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its not the plans that only need change

Jonathanlc2005

Aug 15, 2014, 3:32 PM
The plans aren't the only thing that need changed. Although I won't switch because I have my SERO plan and another sero family plan... But the other thing needing change is towers and international roaming.

The towers are a nice upgrade but it needs rapid expansion and quick. People that are leaving is due to dropping calls from signal loss. The other is poor speeds. If Verizon can do it then sprint can too.

I like tmobiles international roaming idea. But I don't like buying a simcard for my nexus 5. I want to keep my number while traveling.

The last thing is features. For example... I have DC included and they never made it for nexus 5.


A good example of a network manager is shentels. They have network vision completed and wi...
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kentchristopher

Aug 16, 2014, 5:47 AM
Sorry but you're not going to get international roaming on Sprint when they use CDMA wireless technology when pretty much the entire rest of the world uses GSM (as do AT&T and T-Mobile in the US). There are a handful of CDMA devices out there which have GSM radios built in to allow international roaming -- sorry I can't name any but I think one of the Motorola Droids could do this, and maybe Verizon's iPhone -- but you're never going to see this feature becoming standard because 1. it increases manufacturing costs and 2. it's in the best interests of Sprint (and Verizon) to sell you a phone that can only be used on their network.

If international roaming is truly important to you, T-Mobile is the way to go in the US, followed by AT&T (jus...
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Jonathanlc2005

Aug 16, 2014, 10:13 AM
kentchristopher said:
Sorry but you're not going to get international roaming on Sprint when they use CDMA wireless technology when pretty much the entire rest of the world uses GSM (as do AT&T and T-Mobile in the US). There are a handful of CDMA devices out there which have GSM radios built in to allow international roaming -- sorry I can't name any but I think one of the Motorola Droids could do this, and maybe Verizon's iPhone -- but you're never going to see this feature becoming standard because 1. it increases manufacturing costs and 2. it's in the best interests of Sprint (and Verizon) to sell you a phone that can only be used on their network.

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