Yup. Super fast where you can get it (I lived in the KC area for 5-6 years). But it doesn't take long once you leave the area (especially going north or south) to see why so many drop Sprint.I'm so glad it's not just me. It just recently started happening in the last month or so too. It happens most when I'm on Wifi. It'll drop straight to 3G and I have to toggle Cellular off/on to "jump start it"
And while we're talking about Sprint speeds....(North Kansas City)
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I would love to join my family on Sprint's or TMobile's new plans to save money over Verizon.
But, both Sprint and TMobile coverage is horrible where I live. I used both pre iPhone(AT&T), and they were not that great then.
You would think that 10 years later, their coverage would have improved, sadly it has not. So, still stuck with an expensive Verizon plan.
Well, you get what you pay for.
Heck no.You didn't fall for it, did you?
I ended up switching to Verizon. I pay more than AT&T, but service surpasses my satisfaction. Still $170/month though.
"detentions" seems very accurate!Have you tried changing your plan or speaking with detentions to negotiate a lower rate?
Hahaha. Nice. Hadn't caught that one. Freudian slip perhaps."detentions" seems very accurate!![]()
Have you tried changing your plan or speaking with retentions to negotiate a lower rate?
Which plan are you on?
I'm a state employee (get 20% off my bill) and still repeatedly get these retention deals. Might be worth a shot.No, I have not. Beside, I am getting a Federal Employee discount now, so I doubt retention will play ball.
On an off topic side note, I always talk to the cable companies' retention (Verizon, Comcast) and that conversation never goes my way.
When my promotion is about to end with them, I call them up to see if I could continue getting a similar deal for a similar price after the promotion ends, also letting them know that I will switch to the opposite ISP if I don't like the deal. They always give me the crappy "current customers" deal, so I switch.
Verizon always calls me a few days after I scheduled the disconnect, and have Comcast mail me the self-install kit. Verizon retention offers me a really good deal, sometimes better than what I had prior. I always turn them down telling them they should have offered this to me when I called, and before I had Comcast ordered.
When I try to cancel my service with Comcast, I get put on hold for 30 minutes, and then have to explain in 20 different ways that I want to cancel my service and why before they actually process it.
So, like I said, talking to retention rarely ever goes my way.
I am not sure of the name, it is one of the many family plans they have had. In the past year, reduced the cost by switching to the unsubsidized family plan, but still, the cost is more than Sprint and TMobile.
Also anyone making comments based on being with a provider 10 years ago has no clout in a discussion.
#1 - I couldn't swap from AT&T to Sprint without changing phones, even if I wanted, right?
#2 - Terrible coverage is terrible. Doesn't matter how cheap it is if you can't ever use it.
And AT&T is still AT&T.
Not everyone needs to have a webpage load in 1 millisecond nor do they expect to have blazing 4G LTE speed wherever they may be.
For some people, Sprint doesn't work well for coverage reasons. And for others like myself, the Sprint service works well for the coverage area and needs.
I think some of the users here like to bash Sprint just because they can, without taking the time to engage the brain before posting.