Sprint Airave

Almeuit · May 14, 2013

Who has one and are they worth it? Around Jacksonville I get good coverage everywhere.. But I just bought a house that seems to be in a dead spot. When in the house I'll have 1 bar if I am lucky.. Or I go roaming. So I was thinking of calling Sprint about an Airave. Does anyone have one? Does it help? Also does it use a ton of your Internet bandwidth or only a little?

Thanks in advance

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SmileyBourne · May 17, 2013

We were in a dead area at our house, we was always dropping calls. We only have one bar. It suck. I investigated it sprint wanted 129.99 for a Airave. Amazon wanted 60.00 dollars. Yup I went with Amazon. Now we have four bars and is like we have tower at our house. The best thing we ever did.

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SandersJC1964 · May 18, 2013

If you call and nicely press the matter, and get the right rep, you could get one free and no monthly fee. That happened with me when I started dropping calls constantly and losing data. With the Airave everything is wonderful now.

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ttwiitch · May 18, 2013

SandersJC1964 said:
If you call and nicely press the matter, and get the right rep, you could get one free and no monthly fee. That happened with me when I started dropping calls constantly and losing data. With the Airave everything is wonderful now.

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Yuppp, this is what I did.

Now I have full signal strength and constant 3mbps download on 3g

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Almeuit · May 20, 2013

SandersJC1964 said:
If you call and nicely press the matter, and get the right rep, you could get one free and no monthly fee. That happened with me when I started dropping calls constantly and losing data. With the Airave everything is wonderful now.

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I called Friday. They are investigating the towers in my area and are suppose to call me this afternoon.. So we shall see. If they don't help me out I may have to leave.. I get no calls in my house

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ttwiitch · May 22, 2013

Almeuit said:
I called Friday. They are investigating the towers in my area and are suppose to call me this afternoon.. So we shall see. If they don't help me out I may have to leave.. I get no calls in my house .

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Cool

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Almeuit · May 22, 2013

They wouldn't give me and Airave since I am still in my first two year with them.. So I just called again and used my dad's account (I know all his info) and said he wants one.. And they gave it to him for free since he has been a customer since 96.

Either way.. I'm happy now. An Airave is on the way to my dad's house and I'll just take it to mine and plug it in. Signal issue should be solved then

. I'll update once I get it to let others know how it is.

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ttwiitch · May 22, 2013

Almeuit said:
They wouldn't give me and Airave since I am still in my first two year with them.. So I just called again and used my dad's account (I know all his info) and said he wants one.. And they gave it to him for free since he has been a customer since 96.

Either way.. I'm happy now. An Airave is on the way to my dad's house and I'll just take it to mine and plug it in. Signal issue should be solved then . I'll update once I get it to let others know how it is.

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That's bull****. I got mine 6 months into my first contract year.....

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Almeuit · May 23, 2013

ttwiitch said:
That's bull****. I got mine 6 months into my first contract year.....

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Oh I figured it was... They just wouldn't budge from it. So I just did my little workaround and one is on the way

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yankeesusa · May 25, 2013

ttwiitch said:
That's bull****. I got mine 6 months into my first contract year.....

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I think it depends on who you talk to but it definitely helps if you've been with them for a long time.

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Ntchwaidumela · May 25, 2013

Almeuit said:
They wouldn't give me and Airave since I am still in my first two year with them.. So I just called again and used my dad's account (I know all his info) and said he wants one.. And they gave it to him for free since he has been a customer since 96.

Either way.. I'm happy now. An Airave is on the way to my dad's house and I'll just take it to mine and plug it in. Signal issue should be solved then . I'll update once I get it to let others know how it is.

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If the rep can't solve the problem to your liking, always ask to speak to a supervisor. They should have given it to you, no matter how long you've had the service. In fact, it's the normal policy.

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Almeuit · May 25, 2013

Ntchwaidumela said:
If the rep can't solve the problem to your liking, always ask to speak to a supervisor. They should have given it to you, no matter how long you've had the service. In fact, it's the normal policy.

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Yeah I probably should of. Especially since I told the girl to let me walk in my house.. And I did.. Call dropped. She called back (I walked outside to ensure signal) and I said see? But she didn't want to budge so I went and did what I did... Supervisor probably would of given it to me.

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jhill110 · May 27, 2013

Almeuit said:
Either way.. I'm happy now. An Airave is on the way to my dad's house and I'll just take it to mine and plug it in. Signal issue should be solved then . I'll update once I get it to let others know how it is.

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Well, my gf switched to sprint on black Friday and got her's about 2 weeks later.

You may also have a problem with using your dad's airave. Sprint keeps track of its location by gps. The manual says you must change the service address through sprint's site (my account) to use it at a different location . If this effects the usability or not I don't know. Just something to think about.

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Almeuit · May 27, 2013

jhill110 said:
Well, my gf switched to sprint on black Friday and got her's about 2 weeks later.

You may also have a problem with using your dad's airave. Sprint keeps track of its location by gps. The manual says you must change the service address through sprint's site (my account) to use it at a different location . If this effects the usability or not I don't know. Just something to think about.

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I'll just swap it if it won't work. I should have it by tomorrow. I'll let you guys know.

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Almeuit · May 30, 2013

It works! Here is a before and after shot. I don't have it in the middle of the house (I will soon) and it should be great all over the house

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Note: the before was taken a few days ago to show a friend why I rarely got their texts when home.

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THE Man2 · Sep 2, 2013

They are absolutely tracked by GPS. They will charge daddy for the thing!!

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Almeuit · Sep 2, 2013

THE Man2 said:
They are absolutely tracked by GPS. They will charge daddy for the thing!!

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It's been 3 months and absolutely no charge. So.. Yeah no they won't.

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