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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / March 2004news:AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse (Who woulda ever thunk it!1)
Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse According to a report from Bloomberg, AT&T Wireless may post its first net quarterly subscriber loss as the carrier's customers flock to rivals like Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. AT&T Wireless may lose as many as 201,000 subscribers in the first quarter. The carrier is struggling to attract new users as it faces acquisition by Cingular Wireless sometime later this year. Analysts claim that the combination of the uncertainty of the Cingular merger, the carrier's poor customer support, and the wide availability of number portability could work to substantially shrink AT&T Wireless' subscriber base before the end of this year. Meanwhile, Cingular is powerless to do anything to stop the subscriber defections until it completes its merger with AT&T Wireless. Some insiders speculate that AT&T Wireless could have substantially fewer subscribers by the time its merger with Cingular is complete, adding fuel to criticisms that Cingular overpaid for its U.S. rival. At the same time, Verizon Wireless claims that AT&T Wireless is "melting down" under the combined pressure from the Cingular merger and the carrier's poor level of service. -- Please visit us at http://kickme.to/wirelessworld New Wireless Forum catering to all facets of Wireless and PDA technology. Random picks for free Giveaways, Palm Cases, Charging Cords, Emergency Phone Palm Chargers > Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse > According to a report from Bloomberg, AT&T Wireless may post its first net [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Wireless claims that AT&T Wireless is "melting down" under the combined > pressure from the Cingular merger and the carrier's poor level of service. Sounds like the obvious, not a rumor. How do all the ATT Wireless subscribers get out of the remainder on their contracts? Maybe they're just fed up with contracts in general and plan to "upgrade" to a prepaid plan next! 0;-) J3 upstate south carolina http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tracfoneusers > Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse > According to a report from Bloomberg, AT&T Wireless may post its first net > quarterly subscriber loss as the carrier's customers flock to rivals like > Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. AT&T Wireless may lose as many as 201,000 > subscribers in the first quarter. ><snip >Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse >According to a report from Bloomberg, AT&T Wireless may post its first net >quarterly subscriber loss as the carrier's customers flock to rivals like >Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. Rumor is all it is until you can show something concrete. You don't seem to have such so all you're doing is adding fuel to the fire. No better than a bunch of hens chatting over the backyard fence. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - remove NONO from .NONOcom to reply Please post a link to this artice. Thanks. > Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse > According to a report from Bloomberg, AT&T Wireless may post its first net [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > catering to all facets of Wireless and PDA technology. Random picks for free > Giveaways, Palm Cases, Charging Cords, Emergency Phone Palm Chargers At your service http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001888238_bizbriefs26.html > Please post a link to this artice. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > free > > Giveaways, Palm Cases, Charging Cords, Emergency Phone Palm Chargers > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2001888238_bizbriefs2 > 6.html Doesn't sound like a rumor, sounds like a good projection. Twill also be interesting to see if Sprint really is gaining all that much. > Doesn't sound like a rumor, sounds like a good projection. > > Twill also be interesting to see if Sprint really is gaining all that > much. Why would one number be a good projection, yet you question another? I know its going to suck to be you if Sprint does show a healthy growth- your bashing of their numbers has become somewhat boring. I wonder how Cingular's net adds are going? Perhaps people who are looking for GSM service are dismissing AT&T Wireless and going straight to Cingular? >"PDAMan" <pda@man.com> wrote in message news:<SfKdncUU1sTUqf7dRVn->jw@comcast.com>... > Rumor Mill: AT&T Wireless subscribers defect en masse [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Wireless claims that AT&T Wireless is "melting down" under the combined > pressure from the Cingular merger and the carrier's poor level of service. Let me see... the article states that at the completion of the merger Cingular will be the largest wireless company in the U.S. Also states that Verizon and Sprint are aggressively going after business accounts. Sounds like business as usual and typical business politics... It wouldn't surprise me to see Cingular aggressively going after business clients too. Also wonder if Verizon and Sprint are a little worried about the size that Cingular will be after the merger. For sure, if ATT & Cingular can get their CS problems taken care of things might be different as far as losing clients. My $.02 worth > I wonder how Cingular's net adds are going? Perhaps people who are > looking for GSM service are dismissing AT&T Wireless and going [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Wireless claims that AT&T Wireless is "melting down" under the combined > > pressure from the Cingular merger and the carrier's poor level of service. >Let me see... >the article states that at the completion of the merger Cingular will be the >largest wireless company in the U.S. Also states that Verizon and Sprint >are aggressively going after business accounts. Sounds like business as T Mobile is not in panic mode and they are the smallest of the national players. So if they are not worried, nobody should be. > T Mobile is not in panic mode and they are the smallest of the national > players. So if they are not worried, nobody should be. TMobile has a respectable churn rate, and percentage gain of customers. That is not the case with AT&TWS or SprintPCS. > > T Mobile is not in panic mode and they are the smallest of the national > > players. So if they are not worried, nobody should be. > > TMobile has a respectable churn rate, and percentage gain of customers. > > That is not the case with AT&TWS or SprintPCS. Too bad they couldn't churn you permanently. > For sure, if ATT & Cingular can get their CS problems > taken care of things might be different as far as losing clients. Thats a given. But the customer drain continues, as does the "we don't care" attitude at ATTWS. |
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