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Jun 2, 2007, 09:37 PM
 
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/02/a...11-bankruptcy/

not surprising I've never seen anyone who had one of their phones.
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Jun 3, 2007, 01:35 AM
 
mainly because it isn't a phone manufacturer.
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Jun 3, 2007, 02:32 AM
 
Originally Posted by macfantn View Post
not surprising I've never seen anyone who had one of their phones.

Its a restructuring method.

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Jun 3, 2007, 05:33 AM
 
The only person I ever met that had their service was 15 and thought only good music came from MTV.
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Jun 3, 2007, 09:34 AM
 
i didn't know mtv still played music
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Jun 3, 2007, 09:58 AM
 
How old is Amp'd? They only sell phones through Best Buy here (Colorado Springs) and they've only been doing it for like 2 months.
     
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Jun 3, 2007, 11:46 AM
 
They only have 200,000 customers so no surprise.
     
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Jun 3, 2007, 12:43 PM
 
"only'
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Jun 3, 2007, 12:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by Peter View Post
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In a population of 300 million?

Ya.
     
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Jun 3, 2007, 12:54 PM
 
One of the things i couldn't stand about the UFC was how they promoted Amp'd. Amp'd, the cell plan on roids!!!
     
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Jun 3, 2007, 01:29 PM
 
From the article:
As a result of our rapid growth, our back-end infrastructure was unable to keep up with customer demand.
Somehow, I don't think that is quite accurate...!
     
   
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