Comments on: Sprint Buys Spectrum and Customers from US Cellular in the Midwest for $480 Million

By: KamilG

KamilG — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:34:00 +0000

This is actually incredibly interesting to me because I live in the midwest and just one month ago was with USCC. Weird to think I would have ended up in the same spot regardless lol

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:01:00 +0000

Verizon treats customers like just another dollar sign or statistic in a chart and could care less. A great network is nice, but not caring about customer satisfaction is a big deal, and gouging customers for every single dime they have is intolerable. If they take away my unlimited when my contract is up I’ll be leaving for sprint.

By: master94

master94 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Anyone else a bit mad that a company can sell its customers as if we are just items in a supermarket?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:17:00 +0000

I’m with USC in NC, and I have always been a fan. But I’m afraid that this is a sign of what is coming. T-Mo is already in the process of consuming Metro PCS. I’m actually surprised Verizon or Sprint hasn’t already absorbed USC. Given the choice, I think I would rather go to VZW or T-Mo than Sprint. Sprint use to manage our local landline service, and even though it may be a totally different company now, they were terrible then for customer service.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:07:00 +0000

What I read on Engadget said it’s all in the Midwest.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:28:00 +0000

sprint BLOWSSS. their “unlimited data” is bs. if you roam within the US you get up to 250mbs and they charge after that. and their reception sucks.

By: SavageJeep

SavageJeep — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:18:00 +0000

Don’t forget their fling with that Nextel (iDEN) network thing?

By: redbar0n11

redbar0n11 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Sounds good to me. I’m a VZW loyal, because of cell service… but VZW’s ideas and treatment of customers is horrible. We need the other big players to force VZW off their high horse, and get back to reality!

By: duke69111

duke69111 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:35:00 +0000

What part of the country did US Cellular sell?

By: KT

KT — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:18:00 +0000

Agreed.

By: Droid Burgundy

Droid Burgundy — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:13:00 +0000

FWIW I would rather see Tmobile succeed than sprint….. They went from GSM to CDMA and WiMax? OK now they are trying LTE… but cmon Sprint.. get with it.

By: bkosh84

bkosh84 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

It’s not like we peaked on cellular technology or anything…

By: Droid Burgundy

Droid Burgundy — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Any win for the competition is a loss for AT&T or Verizon. Maybe if they were closer in competition, less customers would get man handled financially raped.

By: abalsor

abalsor — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Seems like too little too late… At this stage in the network game I dont think it will be enough….

By: Ryan Markwald

Ryan Markwald — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000

Sprint’s service is terrible, and US Cellular has 4g in those areas mean less for Sprint to have to implement/deploy there. US Cell wasn’t doing great in those markets, and Sprint saw something that it wanted, so it benefits both. I’m a USC customer, switched from VZW, and I get USC’s 4g everywhere I go here in WI. I really hope that they are just getting rid of the areas that are dragging down the company financially, and this isn’t a sign of something bigger to come down the road.