I was happy with Sprint for about a month, mostly because it was cheap. After a year of averaging ~150kbps on 3G, and no LTE available in the tiny town of Seattle, I'm incredibly sick of Sprint. Leave while you can, people, and for the love of Job, don't let friends sign contracts with Sprint.
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5s all but worthless on sprint
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Where's the exit?
I've spent an hour on the phone trying to cancel a Sprint order for a gold 32GB 5s placed on September 20th. The model is on backorder, no anticipated ship date--one rep chatted with me today and said the order would take about eight weeks from now (driving my decision), but all I've gotten for my effort is a maybe on the cancellation.
On top of that, I discovered that although I had asked multiple times for AppleCare and not Sprint's monthly hardware insurance plan, the order had been written up with Sprint's plan. Of course, I had no idea from the bill because the bill was not itemized.
I'm astounded by this situation. If I can get out of the order, I will definitely follow your advice!
I've spent an hour on the phone trying to cancel a Sprint order for a gold 32GB 5s placed on September 20th. The model is on backorder, no anticipated ship date--one rep chatted with me today and said the order would take about eight weeks from now (driving my decision), but all I've gotten for my effort is a maybe on the cancellation.
On top of that, I discovered that although I had asked multiple times for AppleCare and not Sprint's monthly hardware insurance plan, the order had been written up with Sprint's plan. Of course, I had no idea from the bill because the bill was not itemized.
I'm astounded by this situation. If I can get out of the order, I will definitely follow your advice!
Contact Executive Services. dan@sprint.com. They will call you (if you give them a phone number).
Executive Services has the authority that Customer Service does not.
Who? Verizon? They definitely have LTE, and I'm trying to switch to them. It's just pricey with the ETF.
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Nope. First it was going to be last fall. Then this summer. Then this fall. Now ???
Verwon, not Verizon. One of the users here. Sprint LTE in Seattle.
My point in mentioning that verwon has Sprint LTE is that Sprint LTE is present in Seattle at this time.
I hope tmobile can get some of the lower spectrum next year at auction. They've done some really good things this year, and improving their coverage indoors and in rural areas would be great
My area was scheduled for completion March '14. Today I checked and it moved to April. LOL. How long can it possibly take to install new equipment?
At this point in the rollout it's not the equipment anymore. It's the connection. Sprint has a lot of completed sites, but because the fiber-optic vendors are being very slow to deliver the backhaul cable there is NOTHING to hook the new equipment up to.
This is what happens though when you contract with your competitors to deliver that backhaul. What incentive do AT&T and Verizon have to be timely in hooking Sprint cell tower sites up?
It's not present, actually. Being that I live here, I can confirm that. Unless you count a block (literally, one block) here and there having LTE (at a whopping 2-3Mbps!) as "being present." Personally, I don't. That's just a few spots of slightly-faster connectivity.
Well, I won't argue with you. I'm just reporting on what verwon's experience has been. I'm about three states away and you're there so you would know better then I of course.
In any case, I'll let verwon speak for herself if she's reading.
Sorry, I'm not trying to be a jerk. I'm just annoyed with Sprint, mostly. You're correct in that there's small spots that have LTE. Example: if I stood on the on-ramp to Elliot Ave, near Ballard, I'd have LTE. If I go 400m up the hill, it's gone.
No worries! I get it. But you are there in Seattle and I'm not, so you know better than I do.
It's like someone trying to tell me back in August that Phoenix has LTE just because two sites that are 20-25 minutes from my house are live. That would technically be true, but back then I didn't have LTE at my house.
That's why I mentioned verwon. She has LTE and is in Seattle. She can speak more competantly to it then I can. Other than knowing my sister lives there and having been there once I have no clue about what is where so trying to argue with you about it would be counterproductive.
With Sprint? It takes forever. The other carriers seem to have no issue getting things done on time.
Good news, I'm getting LTE at work now, and I've seen LTE pop in and out at my house and neighborhood a few times. Maybe it will be soon.
I'm using all the data I can at this point too, no wifi for me. I figure I have a lot of data use to make up for. I'm at 6.3gb used at 11 days into the billing cycle.
I'm using all the data I can at this point too, no wifi for me. I figure I have a lot of data use to make up for. I'm at 6.3gb used at 11 days into the billing cycle.
I hope they are not just beta-testing!
Me too. But if they are, I'm month to month, no worries.
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Don't suppose anyone is a supporting member of s4gru.com and can tell me what the central Illinois status is?
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/517-nv-sites-complete/
Definitely depends on where you live. I'm in southern california, and many cities and neighborhoods I can get 10-11mbps on LTE.
Sprint definitely sucks. But i'm on a family plan with 4 people and divided up it is dirt cheap, which is why I tolerate it.
Aside from the service, 5S is a good phone, so I wouldn't call it worthless, with it's hardware upgrades.
Sprint definitely sucks. But i'm on a family plan with 4 people and divided up it is dirt cheap, which is why I tolerate it.
Aside from the service, 5S is a good phone, so I wouldn't call it worthless, with it's hardware upgrades.