Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy

Fifth Estate Best Practices and Democracy
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The Fifth Estate extends from the blogosphere to the community and the ways participants hold the powers accountable. The Fourth Estate, the media, held some of that responsibility, but with supreme powers having gone global, the job of authentic communications is shifting to the people. Compelling stories showcase technological innovations, best practices of business to government, policy, education and law, or just plain being.

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JULY 19, 2010 1:01PM

Waiting for Sprint 4G? Good Idea!

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It’s wait and see for Sprint 4G.  There are shortages that the company didn’t anticipate. 

 

                         Sprint

 

Sprint hoped to leap ahead by snagging customers from the competition by offering users faster speeds for data and video.  The Evo 4G devices are made in Taiwan and the company, HTC Corp. hasn’t been able to keep up with Sprint’s demand, according to this HTC blog.

 

In the meantime, there are some pretty favorable reviews from customers - “I can now take the internet where ever I would like. Its Great!! Freinds  (sic) are jealous! In most cases the overdrive is just as fast (if not faster) than my cable internet.” “Perfect Progression into 4G Connectivity,” “Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes.”

 

But the lesson we learned to ask because of Apple’s p.r. department faux pas is, are these comments real people, or are they "memorex"?

 

The Sprint network for the 4G service, Clearwire Corp., has 157,000 customers on the network, according to the Wall Street Journal in mid-July.  

 

Perhaps Sprint should cool its jets on beating the competition until the kinks in production are worked out.


 

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This is another case of a company failing to understand the market for its offering. They should have anticipated the demand for their 4G service in light of how fast people are adopting new technologies today. No one has patience any more. As soon as something comes out, there is a rush to be the first one on your block to have it. I guess it's bragging rights. They should have made sure HTC had their production lines ready for the demand. By not having the phones available, they are sending many potential customers to the competition.
danosco
July 23, 2010 10:51 AM