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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to fiberguy
Re: Sprint, WTF are u doing! I live in the Los Angeles area, and my Sprint iDEN Blackberry 7510 blows chunks. |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
1 edit | reply to Sircolby45
Who said anything about EVDO ?
I don't have any concern over 3G data that I don't use. |
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en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Well, I can say that Sprint's iDEN blows chunks...
best I get is ~ -90dBm, coverage a few miles from me is non-existant (on the way to Costco no less), and the only place I get good service is at HomeDepot. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to imrf
Two things.. My comment on comparing the two (sprint/nextel) is not to compare them as a single network! People think that because they merged, that over night it's one network. I was saying not to compare the "two"..
Boost? Who cares! What does that crapy ghetto of a product line have to do with ANYTHING other than make Nextel users look like low lifes.. It's also a pretty new service which doesn't change ANYTHING.. and I believe that the ghetto service markets to major cities.. and NOT the barnyards of America. my point remains. NEXTEL is and has always been a business service and they have always services the major metros.. NOT THE BOONIES where they are less likely used. Hard to swallow that?
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Utica, MI | said by fiberguy:Two things.. My comment on comparing the two (sprint/nextel) is not to compare them as a single network! People think that because they merged, that over night it's one network. I was saying not to compare the "two".. Which, if you read my first post, I didn't. I compared them as separate networks.
It's also a pretty new service which doesn't change ANYTHING.. and I believe that the ghetto service markets to major cities.. Boost has been around for many years. It's main point is for people who want to use Nextel's Direct Connect service, without having to get locked into a contract.
my point remains. NEXTEL is and has always been a business service and they have always services the major metros.. So? I have used them all for both personal use and business.
NOT THE BOONIES where they are less likely used. Why do you keep blathering on about the boonies. In my first post, which you must not have read, is specifically said not in the boonies, which must mean a metro area.
Hard to swallow that? Why would it, you keep posting things to back up my point, and you keep rambling on about something I'm not even talking about.
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said by en102:Covering roaming partners in a dotted green as 'unknown signal' only when zoomed down to the street level is a little deceptive. And my personal experience with Sprint coverage maps is that they took a page from the "FCC Broadband availability" book. If you can get a signal, even a weak one, anywhere in a given zip code, then they call that area covered.
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
kudos:1 | reply to fiberguy
said by fiberguy::: sigh :: it depends on WHERE you are as well as anything else including the phone you use. You can't compare Spring and Nextel as they are two different nets. Nextel is GOING to have "horrible" coverage on a nationwide scale.. they are and have always been for business and they have always served the major metro areas.. not the boonies. To be fair, it can be said the same against VZ/ATT.. in Sacramento, downtown area, and first outter ring of the city, those two SUCK and Sprint/Nextel rock. It all depends on a few things.. Agreed.. I use Nextel and have not had any coverage issues in N Cal at all.. even the farm lands are covered quite well.. of course YMMV
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The western Kansas coverage is not technically theirs. It is through the Sprint roaming alliance. 2 local carriers cover that area for Sprint. |
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I left Nextel after 2 years because of the Sprint takeover. I have a few friends who used to work for Nextel and still have collegues there. They are hearing that Sprint is not putting any money into the iDEN infratructure. They are simply letting it die.
As a result of the poor coverage, Nextel users are literally ruunning away. T-Mobile has been a huge beneficiary. That's where I went and couldn't be happier with my MDA Windows Mobile 5 phone.
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evoxfanWaiting On Dsl Or Cable
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Daleville, AL | reply to Albatross6
said by Albatross6:Their coverage in Western Kansas is amazing. Their home office is located in Kansas City!
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yahtzeePremium
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Richmond, VA | reply to en102
said by en102:I live in the Los Angeles area, and my Sprint iDEN Blackberry 7510 blows chunks. Then quit being a tight ass and buy a new BlackBerry. Welcome to 2007.
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 batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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said by Sircolby45:How is this Sprint's fault? Also Sprint has 10x better coverage than Verizon or AT&T. No they don't. That is so obviously false where did you pull that from? |
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Probably not, but the cattle might.
Seriously though, you might be surprised how many farmers are using cell phones. There are areas it is miles between houses, and a cell phone is the only communication. |
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said by batterup:said by Sircolby45:How is this Sprint's fault? Also Sprint has 10x better coverage than Verizon or AT&T. No they don't. That is so obviously false where did you pull that from? Then prove me wrong...If you lay the evidence out in front of me I am not afraid to admit I was wrong. I have personally looked at the maps and from what I see Sprint appears to have the better coverage. In Texas Verizon's coverage is literally laughable. Then Sprint still beats Cingular here too. Also Sprint seems to have a denser coverage throughout the rest of the US.
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 cob_1310nm Of GoodnessPremium
join:2003-07-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to SterlingJ85
You might also consider that most other providers are in the same boat. Here, Verizon Wireless has fantastic coverage - but none of it is on their own towers.
MCI's failure of a venture into wireless was entirely Sprint's network. |
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