Talk:Sprint Nextel
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[edit] Problems with Patcat88 over editing
User Patcat88 continues to delete Nextel's roaming info, and justifies it by sourcing post from Howard forums and some PDF from CR from 2004. Which does not mention anything about Nextel roaming. All it says it "No roaming on other systems", which means CDMA, TDMA, GSM, ect.
Here is the roaming info.
Airtel roaming agreements listing: http://www.airtel.sc/our_roaming_partners.html
Extend America: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=63347&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=429644&highlight=
SouthernLINC Wireless: http://www.southernlinc.com/2002_1.asp
The2ndflood 03:37, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint Nextel Wiki reorganize
I just updated this Wiki. Info was scattered all over the place. A bunch of the info was listed under the wrong topics, so I reorganized it. I tried to keep it simple. Please don't restore it to the old profile. But please feel free to update it to better reflect the topics.
the2ndflood
[edit] Sprint hands out information w/o consent
I don't know whos bright idea it was to list info on that topic, but I will report it to the mods next time it happens. With identity theft running rampant, some want to list ways to help them out?!?! DO NOT POST INFO THAT CAN CAUSE OUR ACCOUNTS TO BE HACKED! That topic was just stupid to post!
72.150.114.173 20:43, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps an equitable compromise would be noting that news but leaving out the toll free number and the blogs that have posted that info? Still, I doubt widespread hacking will occur. Fabricationary 22:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- If you have a problem with it, take it up with Sprint. The information is already out. I tried the number; it appears to be disconnected. Again, your problem with with Sprint, not Wikipedia. SDC 23:03, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't think the info needs to be there at all. T-Mobile doesnt have any mention of the OTA Sidekick hacks, or for that matter ANY negative info. None of the carriers have their privacy issues listed. My problem is with YOU, Not Sprint. This story was not widely released. Most people I have spoken with have never even heard of it. So why is this info needed? If the problem was corrected, then why does it need to be listed here? Are you going to list every single problem, every single carrier is going through? This looks like a hose job against Sprint by people that don't care for the company. And the major problem with this story, is the fact that it is step by step. Anyone can read how to do it and find a new number to do it with. If you are going to list this story, then post ALL STORIES ON ALL CARRIERS. Don't be bias. 68.19.231.39 01:08, 11 July 2006 (UTC) Joliee
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- Do others here think it is worth it to mention that privacy scandal where someone could actually steal phone/phone caller information of *not* only Sprint but also Cingular, Verizon and T-Mobile customers? A term called pre-texting.
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- IT was reported on CNN as well when the host Wolf Blitzer of the Situation Room bought his own phone records Transcript -- ( http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/13/sitroom.02.html ) .
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- I think it was a big deal. Congress was going enact a law over it ( http://news.com.com/2100-1037_3-6047462.html ) because you could get information from any US cell phone provider.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917364,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917863,00.asp http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13466406/
CaribDigita 04:11, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
This is what I was saying. Every wireless carrier out there has these problems, but we shouldnt use this place to point out every single one. When the company becomes aware of the problem, then corrects it, the issue is no longer an issue and should be left to end. That topic was more of an attack on Sprint then anything else. And by posting details on out to commit the fraud, you are just making it worse for everyone.
Leave these issues off of this site, unless you are going to make a list of every problem, for every carrier.
68.19.199.169 23:30, 11 July 2006 (UTC) Joilee
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- Your right! I just found out that on Verizon FIOS, your static IP# will have your name and address listed on it.... These companies just----- don't get it! { link } CaribDigita 21:51, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I thought this topic was finished? Sprint corrected the problem, so why does it still need to be listed? When a company finds a problem and corrects it, then whatelse is there to to? How can this info be helpful to anyone now? Let's post current, vaild info.
CDMACORE 20:16, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tagged for Cleanup
I have tagged this page for cleanup. I have already corrected several grammatical errors, however there are quite a few more spread throughout the article. Also, the organizational layout of the article could use improvement. --Bshrode 21:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint World Headquarters....
After further research, it turns out that the Corporate Headquarters for Sprint is in Reston VA and the WORLD Headquarters are in Overland Park KS. (This information comes from their website). The overland park campus, finished in 2001, cannot be for enginering only- if anyone has seen the campus it is gigantic and cost more than 100 million dollars to build. It wouldn't make sense for a company to "waste" that money away- it was only built 5 years ago. They have also made a deal with Kansas City, since it is the site of their headquarters, to sponsor and donate money to have their name be on the New Arena being constructed there- the major reason being that Kansas City is a VERY important part of their operations.
- While I agree with you that the Overland Park campus is large and important, there's no way the company would have built it after the Nextel acquisition. Even before Nextel came into the picture and the company moved its headquarters to the Reston, VA, area, not a small percentage of the office space in Overland Park was completely unoccupied. The campus was built with regional consolidation in mind (bringing in smaller offices in the KC area), but that's not likely to happen now. In the end, what people call the two campuses doesn't amount to much. The headquarters are where the CEO resides, and that's Reston. I speculate that the KC campus will diminish in importance in the future, with more of the space being leased out to shared tenants. I'm sure they'd love to have everyone at home in the Reston area, but there isn't enough office space in that area and it would cost more to move everyone than it's really worth.
[edit] Location of Sprint world headquarters
I am a native resident of Kansas City, Missouri and I know that the World Headquarters building (actually campus) is located in Overland Park, KS. Since my word is not good enough to back this up, I have provided the exact words of the web site that state the location of Sprint's World Headquarters- it says nothing about the Virginia location. My source is: http://www.sprint.com/hr/worldheadquarters.html also http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/campus/ and http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/overview/index.html.
Each source shows the Sprint Campus in Overland Park as the world headquarters, and since it was founded there it should be common sense that it would not be in Virginia. However I did see one source under investor relations in the phone sales department that showed corporate headquarters in Reston, VA which was the former Nextel headquarters buidling- so now probably just the personal phone sale's compnay of Sprint's headquarters. But the entire corporate as a whole is located in Overland Park. Since only one source is able to back up the Reston location and 3 back up the Overland Park location (plus that site didn't even call Reston their world headquarters- just "corporate headquarters") the Overland Park location is definatley still the World Headquarters unless it is announced from Sprint itself. Also since these sources are from the Sprint web site directly, no other source would be valid unless it is from the government records or something of a similar matter.
- I'm going to put this issue to rest once and for all. I work for the company. The headquarters are in Reston, VA.
- 2001 Edmund Halley Drive
- Reston, VA 20191
- (703) 433-4000 (That is a Virginia area code.)
- http://www.investorguide.com/stock-profile.cgi?ticker=S
[edit] Donahue and Forsee
Donahue is Chairman of the Board while Forsee is President and CEO. Don't you think that Chairman of the Board is a higher rank than either President and/or CEO? — Vesther 21:19, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
- As I understand it, Forsee, as President and CEO, is an employee of the corporation whose power is granted by The Board. He has complete control over the operation, direction, and vision for the company. Donahue, as Chairman, plays more of an advisory role along with the other Directors. Technically, Donahue is above Forsee in the food chain, but Donahue does not represent the company in public and does not have a direct role in the internal chain of command. That is, the buck stops at Forsee.
Removed SBC Communications as a competitor, as the deal has closed and the new company will be called AT&T, Inc. User: quizzoid
I'm still cleaning up the portions about the litigations that Sprint Nextel is facing as result of their merger. By all means- if anyone feels they are able to reword something in particular better than I have, I have no quarrels with that. But as far as I know according to some sources I've read, this company either has to acquire some of these companies (A.S.A.P) or else possibly face a lengthy legal fight as result of the merger.
P.S. The other reason I think these acquisitions are importaint-- is at this rate which Sprint Nextel is growing (they have something like 44 million customers?) with all of these small acquisitions of "500,000 customers" here and another almost "1,500,000" there. If they keep this up- they may soon reach the size of Verizon Wireless? I figure According to Cingular-, that company has 52.3 million customers. These small deals of Sprint Nextel have possibly added another ~ 2 million following the merger? and now I'm noticing on the BoostMobile (U.S. website) that company claims 1.7M customers and that they're "a subsidary of Sprint". That possibly may put Sprint Nextel ~ 48 Million customers almost. If this is correct-- and I'm not counting any of the customers they've counted twice then Sprint Nextel is just-about on the verge of by-passing Verizon Wireless? as second largest wireless provider in the USA.
I wouldn't at consider this fuzzy math as fact until I see their Q4 or 10K report stating their actual customer numbers. CaribDigita 06:25, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Location of headquarters
Any doubt about the headquarters location should now be resolved. As of the merger with Nextel, the company's main headquarters moved to former-Nextel office space in and around Reston, Virginia (Sprint also had an existing presence a short distance down Sunrise Valley Rd. from the old Nextel campus). The former headquarters campus in Overland Park, Kansas, is now for operations and engineering only. The company does not have "two headquarters" in any sense; from a legal and leadership standpoint, Sprint Nextel is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. --24.7.38.65 02:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I believe it to be in Virgina as well. I think they're in the process of changing everything on the websites to Virginia. If you goto Sprint.com and click on "Contact Us"
it reads (on the bottom left):
Corporate Headquarters; 2001 Edmund Halley Drive; Reston, VA 20191; 703-433-4000
On Hoovers.com (Which is a part of Dun & Bradstreet) a very reputable site when dealing with corporate and financial info:
On there Sprint's legal address is listed as Virginia as well. Ofcourse this may not be truely settled until the first 10-K report comes out, but I believe it is in Virginia as well. I think only the older sites which haven't changed still say KS. For example the Copyright notice says KS still.
If you notice now the 2nd + 3rd links suggested above have since been taken down from the webserver.
- http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/campus/ (Gone)
- http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/overview/index.html (Gone)
CaribDigita 03:29, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Erick Sanchez?
- I removed the statement about Erick Sanchez as it is very suspect. This noted person is not mentioned in the Executive Bios http://www2.sprint.com/mr/exList.do nor, on the History timeline, http://www.sprint.com/companyinfo/history/ and searching the Sprint "Newsroom" on "Erick Sanchez" yields no results. Meanwhile a google search for "Erick Sanchez Sprint Nextel" also turns up a single website with a cached copy of the Erick Sanchez statement from Wikipedia. Is there a source for this Erick Sanchez sttatement and if so how is it that they were "good" for the company? At the same time the Contribs of that IP# are suspect. [1]. Is anybody else able to turn up more on any Erick Sanchez? I'm thinking it's just spam. CaribDigita 13:15, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
- I heard that Erick Sanchez used to be a VP or something. I'm not too sure.
[edit] Just to let others know.
- I had added "Judith A. Muhlberg" at the time because there were only 2. People listed there. In my mind she seems to have been very active, including working for State Farm, Boeing, for Dick Cheney and several other prominent persons currently in the White House. However if there is someone else at Sprint better suited for that spot, feel free to remove her and add that other person.
Stories about Judith Muhlberg. Example #1: http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=7540 Example #2: http://www.awpagesociety.com/about/trustees/Judith_Muhlberg.asp Example #3: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_32/b3744016.htm
She has some impressive credentials I think. CaribDigita 16:13, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Since I work for the company and know the key people in the organization. I believe that Len Lauer should be added to the key people section. His is currently the COO. If not I believe you should add the new CFO.
- Agreed, I've added Len Lauer as he is currently the COO and was only bumped from CEO to allow for Donahue to carry over his leadership position from Nextel. He clearly is one of the core leadership of the company.
[edit] Leaked photos of the new dualed Motorola iDEN-CDMA phones.
{Scroll down a little)
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=892205
- Speaking of new phones, it looks like Motorola is finally innovating some of their expensive lack-luster Nextel-phones that they shove on us Nextel Customers. The new i580 will have a rugged design, plus a camara --and-- bluetooth capability [2]. Unfort. it still doesn't have the 900MHz range (which Sprint got from the purchase of Velocita Wireless.) The 900MHz should provide better iDEN cellular coverage thus reducing some of the dropped-calls. CaribDigita 22:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Name?
Why is it still being called the Sprint Nextel Corpaoration. Offically I belive that it is just Sprint the only reason that the Nextel name is being used is there are still Nextel phones out there. With the Nextel Cup being Changed to the Sprint Cup with the start of the 2007 season I don't see way people still think it's the Sprint Nextel Corp. It seems to me that it's should just be the Sprint Corp and they are working on totally phasing out the name Nextel.
- Why? Because the legal name of the holding company is Sprint Nextel Corporation. As long as the legal name is such, the Wikipedia article will remain titled as such. Most articles aren't titled based on a d/b/a name. KansasCity 17:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Founding Date?
You know, this wasn't a problem until just recently. What was wrong with the founding date of Sprint Nextel being 1899? Granted, Sprint bought Nextel in 2005, but the entity Nextel is technically defunct. Sprint Nextel is just the new name of Sprint following its buyout of Nextel. Sprint did not shed its old name like SBC did following the AT&T buyout. KansasCity 17:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article Split
Just as was done with the AT&T article, I am proposing an article split: Sprint Nextel should detail the history of Sprint before its acquisition of NEXTEL and the status of the current company. NEXTEL Communications should be created to detail Nextel before the Sprint merger. KansasCity 18:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
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- What do others think? Is Nextel historically significant enough to warrant having a Pre-merger encylopedia entry on NEXTEL and SPRINT as well?
[3] and putting "NEXTEL" under Cat: defunct companies in the United States?
CaribDigita 16:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- I tried it out just putting everything in the past-tense. It would look like Sprint Corporation (1899-2005) and NEXTEL Communications (1987-2005) if the AT&T syntax were used. CaribDigita 11:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Wow. I really think that's a huge improvement. I especially like the idea of the current Sprint Nextel article gaining a bit of clarity. Right now it's just a sprawling jumble of an article. Justen 08:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint Nextel Competitors
I dont think we need the Sprint Nextel Competitors section in the article because of the American mobile phone companies template at the bottom of the page. This information is just repetitive. -- Masterpjz9 17:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Location of Sprint Headquarters - Again
According to Sprint's annual reports, here are the locations for their headquarters. As you can see, from 1995-2004 Sprint used the term World Headquarters. In 2005 it changed to Corporate Headquarters.
1995-2000
Sprint World Headquarters
2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Westwood, KS
2001-2004
Sprint World Headquarters
6200 Sprint Parkway
Overland Park, KS
2005-
Corporate Headquarters
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, VA
http://www.sprint.com/investors/annualreports/
Some of the confusion comes from different meanings for the word headquarters. A corporate headquarters is a legal or corporate term. It is where the CEO has his office, and where the board of directors meets. Headquarters can also mean the central office where a large number of employees work. When Sprint used the term world headquarters, they were using both of these meanings.
The campus has between 12,000 and 15,000 employees. This replaced about 50 leased buildings throughout the Kansas City area. The campus was both the corporate headquarters, and the place where they consolidated much of their office space. There were two main purposes for this consolidation. First, it was a long-term financial savings. Second, it improved efficiencies and communications by having many employees together in the same place.
On August 12, 2005, Sprint Nextel announced the completion of their merger. Here is how they described their locations in their press release: "Sprint Nextel has approximately 80,000 employees with its corporate headquarters in Reston, Va., and its operational headquarters in Overland Park, Kan." This is also the verbage that is used for internal documents.
http://www2.sprint.com/mr/news_dtl.do?id=7760
At this point Sprint Nextel dropped the use of the term World Headquarters. The corporate headquarters stayed at the location of the Nextel corporate headquarters. In some ways this was a compromise with the Nextel management, but it was also a reflection of the different market segments each company had. Nextel had a much larger presence in government and large business than Sprint had. There were advantages in being close to the beltway.
Very few peope moved from the campus to Reston. Many executives now just keep two offices. Most employees who work at the campus will stay at the campus. There is no advantage to moving 12,000 - 15,000 people, especially since labor rates and overhead expenses are much lower in Kansas than in Reston, VA.
My point to all this is that I would like to change the verbage in this article to match the verbage that Sprint is currently using.
Corporate Headquarters: Reston, VA
Operational Headquarters: Overland Park, KS
Comments?
Jayscore 15:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Why they make it soo confusing is beyond me. *Boggle-boggle* :-) CaribDigita 16:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Apparently it is only confusing to outsiders. In their announcements management has stated the corporate headquarters are out east and the operational headquarters would remain here in Kansas City. —Mike 15:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Ambiguity over the correct acronym for SPRINT (if any)
This section presents a definition for SPRINT as if it is an acronym: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel_Corporation#Sprint
The problem is it is not clear whether that is the correct acronym or if a single correct acronym for Sprint even exists. Here are the options and versions I've found so far:
- Southern Pacific Railroad INTegration (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel_Corporation#Sprint and also mentioned at http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1179895 )
- Southern Pacific Railroad Information NeTwork (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Right-of-way_%28railroad%29 )
- Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Communications. (from http://tcp.dramatools.net/archives/000368.html )
- Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Telecommunications (from http://tcp.dramatools.net/archives/000368.html )
- Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications (from http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1179895 )
- also this note says it wasn't an acronym, at least not at first, http://yarchive.net/phone/sprint.html which tells of a naming contest:
"Rex Hollis, the VP of Marketing at the time (now with Loral), ran a contest to select a name. The winning entry was "Sprint", and was submitted by Tony Broadman (now with Qwest). "Sprint" never really meant anything, but it makes an interesting story. It was only after the name began to catch on that attempts were made to "force-fit" it into an acronym."
- also this version "Yes. I have heard it the way Wally tells it - "INTernal" - as well as a version that the initials SPR just naturally lended themselves to the name SPRINT." (from http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1179895 )
- finally this Usenet thread has some ideas:
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.rail.americas/browse_thread/thread/e0a0b972bf6e2288/ especially this message: http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.rail.americas/browse_thread/thread/e0a0b972bf6e2288/0ceffe65407a72f6?#0ceffe65407a72f6
Kaze0010 02:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint / Sprint Corporation or Sprint Nextel
I can totally agree with the confusion over the name. I have both a Sprint (PCS phone) and Sprint (iDEN phone/"NEXTEL"). When you call on the phone the operators still keep referring to Nextel or Sprint depending on which side you call.
If you call 1800-Sprint-1 the operators say "They are the Sprint side." If you call 1800-639-6111 (Nextel's number) the operators tell you "They are the Nextel side."
What this company needs to do is something like Cingular e.g. where people had either a "Blue plan" (former AT&T Wireless contract) or "Orange plan" (Plain old Cingular contract). Sprint Nextel might need to do something like "Yellow" and "Black" or something like that. It's annoying to somehow get transfered to a Nextel Customer service and explain your whole problem with Powervision only to be told they'll transfer you to the Sprint side. etc. If you say "I'm having a problem with my Sprint iDEN phone that sometimes means you need to say "Nextel phone" because the operator still wont know what you're talking about sometimes. Or if you do say "Sprint phone" and mean a Nextel phone sometimes they transfer you to Sprint (PCS) customer service. It's a great big mess right now. CaribDigita 01:00, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Sprint and Nextel should separate. Let them be on their own. I think Nextel neede Sprint popularity.
In additon, the text "The company outsources its customer service operations to Convergys, the world's leading customer care outsourcing company." Is no longer accurate, as Nextel still has contracts with ACS and TeleTech (at least) for customer care. If I had could find a reference, I'd update THAT myself, but I can't.
[edit] Stockholders and pitchmen edit
Do stockholders routinely remove any negative information from this site in order to pump the stock price up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.74.225.90 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] External link problems
I've removed both link to the "my-nextel" site. The first link was to a list of phones that was a click-though ad for ringtones. The second link was for an utterly non-notable forum with ONE post and two registered users. The policy for external links is at WP:EL. I can't see any possible reason for including the link. There are probably other links here that need to be removed as well. Kuru talk 01:40, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
You might want to watch over the links page. IP address 206.106.225.161 restored that my-nextel site, then after it was removed again, 4 other links were deleted in what seems like retaliation. Only 1 of them being considered a spam link. I agree that those links you deleted were not helpful. But I don't consider mobiledia.com, phonescoop.com, and pcsintel.com spam.
CDMACORE 20:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Again, a simple list of phones with "buy now" links and clickthrus to resellers is not acceptable. You can easily see a list of phone on the company's site. Please desist, or discuss your reasons for continually adding the links here. Kuru talk 00:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Kuru I see your point and agree with it. That other site was just a link page selling devices and services. But I don't think Phonescoop.com and Mobiledia.com count as spam. I just added those sites to compromise with the user adding the My Nextel page. If that user has nothing to do with My-nextel.com, and is only after device info, then Phonescoop or mobiledia.com would fit that bill. If they are trying to add their own seller web page, then this method would prove that as well. Because they would continue to add that spam link and further action could be taken.
CDMACORE 03:48, 1 August 2006 (UTC) 03:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
mynextel.com used to be Nextel-owned, and a customer service tool... seems to be cybersquatted now. Still shouldn't be here, as sprint.com and nextel.com have alwasy had the exact same login functionality on their homepage as mynextel.com ever did.
[edit] Sprint commercial actor
Who is the trenchcoated actor on the commercials, who always comes in with solutions with a wry look on his face? Chris 19:36, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Outsourcing of customer service for Sprint
It is incorrect to state that Convergys is the only outsourcer for Sprint's customer service. ACS (affiliated computer services) and Teletech both own large portions of the customer service contract. In fact, both Teletech and ACS own larger portions of the contract than Convergys.
[edit] Stock lagging peers, today's annoncement.
Stock is lagging peers, today's annoncement brings another wave on negative analyst comments on the merger and management. Shouldn't that be part of the article?--Gkklein 22:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Sprint is becoming too lethargic, it has nothing going for them... Even with a number of buyouts they still have less customers than both Verizon and Cingular.... The only thing they have going for them right now is Nextel's walkie-talkie ("Chirp") and now already competitors are rolling out knock-offs.
- The roll out of Sprint technology is too slow. Sprint also offers us customers no new innovative phones like the "BlackJak" or anything either.................
- The whole Nextel phone line lacks innovation, and suffers rutine droped calls (in the Boston area). Sprint is also the only major carrier in the Boston area which doesn't work on the Subway system here. Cingular, T-Mobile, Verizon etc. all built their own right of ways or inked deals to have repeaters put in the Boston subway. My attempts to beg Sprint to do the same for a year have been worthless. All Nextel phones are also made by motorola leaving little variation between models. Decent Nextel phones (because of the monopoly) cost above $300 when there are phones with way more features on the Sprint PCS side (which cost no more than ~ $150) for Bluetooth, MP3, Power Vision etc. So at this point the only growth is probably happening on the Sprint PCS side. I'm probably going to bail on this company myself before not too long. I might have to go back to Cingular. Heck the termination fee is only worth a few months of service. I think the stock slumping is pretty noteworthy. I bet Exec's will start to bail-out soon. CaribDigita 00:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint loses 300,000 customers in Q1, 2006. Plans layoffs.
- Sprint Nextel Announces Plan to Lay Off 5,000 Workers - Tuesday, January 9, 2007: The Washington Post Pg. D03
I'm going to bail too. I have battle-fatigue after trying to get this company to provide decent service for over a year.
- Sprint Nextel Struggling Since Merger - Wednesday, January 10th, 2007: Forbes.com
CaribDigita 01:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I have found Sprint's service to be the best. It has been getting better every day. Cingular lost lots of money and still owes huge dept from their AT&T Wireless merger. I am just sick of all this analyst bashing. Give Sprint time. They really do have the best overal offering.
74.241.169.98 03:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sprint Corporation (1899-2005) and NEXTEL Communications
NEXTEL Communications and Sprint Corporation (1899-2005) should be merged with the article Sprint Nextel
-Mrsanitazier March 10,2007 6:41 PM ET
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- This had been debated before. I myself no longer have Sprint (Thank heavens) so I no longer really care about the debate outcome on their article. But, one reason why this article *should* be saved is one-day all information about IDEN will probably be erased from the SPRINT article, when that company does away with IDEN. Nextel (The historical company) is one place that information can be repositoried when IDEN eventually gets decommissioned in favor of CDMA by SPRINT.
- P.S. This type of thing has also already been debated on Cingular vs. AT&T Wireless merger already (With results of keep). MCI vs. Verizon merger (same result). AT&T vs. SBC (same result.) Etc. CaribDigita 15:20, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
