Some good news!!!!!! - Epic 4G General

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...ile-merger-plans/&category=classic&postPage=1
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With all the publicity and that slip by the lawyer, definitely seen this coming. But with the roaming agreement it is doubtful that Sprint can take a shot at merging with T-Mobile.

I knew it would fail. It might have been nice tho, if tmobile would get more coverage. I've been eyeing up tmobile for the cheap 4g. And since I'm on a wifi network all the time data isn't so much of an issue but atleast 30-40 dollars in savings a month is. Any thoughts?
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bryanfritz1 said:
I knew it would fail. It might have been nice tho, if tmobile would get more coverage. I've been eyeing up tmobile for the cheap 4g. And since I'm on a wifi network all the time data isn't so much of an issue but atleast 30-40 dollars in savings a month is. Any thoughts?
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It wouldn't have been cheap 4g cuz att then woulda had the biggest market share and could almost set their own prices.I have att dsl the fastest I can get is 6mb down 768kb up fn terrible for $45 a mth same thing if not worse woulda happened in the cell market.
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jbadboy2007 said:
It wouldn't have been cheap 4g cuz att then woulda had the biggest market share and could almost set their own prices.I have att dsl the fastest I can get is 6mb down 768kb up fn terrible for $45 a mth same thing if not worse woulda happened in the cell market.
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Not that's its an excuse but sprint dsl did the same thing to me in florida in 05-06 I was paying 60 a month for 3.5mb and it was my only choice. But I see your point. I wish sprint offered a lower minute family data plan. No way do we ever get near 1400 mins.
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bryanfritz1 said:
Not that's its an excuse but sprint dsl did the same thing to me in florida in 05-06 I was paying 60 a month for 3.5mb and it was my only choice. But I see your point. I wish sprint offered a lower minute family data plan. No way do we ever get near 1400 mins.
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I was talking about home internet dsl from att. Sprint does not offer any home based services that are labeled dsl as far as I'm aware. If you are really nice to a rep they will give you 1400 min on a single line for under $100 a mth.
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That was a long waste of a process. Verizon and AT&T control 75% of the market. Sprint and T-Mobile USA are too small to survive on their own. They cannot keep pace with the capital investments of the much larger Verizon and AT&T. Sprint is struggling to build a 4G LTE network, and T-Mobile does not even have any immediate plans for one. I am hoping that some big outside investors (Dish Network, Google, etc.) come in and buy out the small carriers and make the necessary cash infusions. As a consumer, I want affordable, nation-wide mobile broadband with high (or unlimited) data caps.

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Samsung Within? SPH-D710? RDF! (And SPH-M930)

Oh don't mind me...
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D710/EG27.rdf
Android 2.3.3
800x480 screen
8MP camera
1080p video recording
WiMax ("FirmwareVersionWiMAXRadioModule ED29")
I believe this is the 'droid we are looking for.
Also looks like Sprint is gettng an SPH-M930 too
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-SPH-M930_id5738
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-M930/EG23.rdf
480x320 screen
Android 2.3.4 or 2.3.2 (depends where you look in the RDF)
WiMax
Qualcomm MSM8655 (1GHz Snapdragon with Adreno 205. Same as Thunderbolt).
Assuming that's not the final build I think we can start expecting this in a month or 2 great find!
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arashed31 said:
Oh don't mind me...
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D710/EG27.rdf
Android 2.3.3
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How odd.
edit: I'm an idiot :facepalm
So no exynos processor?
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So no exynos processor?
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Don't mind the ARM11 mentioning in the page. The D700 says the same thing.
Very interesting find.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
I can't wait for the within to be released
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There's no info about internal memory?..
The Samsung Within is prob going to be my next phone
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There's no info about internal memory?..
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Or keyboard lol
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Ok, it sounds like a good chunk of the Epic community will soon be owning a WiThin. It is the one phone that really has me thinking of changing when it gets released.
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JohnCorleone said:
Ok, it sounds like a good chunk of the Epic community will soon be owning a WiThin. It is the one phone that really has me thinking of changing when it gets released.
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Yeah I'm wondering how many Epic developers will be getting a Within, because they're awesome
Damn I want the within.... I'm stuck with the Epic for another year and a half though until the contract is up :/
Contract up in september....man I hope this thing pans out to be everything i'm hearing!
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Damn I want the within.... I'm stuck with the Epic for another year and a half though until the contract is up :/
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this is me as well, although i'd love to have a Within, i have a feeling the epic community might die with the release of it...but i'll still be here.
At any rate. Sprint is pure garbage. Think I'm going with att gs2
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At any rate. Sprint is pure garbage. Think I'm going with att gs2
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Good Luck with that data cap. Owning a Galaxy s2 on AT&T is like driving a Ferrari down a gridlocked Los Angeles freeway.
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Good Luck with that data cap. Owning a Galaxy s2 on AT&T is like driving a Ferrari down a gridlocked Los Angeles freeway.
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If you buy an international sgsII then you can get unlimited everything for $50 a month on a prepaid ATT plan.
My sister uses a vibrant to get unlimited data/450 minutes/200 texts for $55 on her postpaid ATT plan.
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If you buy an international sgsII then you can get unlimited everything for $50 a month on a prepaid ATT plan.
My sister uses a vibrant to get unlimited data/450 minutes/200 texts for $55 on her postpaid ATT plan.
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how is that unlimited you said "unlimited data/450 minutes/200 texts", thats not unlimited if its 450 minutes and 200 texts and if im wrong and you meant to say it differently then you should explain better.
Besides its all like:
Sprint= Unlimited & Cheap but ****ty coverage
ATT= Drop Calls with crappy coverage, and ****ty phones
T-Mobile= Good Coverage But ****ty plans and ****ty quality
Verizon= Best Coverage, Best Phones, Too Damn Expensive, ****ty Customer Service.
'Nuff Explained!
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how is that unlimited you said "unlimited data/450 minutes/200 texts", thats not unlimited if its 450 minutes and 200 texts and if im wrong and you meant to say it differently then you should explain better.
Besides its all like:
Sprint= Unlimited & Cheap but ****ty coverage
ATT= Drop Calls with crappy coverage, and ****ty phones
T-Mobile= Good Coverage But ****ty plans and ****ty quality
Verizon= Best Coverage, Best Phones, Too Damn Expensive, ****ty Customer Service.
'Nuff Explained!
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Those were two different plans. My sister has unlimited internet.
I would say the carriers go like this
Sprint: Best price and value in prepaid and postpaid, second best 3G coverage, slowest 3G speeds.
T-Mobile: Second best price and value for postpaid, worst 3g coverage, second fastest 3G speeds (tied with AT&T)
AT&T: Second worst value in postpaid, second best value in prepaid, second worst 3G coverage, second best 3G speeds (tied with T-Mobile)
Verizon: Worst value in postpaid and prepaid, best 3G coverage, best 3G speed.
Before anyone asks, Wimax and LTE are 3G technologies.
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MetroPCS has a 3G Network???

There are rumors of people in miami getting 3G on their phones. Can someone possibly confirm this? I called Metro directly and found out that there are at least 5 other cities running on 3G.
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I was reading another board where folks in Orlando were getting 3g Also read someone in Tampa getting it I upgraded the .prl to 3022 but no luck so far
Moved..............
I also swapped to prl 3022 but nothing happened. I'm so pissed that we don't have 3G in thia area of Florida (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Naples), you know, I just got the crazy idea of making an online protest against MetroPCS. We should gather a bunch of people from different areas of Florida that do not have 3G coverage and plan on doing something like that. Maybe when we have 1000 people protesting for the same thing and threatening to leave MetroPCS then they'll do something about it. Again just a thought.
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ZangetsuSX said:
I also swapped to prl 3022 but nothing happened. I'm so pissed that we don't have 3G in thia area of Florida (Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Naples), you know, I just got the crazy idea of making an online protest against MetroPCS. We should gather a bunch of people from different areas of Florida that do not have 3G coverage and plan on doing something like that. Maybe when we have 1000 people protesting for the same thing and threatening to leave MetroPCS then they'll do something about it. Again just a thought.
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What people fail to realize is if 3g is everywhere your bill will go up and you will have a data cap to cover overages and you will end up with a at&t or Verizon situation the reason why metro is so cheap is because there isn't a 3g if you really want speed upgrade to a 4g phone otherwise be patient until they figure out how much data is being used in major cities and if it's worth the extra costs
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You're right I hadn't seen it from that point of view.
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ZangetsuSX said:
You're right I hadn't seen it from that point of view.
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Don't trip I wanna smack metro cause the guy who sold me the phone said I had 3g
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I'd be pissed if they told me the same thing and later on it turned out that I didn't. I wouldn't smack metro but the guy instead. LOL.
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ZangetsuSX said:
I'd be pissed if they told me the same thing and later on it turned out that I didn't. I wouldn't smack metro but the guy instead. LOL.
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He's the face of metro so I wanna smack metro in the face lol, I wish someone would dev for this phone I wouldn't mind bricking my phone to get some nice roms out for it I wish I knew how but I don't have the time to learn so I'm at the mercy of the super developers
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How is a smartphone even usable on 1xRTT?
synaesthetic said:
How is a smartphone even usable on 1xRTT?
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We hook it up to wifi
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BoiPhresh said:
We hook it up to wifi
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Then it becomes a BEAST!!!! LOL!!!
Not to be mean, but that's what happens when you pay 20$ bucks a month
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Not to be mean, but that's what happens when you pay 20$ bucks a month
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Lol, funny how your probably unable to pay your current bill and are researching one of metros better android devices... don't be smug can't it won't end well... not to be mean
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It will get better. Now MetroPCS has the LG Esteem 4g it is on their site now so soon they should have to upgrade the system to handle usage. I pay 50 a month with metropcs and i still like it better then the contract companies. Also i read today that sprint is no longer doing one year contracts more folks to metro? never know
Metro is a headache to deal with if you have billing issues, but they're cheap and there's no commitment. That's always nice, but it cuts both ways. They can jack up your price whenever they want.
Contracts aren't solely beneficial to the provider. Sometimes they actually help the customer--I'm on contract for 2 years, for two lines, 1000 shared minutes, unlimited SMS/nights/weekends and 2GB data per device for $100.
It's cheaper than what we were paying for two individual Even More Plus plans (though we did lose 3GB of data). And T-Mobile can't change the price without breaking the contract.
My girlfriend has metro and we live in a city with 3g service. It's super spotty. Even in their most well covered areas, she usually still only gets 1x.

How long befcore I get cancelled

I just got my letter today, finally, saying that I am using too much roaming data over the past 6 months and they will be monitoring me. Sprint service absolutely sucks in my area and unless I am on verizon I get crap or no 3g. I don't really feel like waiting till oct 7th to see if maybe (big maybe) my service gets any better.
I pay an extra 10 bucks a month for "premium data" so I should be able to use it!!
I have been waiting to get out of my contract with no ETF for a few months now so I am just curious about how long before they cancel me and will I be able to port my number to verizon once I do get cancelled?
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U wont get verizon 3g with roaming either
And you will probably be blacklisted with the carriers i think
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Well, I roam on verizon with a modified prl and get full 3g off their towers constantly, anywhere I go. No one else has any input on this?
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How much data on average are you using per month via roaming, just out of curiosity?
That only works if you roam a isht ton in areas that are known sprint dead zones. Anywhere else and they'll know somethings up
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***** to them that you "WOULDT HAVE TO ROAM IF YOU HAD SERVICE. Don't penalize me for paying you for no service. It should DEFINITELY be the other way around, sir or madam."
See how they like them apples LOL
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PythonFanTN said:
How much data on average are you using per month via roaming, just out of curiosity?
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I use over 5gb a month I would say
japin said:
I use over 5gb a month I would say
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Doesn't really matter anyways. Verizon has tiered the data plans. No unlimited on Verizon anyhow.
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Spoke to sprint today
I spoke to Sprint today on this issue and since they do not offer quality service in my area and I am forced to roam in order to obtain good service (as i put it) they are waiving the ETF and I am able to move out of Sprint. I am not happy about this decision though. I love sprint where I have lived before in Florida and other places in Pennsylvania but here it is terrible. I will miss my epic and this community but I am doing what has to be done.
Have fun paying triple on verizon
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Id leave too, check out T-Mobile they offer better 4g speeds as well as quality phone. The mytouch slide series is pretty nice if you want a keyboard. They also offer alot of their phones free online.
Do your research.
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i'm about to jump ship too... i'm realizing how much better other carriers service is in areas i'm struggling in. i'll go pay a premium for better service if i have to.
gtuansdiamm said:
Have fun paying triple on verizon
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My bill. Is like 99 a month on sprint anyway, verizon will be about the same if I stop the downloading directly to my phone, and since I will have miui on my facinate I won't care about roms anyway. And my bill will be the same or less even
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Bye I love you guyz

I got teh bootz from sprint due to high data usage. I'll still be around.
SG2 on Tmobile is hot.
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Care to share how much?
Yea, how much is "high"? Sprint is generally very lenient with data usage.
And how did you acrue it? Was it roaming? Tethering?
More details are absolutely needed.
Needed
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Lol seriously? With the way iPhone users are Sprints going to have to boot alot of people
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k0nane said:
And how did you acrue it? Was it roaming? Tethering?
More details are absolutely needed.
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Also, was there any ETF/or fines/fees associated with teh bootz?
Heh...maybe I'll use the crap out of my data to get out of my contract
bump. would love to know more info also. I use a lot of data.
lys3rgic said:
bump. would love to know more info also. I use a lot of data.
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Same here.
Me too
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Bet it was roaming data usage.
I work in security. Basically I babysit empty buildings so I tether on my laptop every night. Playing SC2 and WoW etc. I don't know how much I was pulling but it probably was around 10 gigs a month on average. I think the fact that I've been consistently high for the last 6 months did it in conjunction
with the 4S being released. My roommate on his evo got the boot too.
I'm not paying an ETF but if anyone is interested I have a rooted Epic 4G for sale XD
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Xhyperion said:
I'm not paying an ETF but if anyone is interested I have a rooted Epic 4G for sale XD
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Swappa.com.
I wish I could use that much, even when tethering the most I used is 2gb in a month, the sprint service in the RGV is terrible.
Xhyperion said:
I work in security. Basically I babysit empty buildings so I tether on my laptop every night. Playing SC2 and WoW etc. I don't know how much I was pulling but it probably was around 10 gigs a month on average. I think the fact that I've been consistently high for the last 6 months did it in conjunction
with the 4S being released. My roommate on his evo got the boot too.
I'm not paying an ETF but if anyone is interested I have a rooted Epic 4G for sale XD
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I sent you a PM.
Also I'd like to add that the stratosphere (since I was on Verizon for a week trying it out) is a good phone but f verizons data caps. I'm not paying $10 a GB. I don't care who you are money doesn't grow on trees like the way Verizon sees it. I live in Miami so network coverage is iffy on all carriers. Verizon was the worst for me, getting complete data black out zones in great areas. Sprint had the best coverage for me 3G wise but was pretty slow. I'd never get 4G at work. Now on tmo I'm getting 1.5 mb/sec to 1.8 mb/sec over 4G at work. So that's a huge performance gain for me and I haven't even rooted my SG2 yet. Tmo doesn't charge for tethering. Unlimited everything. So yeah I'm pretty happy as long as I don't get teh boot from tmo.
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Xhyperion said:
I work in security. Basically I babysit empty buildings so I tether on my laptop every night. Playing SC2 and WoW etc. I don't know how much I was pulling but it probably was around 10 gigs a month on average. I think the fact that I've been consistently high for the last 6 months did it in conjunction
with the 4S being released. My roommate on his evo got the boot too.
I'm not paying an ETF but if anyone is interested I have a rooted Epic 4G for sale XD
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I wonder if the tethering did anything.
SC and WoW use different ports, so I'm sure some easy packet sniffing paints some major red flags. 10 gigs shouldn't trigger any red flags.....
A lot of carriers cracking down.
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I sent you a PM.
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I replied
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How much for the phone?
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Glad you will still be around X. Sorry you go the boot from the Evil conglommerate Sprint!

Extremely tired of slow data

Don't get me wrong, sprints unlimited data is awesome, but when I have to struggle loading simple 4 minute videos online, I get annoyed. Even with full bars the service is garbage. Sprint obviously doesn't "owe" me anything, but some tower upgrades would sure benefit their business.
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Sprints philosophy goes like this, "Use your wifi for faster speeds and don't expect **** from our network" They call themselves the now network, but its more like the now or later network.
How much money are they yanking a year? Atleast 1500 out of my pocket alone every year. Greedy Aholes.
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Are you on 3G or 4G?
You can see their 3G plans in your are here: https://network.sprint.com/
I feel your pain... Im ready pissed that i pay an extra $30 a month for 4g which we dont have here. And 3g speed are like .7 dl and .5 up..im in heaven when ever i can get conneted to wifi..lol .. Im through with sprint if they dont hurry up with lte in VA..
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I feel your pain... Im ready pissed that i pay an extra $30 a month for 4g which we dont have here. And 3g speed are like .7 dl and .5 up..im in heaven when ever i can get conneted to wifi..lol .. Im through with sprint if they dont hurry up with lte in VA..
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10$/mo is NOT for 4g. I don't know why people still say this.
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txtmikhail said:
I feel your pain... Im ready pissed that i pay an extra $30 a month for 4g which we dont have here. And 3g speed are like .7 dl and .5 up..im in heaven when ever i can get conneted to wifi..lol .. Im through with sprint if they dont hurry up with lte in VA..
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I agree I'm in Northern Va and it's annoying how in areas like chantilly I almost get 2Mbps but asst home I range from .5 to 1Mbps. I just want a stay 1Mbps wherever I go nothing more and nothing less and I'll be satisfied! Thank God I'm in the DMV area because LTE will definitely come here. And yesterday by Potomac Mills it was so bad that my texts weren't going out! It said they didn't go through but people would receive them late! And it said my signal was -65 dBm!
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txtmikhail said:
I feel your pain... Im ready pissed that i pay an extra $30 a month for 4g which we dont have here. And 3g speed are like .7 dl and .5 up..im in heaven when ever i can get conneted to wifi..lol .. Im through with sprint if they dont hurry up with lte in VA..
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Richmond, VA has 4G.
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The $10 is for "premium data". When I tried to discuss the reason for it with a rep around the time I got my phone she said it was 'because of the amount of data I would be expected to use.' That I was paying for the 'Ease and likelyhood of uploading photos and videos through the phone network.' And 'because of the availability of 4G speeds in select areas.'
Every phone I've ever had has been a smart phone.
I use no more data on average with my Epic than I did with my last two Windows Mobile phones before it. So, I am paying more to do things I (more or less) could already do.
At home I have an AIRAVE. Though I live ~1mile from the nearest tower I typically have no signal or drop calls like crazy without it. I also use WIFI for my internet when at home. Outside of my neighborhood I have no complaints though.
4G is not available within 3hours drive of me. I have used it for a total of 10min since I got my epic at launch. That was at an airport while on a layover.
I cant complain much about my speed... my girlfriend is stuck at 1x because 3G flat out isnt available to her anywhere in my city. But I do pay $30/month more.
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Don't get me wrong, sprints unlimited data is awesome, but when I have to struggle loading simple 4 minute videos online, I get annoyed. Even with full bars the service is garbage. Sprint obviously doesn't "owe" me anything, but some tower upgrades would sure benefit their business.
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Your 3g must suck cause I can watch 6 minutes videos as if I were on wifi on two bars in my house that just so happens to be in the hill country of texas
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I pul at minimum 1mb of speed at my lowest bars..... 3mb if I'm full bars ill have to show that and this is coming from a server miles away from me.
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Biggoron said:
Your 3g must suck cause I can watch 6 minutes videos as if I were on wifi on two bars in my house that just so happens to be in the hill country of texas
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I suppose it does suck cause I started this topic complaining about it. Haha. Maybe its all the trees surrounding me in MN to blame.
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It shows no bars but had one during it. Upload blows but who cares it should.
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I get between 900kbps and 2mbps nearly all day in my apartment with one signal bar. The tower is six miles away. I live in bfe iowa. And the geography isnt as flat as youd think.
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10$/mo is NOT for 4g. I don't know why people still say this.
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it is for 4g. because the evo 4g was the first phone to have the $10 data fee. they change it to a premium data fee when people in non 4g areas started complaining about the fee.
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it is for 4g. because the evo 4g was the first phone to have the $10 data fee. they change it to a premium data fee when people in non 4g areas started complaining about the fee.
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Was. Get it right, it is not a 4g fee.
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pjames said:
it is for 4g. because the evo 4g was the first phone to have the $10 data fee. they change it to a premium data fee when people in non 4g areas started complaining about the fee.
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Premium Data (required for this device) - $10.00
We require this add-on for phones made to deliver a superior wireless experience including Web, email, video and social networking.
Additional details:
The Premium Data add-on charge is required for smartphones.
Sprint smartphones currently are: Android, BlackBerry, Palm, Instinct and Windows Mobile phones.
On average, smartphone users use 10 times more data than customers with basic or feature phones. With this charge, Smartphone customers will continue to receive unlimited data and experience Sprint’s simplified services and rates, being able to take advantage of a rich data experience while on the Sprint network.
If you would like an unlimited data plan, for a lower rate, and avoid this charge, you may want to check out some of our feature phones which do not require the $10 Premium Data add-on charge.
Yeah, funny my Palm Pre didn't require that fee and they didn't start the fee until 4G phones came and then only applied to 4G phones until the complaints of no 4G came in...I'm just sayin'.....lol.
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surge89 said:
I agree I'm in Northern Va and it's annoying how in areas like chantilly I almost get 2Mbps but asst home I range from .5 to 1Mbps. I just want a stay 1Mbps wherever I go nothing more and nothing less and I'll be satisfied! Thank God I'm in the DMV area because LTE will definitely come here. And yesterday by Potomac Mills it was so bad that my texts weren't going out! It said they didn't go through but people would receive them late! And it said my signal was -65 dBm!
I've never had an issue by the mall but near Quantico it goes out a little but that's the FBI. So close to 4G but so far away....
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kennyglass123 said:
Yeah, funny my Palm Pre didn't require that fee and they didn't start the fee until 4G phones came and then only applied to 4G phones until the complaints of no 4G came in...I'm just sayin'.....lol.
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We all know it WAS a 4G fee, but it is not one any longer.
I know...just adding how Ludicrous Sprint was with their back-peddling. Was commenting on the wording of the contract not you specifically.
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