Virgin Mobile's New $40 Prepaid Data Plan Has Huge Issues > Surprised??

Surprised??

umm no way . . Verizon is so anti competitive and there prices are ridiculous. ..

reply to glinc
from the user's affected, they state that sprint's own version of it, using sprint's network is working just fine..

the issue is VM's version of it working on sprint's network is the faulty one.

reply to glinc
Sprint has excellent service, if you have the coverage. It may be bad in your area, but that certainly isn't the case for the entire country.

However, I do agree with your last point in regards to the service cost.
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reply to glinc
how much does VZ pay you to promote their network and services?

reply to glinc
$40 is cheap?!? You guys have really been brainwashed.

reply to glinc
Fanboy.

Seriously, Sprint's network is rock solid fro a 3G perspective in most of their service areas. It appears though that Virgin Mobile's overlay is crap. If Virgin Mobile added a few more internet egress locations, and upgraded the capacity of those locations, things would be just fine...

reply to aaronwt
Wait...how did you get 5M for $16?

reply to iansltx
i don't see VM adding anything. Instead its the software that they use on the devices and how sprint routes their connection over the Sprint Network. Remember they're just the prepaid side of Sprint. Otherwise- samethings as sprint.
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Sprint doesn't have a gateway in Walnut Creek, CA. Virgin Mobile does. Similar concept to how DataJack's TMo gateway is in Rackspace at Dallas...same as any other white-label TMo 3G provider.

reply to squirrel83
True, but it seems to work.

reply to glinc

reply to iansltx
Fanboy? nahz.

1. I work at a Sprint store, so I sell Sprint, VM and Boost.
2. Have FiOS internet + TV at home.
3. For personal lines, I have 5 VZW cell for me and my family.

I take home everyday each Sprint store demo phone and I can tell you that there is a coverage difference between VZW and Sprint and a big one.

Also, even in the store I'm at. Sprint and Nextel service goes from 1 bar to none.

reply to aaronwt
Are you writing about megabits and kilobits (per your capitalization), or megabytes and kilobytes?

reply to glinc
Interesting. I'm not in NYC so I can't prove or disprove what you're saying, however Sprint and AT&T actually have the best reception around here. Verizon isn't quite as good, fading out almost entirely in some campus buildings. T-Mobile fades COMPLETELY in some campus buildings.

YMMV

reply to glinc
Intelligent.

Virgin Mobile IS Sprint. It's the same network. Sprint's data network is just fine.

But, I can certainly see your point.. "cheap service - don't complain!" .... I can see how a rate plan has anything to do with how a network operates. So with that, are you saying that if you pay more for the actual Sprint name that its going to be a better experience just because you paid more? Are you trying to say that Verizon is going to be better because you paid more for it? ... with that thinking, the AT&T/apple iPhone service should be "da' bomb!!" compared to other services.

in short - doesn't work.

I had Sprint post paid service with a MiFi card.. turned it off and activated it on Virgin Mobile.. not a single difference for me with the service. This is MY experience and will be the foundation and basis for my opinions.

Reliability isn't measured in price alone, or the iPhone would be THE cell phone to have, cable TV would be better over satellite, and Cable Modems would be better than a Fiber line from Verizon.

Not to mention, there are plenty of tests, etc. that state the Sprint data network is one of the best out there.

reply to iansltx
which is something you're not required to have. If they did all the providers that pop up as resellers/private label providers wouldn't be able to put up.

hell. Kroger Company has their own cell company from Sprint.
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reply to glinc
I call BS. Especially with roaming. Sounds more on the line of a VZ Fanboy that just doesn't work for them, or more less gets paid by both companies for pushing VZ online and Sprint in the stores.
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reply to hottboiinnc
It's a cost-cutting thing to have your own gateway, provided you push enough traffic through it.

That's why Millenicom MBB is $70 and Virgin Mobile MBB is $40.