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sprint "unlimited data"
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I was with sprint for years and I couldn't even take advantage of my unlimited plan because the 3G speeds were so slow. Before Apple announced the iPhone 6 Plus I checked on YouTube. A guy was testing out LTE speeds on Sprint, AT&T, T-Mo and Verizon. All but Sprint were consistently in the 30-40mbps range on downloads and uploads were at least 20mbps but that depends on which plan you're under. Sprint hovered around 4-8mbps.
I was not about to sign another 2 year agreement with Sprint and buy an iPhone 6 Plus and couldn't even take full advantage of the LTE. I switched to Verizon. Now, I didn't get an unlimited plan but I don't use much data monthly. I got the 2GB plan and I get amazing speeds at a constant, and I'm paying less on my bill every month...which is generally unheard of when it comes to Verizon.
I was not about to sign another 2 year agreement with Sprint and buy an iPhone 6 Plus and couldn't even take full advantage of the LTE. I switched to Verizon. Now, I didn't get an unlimited plan but I don't use much data monthly. I got the 2GB plan and I get amazing speeds at a constant, and I'm paying less on my bill every month...which is generally unheard of when it comes to Verizon.
Again, it just depends on what works in your area.
If Sprint sucks where you're at it doesn't mean the whole company sucks.
Glad you found something that does work for YOU though.
Again, it just depends on what works in your area.
If Sprint sucks where you're at it doesn't mean the whole company sucks.
Glad you found something that does work for YOU though.
Did I say Sprint sucks? Not at all. Why do people add their own words that were never said? I never even suggested that. I worked for the company for 7 years selling their phones and after I moved on I still kept my account for 4 additional years.
The 3G wasn't great and I travel a lot so I couldn't take advantage of the unlimited plan. If it's working for YOU that's great but the majority here won't mimic those thoughts about Sprint's data service.
My apologies, I seem to have lost my train of thought midway thru that post. Wasn't pointed at you in any way.
I can share some of my Verizon speed with you. I can't possibly use 80 down on an iPhone lol
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Use it as a router and tether a server to it. Bet you can use that speed real quick.
JK!
^There is a good number of places where I get over 50 Mbps with verizon, and in a sense it kind of annoys me because it feels like a tease since I don't have unlimited data. (plus the fact that every speed test I do uses up almost 100MB of data).
With 50+ Mbps, you can download a 2GB app in under a minute and stream the highest quality video you want, but what good is that when it just makes you blow through your entire data plan?
I just wish I had unlimited data on Verizon like I did with sprint, but sprint was unusable.
With 50+ Mbps, you can download a 2GB app in under a minute and stream the highest quality video you want, but what good is that when it just makes you blow through your entire data plan?
I just wish I had unlimited data on Verizon like I did with sprint, but sprint was unusable.
Haha.. yeah. Anything over a few MB down on a phone is just icing on the cake in my eyes, because come on... it's a phone. Except of course, the couple months I had to tether at home because I didn't have internet there. 13MB down was just fine. Did all I needed and then some.
If Sprint could have held 4-8mbps down on Band 25 (LTE) I would not be looking to go to T-Mobile right now. But the average is 0.5-2mbps with spotty LTE coverage. Where I drop to 3G it's real bad.
And two years later the Phoenix market is only 59% LTE accepted and most sites are waiting on backhaul.
So for me, I'm done when I can get out of here. But, if you are in an area where Sprint has good coverage and speed than by all means use Sprint if it works for you.
And two years later the Phoenix market is only 59% LTE accepted and most sites are waiting on backhaul.
So for me, I'm done when I can get out of here. But, if you are in an area where Sprint has good coverage and speed than by all means use Sprint if it works for you.
I agree. I would of been pretty satisfied if Sprint had that speed as well. T-mobile has a pretty good LTE network from what I heard. You'll probably have better luck with them.
My understanding is that for T-Mobile the Phoenix market is one of their better markets, speed and coverage-wise. Similar to how KC is to Sprint.
Sprint's presence in Phoenix however is largely due to having gobbled up all the local carrier affiliates in order to cut off lawsuits during the Nextel merger.
Moved to Sprint 2 years ago (from Verizon) because Sprint was the only carrier that continued to offer unlimited data to new customers. It wasn't a big deal to me, but my family plan partner was adamant about it. I live and work in NYC and my experience with Sprint was a nightmare. I patiently waited a full year as Sprint promised to get LTE to NYC, while watching their expected rollout dates get pushed back multiple times. I would frequent forums where customers complained about similar unkept promises from Sprint back during their WiMax rollouts. Anyway, for the past 6 months, the best I could count on was super spotty LTE/3G in and around midtown/downtown Manhattan, and I would frequently get no data signal at all. I would constantly wonder why I even owned a smartphone. For me, having "unlimited data" with Sprint meant using around 500mb per month, because I just didn't get enough signal for much else. I can't speak for elsewhere in the country, but here in NYC, compared to other carriers, Sprint is a disgrace.
Today, I'm happy about having my shiny new iPhone 6, but I'm far more happy about having moved back to Verizon.
Today, I'm happy about having my shiny new iPhone 6, but I'm far more happy about having moved back to Verizon.
I always found that driving from LI into Queens and the Bronx that I would have to always toggle airplane mode on and off to get LTE to kick in. It would never switch on its own. Didn't matter what Android phone I was using either. Speeds would barely push 5 megs at best even with full signal.
Back in May i was at JFK and couldn't even get an LTE signal in the middle of the terminal. Just 0.11 megs of 3G. But my AT&T phone was zooming with 20 megs of LTE.
I was so glad after my first year working there I switched from retail sales to retail tech. Was so much easier when you don't have to sell a product you don't believe in.
Sprint is pure ****.pre-ordered 2 iPhones they cancelled one of my pre-orders.Went to the store to buy my 2nd iPhone and then they sent me a bill for 480 dollars saying I never paid for the 2 iPhones.Customer service is terrible.I switched right to Tmobile.Avoid sprint like ebola
Future proud deserter of Sprint after an 8 year sentence.
Sprint's unlimited data is like an all you can eat s*** sandwich buffet.
I initially got in on a friends and family discount plan which made it super cheap. Then I got an Iphone 4s--my first real smartphone. Then they raised the price of the discount plan. Then I realized 0.5-.08 3G d/l speeds in a major metropolitan city were horrendous. Then some time passed.
Hey! Iphone 6 Plus? SICK...MOAR...DO WANT...pre-order ensues.
Phone arrives.
Epiphany occurs. Why the EFF would I want such a killer phone only to be handicapped by the Pony Express of cellular networks???
Sprint Iphone 6 plus kicked to the curb. Mad scramble, early mornings to the Apple Store.... T-Mobile Iphone FINALLY secured.
Sprint and I no longer friends on Facebook. Goodbye YELLOW MENACE, Hello you Hot Magenta Bitch.
Sprint's unlimited data is like an all you can eat s*** sandwich buffet.
I initially got in on a friends and family discount plan which made it super cheap. Then I got an Iphone 4s--my first real smartphone. Then they raised the price of the discount plan. Then I realized 0.5-.08 3G d/l speeds in a major metropolitan city were horrendous. Then some time passed.
Hey! Iphone 6 Plus? SICK...MOAR...DO WANT...pre-order ensues.
Phone arrives.
Epiphany occurs. Why the EFF would I want such a killer phone only to be handicapped by the Pony Express of cellular networks???
Sprint Iphone 6 plus kicked to the curb. Mad scramble, early mornings to the Apple Store.... T-Mobile Iphone FINALLY secured.
Sprint and I no longer friends on Facebook. Goodbye YELLOW MENACE, Hello you Hot Magenta Bitch.
Use it as a router and tether a server to it. Bet you can use that speed real quick.
JK!
I have a router at home with an unlimited data sim
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Well...I have a router at home with an unlimited data sim in it.
I'm not surprised.
There always seems to be a disconnect between how Sprint management perceives customer service and the reality that the customer experiences. Maybe it's because when management deals with customer service everyone is on their best behavior.
IDK, but it's always been bad and despite every claim to the contrary it's remained that way.
Marcelo came up with a great plan for the iPhone, but I just don't think he thought it through completely. Sure there will be places where Sprint is good, but in general you are now going to get a lot of people dealing with the bad customer service (as you did) who will eventually receive phones capable of only 3G because these customers do not live in Spark markets.
I suppose if the objective was simply to sell iPhones then the objective has been met. As far as retaining those customers, well, I don't expect many of them to stick around past the first few months. The network is just not anywhere near where Marcelo and management seems to think it is.
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Yeah I don't get it. Both Sprint and potential customers seem to think that the iPhone 6 is this magical phone that will provide blazing fast LTE speeds.
The problems with the network are the same. Just because Apple made a new iPhone does not change that one bit. And the new iPhone is simply a phone. It has to deal in the same real world other phones do. So, if you don't have LTE where you live it's not going to magically appear on your brand new iPhone 6 just because.
I guess everyone just got caught up in the hysteria. Going to be a lot of disillusioned new Sprint users that jump ship like you did. The problem with that is that Sprint will have alienated a whole new bunch of people who will never come back.
Sprint has actually made changes to their credit approval process, so users with not as strong credit may be declined now with the change they've made.
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http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ted_Plan/e8bc59f3-1893-4482-895a-38b7ed69ab65
Is Sprint Unlimited Guarantee included in this new plan?
No. Customers who signed up with the Sprint Unlimited Guarantee will have access to unlimited talk, text and data while on the Sprint network as long as they stay on a rate plan that includes The Sprint Unlimited Guarantee and the account remains in good standing. The new plan will not include the guarantee; so, to keep the guarantee, customers will have to remain on Unlimited My Way or My All-In.
This would deter me from ever switching to Sprint because they hide these little gems. This also applies to the $50 Simpy Unlimited Plan and it not actually being unlimited.
Well, the whole guarantee thing is a little disingenuous anyway. It was a marketing tool really, designed to lure customers from AT&T and Verizon with a "guarantee" that unlike those carriers they'd never lose their unlimited plan.
Sprint failed to mention during the marketing of the All In and MyWay plans that they've had unlimited for years with no plans to get rid of it.
I'm on an Everything Data 1500 family plan. It's the plan I've had since Christmas 2008 and Sprint never gave me any guarantee of unlimited when I got it. Despite that, I've had unlimited for the last six years and while Sprint actually killed the ED plans I still have unlimited and can still upgrade on my plan.
So, the whole guarantee thing was one big marketing joke. But only if you are a fairly long term Sprint customer would you know that.
The new unlimited plans don't have the guarantee either. And while Sprint seems to be shifting to capped plans they are still offering unlimited. I don't see it going away any time soon.
BTW, part of that language also includes prioritization. Sprint places priority on certain plans over others when it comes to network traffic. Although they have never said what plans have priority over the others my plan was there before this whole thing so I'm not subject to that.
I am currently on Sprint and I am actually fairly happy with my coverage. I live in an area where I get LTE most of the time. Even when it switches to 3g when I go out of the city that I live in, it is still fairly quick. I am sure that other carriers have better coverage, however for where I live Sprint is actually pretty good. The only thing that I don't like about Sprint is the phones have a lower resale value and can be somewhat more difficult to sale due to the fact that Sprint isn't as popular as Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T.
I am in NYC and data has been a night and day difference from a couple years ago. I have LTE just about everywhere and with spark im getting some crazy speeds around 30-50mbs down.
I was going to switch but the last year has been a very big improvement to where im happy with sprint.
I know not all markets are good, but for me its fine.
I was going to switch but the last year has been a very big improvement to where im happy with sprint.
I know not all markets are good, but for me its fine.
I had Sprint from 2005 until 2010. Back then their network was top notch. Data service was fast (for the time) and reliable.
I wanted an iPhone so ended up switching to AT&T, but from what I heard, in the years after 2010, Sprint service started going downhill, getting slower and less usable. My friend who is still on Sprint complains about it regularly.
So yeah, Sprint was actually pretty damned awesome years ago, but they failed to upgrade and improve their network to handle growth, so it went to hell. I used to extoll the virtues of Sprint when I was a customer because it worked so well and they treated me right, but those days are over.
Sprint iPhones have a lower resale value because they are locked to Sprint and cannot be used on any other US carrier. Just fyi.
The reason for that is not due to unpopularity. It's due to Sprint's draconian unlock policy. You cannot ever get a Sprint phone unlocked for domestic use on another carrier. Sprint will never allow it.
I suppose if you want to look at it as that policy making Sprint phone unpopular it could be construed that way though.
EDIT: What powerstrokin said.