http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Sprint sees 54M customers, 40 percent spike in data revenue http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/
And lets not to mention the crippling of Bluetooth on your phones.

90% loss of income is pretty big. How soon before they start layoffs?
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What crippling of Bluetooth on which phones. Sprint does not cripple their phones like that. They leave that task to Verizon.]]>Aug 15th 2007 1:22PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/Aug 15th 2007 1:34PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/
LG removed the BT OBEX profile from the PM-325 at the request of Sprint. This was done to get people to pay for picture mail or to buy the (absurdly expensive) data cable & SW. They also disabled the speaker phone functions.

They don't do it to PDA/smart phones and neither does VZW (thankfully.) But they have hobbled other phones in various ways.

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Sprint really is horrible at customer service, but with access to a plan like that, I won't ever go to anyone else. Where else can you get unlimited 3g internet, unlimited text messages, unlimited mobile to mobile, unlimited 7pm nights and weekends, and 500 anytime minutes for $30 a month?!]]>Aug 15th 2007 11:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/Aug 15th 2007 2:40PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/Aug 15th 2007 3:29PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/
On a lighter note, this carrier realized, years ago, how much money they were losing with this plan, so they stopped offering it. I've been grandfathered in forever.]]>Aug 16th 2007 1:14AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/
Sprint: 340k net subscriber ads (16k postpay), 2.0% (postpay only) churn, 53 mil total subs

AT&T: 1.46 mil net sub ads (912k postpay), 1.6% total churn, 63.7 mil total subs

VZW: 1.34 mil net sub ads (1.6 mil postpay), 1.3% total churn, 62.1 mil total subs

T-Mobile: 857k net sub ads (687k postpay), 2.7% total churn, 26.9 mil total subs


Sprint's past quarter was better than their previous but they still fall short in several key metrics against the competition. A large portion of Sprints net ads were thanks to Boost, which is not as profitable as contracted Sprint branded customers. ]]>Aug 16th 2007 6:04PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/08/15/sprint-sees-54m-customers-40-percent-spike-in-data-revenue/Aug 17th 2007 5:20PM