Not anymore.. Tracfone is neither Verizon or Sprint... On 5/9/05, Rich Makaras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew: > > You are partially correct; Tracfone is actually a MVNO for Verizon Wireless > not Sprint PCS. > > They buy minutes wholesale from Verizon and resell them at what ever rate > they desire. Also, whereas Virgin is half owned by Sprint, Tracfone is it's > own company (not owned by the underlying carrier. In this respect, Virgin is > more like Boost Mobile (owned by Nextel) than Tracfone. > > For what it's worth, I wish T-Mobile would actually embrace the MVNO model > like their parent company in Germany. > > Hope this helps. > > Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Matthew Stevens"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 5/9/05 7:55:24 PM > To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [T-Mobile-US] TracFone vs. T-Mobile > > No tracfone isn't Sprint they are a combination of mostly TDMA and some > analog carriers around the country. They basically operate like Virgin > Mobile does here in the US reselling Sprint. They don't own any of the > networks just offer a prepaid package as if they do. > > Matthew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [T-Mobile-US] TracFone vs. T-Mobile > > Tracfone = Sprint? > > - - - - > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > - - - - > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
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