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Qwest, Verizon Partner on Wireless Deal

May 5, 2008, 6:48 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Qwest and Verizon Wireless have signed an agreement whereby Qwest will sell Verizon Wireless's phones and services to its customers. Qwest's landline subscribers will have access to all of Verizon Wireless's phones, modems, voice and data services. They will be able to purchase these products directly from Qwest's retail, online and call-in centers. Qwest's customers will be able to receive bills from Verizon Wireless separately, or bundled with their existing landlines. The agreement will last for five years.

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D Dizzle

May 5, 2008, 7:31 PM

Good for Verizon. . . . .

Not so good for Sprint. Wow, is there anything that can turn Sprint's luck around now? 😛

Disrespect

Yes there is hope for sprint... If the next terriorist instead of bombing skyscrapers they just need to bomb the at&t headquaters... 😎

Or create some type of virus that effects At&t's gsm network and they'll be just fine 😎

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yesVZW

This looks like the begining of the Verizon landline big brother buying Qwest. WOO HOO!

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nexsprint

Quick question...how did this turn in to being about Sprint? One partnership is going to drown them??? At least it's good to know that we have people thinking about Sprint all the time 🙂

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Iknownothing

Took one day to answer that question.

bentos88

May 5, 2008, 10:12 PM

Savings?

Does anyone know if there will be savings if bills are combined?? Would bundles include DSL?

Ghosthendrikson

Depending on how many products you have with Qwest, you could save up to $17 dollars off your monthly VZW bill.

I really think one of the most popular packages is going to be bundling your vzw with your DSL. Stand alone DSL and VZW wireless, you w...
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gozvzw

May 6, 2008, 10:11 AM

Great...

Well this kinda sucks for the current Verizon Direct/Indirect stores, the already very saturated markets are even more saturated now.

tnt2k1

The bigger picture is that Qwest/VZW will be able to offer bundle packages now.

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Ghosthendrikson

What is going to hurt the indirects the most is, if they buy through Qwest they are going to get a "Bundle Discount" on their VZW bill. Which depending on how many services they have with Qwest, can be as high as $17 a month.

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