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I can confirm they're adding sites to dead zones. A local area around me just got a 3G site.

New sites, gmo conversions and Nextel conversions in the Columbus, Ohio market can't come soon enough.
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Speaking of rebranding from another thread, I call not for a return to Sprint PCS -- though I still love that brand -- but instead to Sprint PCS/SMR/BRS/EBS.  It has a nice ring to it.

 

;)

 

AJ

 

I love my Sprint PCS stuff, still have all my business cards, polo shirts, everything. Even the original plan guides from my RadioShack days.

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I found a good read on Sprint, hopefully the start of an improving trend.  The article is a couple of days old and I'm sure some of you have read this already but I'm posting it in the link below for the others that haven't come across it.

 

Sprint cares more about improving than its rank among carriers

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I love my Sprint PCS stuff, still have all my business cards, polo shirts, everything. Even the original plan guides from my RadioShack days.

 Brian Baker loves you too  :P

 

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New sites, gmo conversions and Nextel conversions in the Columbus, Ohio market can't come soon enough.

Yup, until the convert our GMOs and fill in a handful of dead zones I am in a holding pattern with Sprint around here...

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New Sprint logo coming? Maybe new name?

 

https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/564315007970594817

I actually like the current logo a lot (it's definitely the best of the big 4) but I'm open to changes.

 

However, personally I'd just like them to re-do the current one to make it look more modern (flat, different shade of yellow, sharper curves, etc.)

 

The old red one was cool too, if a bit generic.

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If we're still calling this Sprint, at least do away with yellow. After all it is as reminder of Nextel.

 

That would hopefully be the final stake on that rusty coffin. White and black it would be.

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I actually like the current logo a lot (it's definitely the best of the big 4) but I'm open to changes.

 

However, personally I'd just like them to re-do the current one to make it look more modern (flat, different shade of yellow, sharper curves, etc.)

 

The old red one was cool too, if a bit generic.

They already softened up the colors quite a bit. In the advertisements for Cut Your Bill In Half, the "black" (HEX of #000, CMYK of 0/0/0/100) is now more of a charcoal gray, and the yellow isn't that awful pure, hyper-saturated yellow.

 

It's subtle, but I picked up on it straight away. Then again, I'm in Photoshop and Illustrator all day at work, so I've gotta have a good eye for that kind of stuff.

 

Edit: the Q4 deck is also "flat" - charcoal grey and desaturated yellow.

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If we're still calling this Sprint, at least do away with yellow. After all it is as reminder of Nextel.

 

That would hopefully be the final stake on that rusty coffin. White and black it would be.

I would still love to get a new brand altogether, but I think Sprint needs to spend that money on NV2.0 and getting CA up and running. Branding is crazy expensive...

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I would still love to get a new brand altogether, but I think Sprint needs to spend that money on NV2.0 and getting CA up and running. Branding is crazy expensive...

 

Every aspect of any turnaround will be crazy expensive. I can only hope Mr. Son has a strong stomach.

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If we're still calling this Sprint, at least do away with yellow. After all it is as reminder of Nextel.

 

That would hopefully be the final stake on that rusty coffin. White and black it would be.

They are really going to have to pour some brain power into this one. The primary colors are spoken for so it will be difficult to use a power color that is acceptable. They need to present something that either is directed towards a specific demographic or conveys inclusiveness.

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I actually like Nextel Or Spark

The Nextel name probably has less value then Sprint at this point. I am also not sure how receptive the market would be to a "new" entrant, although Spark could work with a massive advertising campaign.

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