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To: professor who wrote (262)	2/13/2002 4:26:03 PM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 329

Sprint has deteriorated. In my area (Chicago) the quality of Sprint's network is poor in my opinion. It's pretty well documented that Chicago is PCS's worst coverage area in the country. I wouldnt put much weight on your personal experience....it's not a countrywide phenemonon. BTW...I agree PCS sucks in Chicago, though the people that I know that have AWE also complain. Verizon tends to get the best reviews among my friends... Slacker

To: professor who wrote (262)	2/13/2002 11:54:07 PM
From: Seeker2007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 329

I have a somewhat similar experience. I have a Sprint PCS phone and my wife has a GSM phone (Cingular Wireless). The Sprint phone is normally alright - but it does drop calls. Also the signal strength display on the PCS phone changes just by moving or changing the orientation of the phone (e.g. from 5 bars to 1 bar or vice/versa). Any CDMA/GSM/TDMA experts out there who can explain this (and are not long QCOM/PCS ?) ------ This stock is quite a dog though. It should have some value - (i) US customer base - 18 million+ and revenues (ii) Many international alliances and minority interests (iii) Ownership of licenses that should be worth more than the current market cap (iv) Other tangible & intangible assets --------- Spectrum is limited and I believe that all carriers are hungry for profitability. If customer additons slow across the industry carriers will begin to focus on profitabilty - which may be achievable simply by paring the high cost of new customer acquisition (if consumers have to pay full price for phones it will also cut churn) Any other opinions out there ?