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Re: Surprised? said by Matt:Verizon has the luxury of roaming among Alltel (now Verizon) and Sprint towers. As far as I know, Sprint and Verizon do not have 3G data roaming agreements. When Verizon lit up there 3G network here earlier this year, I was perplexed as to why my Sprint phone was still stuck with the old data speeds when roaming. I asked on the Sprint users forums and was told there is no roaming agreement for 3G between the two carriers.
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Ashburn, VA | It's a bit confusing for me to try and keep up with, but this is generally how I believe Sprint's roaming agreements work with regards to Verizon.
On my BlackBerry Curve with Sprint, I only show "1XEV" when I am connected to Sprint PCS, and when I roam off Sprint PCS, I only see "1X" maximum.
According to my BlackBerry manual:
D = text only (maybe voice)
1x = voice/text only
1X = slow data
1XEV = fast data
I seem to recall that the roaming agreement with Verizon allows for the Sprint Powervision stuff to work when roaming. This includes their TV and radio stuff, but it would not include general web surfing or downloads/uploads.
The exception would be with Alltel, which is technically Verizon now, but there was already a 3G data roaming agreement in place which Verizon honored after the Alltel acquisition. |
