Sprint Launches LTE Plus Network, Offers 50% Off Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T Rate Plans to Celebrate

[iOSFangirl6001]

Verizon and AT&T are the top two carriers for a reason, you definitely get what you pay for. I wouldn't recommend any other service.

Sprint is by far the slowest network although their coverage is superior to T-Mobile which isn't saying much considering their extremely spotty coverage. However, T-Mobile's speeds are comparable to AT&T and Verizon but their coverage is pretty much limited to urban areas which doesn't help customers living in rural or even suburban areas.


. The network improvements should be the primarily focus at all times, anything else is a diversion to avoid fixing the actual problem. I actually think people wouldn't mind paying even a bit more for Sprint's service if it meant a network closer to the level of Verizon and AT&T.

Agreed
ATT still slightly beats out T-Mobile in most overall widespread tests/comparison studies it's just not a huge difference but better is still better
#GetWhatYouPayFor

How do you get less though? Do you mean coverage? ot?

Did you even read my subsequent post?
I was trying to get people to read between the lines but that didn't work so well so you'd not be the 1st nor likely the last

I mean less in terms of coverage, network reliability, customer service ( which I've found mostly bad ) and an abundance of features and gimmicks that aren't aimed at being useful to all potential users/customers granted yea a lot of these things they offer are good to a lot of folks but how bout things like

-More Network improvement focus
- Improved and increased customer service as a whole
- How bout being the 1st carrier to offer truly 100% unrestricted data. Unlimited 4G LTE NO Throttle ever? Carriers were sure ballsy and generous in the 3G and 2G era now it's gimmicks galore

 

[Slidemonster]

I had a poor experience with Sprint. Call quality was decent but dial up modem data speeds 90% of the time across a 60-70 mile range of metro cities. Too many other less expensive (prepaid) parties subsidized to piggyback on Sprint's network services. Many users on their data network using data at the same time.

I use less than 1 gig of cell data per month; when I need to use data to send an email with an attachment or more importantly to process a web transaction or transfer funds, I do expect these processes of function without timing out. Numerous service inquiries... no results. I'll never go back to Sprint.... ever.

 

[avanpelt]

Do you smell that? It's desperation. You get what you pay for, folks.

 

[rjtyork]

Sorry, Sprint. You won't ever be able to repair the damage done. I'm still pissed that you refused to unlock my iPhone 4S, making it impossible to sell and that was AFTER me fulfilling my 2 year contract with the worst service I've ever had. The ONLY thing that could bring me back is a 128 GB 6S+, and a payment of $40/month into my bank account for using your service for a period of 2 years. T-Mobile blows you out of the water.

 

[Zaren]

Just to throw this out: this 50% off offer only applies to regular plans. I got confirmation from Sprint that it does not apply to pre-paid plans. This sucks, because I'd have happily switched from T-Mobile for a $15 / month plan.

 

[iOSFangirl6001]

This is like a $3.99 all you can eat buffet of terrible food. No matter how bad it is, some people will come.

LOL I Love that analogy

Hopefully a lot of people leave ATT for this. Perhaps then we can get one hell of a price war going. I would love to cut my cell bill by a good 20%....or more.
You know I'm a dreamer.

1 can dream but seriously the difference between ATT and Sprint would be night and day. I would only wish it on my worst enemies lol

I'd love to know where they are getting their prices... I have four lines of T-Mobile at 10 GB for $100 a month.

It's ONLY Certain "Simple Choice" plans so the 4 lines $100 deal families would NOT Be eligible

This is where the pricing is from

I still don't understand why in America the cellular prices are so darn high. I've lived in Europe and could get 2GB of high speed data and then reduced Data for about 15 dollars a month. In korea I could get unlimited everything for about 60 dollars.

Ah good old American Corporate Greed... Err uh I mean capitalism yea capitalism yay

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

T-mobile is the best IMO. I've experienced the fastest speeds, best plans, and the coverage has become a non concern for me. I have no problem with service in the majority of the East Coast, Mid States, and Southern States. Even Toronto, Canada has excellent service. Now in the West Coast, they still have problems in rural areas, but the cities are fine.

When it comes to Sprint, I seriously don't know how they stayed in business. Their service even in good spots is just that unreliable.

AT&T has become money hungry, that's the main reason I left.

 

[Codyak]

How did you get those plan terms? Their current cheapest plan is 2GB for $50/mo (which was only 1GB until a couple of days ago).

It's a prepaid plan on their site, you have to buy a sim and then activate it online.

 

[GhostRaider]

I don't see the point of Sprint even trying. The reason why they are still at the bottom is because of their reputation. No matter what offers they give, it's not worth investing money on a crap company. They should just throw in the towel.

 

[Benjamins]

hopefully other carriers will lower their rates in response to this promo.

 

[DaveTheRave]

Wow lots of Sprint complaints. I'm reminded of when I was a customer over 10 years ago using a Star Tac. Many times the phone was charged, with a strong signal, and out of the blue I'd get a voicemail alert. Basically what was happening was people were calling me but the phone wouldn't always ring. So the calls would go to voicemail as if I never answered the phone. This happened in different areas, not just my home. I never figured out why that happened. Pretty sure it wasn't the phone. Eventually I dropped Sprint.

 

[dampfnudel]

I think the reason they can offer such low prices is because their networks aren't as good.

I hear people all the time say they want to switch away from Verizon or AT&T and switch to T-Mobile or Sprint because of price.

Well... you'll pay less on those other carriers... but apparently you get less.

It's not worth it to me personally. I, too, am a happy Verizon customer.

I was a Verizon customer for years and now I'm a happy T-Mo customer. I pay less now, but I definitely don't feel like I'm getting less. Of course, I live in NYC where is T-Mo is pretty good, but in general T-Mo has come a long way in the past few years.

 

[pilot1226]

Does anyone know how reimbursement would work for phones that are under VZN Edge?

From my understanding of the program, you'd have to pay off the balance of your "agreement" from Edge and then the phone is yours.

Unfortunately from what I've heard, Sprint's iPhone is different from the Verizon one, something with the native software on it. You may not be able to bring your existing phone over to Sprint.

That being said, because you inquired under my last post, Sprint has high "fees" to upgrade or activate phones on their service (I think $36 per instance?)...

Again, your service is everything. My experience with Sprint left much to be desired on the data side of things when I left in August and hopped from T-Mobile also (originally went Sprint -> T -> Verizon) because T-Mobile's voice side was not good. Again, buyer beware. I should have done more homework regarding T-Mobile before I switched from Sprint.

This was also back before T-Mobile announced the free "cellspot towers" recently, also. It *might* have made the difference for me - but I couldn't have zero bars at my house considering I'm about 10 miles west of NYC.

Sprint is "acceptable" but not great. But, I didn't need unlimited data with them (not that I could use more than 2 or 3 GB per month anyway because data was so lousy) so when all is said and done I'm actually paying about $80 less with Verizon on a shared data pack compared to what I did pay with Sprint. Obviously, I have to buy a new phone outright any time I want to upgrade which could potentially add $20 per month per phone assuming I "finance" it...

 

[Black Magic]

I still don't understand why in America the cellular prices are so darn high. I've lived in Europe and could get 2GB of high speed data and then reduced Data for about 15 dollars a month. In korea I could get unlimited everything for about 60 dollars.

Because in America, capitalism is all about getting as much money out of the consumers pocket as possible. Hence the theme of companies making products as cheap as possible then selling for outrageous markup. This crap isn't exclusive to America, however, it's is easily identified here.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

However, if the bulk of us consumers would flex our capitalism muscle of "just say no" (to paying "outrageous markups") the cost of such things would come down. Griping but "paying anyway" is fruitless. Up until about 1990, pretty much the whole world got by just fine without cell phones at all. That's about 5000 years of "modern civilization" roaring forward without "what R U doin?" and similar texts, no "world wide web" in your pocket (or at all) and voice could wait until you got to a phone or an answering machine message.

Right now, if the "big 4" could get together and triple prices (and not have the GOV step in), the bulk of us consumers would just pay. Having the cell phone is more important than flexing our end of the capitalism muscle as a group. Gripe all we want but WE are why prices are as they are.

 

[Parasprite]

Right now, if the "big 4" could get together and triple prices (and not have the GOV step in), the bulk of us consumers would just pay. Having the cell phone is more important than flexing our end of the capitalism muscle as a group. Gripe all we want but WE are why prices are as they are.

Nah, I'd just use VoIP over wifi. I barely use it for actual calling anyways so I doubt I'd notice much difference.

Data on the go has been invaluable for me though, so I'm less confident I could go without that at this point.

 

[Black Magic]

However, if the bulk of us consumers would flex our capitalism muscle of "just say no" (to paying "outrageous markups") the cost of such things would come down. Griping but "paying anyway" is fruitless. Up until about 1990, pretty much the whole world got by just fine without cell phones at all. That's about 5000 years of "modern civilization" roaring forward without "what R U doin?" and similar texts, no "world wide web" in your pocket (or at all) and voice could wait until you got to a phone or an answering machine message.

Right now, if the "big 4" could get together and triple prices (and not have the GOV step in), the bulk of us consumers would just pay. Having the cell phone is more important than flexing our end of the capitalism muscle as a group. Gripe all we want but WE are why prices are as they are.

Sad but so true.

 

[stanman64]

I just switched to Sprint 2 weeks ago after being with AT&T for 9 years. In my area (Indianapolis) I haven't noticed a single difference. If anything, it's actually gotten better, service-wise. Guess I got lucky.

Also, just ran a speed test over LTE.

39 ping.
42.17 Mbps down.
4.54 Mbps up.

Not sure what I was getting before this "LTE Plus" business.

 

[ProVideo]

I am still grandfathered into an Unlimited plan on AT&T with an iPhone 5. I saw this and thought about switching over to Sprint. Then I saw they are not giving any discount to my AT&T plan, even for going to one of their capped plans. Well, guess I won't be switching over. I really don't want to have to sign up for the AT&T Next plan.

 

[MichaelH19]

I just switched to Sprint 2 weeks ago after being with AT&T for 9 years. In my area (Indianapolis) I haven't noticed a single difference. If anything, it's actually gotten better, service-wise. Guess I got lucky.

Also, just ran a speed test over LTE.

39 ping.
42.17 Mbps down.
4.54 Mbps up.

Not sure what I was getting before this "LTE Plus" business.

I live in Kokomo, and I was getting abysmal service from AT&T on the south side of town. Switched to Sprint and this is what I got.

 

[MichaelH19]

I am still grandfathered into an Unlimited plan on AT&T with an iPhone 5. I saw this and thought about switching over to Sprint. Then I saw they are not giving any discount to my AT&T plan, even for going to one of their capped plans. Well, guess I won't be switching over. I really don't want to have to sign up for the AT&T Next plan.

The Next plan was the best thing I ever did since my unlimited plan was being so heavily throttled....that was until I went to Sprint. Now I'm even more happy!

 

[Sea Bass]

Right now, if the "big 4" could get together and triple prices (and not have the GOV step in), the bulk of us consumers would just pay. Having the cell phone is more important than flexing our end of the capitalism muscle as a group. Gripe all we want but WE are why prices are as they are.

That's inelastic demand for ya.

 

[mlody]

Magenta is the only way to go...

I switched to T-mobile about 2-3 months ago after having Verizon service for about 8 years and I am already regretting the move. I am in the Chicagoland area and the inside building coverage on t-mobile is pretty non-existent.

I already seen more dropped called in the last 2-3 months that I had ever experienced with Verizon in the last 8 years. It is already tiring walking to many office buildings or even my friend's homes and find out that I cant use my phone because it has "no service". I will be dumping this sh...ty service right after the new year cause I got few other expenses coming up this Holiday seasons (otherwise, I would have already switched back to Verizon).

 

[jozeppy26]

Ok so it appears LTE Plus is simply the Sprint Spark band 41/2.5GHz (wide spectrum band at 20 MHz) plus a band 25 and band 26 for the purpose of aggregating with band 41 for increased speed by widening the spectrum. So, the iPhone 6 is compatible with Spark, but cannot at this time do carrier aggregation because it's Qualcomm chip is considered category 4, which maxes out at 20 MHz. The iPhone 6S is category 6 and maxes out at 40 MHz (so it can grab two "band 41's" simultaneous and thus double the max download speed).

It seems no other carrier in the states has the amount of 20 MHz stake that Sprint has (which is currently the widest band out there). It might actually not be a terrible idea to grab some stock in Sprint, they very well could be the fastest carrier in the states in the next couple of years. This is especially true when you start to consider that 3 or even 4 carrier aggregation (category 9 and up) is coming down the pipeline (that's 3x or 4x Sprint's current maximum, so like over 400 Mbps). Verizon and AT&T both do not have enough wide spectrum to increase their speed at the same rate as Sprint.

 

[mikefla]

Eh... I'm still hesitant after my 3 years with sprint, and what my friends who currently have sprint say.

What that they have a crap overloaded network? I haven't used them in many years (since the flip phone days) but I hope this so called new blah blah will hopefully benefit some of their current subscribers.

-Mike