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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (22046)	6/17/2007 8:05:40 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Read Replies (1) of 46821

Hi Frank, >>As for the fool piece, yes.. churn is a critical factor. But if the fools wanted to be consistent with their stated goal of looking at trends instead of churn rates, then wouldn't it have been more informative for the reader if they'd shown actual subscription numbers?<< TMF Service Provider Metrics fool.com 1Q07 US Cellular subscribers, ARPU and churn AT&T 62.2M $49.21 1.7% Verizon 60.7M $50.73 1.1% Sprint 53.6M $56.47 2.7% T-Mobile 26.0M $51.00 2.6% >> IIRC, Sprint-Nextel made a claim not too long ago, which I found a bit curious, concerning not holding subs to contractual terms. Am I mistaken about this? If this is true, then I could envisage a rush of users interested in doing try-buys while still subscribed to their then-existing provider, which would have the effect of muddying up these churn analyses, somewhat. Don't you think?<< Churn is muddy because of it's three components fool.com Some report quarterly churn, some report annual churn, some only report voluntary churn, and you have to figure out what is being reported. petere

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