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Why do you want to switch? Verizon service is decidedly superior in every way.
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Space Racist posted:I'm considering switching from Verizon to Sprint, but a couple questions came up after looking at the website. The ETF card takes like 4-6 weeks so you're probably going to have foot the bill first unless you time your last bill cycle perfectly. The discount only applies to the data portion with sprint, too.
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Nov 3, 2014 17:06
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Yeah, sorry to say it, but everyone on SERO needs to call the SERO sales number to buy new phones. FWIW I ordered the iPhone 6 on Wednesday, had it in my hands on Friday, and they waived the activation fee (still paid $13.XX for shipping). EDIT: It's happening: http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/03/technology/mobile/sprint-layoffs/index.html?iid=Lead Blakkout fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Nov 3, 2014 |
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Nov 3, 2014 20:01
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I said come in! posted:Why do you want to switch? Verizon service is decidedly superior in every way. Basically just seeing if I can get a better deal elsewhere, particularly once my employee discount for my old job expires with Verizon. I'd much prefer T-Mobile but their coverage is hit or miss where I live. Sprint isn't looking particularly attractive though.
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Nov 4, 2014 01:25
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If you switch to Sprint I guess you'll pay less. That's about it.
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Nov 4, 2014 01:35
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Space Racist posted:Basically just seeing if I can get a better deal elsewhere, particularly once my employee discount for my old job expires with Verizon. I'd much prefer T-Mobile but their coverage is hit or miss where I live. Goons seem to love Cricket Wireless which uses AT&T towers. I intend to ditch Sprint for Cricket soon.
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Nov 4, 2014 01:42
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Goons seem to love Cricket Wireless which uses AT&T towers. I intend to ditch Sprint for Cricket soon. Interesting, I always thought cricket was cdma.
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Nov 4, 2014 01:53
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Space Racist posted:Basically just seeing if I can get a better deal elsewhere, particularly once my employee discount for my old job expires with Verizon. I'd much prefer T-Mobile but their coverage is hit or miss where I live.
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Nov 4, 2014 02:09
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Chiming in from Knoxville to say that I just switched from vzw and am happy with sprint. I've actually had good service through the Carolinas and Virginia as well.
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Nov 4, 2014 02:11
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FordPRefectLL posted:If you switch to Sprint I guess you'll pay less. That's about it. Even when you pay less you're still not getting what you pay for.
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Nov 4, 2014 03:00
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I said come in! posted:Even when you pay less you're still not getting what you pay for. Oh you get what you pay for - unlimited (dialup speed) data. But seriously, Sprint is decent in a lot of areas just because they have a roaming agreement with Verizon. You may not get 4G data everywhere like Verizon or AT&T, but unlike T-Mobile you can make calls when you're more than 5 miles from an interstate.
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Nov 4, 2014 04:36
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Dead Pressed posted:Chiming in from Knoxville to say that I just switched from vzw and am happy with sprint. I've actually had good service through the Carolinas and Virginia as well. Sprint's network in Knoxville is Excellent and will keep improving month after month with all the Band 41 deployments going on. http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/knoxville-tn/2014/2H They loving beat Verizon in real world reliability. Cell service is based on Location, Location and Location. In San Fransisco? Run away from Sprint. In Knoxville? Run towards them.
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In some rare twist of fate I have better Sprint service than my wife (on ATT) after we moved to our new house. It's a strange feeling.
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So, I was in here earlier and having an issue with the plan I was put on. Long story short, associate that switched my plan did not tell me that I would be being charged an extra $30 a month service charge for being on this plan with a discounted phone and I wouldn't have re-signed since my contract was up if I had known that was the case. Someone suggested rooting and flashing a Verizon PRL which is what I'll be doing, but I don't want to pay this extra charge for the next few months while I wait to get kicked off the network and I'd also like to actually use my phone for phone things and not constantly data roam to get kicked off. Is there a contact avenue that isn't just customer service that could possibly get this resolved? Is dan@sprint.com still a thing?
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Nov 8, 2014 21:01
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Chaotic Flame posted:Is there a contact avenue that isn't just customer service that could possibly get this resolved? Is dan@sprint.com still a thing?
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Hey Sprint employees, is there any credence to the rumors that sprint wont carry the 64GB Nexus 6 models? It may be a bit naive to ask, but what is the discount to continuing a contract without "upgrading" the phone through subsidy? I guess I am just worried that if I get the phone myself and bring it in to be activated on my plan, I will be paying full price for the phone out of pocket, plus an increased cost for my monthly bill, even though I am not buying a phone from sprint directly.
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So I just got a Note 2 that I bought NEW, after activating it on the network, it took a poo poo while updating to 4.3. I can boot into download mode, is there any problem with just grabbing the 4.4.2 build from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/30840/L900VPUCNE2_L900SPTCNE2_SPR.zip/ and flashing it with ODIN or is it bad to do that? /edit so I went and ODIN flashed to 4.4.2 and I found some troubling things:  WTF does this poo poo mean? Knox is triggered and I know what that is so I guess this phone wasn't new after all? maniacripper fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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7 Bowls of Wrath posted:Hey Sprint employees, is there any credence to the rumors that sprint wont carry the 64GB Nexus 6 models? It may be a bit naive to ask, but what is the discount to continuing a contract without "upgrading" the phone through subsidy? I guess I am just worried that if I get the phone myself and bring it in to be activated on my plan, I will be paying full price for the phone out of pocket, plus an increased cost for my monthly bill, even though I am not buying a phone from sprint directly. http://recode.net/2014/01/13/sprint-quietly-kills-oneup-early-upgrade-program/ "Of note, Sprint’s One Up never let customers keep the discount in perpetuity, offering it only during the two years they were financing the cost of a phone." My advice is to use your upgrade on something like an SGS5 and flip it on Swappa/eBay/Craigslist. Then put that money towards your Nexus 6 if Sprint isn't going to be selling the capacity you want.
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Nov 11, 2014 09:46
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maniacripper posted:WTF does this poo poo mean? Knox is triggered and I know what that is so I guess this phone wasn't new after all?
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td4guy posted:My advice is to use your upgrade on something like an SGS5 and flip it on Swappa/eBay/Craigslist. Then put that money towards your Nexus 6 if Sprint isn't going to be selling the capacity you want. I might end up having to do this too, so I'm wondering, is there a good way to get a phone from Sprint that's not activated so you can just sell it new-in-box or whatever, like say if you got the upgrade online and had it shipped to you or would it have your number/whatever on it just waiting for you to call them to activate? Also wouldn't it be a better idea to do it with an iPhone? I seem to recall a coworker just always doing that on Verizon, getting iPhones and flipping them to get whatever he actually wanted, often at a profit.
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Nov 11, 2014 16:00
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td4guy posted:Sprint's One Up plans were killed back in January after only being available for 4 months. Their FAQ says "Service discount will suspend after your next upgrade or if you migrate plans." Thanks for the info and the advice, much appreciated... Looks like this may be what I need to do, I've never flipped a phone before, but I guess its time to do some background research.
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Nov 11, 2014 16:05
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td4guy posted:Your profile says you live in Knoxville, and Sprint has great coverage there. The network is, like, pretty much fully upgraded there with new equipment and fiber and LTE all over. I'm another Knoxville Goon, and Sprint is pretty good here. It was pure awful around the time the iPhone 4s came to Sprint. Pretty much worthless in most areas in Knox County. Now with LTE it has improved greatly. Plus I get LTE coverage pretty much everywhere (even at my house in the Powell area, and at my work at ORNL). The speeds are not as fast as Verizon in most areas, and I have problems sometimes with building penetration (why does this happen while others on other services are fine?), but it is still pretty much usable. Edit: Well of course I get a network timed out error when I tried to post this at first from my iPhone. Sprint doesn't allow you to say nice things. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Nov 12, 2014 |
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Nov 12, 2014 02:05
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Sprint's still in the process of rolling out LTE on Band 26 (800MHz). So it's not everywhere yet, and your LTE data coverage can still be a bit iffy indoors. Also the process of how your phone chooses between 1900 and 800MHz is pretty much out of your control and your phone probably defaults to 1900 until your data connection completely dies. It's designed that way because the alternative is...everyone's phone would automatically jump on 800MHz and then you'd see serious congestion issues.
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Anyone heard if there are any major sales going on Sprint.com for Black Friday yet? I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on the Note 4, but have to go through telesales due to being on Sero.
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I picked up an LG G2 for a decent deal last Black Friday. A lot of people advised against it, but it ended up being a nice device. Black Friday is probably the only time you might get a discount sale through Sprint Corporate. At the same time, I doubt you'll find a discount on the Note through anyone. It's Samsung's higher tier device.
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datajosh posted:I don't think so, since Dan is gone. I think executive.offices@sprint.com should still work though. Thanks for this. Just had it handled over the phone in a satisfactory manner and got a free airrave to boot after the call dropped in my apartment.
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I have a weird problem that I don't know if it's carrier related or not, but I thought I would try asking here. Starting today, my wife and I can't call each other. We used to be able to, but now, whenever we try, the caller gets the old "your phone is off the hook" signal (not the busy signal, if that makes a difference). The call never registers on the receiving phone. Both of us can call anyone else, and can receive calls. Just not from each other. What is really confusing to me is that we are not on the same plan. She is on Verizon, I'm on Sprint. There is no connection between our numbers and no reason I can see that anything should ever effect just our two phones. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?
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Nov 23, 2014 02:26
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effpee posted:I have a weird problem that I don't know if it's carrier related or not, but I thought I would try asking here. Possibly a local switch issue or local trunk issue between the carriers. Are you sure you can call other local Verizon numbers/her call local Sprint numbers? This is basically a situation where you both call your respective carriers and report you can't call the others' number. One or both of them will figure it out. You may need to make test calls, but with a 100% fail rate, it'll be a lot easier for them to locate.
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What is the 'your phone is off the hook' sound? The howler? Fast busy usually comes up on a case where you didn't pay your bill, didn't dial right, or there is an internal problem - where the answer is call both carriers and bitch, unfortunately. Make sure you both can be called from elsewhere.
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Nov 28, 2014 01:07
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I have an oldish unlimited everything 450 plan that I signed up for under the jose guy who was doing corporate discounts for us some years ago. I was going to get the htc one m8 on amazon for a penny, but it wants me to pick a new plan (I'm not under contract atm). Is there a way I can get this through amazon or upgrade at all without changing my plan or paying more if I do?
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Stoic Commie posted:I have an oldish unlimited everything 450 plan that I signed up for under the jose guy who was doing corporate discounts for us some years ago. You can probably upgrade through the Sprint website or telesales, but probably not anywhere else. That's the downside to being on an old, cheap plan.
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Nov 29, 2014 00:08
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Stoic Commie posted:I have an oldish unlimited everything 450 plan that I signed up for under the jose guy who was doing corporate discounts for us some years ago. FYI if I know sprint doing an upgrade may cause them to audit your plan, so if you have a fake discount it might disappear.
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Nov 30, 2014 06:44
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I do, I do have a fake employee discount for some reason, that's terrible.
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Nov 30, 2014 13:10
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I'll probably be buying phones outright for the foreseeable future to keep the employee plan going. It still ends up cheaper in the long run. 
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Stoic Commie posted:I do, I do have a fake employee discount for some reason, that's terrible. To be honest, the fake discount is one thing I don't blame carriers for auditing. It's a promo you don't qualify for and never should have. And they don't charge back on it for the months you had it. Some of it is also their fault for pressuring employees to make sales at all costs, but that's a separate debate.
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Duckman2008 posted:To be honest, the fake discount is one thing I don't blame carriers for auditing. It's a promo you don't qualify for and never should have. And they don't charge back on it for the months you had it. Are you sure he's not just on a SERO plan? When your corporate discount is audited it occurs AFTER you renew your contract like mine was. SERO customers can only upgrade at sprint.com, SERO telesales and corporate sprint stores.
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What is likelihood of sprint carrying the 64GB version of the Nexus 6 in the near future? I'm due for an upgrade but could stand to wait if they are eventually going to offer it.
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biggfoo posted:What is likelihood of sprint carrying the 64GB version of the Nexus 6 in the near future? I'm due for an upgrade but could stand to wait if they are eventually going to offer it.
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Stoic Commie posted:I do, I do have a fake employee discount for some reason, that's terrible. Maybe I'm lost here but how does one go about getting a "fake" discount? Did you just randomly make up an employee name and ID number that sprint accepted without any type of verification?
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