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Cy Valley


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Uke, you might want to investigate. There's a reason they're a regional.

HA!  On the preview, it showed the coverage map but I see that hasn't held true when posted.  Uke, you're on your own:  www.ntelos.com

 



-- Edited by Cy Valley on Wednesday 4th of April 2012 03:18:18 PM

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My copy of "Troll's Big Book of Excuses" makes no mention of this... Why not get a cell phone?

In any case, I'm reconsidering my entry inta the 20th. Century by getting an iFone thingie.

Just like Snippy. Yep one of them latest 4-G ones. (Even if I don't know what that is!)

Tiny phone company sells iPhone at discount
PETER SVENSSON
From Associated Press
April 04, 2012 12:53 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) A small Virginia-based cellphone company said Wednesday that it will start selling the iPhone, at prices that undercut the big carriers.

Ntelos Holdings Corp. will sell the basic model of the latest iPhone, the 4S, for $150 on April 20. That's $49 less than what AT&T, Verizon and Sprint charge. Versions with more storage sell for $250 and $350, also $49 cheaper than the rivals. A two-year contract is required, with monthly service fees of $80 or $100, comparable to fees charged by others.

Ntelos is based in Waynesboro and has about 421,000 subscribers in Virginia, West Virginia and portions of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky under the nTelos Wireless brand.

It's the fifth U.S. phone company to get the iPhone, after the big three and Mississippi-based regional carrier C Spire Wireless, which started selling it late last year.

Phone companies subsidize the iPhone, which costs about $600 wholesale. Selling it means shouldering a big upfront cost. Ntelos Chief Financial Officer Stebbins Chandor said the phone would start paying off in 2014.

A bigger regional phone company, U.S. Cellular, has said it turned down the iPhone because it was too expensive.

Ntelos CEO James Hyde said it needed the iPhone to fill a gap in its smartphone lineup and compete with other carriers. In the first quarter, the company lost about 5,000 subscribers from its contract-based plans, which are the most lucrative, while adding subscribers to cheaper prepaid services.

Ntelos shares fell 30 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $20.35 in midday trading.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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It's a small company Uke. I didn't investigate further, you'll have to do the serious grunt work. I was simply trying to steer you in the right direction, so that you could see if they are right for you. That's all.

Someone may want to add to his collection.



-- Edited by Cy Valley on Wednesday 4th of April 2012 10:02:40 PM

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What? They said their network is nationwaide... Nationwide. With coverage. Doesn't that mean that you can receive, and call out from any location in the New Nited States of Merica Cy?



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Their map of the USA is right there Cy. And it says nationwide coverage right Cy? Doesn't it mean what it says? Nationwide. Coverage. Fone serv... Cell fone service. That cell fone service is 4-G. Up ta date 20th. Century technology tu.

Dammit! I been cheated! Again!

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Bodacious ta tas! Fun aplenty!

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