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I am so excited with nv updates sprints putting out. Im seeing more and more places in the LA Metro Area, Inglewood, Eagle rock and some other spots with 4g speeds hitting 2mbits -21mbits, and with better building penetration.
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Getimmaaw posted:I am so excited with nv updates sprints putting out. Im seeing more and more places in the LA Metro Area, Inglewood, Eagle rock and some other spots with 4g speeds hitting 2mbits -21mbits, and with better building penetration. Oh how I wish Sprint had 4G in San Diego.
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Dec 10, 2012 07:32
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Yeah, I'm my experience the 3D does not have the best signal. I had the 3D and a Nexus S side by side for months and the nexus always got better signal. Pretty sure all current smartphones at this point have the Nextel frequency in them (besides the iPhone), but you can confirm individually on phonescoop.
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Getimmaaw posted:I am so excited with nv updates sprints putting out. Im seeing more and more places in the LA Metro Area, Inglewood, Eagle rock and some other spots with 4g speeds hitting 2mbits -21mbits, and with better building penetration. Thank god, my sister lives in Hollywood and was about ready to throw her iPhone 5 out the window for a while because of the poo poo speeds. My dream is to have signal at all in my office at work 
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iPhone 5 supports 800 SMR so all of Sprint's current phones have it. It has only been certified on CDMA voice but that's all that will be rolled out by Sprint at first anyway. Technically it supports LTE, HPSA, etc on any frequency the hardware supports so we are hoping for a carrier file update once Sprint has LTE live on that band. It won't be that fast - it's only a 3 MHz LTE channel, but it will mean being able to get data even inside buildings and elevators. Approximately 380 updated sites today in: SF Bay (43), Chicago (42), PR/VI (38), LA Metro (36), Atlanta/Athens (25), Washington DC (22), Boston (21), New York City (20), San Diego (12), Austin (11), Georgia (11), Baltimore (10), DFW (10), Indianapolis (10), Kansas (9), South Bay (8), Miami/West Palm (7), San Antonio (5), Charlotte (4), Minnesota (4), Philadelphia Metro (4), Delaware (3), Houston (3), Jacksonville (3), Nashville (3), Orlando (3), Southern Jersey (3), Ft. Wayne/South Bend (2), Central Jersey (1), Memphis (1), Northern Jersey (1), North LA (1), Raleigh/Durham (1), Riverside/San Bernardino (1), Tampa (1), Upstate NY East (1) A couple of completion percentages: Atlanta 45% Houston 39% Dallas 28% Baltimore 51% Boston 37% Chicago 72% LA 24% NYC 15% SF 18% Austin 14% As always, more at s4gru.com Simulated fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Dec 10, 2012 |
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Dec 10, 2012 17:38
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LA's rollout has been pretty good for me so far. I've been getting pretty consistent LTE near my apartment (even inside!) and down at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion last night it was pretty solid as well. Pretty much everywhere I go on a regular basis has it now, except near work - according to the NV sites complete map there's still a sizable black hole in NW Glendale.  Speeds in good coverage areas are generally averaging around 10 Mbps, which I can live with. I hope they get a good bit faster just because, but realistically its enough to do 90% of what I want to when I'm out.
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I'm tired of dropped calls in my apartment and am looking at that Airrave number in the OP. Do they work with you if you're on SERO or is the freebie offer only available to EPRP/full price plans? It probably doesn't help that I waited too long and am now past my 14 day return policy (bought my new phone on Black Friday)
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Dec 10, 2012 19:06
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ryanbruce posted:I'm tired of dropped calls in my apartment and am looking at that Airrave number in the OP. Do they work with you if you're on SERO or is the freebie offer only available to EPRP/full price plans? My sister called employee care as someone suggested earlier in the thread to me, they gave her zero push back.
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Dec 10, 2012 20:13
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I used to use an iPhone 4S on Sprint, but we moved over to Verizon. The apple site says that Sprint allows unlocking, but how do I go through that process? Do I go to the apple store or the Sprint store? Will they charge me an arm and a leg?
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marchantia posted:I used to use an iPhone 4S on Sprint, but we moved over to Verizon. The apple site says that Sprint allows unlocking, but how do I go through that process? Do I go to the apple store or the Sprint store? Will they charge me an arm and a leg? And your best bet is to try Care to see if they'll give you the code, the stores can't.
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TVs Ian posted:Even if you unlock it, Verizon won't activate it. The most you'd be able to do is put a GSM SIM in it. I got a new phone on Verizon, I'm looking to sell this phone and a potential buyer was curious if it could be "unlocked". Is there a way to use it on AT+T or is it the same process as unlocking to use on Verizon? Sorry, this is completely Greek to me.
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Dec 10, 2012 21:53
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marchantia posted:I got a new phone on Verizon, I'm looking to sell this phone and a potential buyer was curious if it could be "unlocked". Is there a way to use it on AT+T or is it the same process as unlocking to use on Verizon? Sorry, this is completely Greek to me. If you left in good standing then Sprint should unlock it for you. Once unlocked, it will work with any GSM carrier. Just FYI, there is no technical reason it won't work on Verizon either. That's Verizon's own anti-competitive business decision to refuse to activate any CDMA device not pre-approved in their database.
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Dec 10, 2012 21:57
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I'm looking to pick up a Sprint phone for my cousin for Christmas, but I'm used to dealing with GSM phones and I'm freaked out by all the "bad ESN" phones I'm seeing for sale on Craigslist. Could I conceivably buy a phone with a clean ESN from a person, who then promptly stops paying their bill, and the phone ends up with a bad ESN and rendered unusable after the fact?
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I'm thinking of switching to Sprint and getting an iPhone 5 to replace my 4 on AT&T so I can get unlimited data. A friend of mine got a 15% discount on his plan by showing his student ID when purchasing in a Sprint Store and asking the employee. Can I do that and also do the Employee Referral Plan discount that's listed in the OP or can I not combine discounts.
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Ender.uNF posted:If you left in good standing then Sprint should unlock it for you. Once unlocked, it will work with any GSM carrier. Last I checked sprint will unlock it for international use but that's it. That wasn't exactly my department though. Frinkahedron posted:I'm thinking of switching to Sprint and getting an iPhone 5 to replace my 4 on AT&T so I can get unlimited data. A friend of mine got a 15% discount on his plan by showing his student ID when purchasing in a Sprint Store and asking the employee. Can I do that and also do the Employee Referral Plan discount that's listed in the OP or can I not combine discounts. Make sure you are in a good coverage area first (as in LTE) as sprint speeds are awful right now. It's definitely something to research and consider, but unlimited data is way less useful when you can't use it. You cannot combine discounts. 15% is about equal to EPRP, personally I would recommend EPRP unless you are set on buying a phone through best buy or something. You should also get a student discount on AT&T and Verizon? Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 01:34
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Duckman2008 posted:
I'm on my parents family plan right now, so no student discount there. Since I'm going to be graduating soon, getting off their plan, and most likely moving to a more metropolitan area (DC or LA) I figured unlimited data was a good reason to get away from AT&T. Two of my lab mates have sprint iPhones right now and they both say their coverage is fine for this area so I'm not worried about that before moving. I guess another question, do I have to get myself listed as an authorized person on my parents AT&T account to switch the phone number to a sprint one or can that be done without any special hoops to jump through on my end? Thanks for the help 
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Dec 11, 2012 02:24
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Duckman2008 posted:Last I checked sprint will unlock it for international use but that's it. That wasn't exactly my department though. Yup. Since we already ended our contract I can't really bullshit my way into it. OH WELL
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Ender.uNF posted:...Approximately 380 updated sites today in:... Do you know what region/territory they're grouping Scranton, (Northeast)PA into? I'd love to have a time-frame for NV improvements in my region. It could easily be included in Philly, Poconos, North Jersey, etc. marchantia posted:I used to use an iPhone 4S on Sprint, but we moved over to Verizon. The apple site says that Sprint allows unlocking, but how do I go through that process? Do I go to the apple store or the Sprint store? Will they charge me an arm and a leg? Frinkahedron posted:I'm thinking of switching to Sprint and getting an iPhone 5 to replace my 4 on AT&T so I can get unlimited data. A friend of mine got a 15% discount on his plan by showing his student ID when purchasing in a Sprint Store and asking the employee. Can I do that and also do the Employee Referral Plan discount that's listed in the OP or can I not combine discounts.
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goku chewbacca posted:I can't remember, are you a Sprint employee/contractor, or are you just relaying information from s4gru.com since you're a paid member over there? Either way, thanks. Just a member there. Duckman2008 posted:Last I checked sprint will unlock it for international use but that's it. That wasn't exactly my department though. My bad, I thought you could get them to unlock it entirely. It's bullshit and if we had a functioning government they would sue the carriers for refusing to unlock once your contract is fulfilled.
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Frinkahedron posted:I'm on my parents family plan right now, so no student discount there. Since I'm going to be graduating soon, getting off their plan, and most likely moving to a more metropolitan area (DC or LA) I figured unlimited data was a good reason to get away from AT&T. Two of my lab mates have sprint iPhones right now and they both say their coverage is fine for this area so I'm not worried about that before moving. All you need to switch is the account number, account holder name, address, social and password if they have one. So as long as your parents give you the info you are fine. goku chewbacca posted:I can't remember, are you a Sprint employee/contractor, or are you just relaying information from s4gru.com since you're a paid member over there? Either way, thanks. Pennsylvania is weird for Sprint. Last I checked we were hoping for LTE to launch in Philly by end of the year, but obviously that didn't happen and they are being pretty slow around here. But Harrisburg of all places got LTE a week or so back. Honesty Scranton, Wilkes and the Lehigh Valley are likely lower on Sprints list, so until you see a tower or two go up, I wouldn't bet on anytime soon. Ender.uNF posted:My bad, I thought you could get them to unlock it entirely. It's bullshit and if we had a functioning government they would sue the carriers for refusing to unlock once your contract is fulfilled. Ha yeah, it's quite sad man. Ironically this is one of the least lovely things carriers do
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What I think is interesting is Pittsburgh was one of the early Wimax markets, but it's not even on the roadmap yet for LTE. Both Verizon and AT&T have fantastic LTE networks in the area and T-Mobile even has pretty decent HSPA+ coverage as long as you stay in Allegheny county. I know a lot of people that jumped to a smartphone in 2009-2010 and they went with sprint due to the price and the fact that they had the first 4g network in the area. One by one they are all switching to AT&T or Verizon because they are tired of sub 1Mbps 3g speeds and 4G speeds that MAYBE hit 4Mbps if you are outside. They all know that if they were to upgrade their device they would lose what little 4G they have, so everyone is jumping ship. I would think it would be in Sprint's interest to have all wimax markets covered in LTE within 2 years of wimax deployment data. Otherwise you are going to have people coming off contract and being asked to downgrade their service if they want a new device. bull3964 fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Scranton is the Central PA market and hasn't started yet far as I can tell. Pittsburgh and Philly are their own respective markets.
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goku chewbacca posted:Do you know what region/territory they're grouping Scranton, (Northeast)PA into? I'd love to have a time-frame for NV improvements in my region. It could easily be included in Philly, Poconos, North Jersey, etc. I see this question has been answered already, but just in case anyone else has the same question, I think this network map is accurate as to which region you're in: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/gallery/image/156-nationwide-sprint-market-map-medium/
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My GS3 doesn't receive text messages or notifications of Gmail, etc. when I'm on WiFi. If I turn WiFi off they fly in. How do I fix that?
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Some dummy that looked like me(okay, it was me) got 3 lines of service on a Shared Everything Data Plan, then as I was fading off to sleep last night, I thought of this thread and the Employee Referral program. Is there anyway to convert my plan or am I screwed? I got the handsets yesterday and activated them. Thanks in advance for any opinion on this.
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You're screwed. There is no way to convert your plan to an EPRP plan. edit: The good news is that EPRP is only like a 15% discount, so that's easily matchable by stuff like your employer or credit union or AAA or something. Look into it! And you can take advantage of awesome phone deals at places like Amazon Wireless and Best Buy. td4guy fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Dec 12, 2012 |
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But you could return them in your 14 day window, close the account, and sign up for EPRP. This is complicated greatly if you have already ported your numbers onto the new phones, and probably not worth the hassle in that case.
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Thanks for the responses. The problem with impulse buys... I will have to see if there is some discount I qualify for.
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Woke up this morning, forgot I had wifi off, saw my phone say LTE at the top. Unfortunately I was too quick at turning on the wifi. Haven't seen it light up LTE again. On the way to work driving through some rural areas I do pick up LTE but I'm not going to start in the middle of the road to test it. For reference I live in Delaware about 20 minutes from Ocean City, MD.
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If I get an air rave, can I move it around, or is it locked to one location?
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sharkytm posted:If I get an air rave, can I move it around, or is it locked to one location? You can move it anywhere, anytime no notice.
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Per what the CSR said, as long as there's activity on the unit you're fine. If they detect that you're not using it, you're subject to some huge penalty ($150 I think?) if you don't send it back.
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Pretty sure the answer to this is "you're hosed", but.. According to Sprint, my current handset was purchased at full price, unsubsidized. I'm a month behind on my bill, and my new N4 arrives tomorrow. I was planning to sell my Galaxy Nexus and use the money to pay off my Sprint bill. I assume that even though Sprint's records show I paid full price for the handset, and I'm long out of contract, that they'll still block the ESN until the account is paid in full, correct? I'm not in collections, and the line hasn't been disconnected, but it's going to take me a few weeks to pay it off (the N4 was a gift, but yay for sub-minimum wage tipped jobs). Also, will Sprint block me from porting my number if I'm a month behind on the bill?
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some texas redneck posted:Pretty sure the answer to this is "you're hosed", but.. As long as you are not turned off you can def still switch your number. Do yourself a favor, get a flip phone somewhere and toss that on your account so you can safely sell the galaxy.
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Aannnndddddd ba-boom. Sprint offers to acquire ClearWire. The SoftBank cash horde is already being put to use.
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Ender.uNF posted:Aannnndddddd ba-boom. Sprint offers to acquire ClearWire. The SoftBank cash horde is already being put to use. What's the point of doing that? I thought Clearwire only had a wimax network. Or do they own some spectrum that Sprint wants?
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FlyingCheese posted:What's the point of doing that? I thought Clearwire only had a wimax network. Or do they own some spectrum that Sprint wants? Almost certainly spectrum.
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I'm probably going to be switching from AT&T to Sprint in the next week to save some money and upgrade to a smartphone. Two questions: I'm too poor for the Galaxy S3 so it's between the free S2 or Nexus you get by being a new customer, what's the best way to go? And are there any e-mail/employee codes floating around for the referral program?
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The only reason I can think of to get an S2 is if you live someplace that's strong on WiMax and weak on LTE. Otherwise, go Nexus.
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The Entire Universe posted:Almost certainly spectrum. Spectrum that is pretty much unusable for most cities. I don't understand this at all. Is sprint seriously going to put out the infrastructure? It'll take like 4-5x the amount of towers to match verizon's 700 MHz ability. If Sprint actually did this, they would be amazing and have a huge amount of bandwidth available.... but.... TLG James fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Dec 13, 2012 |
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