 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | What are they smoking These prices might appeal to those with bad credit but c'mon.
prepaid is normally used by those smart consumers wanting to avoid those unfees.
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| I think they don't understand the difference between "prepaid" and "PAYG".
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| Didcha read the press release? Once you are outside of Sprint's robust network, you roam on EDGE. Interestingly enough, that shouldn't be a problem because when I was ON Sprints native network it was getting EDGE speeds  This product is definitely targeted toward MetroPCS folks (metro, bad credit)...maybe they can pick up a few subs....
This is no more than Sprint putting a checkbox (me too) to compete with the anemic native prepaid offerings from AT&T and Verizon and more importantly siphon off a few MetroPCS subs while TMO is in the transition. The only twist I see is LTE at this point, which they are going to offer to their MVNO anyways (including Sprint-owned MVNO), so if some poor soul who has bad credit when they roll into the store, the sales guys have a product to sell.
Like I said, fill in the checkbox... |
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| I read the Fierce[category_here] article about the cute-sy 'Sprint As You Go' non-brand. Was there a press release, too? (No, I didn't go to the Sprint site to see.)
(...not sure what that has to do with what I said earlier)
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said by elefante72:Didcha read the press release? Once you are outside of Sprint's robust network, you roam on EDGE. Interestingly enough, that shouldn't be a problem because when I was ON Sprints native network it was getting EDGE speeds
Sprint, nor any of it's domestic roaming partners, does not use EDGE. EDGE is a GSM thing... |
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| I'm sure this person meant 1x GPRS, which is actually natively slower than EDGE. But I see his point. I ditched Sprint for this very reason. It would piss me off to see 3G on my phone but the websites would not load or get anywhere. |
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| said by Network Guy:I'm sure this person meant 1x GPRS, which is actually natively slower than EDGE. But I see his point. I ditched Sprint for this very reason. It would piss me off to see 3G on my phone but the websites would not load or get anywhere.
GPRS is also a GSM Tech... you're actually looking for 1xRTT  |
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I have bad credit 740 rating.. |
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 AMDUSERPremium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
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The unfees, charged by Verizon is why I went with Pageplus... same network coverage.. none of the fees.
*Sprints coverage locally is bad... I only get 2 bars... with VZ [Pageplus] I get 4 bars... in my house and 3 bars in the basement. Most importantly- no mysteriously dropped calls. |
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