Roaming on your carrier - Networking

Hey guys, I wanted to know if you think this will work with waiving a early termination fee on at&t. I read that if you use a lot of roaming which uses a competitive service to your carriers network, your carrier will contact you and let you know that it's recommended to switch carriers. First I would just try calling them up and tell them I moved to a rural area and the service sucks. Let me know if any of you guys have had any information on this.

Why don't you just try to find somebody to take over your account?

greeky510 said:
Why don't you just try to find somebody to take over your account?
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How does that work, like over Craigslist? Wouldn't they just run up the bill because your the billing account.

No, you actually transfer your account over to them. They will be the account holder and you will have nothing to do with it anymore. Do a search here on XDA about transferring accounts. I'm sorry I have no more info on it as I haven't personally done it.

It's called assumption of liability and it's done rather often. I see people transferring contracts here on xda every so often. The carrier doesn't care as long as they get paid.

Oh ok, now I see what you guys are talking about. I only have about a month and a half left now though. I'm trying to get the new Htc One XL or X on a prepaid MVNO to get off these annoying 2 year contracts.

I know they do it on Sprint. When you roam on Sprint, you are using Verizon's service. There is an app called Roam Control which allows you to force roaming. If you roam too much for a several months, Sprint will tell you to go to a different carrier and waive the ETF.

adelmundo said:
I know they do it on Sprint. When you roam on Sprint, you are using Verizon's service. There is an app called Roam Control which allows you to force roaming. If you roam too much for a several months, Sprint will tell you to go to a different carrier and waive the ETF.
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Oh ok; I'm assuming the major 4 carriers offer free roaming (until it's abused) when available in the US? I just paid the ETF for my at&t contract because it was not worth it to go from one representative to the next that would have a different story. One guy told me it's not at&t's problem for having no coverage in my area. The ETF was $66, so not bad.

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use EVO on Prepaid?

Anyone know if you can buy the phone outright and then sign up for the month to month prepaid plan, or if you can get the normal unlimited plan without signing a contract? I'd love to not be tied down to sprint for 2 years as I have heard their service sucks in our area.
walkeryan said:
Anyone know if you can buy the phone outright and then sign up for the month to month prepaid plan, or if you can get the normal unlimited plan without signing a contract? I'd love to not be tied down to sprint for 2 years as I have heard their service sucks in our area.
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Not 100% sure, but I think Sprint alllows this as long as you're buying it outright. But the question is, if you hear the service sucks in your area, why waste the time/money in the first place?
walkeryan said:
Anyone know if you can buy the phone outright and then sign up for the month to month prepaid plan, or if you can get the normal unlimited plan without signing a contract? I'd love to not be tied down to sprint for 2 years as I have heard their service sucks in our area.
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No, you cant use it as prepaid.
Sprint gives you a 30 day risk-free trial. So take it home, try it out for three weeks, and if it sucks balls, return it to the store and get your money back.
I was thinking the same thing. CDMA unlocking it and putting it onto Virgin Mobile, as it's the same network anyways...
u mean BOOSTMOBILE CDMA?
Sprint owns Boost and Virgin, and EVO ESNs will be blocked from being used on those carriers.
entropism said:
Sprint owns Boost and Virgin, and EVO ESNs will be blocked from being used on those carriers.
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why is that?
because sprint wants to keep ppl on a 2 yr contract
And $10/month ownership fee.

Tmo is cancelling my service

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This has nothing to do with the Samsung Vibrant. Maybe you oughta post on T-Mobile's forum or better yet give them a call
Can't you just turn roaming off??
If you are roaming a ton... isnt that their network issue? I dont understand....
If you primarily use your phone in a geographic area that T-Mobile does not have service they may cancel your service. T-Mobile does not pass along costs for roaming to the end user, but it does cost T-Mobile a ton for roaming. If you just travel through an area without coverage no big deal, but if the bulk of your usage is on a roaming partners network they reserve the right to cancel your service.
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^ I did not know that, I think when you enable roaming under the options there is a warning about "you may" incur fees costing you a lot of money.... I guess "may" being the key word. Good to know, thanks.
dcam1075 said:
If you primarily use your phone in a geographic area that T-Mobile does not have service they may cancel your service. T-Mobile does not pass along costs for roaming to the end user, but it does cost T-Mobile a ton for roaming. If you just travel through an area without coverage no big deal, but if the bulk of your usage is on a roaming partners network they reserve the right to cancel your service.
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This may also work to get out of a contract. If you happened to be moving to someplace without T-Mobile service you can call them and let them know. I KNOW my brother got out of a contract doing this.
I understand why they are doing it, but that does suck.
I'll just list it as just another reason why I can not wait until my contract ends. Alot of people complain about AT&T, but honestly their service was much better than t-mobiles.
jz9833 said:
I understand why they are doing it, but that does suck.
I'll just list it as just another reason why I can not wait until my contract ends. Alot of people complain about AT&T, but honestly their service was much better than t-mobiles.
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Don't forget way more expensive too.
jz9833 said:
I understand why they are doing it, but that does suck.
I'll just list it as just another reason why I can not wait until my contract ends. Alot of people complain about AT&T, but honestly their service was much better than t-mobiles.
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So you have a Vibrant, but don't like the service.. last I checked the ETF for T-Mobile is $200 or less, and I would be shocked if you got a Vibrant for less than the ETF on your existing contract: priorities, service before the phone!
joshthewaster said:
This may also work to get out of a contract. If you happened to be moving to someplace without T-Mobile service you can call them and let them know. I KNOW my brother got out of a contract doing this.
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Bingo. Sign two years spend a month 100% roaming and get out of a cancellation fee.
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Use the unlock method posted in the development section and use an AT&T sim card.
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So what are the reasons for the cancellation?
This is interesting.... I wouldn't do it because I like TMOB, however, could you force your phone to roam?
zaduma said:
This is interesting.... I wouldn't do it because I like TMOB, however, could you force your phone to roam?
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Settings -> Wireless network -> Mobile Networks -> Network operators ->Search now then select ATT
however it tells me your sim does not allow connections to this operator.... maybe they just don't have roaming allowed where i am .
talltexan said:
Settings -> Wireless network -> Mobile Networks -> Network operators ->Search now then select ATT
however it tells me your sim does not allow connections to this operator.... maybe they just don't have roaming allowed where i am .
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Hm there has got to be a way to bypass this. Now I am intrigued....
If they would have just allowed it, I would have switched back and never thought of it again. Forbidden Fruit Complex.
let me know if you figure it out.
zaduma said:
Hm there has got to be a way to bypass this. Now I am intrigued....
If they would have just allowed it, I would have switched back and never thought of it again. Forbidden Fruit Complex.
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There should be no way to bypass this. T-Mobile specifically restricts roaming in areas where there is sufficient T-Mobile coverage. This is done with the whitelist stored on the SIM card. This can be updated by the carrier, but its not something joe 6-pack can do easily.
Just send your SIM card to the OP, and let him leave it in his phone for a month. Contract terminated!
In all seriousness, taking the Vibrant to AT&T is probably a good bet for the OP. Too bad AT&T doesn't discount out of contract phones like T-Mobile does, though.
Haha. Just send me your sim and I am sure I can get it terminated. I use around 4000 text a month and maybe 1200 minutes a month and 90% of that is roaming on att.
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[Q] SIM only no contract carrier that supports the G2?

I have an G2 from T-Mobile, and i love the phone.. But i'm paying 175$ a month for two lines. That's outrageous! I'd rather pay cancellation fees and get rid of T-Mobile for good! But i love this phone, a lot. I'm very used to it.
Are there any SIM only carriers in the US that will suppose unlimited android data? T-Mobile boasts that they have unlimited data, which is honestly a con, big time. Since after 5GB is used, they limit your data to EDGE bandwidth, which is useless!
Are there ANY honestly UNLIMITED data carriers out there anymore?! Please, advise me in any way possible, i'm losing my mind! ..and my paycheck. ):
I think only unlimited one is sprint but its cdma I believe.. they wont cap you after 5gb
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AT&T is the only other of the "big 4" carriers that is GSM (Sprint and Verizon are CDMA). And AT&T does not have unlimited data plans anymore, and the G2 is not compatible with AT&T's 3G network anyway.
There might be some small regional carrier that has a better deal. But remember that the G2 only has 1700/2100 and 2100 MHz UMTS (3G) bands. If the regional carrier does not use those bands, 3G won't work.
simplemobile i think it is, thy use tmobiles network, i could b wrong, as im not from america haha
Beagan said:
simplemobile i think it is, thy use tmobiles network, i could b wrong, as im not from america haha
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According to Wiki, Simple uses T-Mobile and AT&T. Interesting, I wonder how that works, since those 2 carriers don't use the same 3G frequencies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers
Beagan said:
simplemobile i think it is, thy use tmobiles network, i could b wrong, as im not from america haha
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Its who I use. And I like them. Me and my wife are currently paying a $100 a month. Me with data, her without. It would be $120 if she had it as well.
Walmart is starting a something called Family Mobile. Supposed to run on Tmobile's network. Month to month.
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If you can't pay or don't wanna pay the bill that comes with the phone of YOUR choice then you prob don't deserve the phone. That's my opinion.... Just saying. If you really wanna save money port your number to google voice and remove your sms plan and drop your minutes down. Be creative and you can save money.
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I have prepaid t-mobile 2gb data unlimited minutes for $70/month
moSess said:
Its who I use. And I like them. Me and my wife are currently paying a $100 a month. Me with data, her without. It would be $120 if she had it as well.
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is your mms on simple mobile fully functional?
Simplemobile is cheap and offers coverage from the same towers as T-mobile. They do offer an unlimited plan as well. You sign up with no credit check and they send you a SIM in the mail. Pretty solid and I'm surprised more people on XDA don't use them because this is a dream for someone who is frequently changing phones and doesn't wanna deal with bullsh*t carrier stuff. They're just the same as T-mobile without the big-company support lines, etc. and they don't deal with handsets, only SIM cards, so they're going to be cheaper.
You can also stay with T-mobile for a no contract plan. I'm on an "Even More+" plan. No contract, $59.99 a month 500 minutes, unlimited texts, "unlimited" 3g/(4g) data (aka 5gb then throttled). T-mo's no-contract plans are generally $20/month cheaper than the contract plans oddly enough. I believe the $69.99 plan is 1000 minutes, and theres an unlimited minutes tier at $79.99. From what I've heard theyre starting to phase out Even More+ plans because they like to have people in contracts and buy phones from them, and they really don't advertise them anymore, but when I went to my T-mobile store I specifically asked for it and they offered it no problem.
redpoint73 said:
According to Wiki, Simple uses T-Mobile and AT&T. Interesting, I wonder how that works, since those 2 carriers don't use the same 3G frequencies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_wireless_communications_service_providers
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They probably offer SIM's to people with T-mobile frequency phones, and other SIM's to people with AT&T frequency phones, and simply provide service to the set of towers your phone works with.
Beagan said:
simplemobile i think it is, thy use tmobiles network, i could b wrong, as im not from america haha
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Thank you for this information, i'm going to go look them up right now.
Finland_2_Cupertino said:
If you can't pay or don't wanna pay the bill that comes with the phone of YOUR choice then you prob don't deserve the phone. That's my opinion.... Just saying. If you really wanna save money port your number to google voice and remove your sms plan and drop your minutes down. Be creative and you can save money.
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Snarky, and rude. Your comment is null to this question thread. I'm sorry i don't have a high paying job and i'm sorry i don't like taking restrictions from the big guys and their mobile corporations. You can take your rude ass comments somewhere else, because they sure as hell aren't respected, nor needed here. Thanks.
pimpsuprazx said:
is your mms on simple mobile fully functional?
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No. And its quite frustrating. I'm sure its a simple setting.
ijoshv2 said:
Snarky, and rude. Your comment is null to this question thread. I'm sorry i don't have a high paying job and i'm sorry i don't like taking restrictions from the big guys and their mobile corporations. You can take your rude ass comments somewhere else, because they sure as hell aren't respected, nor needed here. Thanks.
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I agree. You can't blame OP for wanting a cheaper offering to run his phone. OP isn't looking for cheats to lower his bill or anything, he just wants a cheaper option. This is the main reason why a lot of people leave Verizon and AT&T for Sprint and T-Mobile.
I use a local carrier called cincinatti bell. Of course I live in....cincinatti,ohio! But it is free longdistance and unlimited data (no cap) but the "4g" speeds top out at 2.7 Mb in my area... they do have other store around the country and they say they use both T-mobile and att for roaming..... not sure if this helps as my bill is about the same as yours for two phones (1 with data) but at least it is unlimited for real! And the service is good. No contract.
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I've decided!
Turns out, one of you posters helped me out greatly by suggesting Simple Mobile. I checked their website, and i can get Unlimited Everything for 60$, and the SIM was only 12$. It's coming in the mail, and should arrive soon! I shall update later on about it's service. I'm not sure if it has truly unlimited data, so if anyone does know the answer to this question, that would be awesome! But if not, I'll just call customer service and ask them.
Oh, and another little tidbit; They support almost EVERY phone here in XDA! I looked a the list and it's HUGE. I highly recommend that all of you check this out. It looks like a great deal, and they cover everywhere that T-Mobile does, too! So, go check out the site!
http://www.mysimplemobile.com
moSess said:
No. And its quite frustrating. I'm sure its a simple setting.
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mine work's sometimes,im wondering if anyone has a fix to it?
thepaddedroom said:
Walmart is starting a something called Family Mobile. Supposed to run on Tmobile's network. Month to month.
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'Tis true - I use them. The first line is $45 for unlimited minutes/text, up to 4 additional for $25 ea. You need to purchase data via fill cards (~$40/gig) but they don't expire.
Best part is, tmo phones work without SIM unlocking. I'm getting 4G on my Galaxy S 4G, and all I had to do was stick the SIM in.
Finland_2_Cupertino said:
If you can't pay or don't wanna pay the bill that comes with the phone of YOUR choice then you prob don't deserve the phone. That's my opinion.... Just saying.
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Wow. Just... wow. Seriously?

Sprints coverage maps

Anyone notice sprints new coverage maps?
Seems better than verizon lol
churro7 said:
Seems better than verizon lol
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Why does that make you laugh?
Yeah why are you laughing lol
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looks better than verizon but not by much..since when did it change..last time i looked they barely had coverage
Coverage maps are estimations which really have no basis in reality.
Easily manipulated (like a few years ago with Verizon vs At&t where the maps used were not even close to accurate).
Talking about the Sprint.com/Coverage map? Because the Voice section doesn't differentiate between roaming and not.
Evilsj said:
Talking about the Sprint.com/Coverage map? Because the Voice section doesn't differentiate between roaming and not.
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Yeah, it seems like Sprint finally figured out that the best way to sell their service is to lie like everyone else has been for years.
it only differentiates between roaming when zoomed in
mattykinsx said:
Yeah, it seems like Sprint finally figured out that the best way to sell their service is to lie like everyone else has been for years.
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yeah thats what i figured when I noticed I didnt see any roaming..every little thing sprint does now gets put under the microscope
This is actually an interesting topic because over the weekend I got a call from Sprint saying I live in a 100% roaming area and if my roaming usage doesn't get under 80%, they are force closing my account and waive ETF. The agent had me pull up their coverage map and come to find out I live 25 miles outside of sprints coverage network. I've only been with them going on three months now. And the store that I started my service at in my home town is getting "reported" for sale to an "out of network coverage customer". I just left the faschist nazi regime of AT&T to be able to actually afford to have a smart phone that I can actually use without being charged for going over my data limit. Now I'm being kicked from the company that has the perfect plan for my needs and go back to AT&T and go to the 2G limit cap data plan and pay $30 more a month then I am paying now as well. Verizon would cost me $55 more a month then what I pay now and I'm in roaming for them too. I'm basically stuck with AT&T now. And they dint have a single phone I would want either.
cev2387 said:
This is actually an interesting topic because over the weekend I got a call from Sprint saying I live in a 100% roaming area and if my roaming usage doesn't get under 80%, they are force closing my account and waive ETF. The agent had me pull up their coverage map and come to find out I live 25 miles outside of sprints coverage network. I've only been with them going on three months now. And the store that I started my service at in my home town is getting "reported" for sale to an "out of network coverage customer". I just left the faschist nazi regime of AT&T to be able to actually afford to have a smart phone that I can actually use without being charged for going over my data limit. Now I'm being kicked from the company that has the perfect plan for my needs and go back to AT&T and go to the 2G limit cap data plan and pay $30 more a month then I am paying now as well. Verizon would cost me $55 more a month then what I pay now and I'm in roaming for them too. I'm basically stuck with AT&T now. And they dint have a single phone I would want either.
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What about tmobile also if u get a airrave u could plug it in n u wouldn't be roaming at your house
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ckoadiyn said:
What about tmobile also if u get a airrave u could plug it in n u wouldn't be roaming at your house
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I'm in the same boat, except I recently moved two miles outside the coverage area. They wouldn't do anything for me, including an airave. So, when at home, the old lady and I turn roaming off. We bought an Obi110 and set it up through google voice. So both our cell phone calls ring our VOIP phone, and texts come to our cells through our wifi.
cev2387 said:
This is actually an interesting topic because over the weekend I got a call from Sprint saying I live in a 100% roaming area and if my roaming usage doesn't get under 80%, they are force closing my account and waive ETF. The agent had me pull up their coverage map and come to find out I live 25 miles outside of sprints coverage network. I've only been with them going on three months now. And the store that I started my service at in my home town is getting "reported" for sale to an "out of network coverage customer". I just left the faschist nazi regime of AT&T to be able to actually afford to have a smart phone that I can actually use without being charged for going over my data limit. Now I'm being kicked from the company that has the perfect plan for my needs and go back to AT&T and go to the 2G limit cap data plan and pay $30 more a month then I am paying now as well. Verizon would cost me $55 more a month then what I pay now and I'm in roaming for them too. I'm basically stuck with AT&T now. And they dint have a single phone I would want either.
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When you go shopping in a coverage area, leave your phone in the car and stream high bitrate music to get your in network usage over 20%
cev2387 said:
This is actually an interesting topic because over the weekend I got a call from Sprint saying I live in a 100% roaming area and if my roaming usage doesn't get under 80%, they are force closing my account and waive ETF. The agent had me pull up their coverage map and come to find out I live 25 miles outside of sprints coverage network. I've only been with them going on three months now. And the store that I started my service at in my home town is getting "reported" for sale to an "out of network coverage customer". I just left the faschist nazi regime of AT&T to be able to actually afford to have a smart phone that I can actually use without being charged for going over my data limit. Now I'm being kicked from the company that has the perfect plan for my needs and go back to AT&T and go to the 2G limit cap data plan and pay $30 more a month then I am paying now as well. Verizon would cost me $55 more a month then what I pay now and I'm in roaming for them too. I'm basically stuck with AT&T now. And they dint have a single phone I would want either.
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Dude, that sucks.
mattykinsx said:
Yeah, it seems like Sprint finally figured out that the best way to sell their service is to lie like everyone else has been for years.
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What company doesn't lie? You can tell just by watching the commercials. Everyone company says their better than their competitors, that's just the way it is.
Problem is the roaming agreements. After "buying up" all the mom and pop local companies over the years and Alltel, Verizon pretty much has 100% coverage on their own, thus do not have to rely on mutually beneficial roaming agreements with Sprint. Hence starting in 2011, it equates to 69 cents a minute charged back to Sprint from Verizon for every minute I roam (bend over sprint...Thanks, your friends @ Verizon.)
Note --- this is not made up, it is information shared with me from management at Sprint after I got "the letter" to where Sprint was demanding an end to our 12 year relationship....One of which I had been very happy with (and hold no ill will towards them -- I actually think Verizon is the evil one here.)
Just 2 bad I live more than 1 mile away from the interstate and Sprint has no incentive to install towers in lesser populated areas.
alero said:
I'm in the same boat, except I recently moved two miles outside the coverage area. They wouldn't do anything for me, including an airave. So, when at home, the old lady and I turn roaming off. We bought an Obi110 and set it up through google voice. So both our cell phone calls ring our VOIP phone, and texts come to our cells through our wifi.
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txt's use the 2g radio.. you don't need 3g or a wifi or 4g to get text messages.
txts arent going to raise your data usage in roaming. I don't think text's even count towards anything roaming since its just a few bytes of data it is so insignificant.
Exiled44 said:
What company doesn't lie? You can tell just by watching the commercials. Everyone company says their better than their competitors, that's just the way it is.
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I'm really sick of that response, with all due respect.
That is not an excuse to do something.
sog1971 said:
Problem is the roaming agreements. After "buying up" all the mom and pop local companies over the years and Alltel, Verizon pretty much has 100% coverage on their own, thus do not have to rely on mutually beneficial roaming agreements with Sprint. Hence starting in 2011, it equates to 69 cents a minute charged back to Sprint from Verizon for every minute I roam (bend over sprint...Thanks, your friends @ Verizon.)
Note --- this is not made up, it is information shared with me from management at Sprint after I got "the letter" to where Sprint was demanding an end to our 12 year relationship....One of which I had been very happy with (and hold no ill will towards them -- I actually think Verizon is the evil one here.)
Just 2 bad I live more than 1 mile away from the interstate and Sprint has no incentive to install towers in lesser populated areas.
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Verizon's voice network may cover a good portion of the country but their 3g doesn't cover as much as that map they used against At&t said.
Verizon roams on Cricket, Virgin, Sprint, Boost, and Metro towers as well.
cmsjr123 said:
txt's use the 2g radio.. you don't need 3g or a wifi or 4g to get text messages.
txts arent going to raise your data usage in roaming. I don't think text's even count towards anything roaming since its just a few bytes of data it is so insignificant.
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Huh? Texts do not use any data or any data radio.
Texts are over the cdma radio with voice.
You can turn data off and text.
wtf verizon roams?
churro7 said:
wtf verizon roams?
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Really...Duh?

Sprint threatening letter! Not really unlimited...

Just got a letter from Sprint, telling me control my internet usage within 10 days.... Otherwise they will kick me out. Sprint MOD EDIT: WATCH YOUR LANGUAJE, don't advertise as unlimited and then send these threatening letters to your customers.
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Thats why I left sprint...they crippled...errr completely removed tethering from my Palm device. I used to be able to tether via bluetooth, then one day was greeted with a message to contact CS. when i called to inquire about the loss of functionality, they told me that they now only offer that service functionality for their new top of the line devices (at the time was the Evo 4G). I told them that they need to change the name of the "Simple Everything Data" Plan, to the "Almost Everything Data" Plan. I was so angry I broke contract and canceled service right then and went to TMO. I 2nd what you say about sprint.
They only send that letter if you abuse roaming (which is outlined in your ToS) they do not send the letter if you overuse sprints network
Thanks for trying, stop trying to sound innocent and making sprint look like the bad guy
Have you ever heard of a fair use policy?
Sprints network has very little bandwidth 3G wise due to using outdated tech, so if your a heavy user on 3G it affects their other users.
This is the easiest way out of any contract download several gigs of data (while roaming) in a few days on your phone and they will gladly kill your contract for you.**
Personally I bought roam control (for CDMA only) for my phone just so I could force it to roam (in my valley sprint service sucks) so while I'm home I force it to use Verizon's network which as you might guess makes Sprint real happy
-Ice
**I suppose I should add that I do not endorse this method for getting out of your contract & trying this method may end badly (500 page long multi-thousand dollar bill) if they catch on to what your doing.
lol, you must be using a lot of data!
MrLadoodle said:
Have you ever heard of a fair use policy?
Sprints network has very little bandwidth 3G wise due to using outdated tech, so if your a heavy user on 3G it affects their other users.
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Fair use means that if i am sold something as unlimited i should use it in that way.
That so call fair use policy is only fair on Sprint and T-mobile not on customers which are the ones that pay the monthly fee,and the reason why those companies exist,without me and you and the other sprint is just a bunch of empty useless antennas.
Is not my fault that they use outdated tech,in fact when i bought my Epic 4G touch 2 days ago no one from Sprint told me their network was as slow as 1998 DSL connections,and that their tech was outdated and that their wimax network is nothing but fake crap that only very few people can take advantage of.
They told me the phone was great and that the network was fast,not to mention the whole 4G crap hipping.
The only problem i see here is Sprint fault not his fault,is not his fault that Sprint used outdated tech i am sure no one when he bough the phone told him,hey we have and old crappy network so don't use it to much,even that is the only one advertised as ""Truly"" Unlimited and uncapped.
pretty lame company, offer you "unlimited" then complain you are downloading too much WTF
I don't understand why 'unlimited' is supposed to be Sprint's big selling point. Their 3G speeds are pathetic in most places, and even when the coverage map shows you squarely under 4G, you probably won't get it--especially if you're inside any sort of building, or God forbid, in a car.
I personally wanted 5GB of fast, reliable bandwidth than all you can eat crap, so I left.
I worked in a Sprint store before, and even before that, I received one of these letters. As someone stated above, it only applies to roaming, which costs them a lot of money once you pass your allowed amounts. They have an agreement with Verizon and roaming (and Verizon has one with Sprint). The rules are:
- 300 MB of roaming
- More than half of your minutes used for 3 consecutive months are roaming minutes
- Most of your text messaging (although I'm not sure on this one)
Chances are, you're either using a PRL hack, Roam Control (which is now off the Market I believe), or you just live in an area with ****ty Sprint signal. If the latter is the case, just save yourself the trouble and switch to another provider.
Haven't had any problems with sprint other than hitting their bandwidth throttle. Seemed to limit my down rates to 300Kb/s at first then just cripple to a trickle after that.
Did you have a high spike in usage? Did you move into a highly populated area?
These could be why. For example; 25GB, 41GB, 33GB, 44GB; Those are my usages for the last 4 billing cycles. I transfer a lot of data over wifi, my home network, and other networks. Along with solely high quality video and audio [MOG, Rhapsody] streams. I've never received a letter or complaint.
Just got a letter from sprint saying exactly what the OP said. Not roaming but "unlimited data" usage. I'm always on 4g and I used about 109gb of data this month. They said if I don't control it they will terminate my contract. That's a lot of data I know but unlimited is unlimited!!! F them!
inflewence said:
Just got a letter from sprint saying exactly what the OP said. Not roaming but "unlimited data" usage. I'm always on 4g and I used about 109gb of data this month. They said if I don't control it they will terminate my contract. That's a lot of data I know but unlimited is unlimited!!! F them!
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Even I would argue against you dude. 109GB is an insane amount. They mean unlimited to a reasonable amount. My friend goes to 60GB and doesn't get warned. You must've went crazy with your data to make them warn you.
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If it does happen, just start up a prepaid number somewhere and port it out. Then port it back into Sprint. They have no say then.
just to clarify, as I work for sprint currently:
Updating your PRL does nothing, other than tell the phone which towers have lower roaming costs. (on sprint)
Verizon doesn't roam on any network. (I was a verizon manager as well) If you have a vzw phone, you won't roam at all.
If your using 109 gb's a month and complaining about sprint saying something to you, I would reccommend getting an actual home internet connection instead of using it for tethering so much.
As far as the roaming stuff, yes, if you roam a ton while with sprint, they can release you from the contract, but its not an automatic thing. A lot of times you will have to call cs a few times (because sprint CS sucks, and are a bunch of morons usually) and have them pull the account and see how much you are roaming and how many dropped calls, ect, are.
jman42028 said:
just to clarify, as I work for sprint currently:
Updating your PRL does nothing, other than tell the phone which towers have lower roaming costs. (on sprint)
Verizon doesn't roam on any network. (I was a verizon manager as well) If you have a vzw phone, you won't roam at all.
If your using 109 gb's a month and complaining about sprint saying something to you, I would reccommend getting an actual home internet connection instead of using it for tethering so much.
As far as the roaming stuff, yes, if you roam a ton while with sprint, they can release you from the contract, but its not an automatic thing. A lot of times you will have to call cs a few times (because sprint CS sucks, and are a bunch of morons usually) and have them pull the account and see how much you are roaming and how many dropped calls, ect, are.
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I was a technician at both Sprint and Verizon and I can tell you Verizon roams on Sprint. It happens a lot on my campus.
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Oh, sweet. This argument again. Please read the 'unlimited' agreement you have with Sprint. Please note the conditions which apply. Please note what specific data activities you are permitted in the agreement. Note also the prohibited activities. Finally, pay close attention to the bottom of this contract where you electronically signed and acknowledged/agreed to all the conditions which they are well within their rights to enforce.
109gb of data is quite a bit. How does one's handheld use that much data in a month?
Imaginos said:
Oh, sweet. This argument again. Please read the 'unlimited' agreement you have with Sprint. Please note the conditions which apply. Please note what specific data activities you are permitted in the agreement. Note also the prohibited activities. Finally, pay close attention to the bottom of this contract where you electronically signed and acknowledged/agreed to all the conditions which they are well within their rights to enforce.
109gb of data is quite a bit. How does one's handheld use that much data in a month?
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Tethering, obviously. I'm ok with tethering to a reasonable amount (ie to browse the web for a little while when there's no connection), or even to download a couple of gigs (on 4G) but 109GB is ridiculous and I side with Sprint in this case.
Verizon throttled me for using 89GB ONE time, and then throttled me at 12gb. Now I have only used 5GB on my verizon phone so they don't come down with the throttle hamer of doom. Just giving a heads up that verizon is not true unlimited.
Proof:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbvDEewcJU&feature=channel&list=UL
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