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Sprint CEO official message regarding plans

phandroid.com/2011/03/12/sprint-sticks-to-its-unlimited-data-guns-with-new-ad-video/
Does anyone see the irony with slow data speed and the boot if you roam too much (verizon prl lol) if he looked up unlimited and it stated no limit, why does roaming unlimited really have a limit, lol anyway thought it was an interesting read due to the irony with these crap 3g speeds lately
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iitreatedii said:
phandroid.com/2011/03/12/sprint-sticks-to-its-unlimited-data-guns-with-new-ad-video/
Does anyone see the irony with slow data speed and the boot if you roam too much (verizon prl lol) if he looked up unlimited and it stated no limit, why does roaming unlimited really have a limit, lol anyway thought it was an interesting read due to the irony with these crap 3g speeds lately
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On the video it is disclosed '[unlimited while] on the sprint network'.
OT/rant:The irony for me: my 3g speeds are usually 1.8 - 2.5 mbps... my 4g speeds rarely go over 1 mbps.. wtf...

How can you roam on the sprint network lol but yeah man we don't even have 4g here on long island new York yet so I can't compare
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to bad sprint network is in the ****ter they can't even get 4g out let alone fix the 3g data troubles

You see the big picture?
The CEO just made an ad stating Unlimited. This is great news as many were worried Sprint would fallow the throttle wagon.
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Some would say avg d/l speed of less than 200kbps with no end in sight is worse than throttling. At least with throttling you know what is going on. Ads by CEO's which ignore the fact that Sprints average 3G data speed is less than the competition's throttled speed, are not looking at the big picture. Here in SW Florida the 3G is unusable... I just leave wifi on all the time now at both work and at home. As far as the road goes - well it still is a phone, and works fine as that.
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Some would say avg d/l speed of less than 200kbps with no end in sight is worse than throttling. At least with throttling you know what is going on. Ads by CEO's which ignore the fact that Sprints average 3G data speed is less than the competition's throttled speed, are not looking at the big picture. Here in SW Florida the 3G is unusable... I just leave wifi on all the time now at both work and at home. As far as the road goes - well it still is a phone, and works fine as that.
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mutepoint said:
Some would say avg d/l speed of less than 200kbps with no end in sight is worse than throttling. At least with throttling you know what is going on. Ads by CEO's which ignore the fact that Sprints average 3G data speed is less than the competition's throttled speed, are not looking at the big picture. Here in SW Florida the 3G is unusable... I just leave wifi on all the time now at both work and at home. As far as the road goes - well it still is a phone, and works fine as that.
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Well mine is fine here in Chicago ,well recently that it.
In a year this won't matter as we will be going LTE, or 4g chips save. Battery life.
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Sorry, but Sprint doesn't suck for everyone. Glad the big picture of staying with the unlimited plans will continue.

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Sorry, but Sprint doesn't suck for everyone. Glad the big picture of staying with the unlimited plans will continue.
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kcrudup said:
Sorry, but Sprint doesn't suck for everyone. Glad the big picture of staying with the unlimited plans will continue.
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Sorry, but Sprint doesn't suck for everyone. Glad the big picture of staying with the unlimited plans will continue.
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Sprint works great for me.

mutepoint said:
Some would say avg d/l speed of less than 200kbps with no end in sight is worse than throttling. At least with throttling you know what is going on. Ads by CEO's which ignore the fact that Sprints average 3G data speed is less than the competition's throttled speed, are not looking at the big picture. Here in SW Florida the 3G is unusable... I just leave wifi on all the time now at both work and at home. As far as the road goes - well it still is a phone, and works fine as that.
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I can't believe this passes for a 3G network.

he looks like a hobo lol

ZachPA said:
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I can't believe this passes for a 3G network.
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You would expect NYC to be alright but nope, 3G is horrible. Barely useable by today's standards.
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sprint satisfaction lol

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...TlAO9A?docId=6a8ed447b0714bdd86f1633a594338dc
woot go sprint hahaha

It surprises me.
Honestly, been with Sprint for 9 years.
Never had an issue until right after they won the J.D. power associates award for customer service.
I just wonder how they rate it.

I always hear a lot of complaints about Sprint but I've never had major issues with them ..just small issues that all carriers have ....

DarkManX4lf said:
I always hear a lot of complaints about Sprint but I've never had major issues with them ..just small issues that all carriers have ....
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Agreed . . . found most CS Reps to do the best they can with what they have or bump it to someone else that can help . .

not only did I save over $100 / month moving to sprint from verizon, but I have a better phone, and have dropped less calls. I think a lot of the sprint hate is very unwarranted

Sprint is good for a flip phones that does not use data service and windows mobile 6.5 and older but with new smartphones, sprint sucks, they don't have the capacity to handle the demand of data.

dmora01 said:
Sprint is good for a flip phones that does not use data service and windows mobile 6.5 and older but with new smartphones, sprint sucks, they don't have the capacity to handle the demand of data.
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Handles my demand lol
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I agree that Sprint has data issues in many areas. After the Evo 3d is released it will be worse with the throngs of new subscribers and returning old ones. Hopefully Sprint can handle it and get the data up to par

Sprint is good for a flip phones that does not use data service and windows mobile 6.5 and older but with new smartphones, sprint sucks, they don't have the capacity to handle the demand of data.
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Really? Cause I was watching episodes of The State on Netflix while riding in the passenger seat, going down the highway. Not one hiccup till we got WAY out in the country. If it is able to stream full-length television shows without buffering out like crazy, it can't be all that bad. Maybe it is your particular area, man. I know speeds went to crap for a few months, but lately it has been much better all over my area.

I get 300 kb/s usually on Sprint at the same time I get 700 kb/s on AT&T.
Both are so low I don't even care anymore.

Hazelfoot said:
I get 300 kb/s usually on Sprint at the same time I get 700 kb/s on AT&T.
Both are so low I don't even care anymore.
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LOL, No 4G in St. Louis?
I haven't seen speeds that slow in awhile.
Me? Yeah I can say I'm satisfied, Great phones, great plans & price. And my data speed... It Just gets faster:

Noiro said:
LOL, No 4G in St. Louis?
I haven't seen speeds that slow in awhile.
Me? Yeah I can say I'm satisfied, Great phones, great plans & price. And my data speed... It Just gets faster:
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In my best cases, I have never seen anything close to that. I think once or twice I eclipsed 10kbps on 4g a while ago. Now I get 2-6 on 4G and about dialup usually on 3G. In the Minneapolis metro area.

I've been getting 15 mps down on 4g but I use speak easy thoe speedtest.net site is mest up over here
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Noiro said:
LOL, No 4G in St. Louis?
I haven't seen speeds that slow in awhile.
Me? Yeah I can say I'm satisfied, Great phones, great plans & price. And my data speed... It Just gets faster:
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where in Philly is this???? I see nothing close to that on 4G. Best I ever got was 3.5 mbs down

alaman68 said:
where in Philly is this???? I see nothing close to that on 4G. Best I ever got was 3.5 mbs down
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LOL I'm in Aston, PA. About 40 minutes south of Philly.

Noiro said:
LOL, No 4G in St. Louis?
I haven't seen speeds that slow in awhile.
Me? Yeah I can say I'm satisfied, Great phones, great plans & price. And my data speed... It Just gets faster:
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Dang that's fast for sprint 4g. Over here in SD in the sdsu college only place to get 4g I get about 10m and 1.2 down. But we don't have 4g completely around SD.
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I have never had a problem with Sprint either. Sure, some reps aren't as good as others...but you will see that on all carriers. I have had my EVO replaced a few times and it's been very easy and painless. I don't plan on switching carriers any time soon.

alaman68 said:
not only did I save over $100 / month moving to sprint from verizon, but I have a better phone, and have dropped less calls. I think a lot of the sprint hate is very unwarranted
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There always will be haters.

Sprint has been pretty good with me and the costumer service and voice service is pretty good, my complaint is the data service was very good in my area 6 months ago but now is crappy, I have good coverage full bars most of my town but the data is way too slow and I don't have 4G so the $10 premium for the data is bs..... they don't want to fix it and now with the nexus s and the evo 3D is going to get worst.
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There always will be haters.
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[Q] IPhone to sprint?

I was at a sprint store this weekend and one of the reps. there told that sprint might get the iPhone at thebend of the year. Can anyone confirm this?

There is no official confirmation but it is a rumor that Apple is going to release an iPhone 4S at the end of August that will also be on Sprint and T-Mobile. We will see.
I personally don't think Sprint's network could handle it.

That's the rumor. It's not confirmed by any stretch of the imagination, but from Apple's standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. Apple is getting beat in the US by Android, and wants some of those Android sales. Plus, it looks like the next iPhone will have both radios (gsm/cdma), so it can release one phone for all networks. Now, whether you could unlock the phone to go from Sprint to AT&T, or Verizon will remain to be seen...assuming the rumors of a Sprint and T-Mobile iPhone are true...

God, I hope not. Sprint's 3G data is slow enough as it is, I can only imagine how an iPhone would perform on it. So unless they're planning on ramping up their 4G game or signing some major roaming agreements nationwide, might as well stick w/ an open-source Android!

Besides an android is so much more better than an iPhone. Why would you want that garbage?
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Pffft. A Sprint rep also told me we'd have 4G in Des Moines this year
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Not to change the thread, but I read on an official source that sprint is taking their 4G from wimax to LTE. Which is better and faster 4G data.
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A sprint rep told me the other day that obama was doing an awesome job.......

Ha
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Enraged21 said:
Not to change the thread, but I read on an official source that sprint is taking their 4G from wimax to LTE. Which is better and faster 4G data.
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I think this is based on their recent announcement of a partnership with Lightsquared, but I don't think it means WiMax goes away completely, it just gives them greater 4G coverage. They're keeping their options open, that is for sure.
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I guess only time will tell.

ummmm why are we talking about crappy iphones in the shift section???????????

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ummmm why are we talking about crappy iphones in the shift section???????????
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3g isn't slow on sprint, I get a full meg of speed on 3g, and 8megs on 4g here in Minneapolis.

danibri82 said:
3g isn't slow on sprint, I get a full meg of speed on 3g, and 8megs on 4g here in Minneapolis.
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well good for flipping you lol the rest of us are lucky to get 100kbp grrrr sprint needs to step up

danibri82 said:
3g isn't slow on sprint, I get a full meg of speed on 3g, and 8megs on 4g here in Minneapolis.
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I get an average of 500k down and 350k up, 2 hours south of Minneapolis.

craven667 said:
well good for flipping you lol the rest of us are lucky to get 100kbp grrrr sprint needs to step up
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In Des Moines, IA I average about 700kbps on 3G. No 4G tho.
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Lightsquared LTE

http://www.talkandroid.com/49332-sp...idForums+(Android+News,+Rumours,+and+Updates)
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I bet part of this was to stay competitive in the future iPhone market. I know there's only slight hints for an iPhone on Sprint, but I can feel it coming.The iPhone 5 will probably "only" be HSPA+ ready, but next year I'm sure it will be LTE ready. I very much doubt that Apple would build a WiMax version of the iPhone for only Sprint, and with Sprint's future looking bleak, they need every competitive advantage they can get.

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Award Tour said:
I bet part of this was to stay competitive in the future iPhone market. I know there's only slight hints for an iPhone on Sprint, but I can feel it coming.The iPhone 5 will probably "only" be HSPA+ ready, but next year I'm sure it will be LTE ready. I very much doubt that Apple would build a WiMax version of the iPhone for only Sprint, and with Sprint's future looking bleak, they need every competitive advantage they can get.
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That could definitely be a reason. Steve Jobs wouldn't approve a WiMax iPhone.
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Well they need to something and i doubt its because of the iphone... Sure sprint has wimax but it Really can't compete with verizon LTE and the sprint 3g network is really slow compared to every other carrier... I am really curious to hear what they have planned... I want to be a sprint customer but i won't jump ship untill i can get consistently fast speeds like i have on tmobile
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newspeak said:
Well they need to something and i doubt its because of the iphone... Sure sprint has wimax but it Really can't compete with verizon LTE and the sprint 3g network is really slow compared to every other carrier... I am really curious to hear what they have planned... I want to be a sprint customer but i won't jump ship untill i can get consistently fast speeds like i have on tmobile
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Their 3G was top notch for a while and LTE and WiMax would both be ****ty on the 2500 spectrum WiMax is on right now. LTE from light squares is going on 1600
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But think about this. They are not going to be sinking any more money into Wimax now to expand it. And they are starting from scratch for LTE. By the time they even have enough LTE as they do Wimax (which still is not a lot) everyone else is going to be done building their LTE network. So basically Sprint is not going to have a good 4G network now for at least 4-5 years. So everyone get used to your slow data speeds. We are gonna have em for a while. Yay, way to go Sprint.

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But think about this. They are not going to be sinking any more money into Wimax now to expand it. And they are starting from scratch for LTE. By the time they even have enough LTE as they do Wimax (which still is not a lot) everyone else is going to be done building their LTE network. So basically Sprint is not going to have a good 4G network now for at least 4-5 years. So everyone get used to your slow data speeds. We are gonna have em for a while. Yay, way to go Sprint.
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Your basing all this on the mistaken notion that Sprint is going to start building an LTE network from scratch starting right now.
Lightsquared has been working on this for a while and should launch next year.
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But think about this. They are not going to be sinking any more money into Wimax now to expand it. And they are starting from scratch for LTE. By the time they even have enough LTE as they do Wimax (which still is not a lot) everyone else is going to be done building their LTE network. So basically Sprint is not going to have a good 4G network now for at least 4-5 years. So everyone get used to your slow data speeds. We are gonna have em for a while. Yay, way to go Sprint.
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They're not stopping their wimax network if that's what you think
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they have a contarct to use clears wimax until 2012, they said ages ago, to switch from wimax to lte takes 1 module added onto the tower, so a year tops to convert wimax locations to lte locations

Award Tour said:
I bet part of this was to stay competitive in the future iPhone market. I know there's only slight hints for an iPhone on Sprint, but I can feel it coming.The iPhone 5 will probably "only" be HSPA+ ready, but next year I'm sure it will be LTE ready. I very much doubt that Apple would build a WiMax version of the iPhone for only Sprint, and with Sprint's future looking bleak, they need every competitive advantage they can get.
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Apple Exec's and Sprint Exec's do not like each other at all. Apple thinks Sprint is a 2nd rate wireless company going down the tubes. Sprint would not be willing to pay their royalty clauses that Apple wants. You like Iphone 4 or 5 you need to go to Verizon or At&T. Samsung & HTC phones have gotten so much better. It is real competition now to Apple. Until the relationship is repaired you will never see an Iphone on Sprint.

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they have a contarct to use clears wimax until 2012, they said ages ago, to switch from wimax to lte takes 1 module added onto the tower, so a year tops to convert wimax locations to lte locations
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sounds good but now i wonder if people are going to hold off on current phones and future phones waiting for LTE Models i doubt it but it could hurt a bit

Award Tour said:
I bet part of this was to stay competitive in the future iPhone market. I know there's only slight hints for an iPhone on Sprint, but I can feel it coming.The iPhone 5 will probably "only" be HSPA+ ready, but next year I'm sure it will be LTE ready. I very much doubt that Apple would build a WiMax version of the iPhone for only Sprint, and with Sprint's future looking bleak, they need every competitive advantage they can get.
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Wish I could have profits in the billions and a loss of less than a billion and have my outlook bleak
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cdw9800 said:
sounds good but now i wonder if people are going to hold off on current phones and future phones waiting for LTE Models i doubt it but it could hurt a bit
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I plan on switching to an LTE phone as soon as its available on Sprint. I live and work in the dallas area and their wimax coverage sucks here.
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Sprint bought out.

Hey everyone just saw the articles all over tech sites about softbanks majority takeover of Sprint Nextel and since this is the HTC EVO 4G OG section and most (certainly not all) are currently or have in the past Been with Sprint, I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on the issue. Good move? Why? Bad move why? Will it help bring Sprint life? Future of Simply Everything plans? Talk it up just keep it civil and friendly.
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Pretty sure this thread belongs elsewhere. Here is a link to the story. Doesn't sound as though the deal is done, as you implied.
http://mobile.businessweek.com/news...al-to-buy-70-percent-of-sprint-for-20-billion
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FinZ28 said:
Pretty sure this thread belongs elsewhere. Here is a link to the story. Doesn't sound as though the deal is done, as you implied.
http://mobile.businessweek.com/news...al-to-buy-70-percent-of-sprint-for-20-billion
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There's a newer article out. Reporting it is indeed finished and should be announced today. I'll find the link. But apologies if this doesn't belong I see much more "off topic threads" here Luke I want a GS3 blah blah figure this is somewhat on topic. As the OG EVO WAS a Sprint exclusive and so at one point every EVO was configured or running on Sprint. While I'm sure many of them (me for one) are still on Sprint and this could have a large impact on people. Again if I violated anything a MOD can surely close this or move it to where it belongs.
Here is the link: Japan’s Softbank to Acquire Majority Stake in Sprint for $20B http://mashable.com/2012/10/14/softbank-to-acquire-sprint/
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Gotcha. I stand corrected.
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I think this is a great thing for Sprint on the short term, kind of skeptical if it will be good for us consumers in the long run. I also find it somewhat sad that one company that has some sizeable debt, has just purchased a controlling share in another company with even greater debt, and I believe must of had to make this deal on credit.... Wish I could do that ****, dem bastards... :banghead:
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I think this is a great thing for Sprint on the short term, kind of skeptical if it will be good for us consumers in the long run. I also find it somewhat sad that one company that has some sizeable debt, has just purchased a controlling share in another company with even greater debt, and I believe must of had to make this deal on credit.... Wish I could do that ****, dem bastards... :banghead:
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Yea I'm leaning the same way after more looking into. Hopefully this can be the influx of cash Sprint needs to.build the new networks faster and start drawing more customers. I just hope they keep the simply everything plans. I think that's a big plus for them. If they can't use this to get going again then nothing will.
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SuperiorEVOlution18 said:
Yea I'm leaning the same way after more looking into. Hopefully this can be the influx of cash Sprint needs to.build the new networks faster and start drawing more customers. I just hope they keep the simply everything plans. I think that's a big plus for them. If they can't use this to get going again then nothing will.
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This^ Unlimited everything (besides land line calls) is amazing. Not to mention their plans are cheaper. The only thing left, IMO, to get more people to move over is to get more 4g coverage. I know they are expanding more...and I just heard I'm getting 4g by me which I didn't think would come for a few more years so that's a plus for me
As long as this buy out doesn't run Sprint into the ground, then it should be a good thing.

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This^ Unlimited everything (besides land line calls) is amazing. Not to mention their plans are cheaper. The only thing left, IMO, to get more people to move over is to get more 4g coverage. I know they are expanding more...and I just heard I'm getting 4g by me which I didn't think would come for a few more years so that's a plus for me
As long as this buy out doesn't run Sprint into the ground, then it should be a good thing.
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Agreed most people agree the up front cash will allow them to build out the LTE network faster. Which is good. Hopefully the broader the 4G range 3g speeds will improve as well since less traffic.
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Not 'finished'....
BTW, this is LONG from 'finished', this is just the announcement of the agreement... there's still a LONG due diligence period that is only now starting along with required regulatory reviews. I doubt this will be 'finished' until 2nd quarter 2013, if not later.

AzzidReign said:
This^ Unlimited everything (besides land line calls) is amazing. Not to mention their plans are cheaper. The only thing left, IMO, to get more people to move over is to get more 4g coverage. I know they are expanding more...and I just heard I'm getting 4g by me which I didn't think would come for a few more years so that's a plus for me
As long as this buy out doesn't run Sprint into the ground, then it should be a good thing.
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You get what you pay for. Sprint's 4G is lacking and so is their 3G speeds. Getting consistent performance is out of question. Yeah the data is unlimited but that's it. Verizon has family share plans for $40/phone and shared data starting at $50/month. You could spend anywhere from $15-35 a month depending upon your data usage but Verizon at least in Los Angeles is worth every penny. Sprint will be nowhere near that kind of coverage for the next couple of years and I am tired of signing contracts based on promises of better data.

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You get what you pay for. Sprint's 4G is lacking and so is their 3G speeds. Getting consistent performance is out of question. Yeah the data is unlimited but that's it. Verizon has family share plans for $40/phone and shared data starting at $50/month. You could spend anywhere from $15-35 a month depending upon your data usage but Verizon at least in Los Angeles is worth every penny. Sprint will be nowhere near that kind of coverage for the next couple of years and I am tired of signing contracts based on promises of better data.
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Yeah what-ever, I'm pulling on average 17-20MB/sec down on 4G and no less than 1.5 on 3G. Verizon locks down bootloaders worse than Sprint has ever contemplated, and just wait till you go a few gigs over your "allowance" and get hit with the 2-3 hundred dollar overage. Everyone I know on Verizon complains, but to each his own.
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jamieg71 said:
Yeah what-ever, I'm pulling on average 17-20MB/sec down on 4G and no less than 1.5 on 3G. Verizon locks down bootloaders worse than Sprint has ever contemplated, and just wait till you go a few gigs over your "allowance" and get hit with the 2-3 hundred dollar overage. Everyone I know on Verizon complains, but to each his own.
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I'm guessing those 4G speeds are on your EVO LTE?

FinZ28 said:
I'm guessing those 4G speeds are on your EVO LTE?
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Yessir
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I read on Engadget today that Sprint bought like 50.8% of Clearwire. I wonder if our how that affects this deal

I hope that by buying half of clearwire, it improves 3g speeds.
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jamieg71 said:
Yeah what-ever, I'm pulling on average 17-20MB/sec down on 4G and no less than 1.5 on 3G. Verizon locks down bootloaders worse than Sprint has ever contemplated, and just wait till you go a few gigs over your "allowance" and get hit with the 2-3 hundred dollar overage. Everyone I know on Verizon complains, but to each his own.
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Whatever works for you man. I guess Sprint has Independence covered like a blanket I guess. BTW, each phone on the shared plan with Verizon gives you a good idea where you stand on data. If you feel you're about to go over, you can go to the next level.
I've been with Sprint for a long time and really wish the 4G coverage was better but when you lose to metropcs in a major market then that is a problem.

rjc2233 said:
I read on Engadget today that Sprint bought like 50.8% of Clearwire. I wonder if our how that affects this deal
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I'm pretty sure Softbank wanted Sprint to be in control of clearwire as per the agreement. But like it was mentioned the Grand ole Government still has to give the ok for this so it'll be at least 6+ months.
I also have to side with Jamie here I had Verizon for a while (pre-smartphone days) and their service was great but lately as a huge Root fan I'd never go back. They are locking down the bootloaders on so many of the best devices like he SG3 and another one I'm forgetting but they have plans to lockdown more in the future. And while Sprint isn't the biggest Root supporter they at least leave that door unlocked. nd once they get the LTE network built out speeds WILL improve, we already have it here in Baltimore and my buddies Gnex is pulling a consistent 20-25mb/sec which for us Sprint users is Freaking a god send lol. Combine that will never having to worry about Data which I use about 5-7 gb/month I'm sticking right there with them. Until they are a huge success or die off lol
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Cool story! I dropped sprint strictly because coverage in my area was very spotty. I have no regrets about it and if they fixed the network I'd go back in a heart beat...I just got tired of hearing about how my market was always next in line...blah blah blah. I also have no issue with verizon. The phone I picked was easily unlocked... that is more research based..all carriers should have a Google phone that can be unlocked. Data is not an issue...WiFi is every where anyways...even at the gym. I pay just as much now as I did with sprint... but dont drop calls...and since I am military and have a wife at home with my kids...an on demand call is a must. I also know Verizon has the better freq. Band... sure in the higher MHz you will get faster speeds..but the coverage area isn't as big...its all give and take. I am rooting for sprint...but just got tired of waiting....I love capitalism and choice...so I switched to who I feel deserved my money!
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bigbear6708 said:
Cool story! I dropped sprint strictly because coverage in my area was very spotty. I have no regrets about it and if they fixed the network I'd go back in a heart beat...I just got tired of hearing about how my market was always next in line...blah blah blah. I also have no issue with verizon. The phone I picked was easily unlocked... that is more research based..all carriers should have a Google phone that can be unlocked. Data is not an issue...WiFi is every where anyways...even at the gym. I pay just as much now as I did with sprint... but dont drop calls...and since I am military and have a wife at home with my kids...an on demand call is a must. I also know Verizon has the better freq. Band... sure in the higher MHz you will get faster speeds..but the coverage area isn't as big...its all give and take. I am rooting for sprint...but just got tired of waiting....I love capitalism and choice...so I switched to who I feel deserved my money!
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All very good reasons to switch. Yea I'd rank Verizon over ATT&t but the those locked bootloaders. I havent checking in a while but the locked sgs3 was a huge ordeal being locked. That kinda thing makes me mad. It's OUR Devices not the carriers and if I want to root then I have that right.
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On my og I get 5-10 mb in a town near my house which is unblievable :what:
Edit: sorry lol the 15-19mb is from my LTE in Chicago
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