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Consumer Reports: Cingular, Sprint Bad Performers
dcgirl20006 writes "It's that time again, Consumer Reports is out with the annual cell phone review. And Verizon has risen to the top. And, Cingular, with the most subscribers (post AT&T mega merger), claims it is the company with the "least dropped calls" but consumers say otherwise. What can be done? Provide risk-free 30 day trial period; realistic coverage maps, upfront price disclosure, and end early termination fees."
You see, what happened was that Cingular advertised they had a dropped call rate of .10%. They ran the numbers, which were 5 dropped calls per 50, divided 5 by 50, came up with .10, and congratulated themselves on a job well done!
Your local Radioshack should deal in Sprint, I work at one and most single phone upgrades take 15 to 30 minutes, and we usually have good deals, on top of the Sprint rebates. That is if the people who work at your Radioshack aren't idiots. Unfortunately not every store is as smooth as the one I am at.
> That is sort of the purpose of this site, ya know? Being able to read articles and talk about them.
Well, you're half-right, anyway.
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
Your local Radioshack should deal in Sprint, I work at one
I used to work at one while I was in college. Sprint has done a really good job at improving there network
The spiffs used to be really good to sell a phone ($15-$20 each).
However I will not miss selling cell phones. I recall having an older lady buy a phone from me and come back 2 hours later
screaming bloody murder. She thought that her cell phone was broke because it did not have a dial tone!
Reason #32767 not to use VB6: Integers are 2 bytes... Think about it!
(Note to readers: this post is even better if you scan it like a Geico ad - i.e. read the caps in Little Richard's voice.)
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