/navasgroup.com>

"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." --Gene Spafford
John Navas

2008-02-20, 10:33 pm

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:33:13 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47bc71b5$0$36410$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>Todd H. wrote:
>
>
>Actually I saw the "$60-80" from
>"http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/02/20/ap4676170.html"



These stories are nothing more than analyst *speculation* -- nobody
knows what Sprint will do, maybe not yet even Sprint -- only time will
tell.

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Best regards,
John Navas <http:/navasgroup.com>

"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." --Gene Spafford
John Navas

2008-02-20, 10:33 pm

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:25:50 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47bc9a2b$0$36401$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>BTW, watch out for the latest crap from "he who must not be named,"
>which is changing the newsgroups to where follow-up posts are directed
>to include alt.cellular.cingular, a newsgroup for which there is no
>corresponding carrier, while removing newsgroups that are actually
>relevant. Pathetic and sad.


Just taking a page out of your book, Steven.
You can dish it out, but you can't take it.

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John Navas <http:/navasgroup.com>

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boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." --Gene Spafford
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