It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?
antisouless said:
It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?
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I just got one yesterday matter of fact. Sprint seems great and the fact that they still offer unlimited data is awesome. Switched from AT&T
antisouless said:
It's 70$ with a plan thru Sprint. Sprint would offer unlimited data with no caps and unlimited texting for about 70 or 80 bucks a month.
So my question is(if you've gotten one thru this method)...
How is Sprint?
Is there a catch?
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Im currently on sprint unlimited plan $70 the only thing is they only give you 400min land line and everything else unlimited but I really dont care about land line I dont really call out, so your bill would be $85 every month.
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Yeah Ups delivered mine on Tuesday from Amazon. I absolutely love this thing. It was an upgrade from my epic touch so it cost me $199 which is still not bad considering Sprint sells them for $299. Well worth it. It's so awesome compared to what I'm used to in a phone. My e4gt was nice but you just can't compare the two at all really. Been with Sprint for 15 yrs too and no complaints.
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The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).
Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.
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The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).
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I agree. In weighing leaving sprint, selling my note 2 and getting the s4 on tmobile. I will give them 2-4 months to improve
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Great deivce the best on the market worth every penny got mine from sprint at full price coming from S3 and ibcould never have anyother phone again. Looks like my next device will be the Note 3 lol
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Great deivce the best on the market worth every penny got mine from sprint at full price coming from S3 and ibcould never have anyother phone again. Looks like my next device will be the Note 3 lol
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Mine will be the note 3 if the size stays the same. If it gets bigger I will get the htc one or s4. I will probably sell my note 2 and get the s4 or hyc one on tmo if lte for Sprint is not in my area yet
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For those who have Costco memberships, I believe you get a 23% discount on your sprint bill monthly for the primary line. I work at a hospital that only gives 18% discount, better than nothing.
Link to sprint site to check if you're eligible to receive discounts.
http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/nxt/dev/wdyw.asp
I finally got lte with Sprint in a small town 20 minutes from where I live. Looking forward to this:
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The phone is great. Sprint on the other hand, maybe not so much. Sprint is known to be slow. HORRIBLY Slow 3G. If you aren't in a LTE area, I would weight this heavily.
If you have access to a lot of WIFI points where you normally go around, its not bad. Im in NYC. Speeds are horribly slow sometimes. Othertimes, they are manageable. By horribly slow, I mean less than 500kbps. Its more like 1X than 3G.
When you go to network vision areas (upgraded 3G / LTE areas) you do see a speed boost, somewhere around 800 kbps to about 1.3 mbps. Still probably slow or just reaching Verizon 3G speeds.
The only perk is unlimited data no throttling or caps (except roaming).
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I agree with everything he said. The phone is phenomenal but Sprint's service is lackluster at best. I'm in NYC as well and I am sometimes shocked by how bad the data service is. I'm hoping that is because they are still upgrading to LTE or something like that but I'm not holding my breath on that assumption.
I live in a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area (1 hour from SF) and even in my town, I get LTE. I was at my parent's house visiting, and Sprint has LTE where they live. In fact, LTE was faster (~12 Mbps) than connecting to their home WIFI which connected to slow AT&T DSL (~1.5 Mbps).
If you live in an LTE area, it is amazing.
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Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.
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they told us last night that as of 3-3 they will no longer price match phones
Love Sprint. My 3G is faster on my Note than it was on my Evo. It matches the 3G from VZW in my area, so I have no complaints. And no, I don't Data Roam.
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I live in a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area (1 hour from SF) and even in my town, I get LTE. I was at my parent's house visiting, and Sprint has LTE where they live. In fact, LTE was faster (~12 Mbps) than connecting to their home WIFI which connected to slow AT&T DSL (~1.5 Mbps).
If you live in an LTE area, it is amazing.
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Yeah bro LTE coverage is really starting to take off. I was so pumped to get rid of my Evo 3d (Evo 4G prior) where I had no 4G wimax. My Note was picking up LTE all around my home town and where I work, as soon as I activated it. [East Bay Area,Antioch, Brentwood]
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Yeah bro LTE coverage is really starting to take off. I was so pumped to get rid of my Evo 3d (Evo 4G prior) where I had no 4G wimax. My Note was picking up LTE all around my home town and where I work, as soon as I activated it. [East Bay Area,Antioch, Brentwood]
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I almost switched to tmobile but after starting to pick up 4g in alot of places even though it's not announced yet I'm giving Sprint another chance. All I know is that 4g lte rocks. I got it today and 2 times it had a speed of only about 2 to 3mbps but then I connected again in another area and I got pretty good speeds like the one below.
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Keep in mind, Best Buy price matches Amazon. I bought my GN2 with Add a line price from Amazon Wireless. Walked out the same day, I hate to wait.
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Best Buys new price match policy specifically EXCLUDES phones on contract. Not that you might not be able to get a manager to do it, but it is not their official policy.
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I got a amazon sprint upgrade note ii it was 199 to Sprints 299. Service is good.
I got my Note 2 through amazon wireless and sprint for $100 about a month ago. Its definitely an amazing deal, but you should check the coverage map for your area before you go through with it.
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Has anyone else noticed just how much slower sprint is lately? I mean, we all knew that they've began having major issues last year, but now, seems worse. I literally can't get above .15mbps on any of my three phones. That's in most of the Denver/Aurora area. Before it was slow, now it is just not usable.
The only excuse Sprint ever has is the network vision, but really? I'm pretty fed up with this dial up.
I'll atop ranting now, am still under contract with them .
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Same thing with me in metro Detroit
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Damn, I know in Atlanta it is rather bad as well.
Just hard to remain optimistic, specially knowing that the unlimited model, while nice, isn't going to help with speed. Just too many people can abuse the already suffering network. While limits suck, they really force people to watch their data use, or pay for higher usage.
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I live near la and they've been doing their network update here. I've been getting speeds around 1500 kbps but for the last couple weeks I'm only averaging at 300 kbps now
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I live near la and they've been doing their network update here. I've been getting speeds around 1500 kbps but for the last couple weeks I'm only averaging at 300 kbps now
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Even at 1500, still pretty crappy when compared to ATT and TMO network speeds over hspa.
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It's like that in Jacksonville, FL too. Speeds have went down by nearly half.
To be honest I feel like there more consirend about virgin mobile and boost mobile than us ...since the fact people now a days don't want a contract and sprint keeps giving them phones that are similar to ours hence LG marquee and soon to be HTC evo design ...not to mention there both gonna have wimax ...aint that a slap in the face
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To be honest I feel like there more consirend about virgin mobile and boost mobile than us ...since the fact people now a days don't want a contract and sprint keeps giving them phones that are similar to ours hence LG marquee and soon to be HTC evo design ...not to mention there both gonna have wimax ...aint that a slap in the face
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I checked out tmobile prepaid, and prepaid just makes more sense seems like. Yea, you pay full retail price if you want a nice phone, but you don't need to pay any hidden upgrade fees, or weird surcharges sprint has, nor is it as expensive. And I can't speak for everyone, but I honestly don't see network vision doing anything but allowing sprint catch up to the point where most others are already at, except for years later. And if they keep this unlimited model going, I only see the network continuing on suffering. Sure, Lte would be nice and the fact that all new high end sprint phones are lte capable. Unless you're in major 6 markets though, yore stuck on crawling 3g till at least 2014, that's when they plan to roll out lte here in Colorado, not to mention it will only be the initial roll out, only among major highways, even spottier than wimax.
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The thing I've noticed about CD a devices is that they don't drop calls nearly as often as GSM models do. I've noticed this with several devices amongst my family. I'm not saying cdma is immune to it, just that they tend to transfer from tower to tower better.
With that in mind, I'd probably go to Verizon if I switched... but I can't stand the amount of things they will charge you for. They charge to block numbers, GPS, etc. T-Mobile sounds ideal as far as pricing goes but if GSM drops calls often then I'm not too sure.
A few months ago i was on cricket with the og epic, i was tired of they crappy service so i was looking to switch. Sprint grabbed me with their truly unlimited data. Guess i should of researched speeds as well =/ but i have hopes for sprint, im stuck with them for 2 years and network vision should (hopefully) hit buffalo ny by then. if i dont get a significant increase in data quality i will most defiantly go with verizon. They may be a bit more expensive but hey, the phrase "you get what you pay for" may apply here
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The thing I've noticed about CD a devices is that they don't drop calls nearly as often as GSM models do. I've noticed this with several devices amongst my family. I'm not saying cdma is immune to it, just that they tend to transfer from tower to tower better.
With that in mind, I'd probably go to Verizon if I switched... but I can't stand the amount of things they will charge you for. They charge to block numbers, GPS, etc. T-Mobile sounds ideal as far as pricing goes but if GSM drops calls often then I'm not too sure.
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Really?! I prefer GSM over CDMA any day. Unless, we are talking about CDMA-Advanced. My reasoning is the whole data speed aspect. With GSM, your 3G speeds are much better due to HSPA and HSPA+ technology. On Sprint, have you ever seen speeds over 2.5mbps in an excellent coverage area with no network load? The max CDMA network that Sprint has can go is 3.2, which is theoretical. TMobile HSPA+21 network can reach 10-12mbps without many issues. HSPA+42, 19-25 in my area during off hours. Verizon CDMA, while much more consistent, isn't much faster than Sprint.
I understand your argument with dropped calls, but I actually have found the opposite to be true. I have less dropped calls while on the go on my T-Mo company phone (GNexus), vs any of the Sprint devices I have. And that is among same area. I am guessing our experiences differ due to coverage in respectable states.
Sprint was good here for a week or less when NV was apparently being worked on in my area.. now it is even worse than before! I'm not sure what they did to the nearest towers but everyone I know around complains lately that their signal inside their house is worse and not as reliable. I've been considering jumping ships to a different carrier, perhaps the T-Mobile prepaid plan... considering I only use like 40 mins a month and only need dependable fast data on the good. Sprint better hope LTE and NV starts working here in the L.A area
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Same thing with me in metro Detroit
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I'm in metro Detroit as well, and data was at least useable in the middle of the night. Now it is horrible all the time. It took me 5 hours to download most of a ROM yesterday, only to drop the download. Grrr
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I used to hit around 1 Meg in the morning. From this speed it drops into nearly single digits throughout the day.
My 3g speeds have gotten cut in half in San Diego this month. I don't even know what its like using the 4G option on this phone which leaves me a little bitter at this point. In fact, listening to others talk about 4G in their areas feels like a series of short stories, wise tales, and mere fables. I'm probably gonna switch to T-mobile once the GS3 drops next month since they are finally getting a decent phone line up. I'm getting tired of the emasculating feeling of begging my girlfriend for data as she hits the WIFI tether Icon of her Verizon unlimited droid all the while knowing that the 4G option in my notification bar is simply a useless battery draining light.
Ans I thought I had it bad lol. The funny thing is that I can take my tmobile phone ans my sprint phone to the sprint store ans tmo would test at least 2x faster vs sprint on wimax, that's with full bars since they have signal boosters at their stores.
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These are the fastest speeds in my area that I've gotten in a couple months. My upload is normally less than .10 Mbps.
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Sprint is becoming a victim of the iPhone own success the way AT&T did when the iPhone first came out. Sprint went from being 4th place in the networks to 1st almost overnight due to having unlimited data and high quality phones. Unfortunately they weren't prepared for it network wise.
I keep getting emails about them building/buying/renting new towers here in Los Angeles, but thus far I haven't seen any quality updates.
My recommendation is to call and complain. Most of the time they'll give you an Airrave for free to keep you as a customer.
skylenorman said:
Sprint is becoming a victim of the iPhone own success the way AT&T did when the iPhone first came out. Sprint went from being 4th place in the networks to 1st almost overnight due to having unlimited data and high quality phones. Unfortunately they weren't prepared for it network wise.
I keep getting emails about them building/buying/renting new towers here in Los Angeles, but thus far I haven't seen any quality updates.
My recommendation is to call and complain. Most of the time they'll give you an Airrave for free to keep you as a customer.
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I think that sprint lineup is far from being the first.
A lot of people buy in the whole unlimited data thing, that's just how Americans are. Why have limits when you can have unlimited? Those people don't think about speeds, they think that all data is same lol. Sadly, they also usually don't even get close to 2gb, which is the lowest tier cap by competitors.
Yay, I have unlimited. What is it good for when everything takes ages to do? Videos aren't even worth the effort over sprint mobile data. Having a tmo ans a sprint phone side by side, I can buffer a YouTube in 720p on tmo and watch 2 minutes of video before sprint would load same video in sq.
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Sprint speeds have been terrible in Houston TX for some time now. my contract is up in September, if LTE doesn't fix things I will be leaving. Been a sprint customer for 13 years!
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Is anyone having trouble on 3g. Seems much worse than my Evo. Having trouble connecting to Xda, Facebook etc. During in my car in the same place I eat lunch everyday and I barely have 1 to 2 bars.
I am just an old fashioned country doctor Jim.
Please put sprint tittle on the topic
Anyways try to update prl and profile, if that don't work call sprint to help, they probably will reset your data settings, and it might help, what speeds are you getting on it?
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I can say that the 3G 100% better on the S3 than my OG Epic. It is also now 10x faster and 33% lower latency since Sprint either upgraded or fixed the tower(s) covering downtown Denver, CO.
Which is really good since I don't expect to see LTE for another 18-24 months!
Well try that thanks.Will upload some speeds when I get a chance later.
I am just an old fashioned country doctor Jim.
3g has degraded for me. At work I use to get about 1.5mpbs. Now I'm lucky to get .7mbps. I avg about .4mbps. This may have something to do with iphones sharing the same 3g. I really miss wimax as I used to get it almost everywhere I go. I live in the bay area.
Great improvement in my speeds here in NY
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Great improvement in my speeds here in NY
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Funnily enough, slower for me here in Long Island. I'm lucky to pull over 512k down and up here in my office. I was often getting higher then 1mbit but it's sprint so there was always fluctuation.
I never really had any complaints with Sprint speeds on 3G but after playing with this phone on my office wifi for most of today - I wish LTE was around already, this hardware really deserves better speeds.
it depends on what tower I'm connected to. at home (South Philadelphia, pa), it's nice and zippy. at work (Port Richmond, Philadelphia, pa) it's awful, but that seems to be the trend near my job. Verizon was almost as bad, everyone on t-mo and metro have issues, and at&t is terrible, as well. i don't know what the problem is, Sprint even has a dedicated tower only a block from my job.
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3g has degraded for me. At work I use to get about 1.5mpbs. Now I'm lucky to get .7mbps. I avg about .4mbps. This may have something to do with iphones sharing the same 3g. I really miss wimax as I used to get it almost everywhere I go. I live in the bay area.
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I would love to even get .4 lol
punzada said:
Funnily enough, slower for me here in Long Island. I'm lucky to pull over 512k down and up here in my office. I was often getting higher then 1mbit but it's sprint so there was always fluctuation.
I never really had any complaints with Sprint speeds on 3G but after playing with this phone on my office wifi for most of today - I wish LTE was around already, this hardware really deserves better speeds.
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Yea coming from T-mobile to Sprint, i'm dying for them to roll out the LTE, don't know what I would do without wifi
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I'm actually getting better speeds on my s3 than any other sprint phone EVER. I consistently get over 1mbps where on my iPhone and gs2(on 3g) I would never even get over 600kbps. It makes not having wimax or lte that bad
I am assuming it has to be Sprint because my wife just bought Evo 4G LTE and having the same problem .
I am just an old fashioned country doctor Jim.
As a reader of several forums, it is apparent to me that there is a pattern of such anomalies being reported by some end users of Sprint's LTE-capable phones in some areas. Remember that these new devices right now are connecting to the legacy EVDO and 3G network, which is in the process of being replaced completely on a localized basis in Sprint's Network Vision rollout.
Because these anecdotal reports are sporadic, and seem to affect more than one LTE device design, while most users report no such problems, I suspect that something is going on with the interaction of these devices with the under-construction network locally. Hopefully this is temporary. The phones are supposed to work fine with the legacy network, and with the under-construction changeover, but I suspect there are some issues.
Sprint has not owned up to any such problems. So we just don't know for sure. Personally, if I were one of those affected, I would not accept a two-year contract beyond the 14-day trial without concrete commitments from Sprint to fix this.
3G speeds are faster than ever in my area. (Jax, FL)
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3G speeds are faster than ever in my area. (Jax, FL)
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That's actually really good if my speed were like that when I was with sprint I would stay with them but I was getting below. 6mbps and the sucks for youtube
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Poor sprint 3g speeds
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3G speeds are faster than ever in my area. (Jax, FL)
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I wish I could get 3g speeds like that from Sprint, and that is why I am switching to Verizon.
Below are the screenshots of 3g speedtest.
Sprint on the left, Verizon on the right.
It is highly variable on location.I was driving home in traffic through Staten Island and the speeds varied from 2 mb down to .4 mb down and 1 mb up to a low of .2 up. Tried it at four locations. The worst is by far my home in Jersey, .4 down, .2 up. Thank God for Wi-Fi.
I am just an old fashioned country doctor Jim.
I got an EVO 4G LTE and returned it after 4 days. My wife got one at the same time. The MAX download speed I ever got was like 300k. Averaged about 50k.
My S3 on ATT LTE gets 20mbps.
boomerbubba said:
As a reader of several forums, it is apparent to me that there is a pattern of such anomalies being reported by some end users of Sprint's LTE-capable phones in some areas. Remember that these new devices right now are connecting to the legacy EVDO and 3G network, which is in the process of being replaced completely on a localized basis in Sprint's Network Vision rollout.
Because these anecdotal reports are sporadic, and seem to affect more than one LTE device design, while most users report no such problems, I suspect that something is going on with the interaction of these devices with the under-construction network locally. Hopefully this is temporary. The phones are supposed to work fine with the legacy network, and with the under-construction changeover, but I suspect there are some issues.
Sprint has not owned up to any such problems. So we just don't know for sure. Personally, if I were one of those affected, I would not accept a two-year contract beyond the 14-day trial without concrete commitments from Sprint to fix this.
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Network vision upgrades are helping to disrupt service. Its all over the net, and in Sprint forums. I was able to attain 1.92 down and 1.1mb up on 3g in certain areas of the Bronx, NY, and Jamaica Queens in the last 30 days!
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I wish I could get 3g speeds like that from Sprint, and that is why I am switching to Verizon.
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I beat that speed on 3g with my Sprint GS III in the Bronx, and my Photon in Jamaica queens NYC. To all of the people that switched to Verizon at a time when Network Vision is rearing it's head is a shame. Their lack of investigating the issues will cause them to pay more for the next 2 years while people like me will save lots and have unlimited data.
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Is anyone having trouble on 3g. Seems much worse than my Evo. Having trouble connecting to Xda, Facebook etc. During in my car in the same place I eat lunch everyday and I barely have 1 to 2 bars.
I am just an old fashioned country doctor Jim.
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Yep,that's why i just switched to Verizon!!! Tired of sprints Bullsh*t. Now i will have one of the best phones on one of the best 4G networks, and its only $30.00 more per month about $1.15 cent extra per day, Easy decision for me!!! Unlimited talk, text, 4GB of data, and free Mobile Hot spot, $110.00 with insurance for $6.99 with $99.00 deductible $116.00... Sprint insurance is crazy high... Verizon just changed their plans again, Now all plans are called (shared plans) even if you have just one line like me.
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Share Everything Unlimited Talk, Text & 4GB $70.00
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EMAIL ACCESS PDA $0
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Shipping $ 0.00
Order Total Today $ 299.58
Total Monthly Charges** $ 116.99
So after almost 20 years on ATT, have never changed providers, multiple models and makes of phones on ATT and never had a signal issue, outages yes, due to storms but once service back, no complaints
Made the switch for the 1st time over to Sprint, Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB (for some reason the automated system recognizes phones as 32GB).
After 48 hours on Sprint, horrible horrible horrible voice quality issues (ATT has quad band coverage in area, both 3G and 4G) and despite phone being a 4G, can only see 3G icon lit, anywhere within 50 miles of home. I am paying a surcharge of 10.00 extra for 4G for multiple phones, have yet to see the service. Yes, Sprint promised it would work.
Purchased legitimate (yes I know I can root using qbking videos and Team Epic files) wifi hotspot to tether, keeps dropping connection every few minutes where ATT tether was flawless.
Sprint says "we are working on new towers, service will improve, you have 14 days to return phones are we will refund or replace..."
Sigh.
It isn't a $10 4g fee
Its a premium data fee A.K.A. unlimited 3g/4g/roaming where available
Use s4gru.com to see when you will get lte
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Yes, the $10 fee was originally for wimax 4G, but after people complained Sprint reworded it as "premium data". Now Even smart phones that only have 3G get this charge.
Add far as voice service, yes Sprint is in the middle of their network vision improvements so ymmv, I have great voice service.
Seems you didn't do enough research before you switched to Sprint and went off the sales pitch the person gave you. Sales people in general will say just about anything to make the sale and get the commission.
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The good news is your an educated consumer and you already know you have 14 days to return everything and cancel service and go back to ATT.
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The good news is your an educated consumer and you already know you have 14 days to return everything and cancel service and go back to ATT.
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that's what i would do also. in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.
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So after almost 20 years on ATT, have never changed providers, multiple models and makes of phones on ATT and never had a signal issue, outages yes, due to storms but once service back, no complaints
Made the switch for the 1st time over to Sprint, Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB (for some reason the automated system recognizes phones as 32GB).
After 48 hours on Sprint, horrible horrible horrible voice quality issues (ATT has quad band coverage in area, both 3G and 4G) and despite phone being a 4G, can only see 3G icon lit, anywhere within 50 miles of home. I am paying a surcharge of 10.00 extra for 4G for multiple phones, have yet to see the service. Yes, Sprint promised it would work.
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1. The GS3 is an LTE phone, not a 4G phone. So if they havent turned on LTE in your area, then yeah no duh you wont get it.
2. You are paying $10 a month for data, not specifically 4G. Yes its BS but deal with it, every company has the charge but in different words.
3. If its not working, complain that you get no service and return it for a refund. You have 14 days.
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Purchased legitimate (yes I know I can root using qbking videos and Team Epic files) wifi hotspot to tether, keeps dropping connection every few minutes where ATT tether was flawless.
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4. WHY!? Why would you pay? Rooting has 100 different benefits.
My question is, do you even know what you are doing? Did you read ANYTHING about the phone or how it works, did you research the service quality in your area before switching?
Where are you located? I can understand your frustration, it's hard for me to believe that you are saying that ATT voice is clearer than Sprints
I mean I guess if you're roaming and on another tower not owned by Sprint
I'm going to guess your location is your major problem, do you live in a rural area? Sprint works really well in Metro areas, not so much in the rural areas although they are broadening their coverage to these type of areas.
In my opinion, CDMA technology has sharper voice than GSM
Too bad you are experiencing this type of issue.
so you are at the age of 38-40 years old?
Kinda came at a wrong time
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Wow Sprint has bad voice? That's the first I ever heard of that.
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Its easy...return the equipment and cancel the contract
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in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.
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If it saves you a year of misery, Sprint's stated *GOAL* for network vision is a pathetic 6 mbps. Compare that *goal* to what people you know are getting with AT&T, Verizon, and even T-mobile *today*, and decide for yourself whether Sprint is even worth bothering with.
Frankly, I'm through with Sprint. If it weren't for the Galaxy Note 2 tantalizing me on or before 10/15, I'd have probably gone to the AT&T store today and bought a GS3 instead. In fact, if they announce a release date after that, I'll just get the S3, becase I hate my unflashable Photon with a passion, and can't replace it with a Sprint S3 because *then* I'd have no usable data service (wimax works ok here, but no LTE yet, and EVDO here has been 6 to ~80kbps down lately. I had faster 1xRTT 5 years ago).
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i been telling people to stay clear from sprint for months. I will admit it's bad if your coming from a carrier with usable internet pretty much everyone except Sprint, it will be hard adjusting. I used 8 gigs a month at T-Mobile and with sprint I'm lucky to crack 500 mb. I will be heading back to T-Mobile after dec lesson well learned if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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Location, Location, Location.........
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Exactly. It's just about stable enough in Dallas that I have ditched my AT&T Note and strictly carry my Sprint phone. Att and Verizon speeds are comparable. Voice quality in this market is unmatched. Sprint wins hands down. whoopdy doo...Tmobile now has unlimited...and is garbage here in big D.
The only one here in the market that may have a competitive edge is Metro with voice over LTE...though their unlImIted data, speeds are capped at 5mbps
I'm not even going to get into the whole grandfathered data on Att being throttled and the new share plans pricing structure being absurd.
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I seriously dont understand how people complain about sprint. Its probably 25-35% cheaper compared to every other contract carrier...and was one of the first contract carriers to offer unlimited data, not sure if it still is. I get many discounts off my bill simply because I have state farm insurance and other various memberships. I had verizon for YEARS, switched to sprint, could hardly tell the difference. 90% of the time its all in your head.
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1. The GS3 is an LTE phone, not a 4G phone. So if they havent turned on LTE in your area, then yeah no duh you wont get it.
4. WHY!? Why would you pay? Rooting has 100 different benefits.
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LTE is 4g....
And because sometimes people are honest? If everyone just stole it, Sprint would be much more likely to figure out a way to block it. If you're going to actually use it regularly I think people should pay for it.
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that's what i would do also. in fact, if sprint's 4g lte service isn't competitive (when it's finally finished) i'm done with sprint and going to at&t.
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Excelent move
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If it saves you a year of misery, Sprint's stated *GOAL* for network vision is a pathetic 6 mbps. Compare that *goal* to what people you know are getting with AT&T, Verizon, and even T-mobile *today*, and decide for yourself whether Sprint is even worth bothering with.
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I was under the impression that 6mbps was their goal for their average speeds. People with Sprint LTE right now are posting 30 mbps speeds. When I had Verizon I would get 5 mbps on LTE at home, where I had low signal, and 25 to 30 at work, where I had excellent signal. There's a huge difference when talking between peak and average speeds.
I have sprint right now and basically it sucks at work. At home I get 4g some times and at work I get 3g or just no data. I'm thinking ing about switching to tmobile or a prepaid carrier. I use about 100 mins a month in talk but I use like 5-7 gb in data a month because i'm on netflix and pandora all day at work. I have a job where i'm at a desk so i'm just sitting 6am to 7pm monday through wednesday. anyone know if any carriers?
I heard simple mobile is ok but I also heard they throttle or just cancel people
Heard straight talk cancels after 2gb.
I'm in the Baltimore MD area.
Well I have simple mobile and I have not had any problems with them at all. But based in your number of minutes, ill suggest t mobile unlimited 4g text and 100 minutes for 30 bucks a month. Check that plan out. And I believe you will have the Wi-Fi calling benefit at well. Having simple mobile, Wi-Fi calling and descent support is what I don't have, oh and insurance, but I'm not complaining for 50 bucks a month
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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Ok. but what is athe 2g speed? because if I go over the 5gig its capped. so how would it be if I get 2 chips for the phone.
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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The plan mentioned above sounds great for you but be aware T-Mobile coverage (more or less the deepness that it can go into buildings) T-Mobile has an online only 30 dollars a month for unlimited data (5gigs of 4g service then the rest 2g) with 100 minutes and unlimited text.
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong
Net flix and crunchyroll uses a lot, lol
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong
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its not just online its at walmart too
if you go over 5gig a month there is something wrong
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Yes but you cant buy JUST a SIM card at walmart. So that doesnt help the OP since they already have a phone.
But OP, if you go over 5gigs. 2g is okay for streaming pandora just gotta give it a good while before it starts playing. Also, browsing the xda app or tapatalk is possible as well as mobile facebook website (not sure about the facebook app) it was alright for what i used it for but once i got my s2 i started using a lot more data with netflix and youtube and streaming anime on xScope pro browser. And going over 5gigs is really easy pltctytc.
yeah thats where i'm at. i'm thinking about trying different carriers to see which one won't just block me or cut me off when I use there service. I have a S3 from sprint trying to get out of the contract now. but was going to sell it to get a used S3 on tmobile but might have to flash it to boost if I can't find a carrier prepaid that will do 5-9 gb of data.
You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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because its will give me the 5-9gb. and I atleast get 3g which sucks.
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You are not gonna get a prepaid that will give you 5-9 gb a month.
Don't know why you would go to Boost. They are the prepaid network of Sprint.
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You said that Sprint sucks but yet you want to go to Boost, when Boost uses the same Sprint network?
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It's unlimited and from what I'm seeing won't cut me if I go over 5gig a month.
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Boost explicitly "reserves the right" to throttle you past 2.5 Gb and has in their terms that they can cancel you if they deem you to be in violation of reasonable use.
T-Mobile states that they will throttle you to 50kb/s >5Gb.
At work, can you possibly use wifi instead of mobile data ? Instead of streaming movies/music, put them on an external SD card ? I guess it comes down to how badly you need to stream over mobile networks and how much you're willing to pay.
You can get 10Gb from Verizon for $140/month total. I mean, it exists even if you probably have no interest in signing up for it. It would cost $70/month to hook a compatible tablet up with 10Gb/month - so I guess if they get much better coverage in your area, you could switch to them and use a cheap pre-paid phone for voice calling if calling over data work-arounds are not reliable enough for you - since it's not like you'd be paying any more.
Just ideas. I don't think you're going to find what you're looking for when it comes to a pre-paid that will let you go over 5Gb/mo so you'll either have to deal with Sprint's limitations or make some kind of compromise (paying more, data-only tablet, using an SD card instead of streaming, et cetera), or perhaps look at other post-paid.
I had boost before I signed up for sprint. And i had a flashed epic 4g on it and was doing Netflix all day and was never canceled. Went to sprint to get the s3 and they said 4g lte was in my area which it wasn't.
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Get tmobile you're not going to regret it. Especially if you live in a +42 area. 23.5GB and still going strong!
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I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I just moved from sprint to t mobile and am super happy with the move.
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I say go to Tmobile, I was with Sprint for 12 yrs and had all of their top smartphones for the most part. This recent LTE fail in an LTE city (DFW) made me switch to Tmobile which is saving me $40 per month now after Sprint went up $13 per month for each 4G line and I get up to 25Mbps down compared to the horrible 3G I was getting in the summer while in the DFW and DC area. You can get on their unlimited 4G plan with no throttle or the 5GB with hotspot and throttle. Get a GS3 on Tmobile for a low contract price and then sell the Sprint one for $300+ on ebay to pay the ETF. I sold my EvoLTE, and 2 Evos to pay what was left on my ETFs. I have great coverage on the East Coast and DFW.
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I used to be on Boost but switched to T-Mobile because not only has Sprint not rolled out LTE yet in my city (Birmingham), they never even rolled out WiMax here.
The unlimited 4G is a great value -- Boost was cheaper, of course, but the data was sooooo slow.
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I'm in Clarksville md, Lutherville md, and Baltimore md everyday. And only place I get good service is Clarksville and no 4G. Near bwi i don't even get Internet on my phone.
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I lived in the DC-Bmore area for 11 yrs so I am familiar with all of those places. My friends in Bowie, Upper Marlboro, and DC with their Sprint LTE devices are still waiting for the LTE to be turned on. Baltimore was supposed to have it by now from what I have read. Everytime I read stories like these, it makes me feel even better about my decision to move all of my lines to TMO.
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OK, so sprint 3G speed in Sevierville, TN sucks sooo bad!!!! Anyway to make it faster???
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dakota.breeden said:
OK, so sprint 3G speed in Sevierville, TN sucks sooo bad!!!! Anyway to make it faster???
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yes. get off of sprint.
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yes. get off of sprint.
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That was the speeds I was getting while on Virgin Mobile (sprint). Switched to straight talk and my speeds are like 10 times faster.
Sprint is awful. I don't know how they can still be in such business. I can only assume they do well in large metro areas. Im in central ohio and 3g was awful all the time. I switched to verizon. I initially went with sprint because of their unlimited plans, but what good is unlimited data if you cant even get to it. I have a 4gb data plan now and avg 1.5-2gb per month. couldnt be happier. definitely worth the extra money. their lte is the best. i broke my sprint contract with 7 months left and was not charged a termination fee. good luck with your data struggles!
You might be able to sue over that contract if they had charged you, if you go to court and basically say Sprint service is ****, if I remember correctly they generally buy that, because Sprint isn't providing you with reasonable service (aka holding up their end of the contract).
But yes, how are they still in business? Most of the time my friends can't even get on the Play Store, the connection times out. I'd rather have capped data.
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dakota.breeden said:
OK, so sprint 3G speed in Sevierville, TN sucks sooo bad!!!! Anyway to make it faster???
Edit: oh and the tower is right across the street.
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That's terrible ping, did you check under results to make sure it read evdo rev a? Sometimes looks can be decieving, but ymmv from location. I get garbage speeds where I live, but over 1mbps on virgin mobile in speedtests when I go over to the wealthy side of town.
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How about this one?
Sprint sucks!!! I also went to them for unlimited data, but the data was pretty much unusable. Went to Verizon and love dependable 4g almost everywhere. And prices are pretty much the same, I might b capped now but its data I can use. it is still about the same in the monthly bill, and no I never worry about using too much data.
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Sprint sucks!!! I also went to them for unlimited data, but the data was pretty much unusable. Went to Verizon and love dependable 4g almost everywhere. And prices are pretty much the same, I might b capped now but its data I can use. it is still about the same in the monthly bill, and no I never worry about using too much data.
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Couldn't agree more. I only pay 5 dollars more a month with Verizon. I'm so glad I don't have sprint. I live in San Diego and I was roaming internationally in my apt. I live 35miles away from the border didn't make sense to me. Now I have 4g everywhere I go and its so dependable.
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I left sprint for straight talk last month. Best decision I ever made. Don't walk,
but Sprint to the nearest Walmart and get your sim card now!
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I left sprint for straight talk last month. Best decision I ever made. Don't walk,
but Sprint to the nearest Walmart and get your sim card now!
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Straight talk is great. There are a few dead spots around the area but most days my speeds are great.
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I've been wanting to make the switch to straight talk for quite awhile myself honestly, the only thing holding me back is efforts to continue supporting people that follow my guide.
This is my different speeds with sprint.
Speeds where I live ^ although I do live in between two cities, so its understandable on how lame it is.
And these are the speeds I get in the rich people side. Lol
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Esteway.619 said:
Couldn't agree more. I only pay 5 dollars more a month with Verizon. I'm so glad I don't have sprint.
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No way ur paying only $5 a month more for a comparable plan on Verizon, unless u were getting ripped on Sprint and not getting the 25% discount. I'm not happy with Sprint either, but no way am I gonna let Verizon butt rape me. I'll go prepaid when my contract expires. The easiest solution to this problem is roaming onto Verizon 3g via:
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[PRL] Verizon / Corporate PRL on your Sprint Galaxy Nexus !!!
I'll tell u though, Verizon's 3g speeds are not that much better than Sprints where I'm at (Santa Clarita, Ca), usable, but not nearly as good as HSPA. CDMA revA will be obsolete eventually.
Airwolf79 said:
No way ur paying only $5 a month more for a comparable plan on Verizon, unless u were getting ripped on Sprint and not getting the 25% discount. I'm not happy with Sprint either, but no way am I gonna let Verizon butt rape me. I'll go prepaid when my contract expires. The easiest solution to this problem is roaming onto Verizon 3g via:
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[PRL] Verizon / Corporate PRL on your Sprint Galaxy Nexus !!!
I'll tell u though, Verizon's 3g speeds are not that much better than Sprints where I'm at (Santa Clarita, Ca), usable, but not nearly as good as HSPA. CDMA revA will be obsolete eventually.
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U call that a solution???
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Its like unlimited dial up.
me and my girl both left, both now on pre paid and loving it, i got the tmo thirty dollar plan and its been fantastic, she is on straight talk with [email protected] service, def better service on both ends. also now combined bills are the same as one sprint plan. We also had a discount on our sprint plan and could have cared less
Also battery life has been improved to, due to our sprint phones having to fight to get data from the tower. Sprint would be better if they weren't the back for virgin and boost
I had speeds just like that, then back in February I paid the prorated ETF ($50) and went to verizon. Now I'm usually 12mbps and up, because they have 4g pretty much everywhere. At least in my area of SC
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No way ur paying only $5 a month more for a comparable plan on Verizon, unless u were getting ripped on Sprint and not getting the 25% discount. I'm not happy with Sprint either, but no way am I gonna let Verizon butt rape me. I'll go prepaid when my contract expires. The easiest solution to this problem is roaming onto Verizon 3g via:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660740
[PRL] Verizon / Corporate PRL on your Sprint Galaxy Nexus !!!
I'll tell u though, Verizon's 3g speeds are not that much better than Sprints where I'm at (Santa Clarita, Ca), usable, but not nearly as good as HSPA. CDMA revA will be obsolete eventually.
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Not lying. Was paying 210 for 3 lines then they changed the plan to where the free 2nd line was going to be charged the add a line fee shock was 20 bucks. I pay 225 for the same amount of minutes and all 3 lines and 4gb of data on all of them for 220
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Not lying. Was paying 210 for 3 lines then they changed the plan to where the free 2nd line was going to be charged the add a line fee shock was 20 bucks. I pay 225 for the same amount of minutes and all 3 lines and 4gb of data on all of them for 220
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I C. Yeah I was pissed too when Sprint raised my rates. How can they raise rates first and fix the crappy network later? Makes sense since you're only getting 4gbs of data. These contract companies like Sprint and Verizon will have to fight to keep customers at these prices in the coming years cuz prepaid is growing fast.
You should show me how to do that!