Comments on: Sprint + Nextel = SprinTel http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99391 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99391 What about SprintLink Managed Router Networks ? (Where they have dial for AOL, and private IP or IP/VPN networks for other customers ? And what of SprintLink ?

]]> By: Charlie Sierra http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99392 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99392 I believe the new name will be:
Sextel.

I’m waiting on presser that says Hefner is somehow involved. tic.

This is a dark day, very sad.

Its also a very bad precursor for the creative commons, blogasphere, experimental open source software.

The biggest winner is Verizon. I’ll bet they splurged and spent $20,000 for dinner at Peter Lugar’s.

The loser is the germans (t-mobile), what morons, but why break with past history.

Flarion fails not because of technology, but because of eco-system. Never signed a tier one handset mfg. Timing on this deal and the events immediately preceding are very circumspect. Somebody emailed me that Tim Donahue (Nextel CEO) has sold 64% of his holdings (~$32m) so far this year.

Thank god I’ve never had to come home and find my wife in bed with the lawnboy, but I image this is how it would feel.

]]> By: John H http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99393 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99393 Someone write me on how these mergers are going to effect tower landlords who currently have four to six carriers from whom they collect rent, including my town government. Or, can we expect new technologies like WiMax to pick up the slack in the vacancies left by the defunct carriers? LNResources@aol.com

]]> By: Chris Sandchuck http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99394 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99394 use this logo for your article

]]> By: lin http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99395 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99395 Will nextel users have to get new phones and contracts?

]]> By: Wi-Fi Networking News http://gigaom.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99396 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/12/10/sprint-nextel-sprintel/#comment-99396 Nextel, Sprint Discuss Merger

You didn’t read it here first, but it’s worth noting: Nextel has unique technology that lets them serve businesses who need push-to-talk quite well, but it’s a mess of spectrum and their next-generation data plans are all on the drawing board. Sprint …

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