Comments on: Sprint Paring Losses Almost as Quickly as Subscriber Base

By: Verizon iPhone May Put the Brakes on Sprint's Recovery | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:32:15 +0000

[...] much for Sprint’s tentative comeback. The company’s no longer hemorrhaging subscribers and money like Dan Ackroyd’s exsanguinating Julia Child, as I once joked–at least not as badly as it was. But that could change now that Apple has [...]

By: Sprint: Even Fewer Dropped Calls, Callers | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:55:54 +0000

[...] 1.2 million total customers during their latest quarter, respectively. As I said earlier this year, Sprint is hemorrhaging subscribers like Dan Ackroyd’s exsanguinating Julia Child. And it continues to do so. The company’s churn rate, or the measure of subscribers dropping [...]

By: Sprint: Fewer Dropped Calls, Callers | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:26:31 +0000

[...] the troubled wireless carrier lost more than one million postpaids in the first quarter of 2009 and 1.27 million in the quarter prior to that. Sprint’s total subscriber count as it stands today: 48.8 million. As I said earlier this [...]

By: Sprint to Outsource Network to Ericsson | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:05:15 +0000

[...] Sprint, which is suffering from declining revenue and a thinning subscriber base, the move is a quick-and-dirty way of cutting costs and freeing up resources to focus on innovation [...]

By: Weekend Update 2.21.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:03:09 +0000

[...] Daily reported that Sprint’s (S) subscriber base is shrinking too, though CEO Dan Hesse is optimistic about the future, which [...]

By: Pre Exclusivity to Last Through 2009 or Until Sprint Folds — Whichever Comes First | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:40:17 +0000

[...] period for the touchscreen phone would be 6-8 months. Whether that’s time enough to reverse the company’s subscriber losses — or even stem them — remains to be seen. Certainly, the Pre would have to debut with an almost iPhone-like [...]

By: Mark Omega

Mark Omega — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:10:15 +0000

Kind of slanted reporting, there, John. Sprint DOES have the Kindle contract. They also have WiMax which is the next evolution of wireless connectivity. Don’t be a hater. And, ditch the iphone, already.

By: Mac Beach

Mac Beach — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:18:10 +0000

Thanks.

You just reminded me that my Sprint contract is up this month.