flyingjoey
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ
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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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ilikeme
I live in a van down by the river.
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join:2002-08-27
Houston, TX
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| said by flyingjoey  :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
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| 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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Nerdtalker
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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said by ilikeme :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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Hambone
Hambone
join:2007-08-11
North Hollywood, CA | reply to ilikeme
You are too kind. Sprint's customer service does not suck -- it blows !!!! |
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