tiger72SexaT duorP Premium Member join:2001-03-28 Saint Louis, MO |
tiger72
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2010-Oct-27 10:32 am
Good for themIt looks like Sprint's advertising and improving phone selection are drawing new customers finally. It certainly got me to convert one of my lines to Sprint.
And really, it's very hard to beat $59.99/mo for unlimited data, text, and mobile calling. | |
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| glinc join:2009-04-07 New York, NY |
glinc
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2010-Oct-27 10:39 am
Re: Good for themAdvertising?? They need to hire more capable people in their marketing department because I watch TV every night and I can tell you its a miracle if I see 2 Sprint TV ads in a week.
But on the side note, its just amazing how they keep on posting Net Losses for so many quarters in a row. I guess if the US is still up and running with such a huge debt, Sprint can still post Net Losses for many more quarters to come!. | |
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| Matt3All noise, no signal. Premium Member join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC |
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said by tiger72:It looks like Sprint's advertising and improving phone selection are drawing new customers finally. It certainly got me to convert one of my lines to Sprint. And really, it's very hard to beat $59.99/mo for unlimited data, text, and mobile calling. With my 18% employee discount, we get 2 unlimited lines for the price of 1 unlimited line on Verizon. We're moving that last Verizon line to Sprint at Christmas. | |
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| | en102Canadian, eh? join:2001-01-26 Valencia, CA |
en102
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2010-Oct-27 11:06 am
Re: Good for themYeah - that's what works for a lot of people.
For me: Sprint = ~18% discount VZW = 15% discount AT&T = 28% discount
There's no question on what carrier I'm using. | |
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Re: Good for themCleveland Clinic discount w/ Sprint: 18% Metrohealth System discount w/ Sprint: 20% Waste Management discount w/ Sprint: 25%
Those discounts with VZ; NADA compared to Sprint's.
PS- Sprint does NOT require proof of the discount like ATT and VZW. | |
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| | | | Matt3All noise, no signal. Premium Member join:2003-07-20 Jamestown, NC |
Matt3
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2010-Oct-27 12:46 pm
Re: Good for themsaid by hottboiinnc4:PS- Sprint does NOT require proof of the discount like ATT and VZW. This may have changed, as I had to provide proof via our corporate account rep. | |
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Oh yes Sprint does because we check it in our store. | |
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| | | | Sperkowitz Premium Member join:2002-03-30 Valencia, CA |
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If they don't ask for proof at time of signing up, someone else will check. I got an email a couple weeks later saying I was verified and approved for an employee discount. | |
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FFH5 Premium Member join:2002-03-03 Tavistock NJ
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2010-Oct-27 10:46 am
Sprint presentation to Wall St | |
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2010-Oct-27 11:37 am
Plan priceTheir website (Sprint) says that plan is 69.99. | |
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2010-Oct-27 12:51 pm
Re: Plan priceso does the ad placed right next to this article. | |
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if somehow you don't quality for a corporate or student discount, there's the publically available Everything Plus Employee Referral program - $59.99 and 50 additional minutes for "Everything Data Plus 500" plan versus $69.99 for the cheapest Everything Data plan. Here's the details: » www.fatwallet.com/forums ··· ?start=0 | |
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Geminimind Premium Member join:2003-12-20 Sacramento, CA |
GoodThey do have good deals. I like the HTC EVO it is a nice phone. But they still screwed up buying the dinosaur nextel. | |
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Kash76
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2010-Oct-27 2:53 pm
Re: GoodYou should consider that the 4G spectrum came from the Nextel acquisition. | |
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Re: GoodNo, Sprint also had 2.5-26GHz spectrum from their failed tv venture with MCI. The additional spectrum that they got from the Nextel merger didn't hurt obviously. | |
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Another thumbs up for Sprint from me...I have a family plan with Sprint with 5 phones, all smartphones. All having unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data!
Total cost for the whole plan is $225 AFTER taxes. We split that amount equally and I end up paying $90 for me and my wife and my dad pays $135 for himself, my mom and my little brother.
So in my eyes I'm paying $90 for two with unlimited anything.
Needless to say, I'm extremely happy with my service in terms of price and what I get. | |
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Re: Another thumbs up for Sprint from me...said by Grothendieck:I have a family plan with Sprint with 5 phones, all smartphones. All having unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data! Total cost for the whole plan is $225 AFTER taxes. We split that amount equally and I end up paying $90 for me and my wife and my dad pays $135 for himself, my mom and my little brother. So in my eyes I'm paying $90 for two with unlimited anything. Needless to say, I'm extremely happy with my service in terms of price and what I get. That's funny because in France telecom incumbent France Telecom offers a $60/month quadruple play. | |
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Re: Another thumbs up for Sprint from me...Well it's France. I do not know of their prices.
All I know is that Sprints plan is unmatched by the other carriers in the US which is where I live... | |
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turn off the lights at NextelWhen will Sprint finally shut down Nextel? Its only reprieve was that it was the first cell carrier to offer unlimited calling, AKA "direct connect" walkie talkie. Which made it standard equipment for every teenager in the 2000s. | |
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Re: turn off the lights at NextelWhy? Nextel is great for what iDEN was intended to do. Many people use Nextel for industrial use and emergency response. I have my own Nextel phone, but we used to have them at work as well. Direct Connect was great for talking with coworkers on finding out info right away. We since switched to Verizon. Not only do the Verizon Push To Talk phones suck ass, no one uses PTT because it sucks so bad on VZW. I use Nextel as my real phone and the Evo on Sprint as my toy phone. I need a phone that can take abuse and the Motorola i680 can certainly to that. I dont see myself ever not carrying around two cell phones, one smartphone and one rugged as hell milspec Nextel.
Nextel had big impact on the industry. Not only did they inspire to concept of free mobile to mobile like you said, but they were the first provider to drop Nights & Weekends down to 7PM from 9PM and if they were not the first they were one the first to do real time turn by turn voice dictated GPS on phones. At one point I had the Telenav free trial installed on my old Moto i90 in 2002
iDEN is awesome for what it was intended to be used for and should live on. | |
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Re: turn off the lights at Nextelsaid by Happydude32:iDEN is awesome for what it was intended to be used for and should live on. No, it shouldn't. It's time has come and gone. | |
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Re: turn off the lights at NextelWhy has it's time come and gone? What do you say to the millions of Nextel and Boost subscribers? What do you say to local EMS that relies on Nextel, what do you say to the construction crew that needs a durable milspec phone?
What harm is there in Sprint operating two distinct networks that serve two totally different purposes? | |
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Re: turn off the lights at Nextelsaid by Happydude32:Why has it's time come and gone? What do you say to the millions of Nextel and Boost subscribers? What do you say to local EMS that relies on Nextel, what do you say to the construction crew that needs a durable milspec phone? What harm is there in Sprint operating two distinct networks that serve two totally different purposes? Quoteth Dan Hesse: "...but then the alternative on the cost side, because were running two networks instead of one network, we see our costs of running our network is a disadvantage." Dollars and cents, there's your harm and at the end of the day that's what it all boils down to. And you don't have to have iDEN to have a military spec phone.... | |
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said by DarnellP:said by Happydude32:iDEN is awesome for what it was intended to be used for and should live on. No, it shouldn't. It's time has come and gone. No it hasn't. I drove out to California, and for about 1/2 of the way, my father's old Nextel i530 was the only phone that worked. (Direct Connect only, but still.) | |
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Re: turn off the lights at Nextelsaid by lhvetinari:said by DarnellP:said by Happydude32:iDEN is awesome for what it was intended to be used for and should live on. No, it shouldn't. It's time has come and gone. No it hasn't. I drove out to California, and for about 1/2 of the way, my father's old Nextel i530 was the only phone that worked. (Direct Connect only, but still.) Yes, it has. Once Sprint puts CDMA on that 800MHz spectrum that your father's Nextel phone was using, it will work in those very same places that his i530 did. | |
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King PDon't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul Premium Member join:2004-11-17 Murfreesboro, TN |
King P
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2010-Oct-27 4:19 pm
Subsidized Smartphones that are duds...Wonder how Sprint feels after Samsung stuck them with a bunch of defective 1st gen android phones (Samsung Moment).
A bunch of folks that have it, are pissed that they can't call when the phone experiences data lockups (on average 2-3 times a day), and have to reboot the phone each time, to recover (Sprint Forums).
If I were Sprint, I'd take it back to Samsung and be like "hey, WTF!". They've released 2 patches that were supposed to address these issues, but still haven't fixed the problem. | |
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DoRight join:2007-07-20 East Petersburg, PA 1 edit |
SERO linesI must say the changes to the Sprint SERO lines rock. For $30 a month I get 500 mins, anytime any mobile, unlimited data and text and nights at 7pm and unlimited Nav for my HTC Hero. Sure as heck beats my $100 a month Verizon with 700 mins. | |
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gimme5
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2010-Oct-27 9:54 pm
Re: SERO linesYou have a Hero on a $30 SERO line and any mobile anytime? I thought you needed to $40 SERO Premium for all that. | |
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Re: SERO linessaid by gimme5:You have a Hero on a $30 SERO line and any mobile anytime? I thought you needed to $40 SERO Premium for all that. You do... | |
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