how's Sprint pcs in your area?

[callmesteve]

In NYC, Verizon > *. Heard something about their billing not being reliable or something of that sort.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
Riverside, CA and the desert to the east, absolute junk. Cingular rules here. I remember in 2000 I tossed my damn Samsung SCH-3500 and it broke into a few hundred pieces. Either way, not going to get or make any calls.

Well, I guess I never tried it out there in 2000 but as of a couple of years ago I know it works fine in Redlands.

Overall Sprint had been great for me in Socal/Bay Area/etc.

 

[Psyber]

OK, but not extrodinary in Philadelphia suburb. It has improved significantly in the last 2 years though.

 

[bunker]

It wasn't that great when I lived in Atlanta, AT&T was good there.

 

[FoBoT]

good near my house, there is a tower about 2 miles away with good LOS

 

[HardcoreRobot]

works fine here in dc

cept on the metro, but oh well

 

[dandruff]

Great here in KC ... sitting 10 minutes away from Sprint World Headquarters ...

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
great if you live in a major metro area

I live right outside of one and TMobile (GSM) outperforms Sprint's PCS...

 

[rh71]

You're in Flushing... we did have a couple of dead spots there on Main St... the recipient phone (Sprint) would go right to voicemail (this was just a couple weeks ago).

I'm in LI and it was good outdoors, but not in my house. I barely got 1 bar and would ALWAYS get dropped. I switched to VZW in Jan'04 and get at least 2 bars and never get dropped in my house. Sprint did send me something in the mail saying they've recently added a tower in my area... so at least they are trying to make advances. I'm happy with VZW though.

 

[Ilmater]

I used to travel in college on the debate team, and I didn't have any problems. I frequently went to rural colleges too, but usually college towns will be covered, so it's not a huge surprise. Bethel College in Newton, KS was, though. Town of like 10 people not counting the college. Got great reception.

And for the record, if you have the $5 roaming plan, it technically says that you're only supposed to use no more than 1/2 of your minutes roaming, but I can tell you that it does not matter. You can use 100% of your minutes roaming, and they won't do anything. Even if they did (which, seriously, they won't), they won't charge you or anything, they just technically could tell you to look at another carrier.

 

[Pocahontas]

Great in Mid & SW Michigan .. I hate their customer service !!!

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: rh71
You're in Flushing... we did have a couple of dead spots there on Main St... the recipient phone (Sprint) would go right to voicemail (this was just a couple weeks ago).

I'm in LI and it was good outdoors, but not in my house. I barely got 1 bar and would ALWAYS get dropped. I switched to VZW in Jan'04 and get at least 2 bars and never get dropped in my house. Sprint did send me something in the mail saying they've recently added a tower in my area... so at least they are trying to make advances. I'm happy with VZW though.

Yeah that's why I wasn't sure whether to get Sprint or not. I live right off Main St, plus I live in a building so I'm guessing my reception is gonna be pretty bad.

 

[tami]

very good in nyc and surrounding areas.