Finally going to get off Sprint!!

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mikegg

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I've been one of the biggest Sprint hater here. Their service has been utter crap for me. I can't get a signal in my house - have to use the Airwave at home. Whenever I enter a building, I risk the chance of not receiving a call or text. Their 3G service is a joke. Half the time it doesn't even work. Half the time it's 56k speed. The 4G is spotty and sometimes it doesn't work even though it shows full bars and LTE. Sprint's 4G is as fast as AT&T's 3G.

After talking to 4 different reps today, I'm finally going to end my contract 1 year early by send back 2 of my iPhones.

They are a hassle to deal with. At first I wanted my ETF completely waived because I've received the worst carrier service I've ever experienced in my life. They didn't budge so we compromised with me having to send back 2 iPhones.

Fine by me. I just want to say f**k Sprint.

Going back to AT&T. I don't care if it's more expensive and not unlimited. I just want a service that actually works.
 
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Skott

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What area? I have them as well and service is pretty good here in the Tampa Bay area.
 
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lopri

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I quit Sprint on for a entirely different reason (a real nasty employee/manager) many years ago. I left the store with "F- " and various fighting words and decided to never step in their stores.

It is an interesting coincidence that these days all I hear about Sprint is on the negative sides even though I have no first-hand knowledge about their services. I guess the jerk at the store did me a huge favor at that time. :)
 
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mikegg

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Bman123 said:
You'll be happy when you leave sprint
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I think I will. Ever since I started using Sprint's crappy network, I've had more negative energy channeled inside me. I'm always worried about whether my phone is going to work where I'm going or whether I'll receive that call I expect.

2013 has not been a good year for me. I place 50% of the blame on Sprint.
 
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corkyg

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Got rid of Sprint 18 months ago and have never looked back.
 
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bearxor

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I was actually pretty happy with Sprint. Used them for 10 years. Switched away in 2008 for one reason. iPhone. And that was hard because both my lines were on the $30 500m/unlimited text and data SERO plan. Simply got tired of Microsoft's "we're going to make changes to compete with Apple" waiting game and iOS 2 basically delivered complete awesomeness.

Wouldn't go back to them now. If I switch off AT&T it will be to a MVNO or TMobile.
 
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mikegg

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Anyone work for a company that gives AT&T discounts and willing to forward me the discount email?
 
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leper84

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I switched to sprint about a year and a half ago. I do still enjoy the unlimited data, I stream music and video pretty frequently and average about 5GB a month.

It was pretty awesome at first, believe it or not the 3g was almost comparable to Tmobile's hspa+ (austin area). I think LTE came on at the end of last year or beginning of this one and I was getting 20+ Mbps.

Now it completely blows, just like everywhere else 3g is a damn joke and I just got a whopping 1.05 Mbps on LTE using speedtest.... :twisted:

Cell reception has been excellent but I've even had problems with text/mms taking 2-3 hours to show up.

Needless to say this will be my first and last contract with Sprint. F them, buying a Nexus 5 this April and getting Straight Talk.
 
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bearxor said:
I was actually pretty happy with Sprint. Used them for 10 years. Switched away in 2008 for one reason. iPhone. And that was hard because both my lines were on the $30 500m/unlimited text and data SERO plan. Simply got tired of Microsoft's "we're going to make changes to compete with Apple" waiting game and iOS 2 basically delivered complete awesomeness.

Wouldn't go back to them now. If I switch off AT&T it will be to a MVNO or TMobile.
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Pretty much the same here. I switched for the iPhone on Verizon. LTE later was just an added bonus.
 
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ImDonly1

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leper84 said:
Sprint, ATT & Tmobile. Either buy an activation code for CDMA or you can buy an ATT or Tmobile sim card for $7. Not sure with Tmobile but I know ATT sim cards get you LTE.
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Verizon too. they offer service with all of the big 4. it depends on which phone or Sim you buy.
the st iPhone runs on vzw but 3g only.
 
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I'm always surprised by the number of iPhone screenshots I will see on FB or Twitter where someone is using Sprint. Then again, those are *always* the MOST un-technical people you could ever find.

Outside of the SERO plans, Sprint has always confused me. Stuck on CDMA like Verizon but even worse phones, and shitty coverage, and crap speeds. All 3 of the other carriers here have had some redeeming reason to use them, but Sprint?

Also, they killed Nextel. Push to talk on Nextel was amazing for work purposes (and the right phone could be used to create impact craters or bludgeon someone -- I had the i550+ or i700, it was rubberized for impact and probably weighed a couple pounds).
 
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Skott said:
What area?
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I am curious about that as well. The fact of the matter is the same thing can be said for every carrier if you are in the right (wrong?) location.

When shopping for cell phones the first thing you should look for and research is coverage and signal strength. Of course, if you travel a lot, that can complicate things a bit.

-KeithP
 
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notposting said:
I'm always surprised by the number of iPhone screenshots I will see on FB or Twitter where someone is using Sprint. Then again, those are *always* the MOST un-technical people you could ever find.

Outside of the SERO plans, Sprint has always confused me. Stuck on CDMA like Verizon but even worse phones, and shitty coverage, and crap speeds. All 3 of the other carriers here have had some redeeming reason to use them, but Sprint?

Also, they killed Nextel. Push to talk on Nextel was amazing for work purposes (and the right phone could be used to create impact craters or bludgeon someone -- I had the i550+ or i700, it was rubberized for impact and probably weighed a couple pounds).
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Wait, that simply isn't right. No one has a worse phone selection than Verizon. At least Sprint gets working Nexus devices.
 
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notposting said:
Outside of the SERO plans, Sprint has always confused me. Stuck on CDMA like Verizon but even worse phones, and shitty coverage, and crap speeds. All 3 of the other carriers here have had some redeeming reason to use them, but Sprint?
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Their redeeming quality is unlimited data. If you live in an area with good Sprint LTE coverage and don't travel they are a good option. That said, I won't touch them.
 
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Skott

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You can go and find as many complaints against Verizon, ATT, Tmobile, Metro PCS and etc., Nobody has a perfect plan that fits everyone. Basically it is what's availble in your area and how good is its service. That's how you choose. Sprint supposedly uses Verizon when roaming so finding service is not hard and has not been hard for me. I do travel a bit around the south.

Lost calls are a thing that really ticks me off. ATT is horribly bad for that and so is Metro PCS. I won't use them again because of that. I remember about 2 years ago everyone was hating on Verizon and ATT really bad. That was when they were changing their plans. Funny how people seem to forget that but I guess you go what is good at the time.

I'm also curious about how much the phone model you choose comes into play. Supposedly they should all pick up the signals well but I'm thinking they are all not equal in that task. Maybe I'm wrong about that.
 
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I left Sprint a few weeks ago as well. The final nail in the coffin for me was how hard they're pushing their LTE network here in Chicago (billboards and ads plastered EVERYWHERE you look) and how shitty the network actually is--we're talking LTE speeds of 1-2 Mbps in the areas I frequent in the city and literally useless 3G speeds (can't call up mobile sites, stream music (forget video) or do ANYTHING else you would do on a smartphone that requires data). Read the last page or so of this huge thread and you'll find what I'm describing is common within city limits:

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1084-network-visionlte-chicago-market/

I tried a T-Mobile sim and was seeing speeds of 8-10 Mbps frequently but they have zero 3G/HSPA+ coverage in my office downtown during business hours which was a dealbreaker since I'm using a Galaxy Nexus for the time being. I'm on AIO now and quite happy with the service. They cap 3G/HSPA at 4 Mbps which is still faster than anything Sprint has where I live, play and work, but coverage has been very solid.

And now Sprint have the gall to introduce tri-band LTE (Spark) requiring new hardware while their current network sucks balls. Good riddance to bad trash.
 
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saratoga172

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Our company switched off Sprint onto AT&T. With Sprint we continually had dropped calls, calls not even ringing into the phone, numbers with on our plan we couldn't call from our office lines, inability to make calls, extremely slow speeds on 3G and LTE, and voicemails that didn't come through sometimes until days later. Top that with very spotty reception since we operate in fringe areas and once we (IT) took over cell phones got switched off Sprint within weeks.
 
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