Sprint's credit rating gets cut by S&P
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1. herbiederb posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:45 0 0
Hey Sprint fanboy idiots.. cant wait to see your comments to this article. HAHAHAA Its already too late for Sprint IMO. Even Supersonic wont save them.
2. DonLouie posted on 06 Mar 2010, 00:47 0 0
I got a comment, it always darkest before the dawn. I won't call anybody an idiot because of thier carrier choice but they're happy with Sprint is idiotic.
7. scottmbolt (unregistered) posted on 06 Mar 2010, 08:28 0 0
Why would you want a carrier to fail? You f*cking 12 year olds. Get a goddamn life and quit commenting your nonsense high school banter on these forums. Come back and talk then your parents stop paying for your family plans, you lousy pricks.
9. remixfa posted on 06 Mar 2010, 08:53 0 0
dude,while sprint probably will fail if they dont turn things around, to root for them to crash is childish. There are thousands of employees that will be out of work in this crap ass economy if they fail. You "rooting for them to fail" is just rooting for someone to lose their house when they cant pay their mortgage because sprint dissolved and they lost their jobs. Thats pretty assholic.
13. herbiederb posted on 06 Mar 2010, 10:01 0 0
Not rooting for them to crash, havent ever shorted the stock either. Just spelling out the facts for some of these fanatics that refuse to put 1 and 1 together and continue to misinform readers here. I have no problem with Sprint users, have no problems with the fanboys. Its the unrealistic idiotic fanboys who refuse to accept any of the numerous negative articles put out that I am amused by. Read some of these guys previous comments. A lot of gay references and VZW bashing. They refuse to acknowledge the facts. @DonLouie Love the Dark Knight quote. You'll eventually come around. @kilari If Im a fag.. youre my bitch.
19. rwolf1984 posted on 06 Mar 2010, 12:59 0 0
herbiederb is completely right... Sometimes I am guilty of going out of bounds and carried away on trash talking Sprint. But the facts are the facts. Sprint is dying fast. If you get bars with Sprint that great, if you love their phones...cool...But you can't continue denying that Sprint is struggling and they might be fuct. Sprint going out of business wouldn't be so bad. We are in a free-market economy there are winners and losers. It would be unfortunate for them to lose, but its Sprints fault. Sprint got Sprint into this mess! Dan Hesse's 69ing, pre-paid and the 4G might not be enough because its not profitable. Customers and fanboys a like should be concerned whether the network they trust will be there. The proof is in the pudding...and in this case the balance sheet, the stock, and the credit rating.
20. herbiederb posted on 06 Mar 2010, 14:24 0 0
Couldnt have put it better myself. Like I said in another post, IF Supersonic really exists and comes to market AND IF WiMax is on in NYC, I will be the 1st to sign it. Those are 2 big IFs, and unfortunately for me the consumer, talk is real cheap especially for Sprint.
29. hairymonkey posted on 06 Mar 2010, 22:24 0 0
"it's always darkest before the dawn.." is not a Dark Knight quote, it's a proverb.
5. oddmanout posted on 06 Mar 2010, 02:15 0 0
Some are taking this a lil too serious. I dont see how this is effecting them to the point where they feel the need to call sprint users idiots. I mean this is just an article and it is just business (which obviously doesnt involve him). At the end of the day, I find more good coming from sprint than bad. Sometimes business is up and sometimes its down... thats the economy for you. Maybe you'll understand this when you find a life of your own someday. I'm the farthest thing from a fanboy but I am a proud sprint user. I get good coverage, i got a good phone, and i pay less than you do. I dont see the bad in it for anyone...
8. scottmbolt (unregistered) posted on 06 Mar 2010, 08:35 0 0
The problem is, most of these arrogant jack asses wouldn't know "business" if it hit them in the face. Sprint is an excellent carrier, and gives my business and I excellent coverage in this area. We need reliable coverage because our phones are the medium for our business relations. Sprint is more reliable here than AT&T without a doubt, so they aren't even considered as an option. Sprint's service is just as reliable as VZW, but with a 1/3 less coast. These little high school kids with their Droids and iphones (which they purchased solely for the status icon symbolization) get on here and talk up a bunch of stupid, ignorant BS, while their parents still pay for their phone bills.
11. remixfa posted on 06 Mar 2010, 08:56 0 0
what sprint needs is a complete restructuring and retraining of its customer service. Its got the coverage, bandwith, and pricing. All of sprints problems are the way its run. Of course, a top end android phone wouldnt hurt either, but thats the least of the concerns.
17. ibap posted on 06 Mar 2010, 12:02 0 0
I got off to a rocky start with Sprint - to the point that just after the Pre was released, I returned the 3 phones I had within the return period. I had gone into the store nearest home thinking I would get a Pre, check out the coverage in the places I needed it, then come back in to get the other 2 phones for the family. The guy in the store said that there were advantages to getting all 3 at once, and there would be no restocking fee to swap phones, since they weren't with me on that trip. So when I went back to swap phones, they were charging me restocking, and I canned the whole idea. The VZW coverage issue (no coverage at daughter's school - other options were T-mob and Alltel), remained however, and I wound up getting 3 phones through my alumni association (discount). For no reason I'm certain of, I couldn't complete the whole thing on the website, phoned them, and they finished it on the phone, saying it would all get the same benefits, including an invoice credit over the first 3 months. Credit didn't show up. Called - they said they couldn't do it over the phone. So I went in to a different Sprint store - they wrote me the entire credit at once, which wasn't what I expected either. This is the store I will go to if I need anything in the future. So @remixfa is right. It really is people training, which is one of those areas where VZW excels. Hear that Sprint? BTW - service and coverage through Sprint has been great! Everybody likes their phones (I've got an HTC TP2) and I went so far as to get their femtocell for home (NO ONE gives us decent coverage at home unassisted) bought on eBay and activated. For a long time I was unthrilled with VZW devices as well - now there's a spate of them - so thank me for that, they didn't get on the ball for that until I left!
6. dadoo985 posted on 06 Mar 2010, 07:52 0 0
I AGREE WITH "oddmanout".....SPRINT HAS ALL THOSE GREAT QUALITIES BUT THEIR DEVICES. NEED NEW HANDSETS SPRINT!!!
12. DonLouie posted on 06 Mar 2010, 09:05 0 0
I don't see the phone argument, Sprint is only missing a huge screen and 2.0, one of the bettet phones they've had vzw did everything they could to belittle it only to later say how they were getting too that now all the carriers say they'll have at least one.
15. herbiederb posted on 06 Mar 2010, 10:10 0 0
I agree, network good, especially with VZW backbone. Handsets need to improve. Im excited for the Supersonic to hit the market. If WiMax is on in NYC by then, I will likely sign one.
10. ibap posted on 06 Mar 2010, 08:55 0 0
Given the current activity with handsets, I rather suspect that VZW (who was my carrier until I couldn't stand having no coverage at daughter's school) and T-mob are cutting deals with the manufacturers just to keep Sprint from getting some of the newer ones.
14. herbiederb posted on 06 Mar 2010, 10:07 0 0
Maybe. I feel Sprint simply doesnt have the cash to subsidize the higher-end phones.
33. rwolf1984 posted on 06 Mar 2010, 22:52 0 0
@Herbiederb You're absolutely right again!!! They can't afford to subsidize. Thats why they have junk phones, get everything last usually and sell refurbs as new. Look at the prices, one price for upgrade and new...wtf is that? only sprint does that crap.
