"SMS ???. ?" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:4755f2af$0$84232$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> I wonder how long Sprint can continue in business as an independent company.
> They have the worst coverage, a poor selection of handsets, and their Wi-Max
> plan has gone nowhere.

To most consumers, none of these matter that much:

-- If Sprint has coverage where you work and play (and this is still >90% of
the population), you're happy.
-- The phone selection is broad enough very few people won't find a phone they
like (it's only the <<1% of Sprint customers in places like this newsgroups
who tend to be super-picky about which very particular model they want...
someone like my mother would tend to pick, e.g., the best-looking phone that
just has regular voice services!)
-- The average customer doesn't know a thing about WiMax yet

So you see, while Sprint may or may not be that great of a business, the
reasons it is or isn't don't have a lot to do with the reasons you listed,
IMO. Keep in mind that someone posting to this newsgroup -- such as
yourself -- is usually *quite* far from the "average" Sprint customer, being
*much* more knowledgable about Sprint's offerings and business.

---Joel