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flyingjoey

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Re: Wow....

So you're getting 1.2 on AT&T's great network, the network that can put you back on Edge by walking 3 feet in the wrong direction. hahahh!

I've been in a moving car getting 1.4 consistently (on Sprint), and in certain places I've seen 2.3 down and 800 up.

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Re: Wow....

said by flyingjoey See Profile :

So you're getting 1.2 on AT&T's great network, the network that can put you back on Edge by walking 3 feet in the wrong direction. hahahh!

I've been in a moving car getting 1.4 consistently (on Sprint), and in certain places I've seen 2.3 down and 800 up.
Sprint blows compared to At&t. They might have more 3G coverage than At&t right now, but their coverage in general sucks compared to At&t. My experiences with at&t 3G have been good and I have gotten up to about 1.5 in a moving car. Sprints customer service also sucks compared to any of the other carriers.
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flyingjoey

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Re: Wow....

yes their customer service may suck... you're right about that.

The last time I had to deal with customer service was... ummmm Sept. of 2005. Haven't had a need to speak to them again.

Evdo Rev. A for $15 bucks a month is a small price to pay for what I get out of it... specially when I'm on the road and don't want to pay 12.95 for hotel Internet access.

I've had a company crackberry phone for 3+ years and I still rather pay for my sprint phone cause it feels more reliable and the voice calls sound better.

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said by ilikeme See Profile :

Sprint blows compared to At&t. They might have more 3G coverage than At&t right now, but their coverage in general sucks compared to At&t. My experiences with at&t 3G have been good and I have gotten up to about 1.5 in a moving car. Sprints customer service also sucks compared to any of the other carriers.
Then you're one of the few and far between lucky of AT&T customers right now. You didn't say whether you were sporting an iPhone or not, but either way...

I think I just wanted to tell you how heartily I laughed when I read this particular contradiction:
They might have more 3G coverage than At&t right now, but their coverage in general sucks compared to At&t.
What? Care to espouse on the topic of how they can simultaneously have more 3G coverage but suck in general compared to the provider who has the death star for a logo? The company who had to drop the "fewest dropped calls of any network" advertising nonsense in favor of a less-outright-lie "more bars in more places" slogan?

Take a look at some of the maps people have been posting of "3G" iPhone performance (and I put 3G in quotes, because the speeds are anything but). I know that where I live at least, I saw speeds averaging around 350 kilobits/sec. That's plain disgusting...

I easily get 1.1-1.2 megabits (even in marginal signal areas) on my HTC Mogul tethering to my PC. EV-DO Rev.A FTW.
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You are too kind. Sprint's customer service does not suck -- it blows !!!!
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