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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

You have your opinion and the economist's in the KC area have another.

Economists also like to get their name in the paper.

Neither one of these two companies will succeed until they both come to grips with the fact that they are commodities businesses.

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Originally Posted by Soupnazi

Neither one of these two companies will succeed until they both come to grips with the fact that they are commodities businesses.

Sprint <i>used</i> to be in the internet hosting business.... had some HUGE clients too: Ebay, Yahoo. Then Esrey bailed, Forsee came in and scrapped the division. Even though it was making money (PCS was hemmoraging money); AND it was ranked #2 overall after a mere 2 years in the sector (#1 in technical know-how/expertise). Forsee wants to make Sprint "the best darn telecommunications company in the market" (even though teleco is stagnating)

As the Guiness guys say, Brilliant!