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Verizon passed up Apple iPhone deal {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 1st 2007 3:59AM re: #23
As far as the so called 2 billion GSM subscribers goes.. a good chunk of that is in China, who is SWITCHING to CDMA (better, more reliable technology ). Just because something is the largest and/or most popular does NOT mean it is the *BEST*. Look at Cingular :) Their numbers SUCK and Verizon Wireless has kicked their trash CONSISTENTLY for who knows how long!!!
As far as your customer base numbers go? When was the last time that site was updated?! Those numbers have to be from like, 2003 or something. (Look at response #25)
As of December 31st, 2006:
TOTAL CUSTOMERS:
VZW: 59.1 million (2.1 million added in retail stores, more than any other carrier)
Cingular: 61 million (they don't say how many they added in the store on their investor website
TOTAL CHURN (customer turnover, i.e. "way of measuring percentage of customers that disconnect service"):
VZW: 1.14
Cingy: 1.80
While Cingular has more TOTAL customers (including resellers Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc.), VZW has the most RETAIL customers (people who sign up in a corp store). Numbers don't lie, and if they do the SEC gets involved like they did with Cingular that one time.
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS!!!! Lok at the numbers for the past SEVERAL years. More people switch to (and *STAY* with) Verizon Wireless than any other carrier!! They can have the most customers, they can have "powerful stuff", they can have cheaper plans than VZW, they can say they have the fewest dropped calls. All of that doesn't matter if you can't use your phone when you want. Have you ever heard the expression "You get what you pay for?". Sure NO carrier in this country (not even Verizon Wireless) will get strong coverage on EVERY SINGLE SQUARE INCH of the United States, but I can tell you that Verizon Wireless is as close to that as you are going to get.
If one of the LARGEST countries in the WORLD (China) decides to switch their wireless technology to CDMA instead of GSM... you know something is going on :)
And yes, I do work for Verizon Wireless.... but the numbers speak for themselves...
Enough said........... FOR NOW.
VZW VX9900 (enV) spec sheet leaked, launch imminent? {Engadget Mobile}
Nov 7th 2006 8:58PM Launch date is finalized as November 20th.
