Thinking of switching to Sprint

[cpaight]

Maybe but I have the Nexus 4 which isn't 4g capable

 

[Relgoshan]

I am in a Framily, they literally had open pooling enrollment at the local stores haha these guys will happily screw their company to make quota and keep customers. Great people!

Anyway Sprint service is good in my area and the local store managers are fantastic. My bill is less than a hundred for two devices, on their old plan it was closer to one fifty. Coverage in my area is great, and I got one of the few Spark phones that seems to be immune to the LTE triband bug as shipped.

Top speeds could be higher, but Spark is mostly deployed so signal and battery life have been good in my area. It's worth researching your local network conditions. Sprint is the only carrier in the area that sustains IP-restricted long duration downloads without cutting out or hopping towers and breaking the download. Keeping a stable link and single IP address for over four hours on LTE is a nice trick.

As cheap as they are, do not jump for Sprint without checking into coverage and bands. Some phones will do better than others depending on that answer.

 

[Sentrix]

Yeah take advantage of that 30-day trial for sure. What plan and discount combination is giving you 50/month for two lines? Seems impossibly good for a consumer account.

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[frag06]

Doesn't T-Mobile have the fastest 4G LTE network? I see a lot of people saying their data speed is 42.5 mbps on average.

In some places, they have the fastest LTE network. But that doesn't really matter, as their coverage isn't nearly as good as AT&T or Verizon. Even where they do have LTE coverage, it is inconstant and sometimes non-existent if you're in a building.

I would rather have LTE at 10 Mbps and consistent coverage than an inconsistent, yet faster LTE network.

 

[Almeuit]

In some places, they have the fastest LTE network. But that doesn't really matter, as their coverage isn't nearly as good as AT&T or Verizon. Even where they do have LTE coverage, it is inconstant and sometimes non-existent if you're in a building.

I would rather have LTE at 10 Mbps and consistent coverage than an inconsistent, yet faster LTE network.

A lot of this depends on the area as well. I work in a category 5 hurricane proof building and still hold LTE (about 15 Mbps).

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[frag06]

A lot of this depends on the area as well. I work in a category 5 hurricane proof building and still hold LTE (about 15 Mbps).

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Yes, that's true.

Good to hear you have good LTE.

For the short time I had them, I couldn't get any signal at work. This would have been understood if the coverage map didn't show my work area and the entire city as an "Excellent" coverage zone. I couldn't even get a signal outside.

I was very happy to switch back to AT&T. I get a very good signal at work with them.

 

[Jtshurtleff]

Yeah take advantage of that 30-day trial for sure. What plan and discount combination is giving you 50/month for two lines? Seems impossibly good for a consumer account.

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I have a family plan I can join with 5 members making my lines 6 and 7 and the plan is $50 a month for 1GB of data, but they give me 12 months of free unlimited data upgrade if I switch to them from another carrier and port my number, which I am doing, plus 2 $200 debit cards 6 weeks or so down the line. Basically I would make $350 even with my ETF from AT&T and I would save about $80 per month for 12 months then $40 after that for a total savings during the 2 years of $1440. Thats like 36 cases of diapers for my new baby coming in October. Can't beat it. My former boss gets decent coverage with Sprint but not when he is in a crowded area like Atlanta at a Falcons game so Idk if I will switch yet. Gonna wait it out until the iPhone comes out so my wife can get the new one when we switch and I can make my decision on getting that or the new Note that I assume is going to come out right around the same time as it did the last two years.

 

[Jtshurtleff]

Yeah I returned it because it had some issues and then got another one that the SIM card wouldn't read for more than a few minutes so I returned it for good. Loved the phone though just got two bad ones and after the second one I started looking at service elsewhere.


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[Gekko]

I currently have an iPhone 5s on AT&T but our bill is about $130 a month and we are expecting a child in October so we wanted to cut down on our expenditures. I looked into all of the cell companies and figured out we can get a discount on Sprint through my work that has us paying $50 a month for a year and then $90 after that. My question is does the Sprint GS5 have any features the other carriers don't have on theirs?


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your previous post you say you just got an AT&T S5. dumping it already?

05-20-2014, 08:54 AM
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Well I got my phone in the mail yesterday with the Gear 2 Neo and was super excited to open it and dove in. I got everything set up, deactivated my iPhone and began using the S5. Used or pretty...

 

[Jtshurtleff]

your previous post you say you just got an AT&T S5. dumping it already?

05-20-2014, 08:54 AM
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Re: Ordered mine! (Galaxy S5)
Well I got my phone in the mail yesterday with the Gear 2 Neo and was super excited to open it and dove in. I got everything set up, deactivated my iPhone and began using the S5. Used or pretty...

And I just got another one lol well I'm getting it tomorrow. Gold one. This time I'm gonna keep it longer.


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[HeroicLove]

I switched from T-Mobile to Sprint a few weeks ago and sadly I hate it. The reception is worse in my area than T-Mobile (both are pretty terrible) and the HTC one m8 comes loaded with bloatware.

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[Septembersrain]

I switched from T-Mobile to Sprint a few weeks ago and sadly I hate it. The reception is worse in my area than T-Mobile (both are pretty terrible) and the HTC one m8 comes loaded with bloatware.

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Besides having good coverage and data speeds in rural and some suburban places, it's really bad in city. That and dropped calls, it's really a nuisance. It's too bad there just aren't many competitors for truly unlimited data anymore.


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[Relgoshan]

I have a family plan I can join with 5 members making my lines 6 and 7 and the plan is $50 a month for 1GB of data, but they give me 12 months of free unlimited data upgrade if I switch to them from another carrier and port my number, which I am doing, plus 2 $200 debit cards 6 weeks or so down the line. Basically I would make $350 even with my ETF from AT&T and I would save about $80 per month for 12 months then $40 after that for a total savings during the 2 years of $1440. Thats like 36 cases of diapers for my new baby coming in October. Can't beat it. My former boss gets decent coverage with Sprint but not when he is in a crowded area like Atlanta at a Falcons game so Idk if I will switch yet. Gonna wait it out until the iPhone comes out so my wife can get the new one when we switch and I can make my decision on getting that or the new Note that I assume is going to come out right around the same time as it did the last two years.

The device antenna and its radio firmware package can make a big difference, as well the local network setup. Pay close attention to what friends and coworkers say about local Sprint, AND what phone models they have. That's how I arrived at getting a Flex for where I am. GSM-only mode (forced roaming) worked perfectly when I went fishing at my uncle's place....nearest preferred tower was too far to be reliable but there was an ATT tower just up the ridge near the lake. It could also probably work in emergencies if an urban Sprint network was overloaded wherever you travel to....?

Just don't leave it on forever or they'll call you up about the perma-roaming and why they do not like it.

Besides having good coverage and data speeds in rural and some suburban places, it's really bad in city. That and dropped calls, it's really a nuisance. It's too bad there just aren't many competitors for truly unlimited data anymore.


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See above. Excluding a phone entirely from its carrier's preferred bands is a GREAT trick if you really need to get something through.