also a quick Google search produced thousands of results, this was only just a few. Obviously Sprint, even though they are losing customers on BOTH networks, rapidly at that, is going to seek to keep their network working. Their purchase of Nextel has brought them nothing but ill. The only major wireless carrier to have a net LOSS in 2007 and yet they are still sinking what money they have into a network thats only real benefit is a walkie-talkie style service. They dont have the data speeds on that network, and never will. The smartest thing they have done since the merger is to create the Power Source phones that work primarily on the CDMA network side. Once they launch their qchat service, and the Wi-Max overlay to their network, they might have a shot and forcing those customers to move over and selling iDEN to the government. Talk to someone in Sprint that has a handle on the network side of things (not just a customer service rep, data rep, etc). Internal press releases have them trying to move everyone from iDEN. It only makes sense to do so, so they can stop throwing money into two networks, and work on improving their primary network. This process has happened before, with other carriers. in the next 4 years i wouldnt be suprised if they pulled an AT&T or Verizon, and gave the customers X number of months to switch over before their services die in the iDEN side. Heck, if the FCC wins their injunction, they have until the July timeframe in those affected cities.