| Cyrus Afzali 2006-12-11, 3:33 pm |
| On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:24:53 GMT, John Navas
< spamfilter0@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:38:14 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>wrote in < 45761f08$0$82584$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:
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>Actually not a good statistical sample, due to its self-selected nature
>from a non-representative universe.
You gotta hand it to Navvy, he's questioning one of the most
recognized and prestigious consumer information organizations on the
planet when he's got no special information on its methodology.
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>Actually a fairly large margin of error, comparable in size to
>differences between carriers.
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>The conclusion actually reached was:
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> As a group, the carriers still leave much to be desired, Consumer
> Reports editorialized.
>
> They scored only 66 on a scale of 100 for overall satisfaction. ...
>
>In other words, differences were relatively small and not terribly
>meaningful.
That's a composite score of all carriers, Navvy. It in no way reflects
how big the differences are from one carrier to another. What it DOES
mean is that people by in large often have a gripe about their
wireless service.
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