Other that unlimited data, why stay with Sprint?

[TraderGary]

As of this moment, I have 2 words: SoftBank and Clearwire.

Mav.

And don't forget to add to that the LTE coverage that you and I now have most everywhere we go in the Atlanta area! And it just keeps getting better all the time!

BTW, using FoxFi as a WiFi hub on my EVO 4G LTE , my Nexus 7 tablet is also now on LTE! It just doesn't get any better than this!

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[jerrykur]

As of this moment, I have 2 words: SoftBank and Clearwire.

Mav.

So what is your point. The downside is that Softbank has a lot of debt any may not bring much too the table financially. The upside is Softbank CEO is a big risk taker and has a low tolerance for mediocre performance.

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[efyoiphone]

So what is your point. The downside is that Softbank has a lot of debt any may not bring much too the table financially. The upside is Softbank CEO is a big risk taker and has a low tolerance for mediocre performance.

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Regardless of their debt they brought their 20 billion dollars to the table. Pure capital for Sprint to build out their LTE no matter what becomes of Softbank. Even if Softbank goes under the worse that can happen for Sprint is Softbank has to sell the controlling shares. Bottom line is that this deal has far more advantages for Sprint than disadvantages. Softbank selling its controlling shares probably wouldn't go to one solitary company. They would most likely be sold off in smaller chunks essentially giving Sprint the control again.

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[VW Maverick]

What he said.

Mav.

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[DrGonzo48]

Count me as one of the people who've had it with Sprint after many years of loyalty. Call the extra $10/month a smart phone fee if you want, but I too was promised 4g service that never came to my town (Albuquerque). Meanwhile 3g speeds dwindled to the point of uselessness and I had to get an "airrave" to be able to make or receive calls in my own home. The final straw came last weekend while I was travelling. At the airport in Houston I had no 3g or 4g signal. And my evo shift would not connect to the airport's wifi either - that is probably a phone issue, but why re-up with sprint to get a new one? To me it's unacceptable that I couldn't reach anyone to say my flight was delayed. I know verizon is more expensive and their service is crap, but how long is it reasonable to wait when your town has not appeared on any of the lists for the lte rollout? I am ready to eat the etf in order to get out at this point.

 

[blaze5]

I've been with sprint for 8 years and these past 3 years. Have been terrible I was promised wimax and got it almost a year after they said it would be complete and the coverage is spotty, I want sprint to succeed because of the unlimited data they offer but I've just lost all hope a lot of people are saying the softbank deal is going to help out but the sale isn't final. And won't be till next summer I want to switch to at&T but the limited data scares me so I'm stuck lol

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[Mellimel22]

Well I'm in a post lte city (Chicago) and speeds are good. I'm telling y'all are gonna love it when nv gets to your city

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[blaze5]

Well I'm in a post lte city (Chicago) and speeds are good. I'm telling y'all are gonna love it when nv gets to your city

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Trust me if I had lte in my city I would stay that's the only complaint I have before I didn't care as much but now that I don't work from home I need fast mobile data and I live in the smallest state where Verizon and AT&T both have lte but the chances of me getting lte within a year are slim

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[anon62607]

So what is your point. The downside is that Softbank has a lot of debt any may not bring much too the table financially. The upside is Softbank CEO is a big risk taker and has a low tolerance for mediocre performance.

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There's upside is through Clearwire sprint has an enormous amount of spectrum available and in the next 1 to 5 years when LTE Advanced deployments start to happen, sprint is the only like likely to be able to deploy anything like what "real 4G" is supposed to be - 1 gbps by way of 3x20 MHz 4x4 mimo channels.

Of course there is no reason to wait for that. Go to whoever you like and come back when sprint has fixed itself.

The grass is always greener though. I'm on verizon and considering moving to tmobile to get unlimited data back.

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[anon(41073)]

Count me in as one more. If you go to the forums on Sprints website, you will see that a lot of their current customers are also leaving.

 

[Mellimel22]

I c a couple of them THINKING about leaving but realize the grass isn't always greener on the other side

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[anon(41073)]

In Sprints case, I am sure the grass in greener at least 75% of the time.

 

[Mellimel22]

How bout not with capped data and expensive overages lol. I know I was with vzw and att before sprint

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[anon(41073)]

I am going Nexus 4 on Simple Mobile. Unlimited everything with no data caps. Why would I stay with Sprint.

 

[Mellimel22]

Good luck with tmo coverage and building Penetration other than that good deal

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[anon(41073)]

I am making that decision based on a coworkers Galaxy Nexus on Simple Mobile his data speeds put my Epic Touch to shame. That is why I am making the switch. I already know that I will have great coverage. Sprints service just plain sucks.

 

[j_grouchy]

I think that a lot of the call dropping has to do with the phone too, i had a BB tour and then a BB style both on Sprint. Neither dropped a call and both had great call quality. I switched to an Epic 4g slider and the call quality is not nearly what i got with either blackberry. It also drops calls, if they would make apps for my banking and stores etc for the blackberry, I'd get rid of the Epic in a heartbeat.

I think this is a bigger factor than a lot of folks realize. My NS4G loses the data signal constantly throughout the day while my wife's iPhone 4S stays pretty true all day. I'm pretty fed up with this phone and even considered just buying an interim device until her contract is up, then move us over to a different carrier. The more I think about it, though...the less likely I am to switch. Good phones are still pretty expensive and I'd be lucky to buy anything decent for less than $200. It would have to keep me happy for a year...at which point I'd end up spending yet another $200 or more for my new device on whatever carrier I changed to, PLUS another $200 or more for HER new device on the new carrier...making it, at minimum, $600 (if I'm lucky) just to switch. That's not even taking into account the more expensive plans on the other carriers! She's hooked on iPhone, so T-Mobile is out. About 90% of the problems we've had over the last year can be attributed to where we were living until a few months ago getting poor reception, or my particular phone being the culprit - bad radios, acknowledged issues with the NS4G, etc.

It sounds like I'm trying to talk myself out of switching...but I'm really actually having more trouble talking myself INTO going to a different carrier. They really get you with the numbers. In a perfect world, anyone could use any phone on any carrier's network system...but it isn't so and it probably never will be that way.

 

[killakel77]

Their prices are cheaper then the other competitors

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[Mellimel22]

As soon as I thought about trying to get a nexus on simple mobile I saw my friend speeds on his prepaid cricket android because he went over his cap and please lol 56k I'll stick to my 10mb wimax epic till bf then I'll have my lte sgs3

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[steveh552]

I switched in July to Verizon from Sprint due to the data being so poor for one but the biggest issue was our local area had a major weather event and the only carrier to continue working was Verizon, I had to drive 23 miles to make a call, Verizon did stop roaming from Sprint due to the limited capacity at the time. The grass is not greener, but my phone works, when I have 4G its fast and I do not have to keep hearing how great the sprint 4G will be that we were promised 3 years ago and have not gotten.

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