05-06-2008, 01:52 PM
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 | CrackBerry User Device(s): 8330 (Curve) Carrier: Sprint/Nextel | | Location: Toledo, OH Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 71 Likes Received: 0
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Originally Posted by gopdon  when i say "look different" I mean in a very substancial way. 15 years ago, Sprint was a long distance carrier pretty exclusively. Now they are a wireless company. With the financials the way they are and the highly competative nature of the industry, Sprint is just a couple industry changes away from not being able to compete.
I agree the monthly contract is where the money is to be made. As with the SEP and the value if delivers for new Curve owners, it will be Sprint's draw for customers. I would assume that would go for their newer phone offerings as well. However, Sprint's SEP plan was not the first (but it is the best) and it was a result of other carriers doing it. Every change in the industry almost has to be replicated by the competitors since they would lose business otherwise. Since the FCC and courts have cleared the way to allow customers to essentially have unlocked phones and portable numbers, the next big thing to allow customers to really take advantage of that is getting rid of contracts. That will happen. Some industry player will determine that they could benefit by not having contract (as they have all seen by getting into the pay as you go business) and smaller companies like Sprint will have to follow suit just to stay competative. Unless Sprint remakes itself, it may not survive that change in the industry...Curve or no Curve. | Am I remembering right that back in the late late 90s sprint was actually doing the month to month thing? I am kind of remembering that it was the same phones, same plans as contracted customers just that it cost $5 or $10 more per month.
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