| sprints ok The coverage foot-print of Sprint is virtually identical to Verizon's. With roaming agreements, anywhere there is a CDMA tower, you can use your Sprint phone. It's 3G network is best-in-class
Im glad someone knows this. Im sick of people sayind they have no coverage. only wish the data was faster while roaming... |
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The coverage foot-print of Sprint is virtually identical to Verizon's.
Oh? I gave away (yes, gave it away; it was of no value to me) a Kindle I received as a gift because I couldn't use it in our area. Verizon is on a building two blocks away. The closest cell site for Sprint (which is needed to download e-books to the Kindle) is 100 miles away. |
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Same for my Dad. I haven't heard any complaints from him about his Sprint service or coverage.
I OTOH could say a thing or two about T-Mo's coverage, even if it is the only provider that I actually get good signal on at home. Seriously. Even though they were a latecomer to this market IIRC, they seem to be the only one with a cell tower nearby!
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The coverage *seems* identical (especially due to the tower-sharing agreements and roaming agreements). However, the actual technology is where the rubber meets the road. The two types of CDMA seem compatible; however, they are employed differently enough that they are not *completely* compatible. (This is why they can share tower space; there's no interference because of those differences.) The differences are enough, however, to cause dead spots due to how each type of CDMA acts given the geography of an area.
(This is why, in 2005, pre-spinoff of Embarq, VZW was waxing Sprint butt along the Strip, which was practically in Sprint's front yard. The tower coverage was supposedly there; however, the dead spots caused by CDMA-tech differences bit Sprint in the butt.) |
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Not in the west. Sprint does roam on Verizon occasionally but I have personally seen were my VZ phone works great and Sprint is just a brick. Go figure. |
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