Wonder If This Will Impact NASCAR

Ron61 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 09:29 AM

I wonder if this will have any impact on their continued support and sponsorship of the NASCAR Spring Cup Series.

Sprint posts huge loss, scraps dividends - Yahoo! News

Ron

Silverback51 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 10:12 AM

My company phone is from Sprint and it sucks.

Ron61 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 03:11 PM

You should have gotten the official NASCAR model.

Ron

427sharpe · #4 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 07:24 PM

If it's the NASCAR model you have to use it left handed.

Excaliber · #5 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 11:37 PM

I don't get it, I'm with Sprint, have been for years and years. Never had a problem, $50 a month, 1000 minutes, weekends/evenings free. Works for me, whats the big deal here?

Ron61 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 02:36 AM

Ernie,

I'm not sure but they just seem to be one of the many big companies that are losing tons of money. Of course we are not in a recession at all. The President said so yesterday afternoon on TV. The dollar is dropping faster than a stone in the lake and I think all of Washington is in Denial mode.

Ron

clayfoushee · #7 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 05:50 AM

I'm OK with the "Google Cup Series" next year.

Ron61 · #8 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 08:16 AM

Or the Made In China Series. That way they could make the cars cheaper.

Ron

Wayne Maybury · #9 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 11:01 AM

It seems like Toyota is the sponsor of just about everything these days so maybe we will see Toyota Cup next year. Wouldn't that be a joke? Then every car would not only be the same, it would have to be powered by a Toyota engine.

I wonder if the teams would still be allowed to put a Ford, Dodge, or Chevy sticker on the bumper?

If I was a Sprint shareholder, I would not be very pleased about having my dividend cut off for the foreseeable future while the company is pumping many millions into a race series.

Wayne

Ron61 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 11:39 AM

Wayne,

I don't think we are going to see Sprint sponsoring the series for very long. I was listening to one of their many talk shows the other day and they were talking about what would happen if Sprint left as a sponsor. No one seemed to have any idea, so they don't have any lined up and I fear if the economy don't start to improve soon, it will be very hard to get any company to commit to that much expense.

Ron

Ron61 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-03-2008, 05:05 AM

Ernie,

I was talking with my neighbor who is a retired Cal Trans Engineer and he said that Cal trans got all Sprint Phones and they aren't worth a darn, Can't get dial tone at time when they are on top of a mountain and other times they can be in sight of a tower and they still don't work. He got an A.T.& T. phone and is very happy with it. I don't even have a cell phone so I know nothing about how they work in this area. He has called me a couple of times from way back in the hills when they are camping in Canada.

Ron

Excaliber · #12 (**permalink**) 03-03-2008, 08:10 AM

It's all about where the cell phone companies have 'coverage' for any particular area when it comes to getting a signal. Sprint has Hawaii pretty well covered. But it's a known fact when you head into the North Shore area mountain ranges here, for instance, nobody gets a signal from any of the carriers.

MOBI is a new cell phone company, I have considered switching to them here locally. But I keep hearing about the lack of signal in to many places around the Island, so I'll sit tight for now. I hear the same complaints for every carrier at some location. You need to shop for a cell that works 'mostly' for where you live.

Ron61 · #13 (**permalink**) 03-03-2008, 08:54 AM

Ernie,

Why would one phone work here and one that has a tower just a mile or so away not part of the time. I know atmosphere can interfere but not to this level. The only places around here that I know all brands work all the time are when they are driving or in a market running into people with those dam carts.

Ron