Tex this ones for You
1. Inventory - ROKR launch was a little muffed since it was announced as "available" yet no stores had received the product. I would speculate they want to avoid that issue. Some stores have them, many don't. I have it on good word it is a supplier issue as the first batch to Cingular is already gone (both Samsung and LG).
2. Testing - Verizon and Sprint laid the groundwork for how to flop a PTT launch. It wasn't very good. Cingular has a significant number of these units on the ground and they want to ensure all is good.
3. Coverage - In a map sent out pre-launch (thanks sources hehe) it showed many "partner" coverage areas as "future" areas. Cingular currently ...
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texaswireless said:
I have nothing concrete. There are a couple potential issues:
3. Coverage - In a map sent out pre-launch (thanks sources hehe) it showed many "partner" coverage areas as "future" areas. Cingular currently uses "one map" coverage area to it's advantage quite well and this would jeopardize that marketing technique.
Considering I have seen hard info on this last subject I think it and #1 are combined a good reason it is not out. That would also confirm it is not a Cingular issue but a partner issue (roaming and equipment). As Steve Sitton always would say, "We may be last to the dance, but we will always be the best dressed".
Also, this would reveal to people how much of cingu...
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I live there...and a couple of million others in Utah...and a couple million in Nevada....and a million or so in Wyoming; I was actually alluding to a trip I took to wymoing this year. The entire time I was in Wyoming, my phone showed "midwest wireless" or something like that; clearly not Cingular coverage; although at the time, my phone still read ATT Wireless when at home....oddly enough, my wife's phones switched to displaying "cingular wireless" at least a month before mine did...
anyway, my .02 worth... as usual, in the currency of your choice...
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doczaius said:
You apparently did not get the point of my post. Let me break it down "No **** its roaming -- who cares" BTW You do realize those three states equal the population of just three of Texas's major cities?
I do understand that there's not an enourmous population in Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho put together. That, however, is not the point.
I do understand the thrust of your message as well. But that is still not the point.
The point is this: if you are "roaming", and don't get PTT service, then in a large area (those four states represent more AREA than Texas, if not more population) you will be able to make and receive calls, which you as a customer pretty much expect. (wait, ...
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Actually, I was reacting those who were acting miffed that someone else would have the nerve to respond to a question directed at "tex"; if you REALLY want an answer just from him (her? I guess I don't really know for sure...) that's what PM & emails are for.
mike
I assume they are pushing for a black friday launch to drive cust into the stores 🙂