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Voices From Everywhere On Pivot
By Staff -- Multichannel News, 4/1/2007 6:00:00 PM MT
At the Pivot Point
“What’s Pivot? It’s Sprint’s name for a service that manages to put telephone, cable, broadband and wireless phone service all together on one bill. Besides cutting down on the number of trees that have to die just so you can pay your utility bills, there are a few other perks.”
Brad Linder, TV Squadhttp://www.tvsquad.com/
You Can Take It With You
“With a culture that thrives on everything entertainment and with little patience for slow/outdated forms of communication, the Pivot seems like a godsend … One of the best things about this service is it allows the couch potato in all of us to leave the house without leaving behind our favorite shows.”
Michael Almanza, The Glass Onionhttp://yourmobilefuture.blogspot.com/
Commodities Exchange
“So far, this seems to be a new example of the telecom arms race. If one player offered wireless/wireline unlimited calling, they’d clearly win the hearts (or at least wallets) of consumers. If everyone does it, the move is nothing but table stakes and an example of continued commoditization of voice services, including mobile.”
Thomas Nolle, Network Worldhttp://www.networkworld.com/
What Value’s in a Name?
“I’m not sure if this adds anything new or just creates a brand for the integrated services.”
James Quintan a Pierece, mocNews.nethttp://www.moconews.net/
Better, Not Best
“I suspect you will see a quality improvement over the MobiTV-powered Sprint TV service … but it won’t be as flawless as dedicated TV service.”
Chris Price, phonenews.comhttp://www.phonenews.com/
DVR Deja Vu
“Sprint’s partners in Pivot are a handful of different cable providers, including Comcast, Cox, and our arch-nemesis Time-Warner Cable … All the big telcos are pimping these triple-play and quad-play packages — they see them as a way to lock-in subscribers by offering them lower prices than consumers would pay for each service separately — but Sprint’s big selling point is that they’re also promising some integration across services, like the ability to program your DVR box from your cell phone (which we’ve already seen from AT&T), check home e-mail and voicemail from a single interface and make unlimited calls between your home VoIP line and your mobile phone.
Peter Rojas, Engadgethttp://www.engadget.com/
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