Sprint cell service???

[mtnpull]

Who uses it and is it any good. How is coverage? Many dropped calls? Data speeds good? I am considering leaving Verizon and Sprint seems like a good alternative. Those who have had both sprint and verizon I would especially like to hear from and what they like better.

Thanks y'all!

 

[sledhead ut]

I would never leave Verizon just because of their coverage area's. I can call and text my kids from nearly any place we ride in the Uinta's. I know it may not concern most but Verizon is the only service that works at our cabin and it is also our internet service via Mobile Hotspot from the cabin. Guess it all boils down to the price per package for the area's you hang out in. May be a life or death for us so I'm just saying I would rather call 911 for help and be able to shoot out a GPS coordinate for a rescue if needed.

Just my food for thought.

 

[DRAPE]

I've been with Sprint for a couple of years now and have loved it. We camp and travel all over the state and there has not been one place where I at least haven't been able to send at least a text. Sometimes I'll have to move to a higher point, but I think that is normal. Just an example, I had 3g internet below Strawberry Ridge and also in the Monroe mountains. I can hook my pc to my phone and use it as a modem - without paying the extra hotspot fees.

I can't vouch for Verizon because I can't think of anybody I hang with that has it, but the tmobile and ATT guys are usually pissed when I'm surfin' the web chattin' with babes all day

Speeds are fast, 4g is like a racegas turbo. I've got 10 phones on my account for my business and they were the cheapest by far. Free mobile to mobile is awesome, we've never come even close to going over minutes - nice to not have to worry about that.

Only down side for me is 4g is really spotty, but I guess they are developing that daily, but 3g is plenty for me and its all I've ever used.

My good friend just switched to verizon so we're kind of excited to see how it does this year in the back country.

To top everything off with a cherry, it was a long time waiting, but Sprint now has iphone

 

[girlpowder]

Who uses it and is it any good. How is coverage? Many dropped calls? Data speeds good? I am considering leaving Verizon and Sprint seems like a good alternative. Those who have had both sprint and verizon I would especially like to hear from and what they like better.

Thanks y'all!

Why are you considering leaving?

 

[phatty]

When Sprint gets the iphone 5 with a 4g connection i will be switching to sprint from verizon.

Reasons for doing so:

1- 99% of the places I go sprint has coverage. The 1% where verizon has coverage and sprint doesnt, im ok not having it. No question verizon has the best coverage, but sprint is really close behind

2- Price. Sprints unlimited plan is $30-40 cheaper than verizons. Especially when having 2 or more phones on your plan.

3- unlimited data plan. No cap at 2 GB and then charging up the wazzu for it. This means you can turn your 4g phone into a mobile hotspot and NOT GET CHARGED FOR DATA USE. I dont know if many people get how amazing that would be. You could buy an extra 4g phone add it to your plan for an extra $10 a month and leave it at home for full time hotspot. Thats paying $10 a month for 7-10 MBs speeds. Qwest charges $39 a month for that. Lets hope sprint doesnt follow att and verizon and cap data usage.

 

[Dunatic]

I had Sprint, I now have Verizon. Verizon's coverage and customer service is ALOT better than Sprints. I have gone from Verizon, when I started working at Ford in 2000 they took over my service and we went to AT&T, in 09 I went to Sprint with Sears because we had a 35% discount, I am now back to Verizon and I don't plan on leaving.

 

[mtnpull]

Great feedback. I have loved the coverage of verizon. But I have always heard sprint was good as well. I just feel like I am somebody's bitch constantly paying out the *** for my verizon service. I just feel like it is too much. Sprint's unlimited everything for $80 a month is half of what I am paying! I can put up with a slight coverage change for that. Anybody have any issues with sprint? customer service? Dropped calls? Anything I should be concerned about?

 

[Dunatic]

I have had absolute horrible experiences with Sprints customer service. If you don't remember my experiences with the 4g EVO, I would be happy to tell you about it.

 

[dirtywrong]

4g evo was a troubled phone.

 

[snengineer]

all depends on where you need to have coverage, I like knowing I have coverage in most all places with verizon....I ran out of gas last June up bloody gulch and was able to text with my wife at home from the bottom of the gulch while i waited for my buddy to retrieve a gas can from the truck....it was a relief to know that I had contact at that time. Other then the coverage the other stuff doesn't matter to me that much.

With a rental business like yours wouldn't you need coverage almost anywhere possible?

 

[Dunatic]

4g evo was a troubled phone.

I went through 5 of them in a couple months. When they let me walk out the door without a working phone, I walked across the parking lot and moved my 4 lines to Verizon. I told them I was going to do that and they didn't care.

 

[SledGimp]

Been with Sprint for over a year now and its pretty good, but I live in a dead zone.

 

[MOWER800]

sprint

I have been with sprint for 8 years with no problems on 6 phones but if I was to switch it would be to Verizion

 

[mtnpull]

all depends on where you need to have coverage, I like knowing I have coverage in most all places with verizon....I ran out of gas last June up bloody gulch and was able to text with my wife at home from the bottom of the gulch while i waited for my buddy to retrieve a gas can from the truck....it was a relief to know that I had contact at that time. Other then the coverage the other stuff doesn't matter to me that much.

With a rental business like yours wouldn't you need coverage almost anywhere possible?

I am mostly in the Heber Valley and not up on the mountain. From Drapes post it sounds like Sprint has nearly as good of coverage in the mountains as verizon.

 

[DRAPE]

I am mostly in the Heber Valley and not up on the mountain. From Drapes post it sounds like Sprint has nearly as good of coverage in the mountains as verizon.

Great coverage in your neck of the woods. I've honestly been in my trailer in the uinta's and did a remote desktop connection to my pc in NSL and been able to work.

Dunner, I and another guy at work have had the htc evo 4g for 1 year and that phone has been a gem. Zero problems. I've just recently switched to iphone. Customer service via phone has been good - I've never been put on hold and they've been very helpful. I had an issue with the "Sprint" store in Centerville, the guy was being a dikfer and wouldn't switch numbers from one phone to another because I ordered the phone online and didn't buy it from him. There's always a line at the store in sugarhouse too.

I too hope that Sprint doesn't change their data plans, but I don't think they will because it gives them a leg up over the other brands. I honestly think you'd be happy with either one but if it's price you're after, price is definitely cheaper with Sprint.

 

[JedInUtah]

I will add my .02 since I have been with sprint 6 years now.
Here is the straight up on sprint. They are in catch up mode no doubt. They gambled on 4G and wimax with Clear. That gamble lost. Wimax is very spotty and LTE will be the standard. Because of this sprint has now had to cough up something like 21 million dollars over the next 2 years to get on board with LTE.

That being said that is all "DATA". There data in 3g is still pretty fast considering and has always been enough for me. Sometimes I win the race, sometimes ATT wins the race, sometimes verizon or tmobile. Just depends on the area.

In terms of voice coverage verizon is #1. However sprint has a roaming agreement with verizon and so if there is a spot sprint doesn't get digital, I roam on verizon. Like Drape I have been hunting in the mountains and made and received calls when ATT and Tmo would not. Snowmobiling as well I have been surprised by the places my phone rings or sends texts. I have never felt lacking for voice coverage.

So summary= Data- good and getting better. Voice- a close second to Verizon. PRICE= no comparison

I honestly feel that for what you get in terms of voice coverage, data speeds, and price they are the best deal out there. If money weren't an issue I would be a verizon customer. I am currently paying $65 for unlimited on my phone. Unlimited text, unlimited data, and 450 min. per month, but with any mobile any time I don't even usually hit half of thos 450 min. because I never call landlines. Everything is cell these days.

Phatty- unfortunately though sprint already capped there hotspot devices. NOT phones, just hotspots.

 

[DRAPE]

Ya, what's a landline?? Who does that anymore?

 

[phatty]

I will add my .02 since I have been with sprint 6 years now.
Here is the straight up on sprint. They are in catch up mode no doubt. They gambled on 4G and wimax with Clear. That gamble lost. Wimax is very spotty and LTE will be the standard. Because of this sprint has now had to cough up something like 21 million dollars over the next 2 years to get on board with LTE.

That being said that is all "DATA". There data in 3g is still pretty fast considering and has always been enough for me. Sometimes I win the race, sometimes ATT wins the race, sometimes verizon or tmobile. Just depends on the area.

In terms of voice coverage verizon is #1. However sprint has a roaming agreement with verizon and so if there is a spot sprint doesn't get digital, I roam on verizon. Like Drape I have been hunting in the mountains and made and received calls when ATT and Tmo would not. Snowmobiling as well I have been surprised by the places my phone rings or sends texts. I have never felt lacking for voice coverage.

So summary= Data- good and getting better. Voice- a close second to Verizon. PRICE= no comparison

I honestly feel that for what you get in terms of voice coverage, data speeds, and price they are the best deal out there. If money weren't an issue I would be a verizon customer. I am currently paying $65 for unlimited on my phone. Unlimited text, unlimited data, and 450 min. per month, but with any mobile any time I don't even usually hit half of thos 450 min. because I never call landlines. Everything is cell these days.

Phatty- unfortunately though sprint already capped there hotspot devices. NOT phones, just hotspots.

How do they tell the data transmitted from a phone is over hotspot connection or not? You can set up phones as hotspots (jailbroken iphone for example) some phones come with built in apps for hotspots. Most cellphone forums discuss people not getting charged to use phone as hotspots. Just waiting on iphone 5 with 4g and im heading over to sprint... Wife is on ATT and im verizon. Both companies charge way too much for way too little

 

[JedInUtah]

How do they tell the data transmitted from a phone is over hotspot connection or not? You can set up phones as hotspots (jailbroken iphone for example) some phones come with built in apps for hotspots. Most cellphone forums discuss people not getting charged to use phone as hotspots. Just waiting on iphone 5 with 4g and im heading over to sprint... Wife is on ATT and im verizon. Both companies charge way too much for way too little

You are correct....with a Rooted or Jailbroken phone they cannot tell the difference. I did it all the time with my laptop and evo 4g.

Currently I am using the Samsung Galaxy S2 until they come out with the iPhone 5. It is not rooted so I have not tethered via wifi.

If you have a hotspot device or aircard, or pay for hotspot so that you can do it on your unrooted phone, that is what is limited.

 

[acutah]

I will add my .02 since I have been with sprint 6 years now.
Here is the straight up on sprint. They are in catch up mode no doubt. They gambled on 4G and wimax with Clear. That gamble lost. Wimax is very spotty and LTE will be the standard. Because of this sprint has now had to cough up something like 21 million dollars over the next 2 years to get on board with LTE.

That being said that is all "DATA". There data in 3g is still pretty fast considering and has always been enough for me. Sometimes I win the race, sometimes ATT wins the race, sometimes verizon or tmobile. Just depends on the area.

In terms of voice coverage verizon is #1. However sprint has a roaming agreement with verizon and so if there is a spot sprint doesn't get digital, I roam on verizon. Like Drape I have been hunting in the mountains and made and received calls when ATT and Tmo would not. Snowmobiling as well I have been surprised by the places my phone rings or sends texts. I have never felt lacking for voice coverage.

So summary= Data- good and getting better. Voice- a close second to Verizon. PRICE= no comparison

I honestly feel that for what you get in terms of voice coverage, data speeds, and price they are the best deal out there. If money weren't an issue I would be a verizon customer. I am currently paying $65 for unlimited on my phone. Unlimited text, unlimited data, and 450 min. per month, but with any mobile any time I don't even usually hit half of thos 450 min. because I never call landlines. Everything is cell these days.

Phatty- unfortunately though sprint already capped there hotspot devices. NOT phones, just hotspots.

You ABSOLUTELY nailed it Jed! I have been with Sprint since 1997 and have no intentions of switching.