Verizon Wireless Enables Over-the-Air Phone Updates

It's hilarious how you Sprint fanboys bring up Sprint Employee Referral Offer (something that any regular joe walking into a Spint store cannot get) every time you're crappy company is threatened.

Gee, if SERO is so wonderful, why isn't it promoted in the stores? Why is Sprints churn so crappy (even outside of Nextel)? 🙄

Yes. I am a Sprint fan. Why? Cause I think I get more for my money with Sprint (even outside of SERO). They don't cripple my phones. I don't have to pay for anything higher than a Power Vision plan for PDA phones.

But even then... I can admit Sprint's flaws. Why is Sprint's churn so bad? Poor advertising. Sprint needs to fire it's ad department and steal Verizon's. Verizon heavily advertises it's hot new phones and they have all of you lemmings eating up all of that "It's the Network" garbage. Sprint also needs to put better upgrade incentives into place for retaining customers. Verizon's NE2 program is the best in the business. But... I would never go with them...

I have better coverage than with Verizon (roaming is free these days p...
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ohh, I've never laughed so hard. OK, first VZW had free roaming for about two years now and I had it before on our national single rate years ago! And VZW does have better coverage. maybe not where you live or work, but compare coverage maps...nextel/sprint only care about large pop areas and major roads. I live in the middle of nowhere and got full digital coverage, my sister with her nextel doesn't get anything and neither does her husband with Sprint when they come to visit. Sprint's buying Nextel was quite possibly the worst consildation of two cell companies EVER. You don't need better advertsing, you need a ceo with a brain and Sprint JUST NOW figured that out.
not that Verizon is perfect by any means, but if we're going to knock eac...
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LOL @ you. You are acting as if the Sprint CDMA service and the Nextel service are the same thing. 1st of all, when you take all of Sprint's coverage + roaming... and you take all of Verizon's coverage +roaming... Sprint has more coverage. Furthermore... Sprint... unlike Verizon... shows you native and roaming coverage on their map, where Verizon just lumps it all together, giving ignorant consumers the impression that Verizon has such a great network. And Sprint does need better advertising... and maybe they will get it with a new CEO at the helm. Oh and trust me... as far as the "middle of nowhere" goes. I go on hunting and fishing trips all the time... in the middle of nowhere. Sprint is TOPS compared to my Verizon and T-Mobile friends.

ever try reading the vzw maps? doesn't take a rocket scientist when it shows vzw owned area and extended network area.

btw, Sprint...check it out in soutwest to west central iowa and see what I mean. only dealers in sprint there is in Council bluffs, sioux city, ames, des moines.

ahh forget it. this is just going to another bout of who's better. it always depends upon where you use the phone and how you use it. 😕

Yup... here is EXACTLY what I got from VZW.com search of Arizona... where I live...


http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/EliteABombAZ/ ... »

Look at all of that Alltel coverage Verizon is declaring at it's own. Even the map key doesn't have anything seperating native and roaming. Only digital and extended digital. Also... extended digital... is just roaming where data/text may or may not work... that is why Verizon is covering their ass by calling it "Extended Network."

I think that "depends on where and how you use the phone" is only about 10% of the issue between people battling each other on the forums about who's better. The bottom line is, no one is willing to admit that the company they work for or the company that they signed with is horrible. If they did this it would make them feel like they made a mistake and did something stupid. Even if their company is wrong people will still defend them because people want to feel like they did the right thing. People hate admitting they are wrong and will do or say anything to avoid it. The best thing to do is just try to get the best information possible by reading these forums. I personally work for one particular company and I really do enjoy their service...
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