EndlessDissent
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Besides the whole 4G WiMax/LTE issue and their poor 3G speeds, the biggest problem you'll encounter with Sprint that you normally don't see with Verizon is building penetration. I know my local Target has to take their Sprint phones up to Starbucks in the front of the store and sit near a window to activate the Sprint phones. Other than building penetration and speed, service is pretty reasonable.
Well, to be fair, Network Vision is drastically improving speeds for upgraded areas, so poor 3G speeds shouldn't be a concern for long, especially since piizadude is in an area that's currently currently being upgraded. In fact, IIRC, he already posted that his 3G speeds were close to, if not matching, Verizon's.
As for building penetration, that should be mostly fixed (for voice, at least) when 1xAdvanced is deployed in more markets, since it's at a similar frequency to Verizon's 850MHz spectrum. Granted, that will apply only to voice and not 3G, but Sprint will eventually deploy LTE over the 800MHz spectrum, too, so building penetration will be even less of an issue.
Note that I'm not denying that poor 3G speeds and building penetration are current issues. I'm just saying that they aren't issues everywhere, and where those things are problems, they will be fixed eventually, hopefully sooner rather than later.