Sprint says it’s withdrawing from Cal. residential resale market ...
Sprint says it’s withdrawing from Cal. residential resale market in Pacific Bell service area. Withdrawal will be effective after notice period is up for its 8,000 customers, who are being told that they must find another local provider. Sprint’s…
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exit follows similar actions by Verizon, WorldCom and AT&T, which abandoned residential resale of Pac Bell service. Sprint cited same reason as others for withdrawing -- that it can’t make profit at residential wholesale discount rate offered by Pac Bell. Sprint began resold residential service in 1997 in San Francisco Bay area and at one point had more than 45,000 customers. But it stopped marketing service and base dwindled to present level. Pac Bell says it has 283,000 resale lines, of which 133,000 (47%) are residential. Sprint’s residential pullout is occurring as Cal. PUC is nearing decision on whether to endorse Pac Bell interLATA long distance entry.