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I haven't seen this posted here yet, apologizes if it has been. Customers in Kansas and Oklahoma will lose Sprint on-network coverage, apparently People on Sprint's forums are calling up Sprint and are being told it only affects Nextel or something like that. Can anyone clear this up?
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 03:26 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 21:24 |
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I don't know much about it other than Sprint cutting costs. I know AT&T is pissed since you'll be roaming on their network now, and they can't refuse you. At least for now.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 03:35 |
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Aren't those two of the areas where they're shutting down iDEN? I think that's what's going on.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 03:39 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:I know AT&T is pissed since you'll be roaming on their network now
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 03:45 |
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falz posted:Do you mean Verizon? AT&T is GSM, Sprint is CDMA. He means Verizon. From news sources, basically sprint turned off towers in those areas, and are relying on Verizon.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 04:03 |
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Duckman2008 posted:He means Verizon. From news sources, basically sprint turned off towers in those areas, and are relying on Verizon. drat, that's a pretty big area, though from the looks of it it's avoiding the Wichita and OKC metro areas. All the folks out between the panhandle and Enid or so are SOL.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 04:20 |
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The Entire Universe posted:drat, that's a pretty big area, though from the looks of it it's avoiding the Wichita and OKC metro areas. All the folks out between the panhandle and Enid or so are SOL. Yeah, for people in that area it absolutely sucks, and honestly hopefully they vote with their wallet and switch.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 04:47 |
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No, I mean AT&T.quote:If its customers are using more data, don’t you think it would be logical for Sprint to actually use its cash to build more capacity? I mean, at AT&T we have spent a lot of time and money investing in recent years racing to keep up with our subscribers’ surging broadband demands precisely because those demands are growing so rapidly. Verizon has been doing the same in building its own 4G LTE network. But at Sprint, the logic is different, and investment – Sprint investment – does not appear to be the solution. My guess is that Kansas and Oklahoma represent the tip of tip of the iceberg here. Does this represent the beginning of Sprint’s Disappearing Network Vision? Will this disinvestment story go nationwide and appear in your local paper soon? http://attpublicpolicy.com/wireless...tdisinvestment/ Sperg Victorious fucked around with this message at Feb 21, 2012 around 05:39 |
| # ? Feb 21, 2012 05:36 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:No, I mean AT&T. Sprint can't roam on AT&T, they are incompatible technologies.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 05:43 |
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bull3964 posted:Sprint can't roam on AT&T, they are incompatible technologies. Well either way, AT&T is the carrier that's pissed about Sprint dumping its network and relying on roaming agreements.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 05:45 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:Well either way, AT&T is the carrier that's pissed about Sprint dumping its network and relying on roaming agreements. I wouldn't say pissed so much as taking every opportunity to slag a competitor in press releases. This move by Sprint doesn't nothing but HELP AT&T since they are a likely beneficiary of people jumping ship. They are still butt-hurt over the T-Mobile deal, so they are going spin every instance of government regulation as hurting the customer.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 05:51 |
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Duckman2008 posted:Yeah, for people in that area it absolutely sucks, and honestly hopefully they vote with their wallet and switch. To be honest I think you're going to see a lot of people switching, but then again we're talking small-town and rural Oklahoma here. A lot of people may just put up with it because switching carriers is a bit of a bitch, especially with a family plan. Outlay for new phones, etc. All that can be mitigated by getting, well, shitphones, but the point stands - switching carriers is a hassle, the only reason I seriously consider it from time to time is that I'm just a hypochondriac (Samsung notwithstanding) about stupid poo poo like update schedules and having the nexus phones first.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 11:15 |
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Sperg Victorious posted:Well either way, AT&T is the carrier that's pissed about Sprint dumping its network and relying on roaming agreements. ATT is still pissed that sprint took such a big stance against the merger. And I agree here that in this specific instance dropping towers is retarded, but overall I would say sprint has done a better job of building out towers over the last few years than ATT (they just built them all at 2500,which didn't exactly work well. Sprint also owns 4 times the spectrum that ATT has, so sprints capacity is way more than ATT (in theory should be emphasized here). The Entire Universe posted:To be honest I think you're going to see a lot of people switching, but then again we're talking small-town and rural Oklahoma here. A lot of people may just put up with it because switching carriers is a bit of a bitch, especially with a family plan. Outlay for new phones, etc. All that can be mitigated by getting, well, shitphones, but the point stands - switching carriers is a hassle, the only reason I seriously consider it from time to time is that I'm just a hypochondriac (Samsung notwithstanding) about stupid poo poo like update schedules and having the nexus phones first. I would imagine sprint decided the customers in that area were not worth maintaining towers for.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 14:00 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:
Do we really know if this is true or not? If it really only does affect Nextel customers, it it really that big a deal?
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 14:08 |
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According to this, Sprint is losing is a partnership with Pioneer Cellular. Apparently, it was a special roaming agreement that did not show as roaming on your phone or bill. Seems Pioneer is dropping Sprint and partnering with Verizon. http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...Kansas-Oklahoma
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 17:30 |
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change my name posted:Went to get my phone replaced after having broken the screen way back in november (remember that?) and the guy said that since the 3d is backordered he could get me an SII for free instead Nevermind, apparently it became un-backordered!
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| # ? Feb 21, 2012 18:48 |
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What's HTC/Sprint's bad pixel policy? I had the phantom touch issue on my Evo 3D, so I got the screen replaced at the repair shop. They did it for free, even though I don't have insurance. A couple days later, I see a bright dead pixel, normally only noticeable in dark screens, but enough to distract when watching videos. I don't want to make a fuss since they fixed the phone for free, but was wondering if anyone knows what options I have.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 18:07 |
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Rumors of Verizon buying Sprint...what? Is this even possible? It states that T-Mobile could be bought up by Sprint who could be bought up by Verizon.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 19:29 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:Rumors of Verizon buying Sprint...what? Maybe I am missing something but where does it say there is a rumor that Verizon may buy Sprint? I read the article and outside of the fish picture I see nothing. Plus how could it even happen with the anti trust laws. They wouldn't let AT&T do it, but they would let Verizon do it in a even bigger way? nate fisher fucked around with this message at Feb 22, 2012 around 19:54 |
| # ? Feb 22, 2012 19:48 |
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nate fisher posted:Maybe I am missing something but where does it say there is a rumor that Verizon may buy Sprint? I read the article and outside of the fish picture I see nothing. http://money.cnn.com/2011/03v/23/te...rizon/index.htm Linked to the wrong article, sorry. I don't know how it could happen either.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 20:06 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:http://money.cnn.com/2011/03v/23/te...rizon/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/23/tec...dex.htm?iid=EAL Is this the article you are talking about? That is from March 23rd 2011, and talks about if the AT&T and T-Mobile merge is approved what will happen to Sprint.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 20:13 |
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nate fisher posted:http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/23/tec...dex.htm?iid=EAL Yeah, I thought that's what posted. Though with my crappy mouse, I don't know what it decided to post there..
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 20:27 |
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ThermoPhysical posted:Yeah, I thought that's what posted. Though with my crappy mouse, I don't know what it decided to post there.. Yeah. But the article is a year old.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 20:37 |
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GigaPeon posted:What's HTC/Sprint's bad pixel policy? They won't want to do it, but if you have insurance and bring it back, they might swap out the screen again. Dead pixels are a hard call, as sprint tray doesn't like swapping because of that issue (formally) but it's one of those extremely minor things that drive people crazy. Just be really nice, as the store only gets paid on the initial repair, and they hopefully should fix that. And on Verizon buying sprint who knows. Sprint has a ton of assets but hasn't been profitable in years, so it's viable. The industry seems stuck between wanting enough competition but yet not being able to sustain 4 major carriers. There are rumors ATT may buy cricket (leap wireless) which would I would see as more likely. Any larger buyouts this soon after the ATT tmobile fiasco would likely get big public opposition. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at Feb 22, 2012 around 20:45 |
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Duckman2008 posted:And on Verizon buying sprint who knows. Sprint has a ton of assets but hasn't been profitable in years, so it's viable. The industry seems stuck between wanting enough competition but yet not being able to sustain 4 major carriers. There are rumors ATT may buy cricket (leap wireless) which would I would see as more likely. Any larger buyouts this soon after the ATT tmobile fiasco would likely get big public opposition. If Sprint did merge with T-Mobile what would the advantage be for Sprint? I am a little confused on the advantages since one is CDMA and the other GSM. Would they keep both or make everyone go CDMA sooner or later? My hope for Sprint is either Google or Amazon buys them.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 21:20 |
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nate fisher posted:If Sprint did merge with T-Mobile what would the advantage be for Sprint? I am a little confused on the advantages since one is CDMA and the other GSM. Would they keep both or make everyone go CDMA sooner or later? Spectrum. Though it could take a while to take advantage of it.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 21:43 |
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Lovie Unsmith posted:Spectrum. Though it could take a while to take advantage of it. Exactly. Spectrum for T-Mobile (they could simply share LTE, extra revenue for sprint. Edit: turn quit, back haul is a good question that I can't answer. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at Feb 22, 2012 around 23:29 |
| # ? Feb 22, 2012 23:15 |
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I heard that Sprint is flush we spectrum, but they are in a lovely way with backhaul and actually being able to feed that spectrum. Confirm/Deny?
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| # ? Feb 22, 2012 23:27 |
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Turnquiet posted:I heard that Sprint is flush we spectrum, but they are in a lovely way with backhaul and actually being able to feed that spectrum. Confirm/Deny? Sprint isn't "flush" with spectrum, but they do have a big problem with backhaul on their 3G sites. WiMAX was done with Clear so they didn't have backhaul issues there.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 00:55 |
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Sprint buyout rumors pop up every few months, it seems. I know I've seen "Verizon to buy Sprint", or "Sprint to buy T-Mobile". I want to start a rumor that Sprint is in talks to purchase AT&T.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 03:30 |
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Sprint in talks to buy a hot dog, coke, and potato chips at a gas station.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 03:33 |
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Matlock posted:Sprint in talks to buy a hot dog, coke, and potato chips at a gas station.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 03:38 |
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I have been having an issue for probably two years where I will go anywhere from 3 days to over a week with about 50-70% of my text messages never being received on the other end. This process seems to happen about once ever 1-2 months. I originally had this problem with my original Evo. I wiped it, installed ROMs, updated PRL and profile and all kinds of stuff until I finally got an Evo3d. The problem persisted and I went through all the normal steps of flashing ROM versions and PRLs and radios and wiped it and even had it replaced once. For the last 5 days... I get no texts from one person and they get maybe half of mine, and at least 5 other people aren't getting a good bit of my texts. They have finally set up what they call a "network ticket" to look at things on the back end but I'm seriously fed up at this point. They are supposed to call me back tomorrow and let me know their findings but after two years of paying for unlimited texts and never getting any type of credit I am seriously considering other options. When I mentioned them waiving the early termination fee they weren't very receptive and said they would talk about it after the network ticket was completed. Anyone have any experience in getting the ETF waived?
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 16:55 |
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fuzzi posted:I have been having an issue for probably two years where I will go anywhere from 3 days to over a week with about 50-70% of my text messages never being received on the other end. This process seems to happen about once ever 1-2 months. I originally had this problem with my original Evo. I wiped it, installed ROMs, updated PRL and profile and all kinds of stuff until I finally got an Evo3d. The problem persisted and I went through all the normal steps of flashing ROM versions and PRLs and radios and wiped it and even had it replaced once. For the last 5 days... I get no texts from one person and they get maybe half of mine, and at least 5 other people aren't getting a good bit of my texts. Eh. Its at their discretion unfortunately. Call retentions and talk to them about getting a credit.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 21:35 |
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Duckman2008 posted:Eh. Its at their discretion unfortunately. Call retentions and talk to them about getting a credit. That's kind of what I figured really. I have been nice but stern, so hopefully that gets me somewhere. I'm not looking forward to changing phone companies though.. I'm pretty familiar with Sprint's phone offerings and service here.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2012 21:57 |
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fuzzi posted:I have been having an issue for probably two years where I will go anywhere from 3 days to over a week with about 50-70% of my text messages never being received on the other end. This process seems to happen about once ever 1-2 months. I originally had this problem with my original Evo. I wiped it, installed ROMs, updated PRL and profile and all kinds of stuff until I finally got an Evo3d. The problem persisted and I went through all the normal steps of flashing ROM versions and PRLs and radios and wiped it and even had it replaced once. For the last 5 days... I get no texts from one person and they get maybe half of mine, and at least 5 other people aren't getting a good bit of my texts. This happens to me in my own house, WITH an airrave, when my wife and I are both home. Well not as bad, but we'll randomly not get texts at all or we'll get half of it which seems nonsensical. We have different phones too.
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| # ? Feb 24, 2012 02:07 |
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OldPueblo posted:This happens to me in my own house, WITH an airrave, when my wife and I are both home. Well not as bad, but we'll randomly not get texts at all or we'll get half of it which seems nonsensical. We have different phones too. The airrave has a known issue with text messages, sometimes it's just weird about passing them along.
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| # ? Feb 24, 2012 03:48 |
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Duckman2008 posted:The airrave has a known issue with text messages, sometimes it's just weird about passing them along. Welp now that I know that I might as well just unplug it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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| # ? Feb 24, 2012 06:37 |
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I received an Airrave last year and as soon as I had the strange text message issues I turned it off. I would rather have spotty coverage and dropped calls then have text massages that go nowhere.
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| # ? Feb 24, 2012 06:42 |
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| # ? May 22, 2013 21:24 |
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I'm on an EPRP family plan and I tried to get a free airrave by telling them I get bad reception in my house (it drains batteries like crazy) and I'm well within range in a large city. They said I couldn't get one myself, the employee I signed on to the EPRP plan with needs to order the airrave for me. Should I call retentions? Keep trying?
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