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Squilly

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Well this sucks.
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Gotta love Sprint -.-
 

GeorgieAcevedo

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Lmao I don't understand how sprint survives as a company with these speeds. There's either too many college students or just a ton of cheap people. I say cheap and not broke because if you're broke you should not own a iPhone.
 

Squilly

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Unfortunately, where I am, coverage is pathetic. Those speeds are with an Airwave, which is supposed to increase coverage. (facepalm)
 

MattMJB0188

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What's with all the whiny Sprint threads lately??? Seriously, they SUCK!!! That's why their prices are cheap.

I never understood why anyone would even consider them, coverage or not. When you have coverage the speeds suck and I've heard calls suck too.

Verizon and AT&T have the capacity to handle the iPhone, Sprint does not.
 

Squilly

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What's with all the whiny Sprint threads lately??? Seriously, they SUCK!!! That's why their prices are cheap.

I never understood why anyone would even consider them, coverage or not. When you have coverage the speeds suck and I've heard calls suck too.

Verizon and AT&T have the capacity to handle the iPhone, Sprint does not.

Cause of their "simply everything" plan. My parents have been with them for 15+ years. I keep telling them to go to Verizon -.-
 

mac.cali

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Mar 16, 2012
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Yeah, but I feel sorry for you when you step outside an LTE area. I enjoy download speeds between 9-10 Mbps down on AT&T 3G. ;)

I feel sorry for you being on ATT. I don't go outside the LTE. So far I've yet to be outside of Verizon's LTE service area.
 

BigMcGuire

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Lmao I don't understand how sprint survives as a company with these speeds. There's either too many college students or just a ton of cheap people. I say cheap and not broke because if you're broke you should not own a iPhone.

Nice to see I'm not the only one thinking this. :)
 

scaredpoet

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Same area on AT&T:

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Lmao I don't understand how sprint survives as a company with these speeds. There's either too many college students or just a ton of cheap people. I say cheap and not broke because if you're broke you should not own a iPhone.

Right now, Softbank's huge investment is what's keeping them afloat. Between the failed Nextel merger and their flip-flopping on 4G technology (WiMax vs LTE), it's a miracle they've survived this long. But Softbank wants a toehold on the US market, and Sprint was an easy target.

I was a customer for 8 years, and dumped them when they merged with Nextel. I knew that was a bad deal from the get-go.
 

stuaz

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Jun 16, 2012
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My home broadband (Wired) connection sits around 0.5mb so I am used to those types of speeds :D

Though 3G is naturally a lot faster hehe.
 
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