Sprint's iDEN Base Drops 10% In One Quarter

For Service and Repair, some people are actually able to, when they get their devices repaired for a qualifying issue where the device is defective, switch from a Nextel handset to an equivalent reconditioned Sprint CDMA based device, if a plan switch is necessary it does not extend the contract, etc.

These customers aren't fleeing the Nextel network, they're flocking to a more reliable network that has more to offer at what is still a very very good price.

With Sprint also rolling out another form of PTT (please, f***ing pick one and stay this time... I believe this will stick considering it is part of the multi-million Network Vision) this will enable these customers to immediately switch to one of these new devices with no change to...
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Proof positive to what I said when they announced the shut down. you have a bout a million that jumped ship after they made than announcement, some to Sprint CDMA, some to other providers I imagine, and now theyre left with 8 MILLION DIE HARD iDEN SUBCRIBERS. They stand to lose more than a couple of those 8 million iDEN subs (I said 5, I was wrong) to whoever can provide that solution for them in Sprint's absence, namely SouthernLinc in some small capacity as they expand their network... SouthernLINC operating on an iDEN network will be the only one in the country thats still compatible with the Nextel Holdings in all of central and south Americas and Asia... Sprint is being very short sighted in just worrying about a nationwide solution to ...
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The reason Sprint is coming up with other PTT solutions in the first place is because as phones become more data oriented iDen is not meant to be a high speed network in that sense. Data speeds are very slow on iDen. So a lot of people may be jumping ship just to get faster Internet speeds and to get the Smart Phones since there are very few smart phones on the network currently. Motorola has put out one decent smart phone on iDen but your back to the same problem with the data speeds lacking.

They are adding customers finally. But I remember I think it was last quater they reported that they added customers but they also reported a negative (in the red) revenue. Which someone pointed out, that is scary because that means they are attracting people with their low prices but the prices are so low and don't make money. So either they are going to have to higher the prices, or cut administrative cost or something else is going to have to cut to reduce the spending.

Without the loss of the iden customers, Sprint would have added 1.6 million subscribers in what is normally a slow quarter. These guys are finally starting to get back on track. It's too bad they had that Nextel merger.

all i will say is this, sprint is toast, once they shut down iden they are gonna lose more customers the whole damn company will shut down with it. I hope that sprint is reading all these post on the web and I hope they are learming somethin from it. I have had nextel for 10 years and it is the ****, LET ME REPEAT MYSELF SPRINT, THE ****, damn get your mind out of the freakin gutter and use the best push to talk service that you owne and use it to your advantage you freakin idiots. You shut down iden, your going to lose, and your going to lose, ALOT!!! let me say this to you for all of you sprint people reading this, I applied for a job with your company about 8 months ago and your area rep didnt even call me to atleast talk to me about the ...
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this is what happens when you have an awful company handling a great asset.

in this case; Sprint handling IDEN. shame on Sprint for doing this. i dont blame those people for leaving. i would leave too! (im not but i might have to sooner than later)