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The funny thing is

MarkCohen

Jan 17, 2009, 2:01 AM
That this discussion went exactly how I thought.

AT&T fanboys just randomly attack with little to no (and more often than not the second one) back-up. The VZW people argue that their service is comparable, but it's not for this specific use.

And all those who attack Sprint for this, or say this is like them trying to get their own little bailout are grasping for straws. If any other carrier had proposed the exact same plan, they would have been praised. But because Sprint likes to piss off other carriers with innovation, they get knocked.

So bravo, you follow your formulas.
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 1:18 PM
I'm with vzw and sell vzw and i dont care what company they go with as long as they are committed to getting the job done and making sure their service doesn't turd out. i think that is the reason people are saying to go with att or vzw because they have more broader coverage then sprint. I just want them to use the best because if my arse is in trouble i don't want to have a "oh man my phone don't work cause we have a crappy service and they don't reach here and their trucks are not built for this or that". that is all.
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nexsprint

Jan 17, 2009, 1:33 PM
Wait so are you trying to say that sprint/nextel has crappy coverage in comparison to vzw/att?

FknTwizted said:
they have more broader coverage


Really?
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 1:49 PM
I live in Montana NO SPRINT i go to Wyoming NO SPRINT, i go to North Dakota NO SPRINT. Yes broader more area coverage does help explain the word?
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WiWavelength

Jan 17, 2009, 3:06 PM
FknTwizted said:
I live in Montana NO SPRINT i go to Wyoming NO SPRINT, i go to North Dakota NO SPRINT. Yes broader more area coverage does help explain the word?


VZW did not construct that coverage. AirTouch nÊe US West Cellular did. Isn't it amazing how broad "your" coverage can be perceived to be when you do not build your own network but just buy out every other carrier in sight?

AJ
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 4:02 PM
who cares if they didnt that is how business gets bigger, just like sprint bought nextel and att bought cellone and cingular bought att wireless. so you basically hating on a company because they want to expand? there is reasons vzw is the #1 service coverage, and the #1 customer base. so quit being emotional about the situation and be logical, then go back to your instinct.
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Sprintchick27

Jan 17, 2009, 4:50 PM
Where do you get your facts from? Because the last time I checked Sprint was kicking their butts in all of those areas!! 😛 Trying researching once in a while
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 5:01 PM
yes check your research cause they are not. maybe use one of those phones on sprint or is your internet service fast enough? đŸ¤Ŗ
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nexsprint

Jan 17, 2009, 5:15 PM
Was that supposed to be a knock on sprint? You know they have the fastest data speeds out of any carrier in the us right?
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 6:10 PM
sure if you want to believe that. Cause if you want to come to where i live i can show you that sprint doesnt even work here let alone get fast service... and i live in a big city with over 150k people. also someone like att and vzw already have mobile trucks that do this kind of stuff and offer their service instead of giving a company $2 billion on making this happen for THEM.
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dogunwo

Jan 18, 2009, 8:20 PM
150K people is a big city? LOL. Sure buddy. There are suburbs of Washington DC that have more than that, double, lol. 🙄
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FknTwizted

Jan 19, 2009, 2:52 PM
read response above mine turd before you open your mouth.. i was born and lived in Tampa, FL in which there is over 3 million people that reside in the city boundaries. and if you want to get technical, dc isn't a city it is a metropolitan area.
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BigShowJB

Jan 19, 2009, 4:12 PM
wow.. when did DC lose its metropolitan status? was that buried on page two at thw time Pluto lost its planet status because I missed that. hmmm DC 600K in city,(9400+ people/sq mile), suburbs totaling almost 5 million more people.... no not metropolitan at all...
maybe if i go to an online encyclopedia like wiki they'll agrtee with you ...


hmmm hoping twizted is right...umm nope. wrong again twizzler....
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FknTwizted

Jan 19, 2009, 7:16 PM
never said they lost their status "small show". i said that if you look up the definition of a "city" you will realize that it is based on size of population not of the IQ of person that should really really go back to school and learn how to read and type with correct spelling. 😎
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BigShowJB

Jan 19, 2009, 8:38 PM
ok so I did misread your post about DC... how ever you are still wrong, Washington
    is
a city, DC is the province/municipality/district. It's like saying Albany, New York.
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FknTwizted

Jan 23, 2009, 8:02 PM
actually dc isnt a city, its a district owned by the federal government in which is the capital of our fair land. as I stated before it is part of the metro there in which 5.4 million live in and around the district.
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wade496

Jan 20, 2009, 7:52 PM
you are from Tampa? If you are then you would know that they have the best service in that area hands down.
With capital deployments of more than $49 million throughout Florida to enhance our wireless networks in 2008, including more than $11 million in the greater Tampa area, our networks are ready to deliver their own game-day performance. Sprint enhanced its networks at Raymond James Stadium, throughout Tampa and along Interstate 4 up to Orlando to accommodate the expected increase in voice and data traffic.
The progress that has been made is recent but it doesn't matter what you did last year its all about what have you done for me now
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Sprintchick27

Jan 21, 2009, 3:36 PM
Seriously you are "fkntwizted" that is with all of your facts. Its not that we believe they have the fast data speeds its that WE KNOW sorry maybe unlike you we have friends and some of those friends actually have different carriers and we've witnessed how crappy the other providers are. You are living in some other world and really that you live in a big city you live in MONTANA!!! you need to lay off your obsession with your carrier because it seems like that maybe the only relationship you have going on
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Sprintchick27

Jan 21, 2009, 3:39 PM
How does that last sentence even make sense?
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nexsprint

Jan 17, 2009, 3:08 PM
So in the entire state of Montana and the whole state of North Dakota there is no sprint coverage...doubtful

Are you making the claim that vzw/att users get service everywhere? I'm not trying to say sprint/nextel does but they are def comparable to ANY other carrier. Maybe not in the areas YOU use your phone but don't try and expand that claim to the whole country
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 3:57 PM
do you travel?
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nexsprint

Jan 17, 2009, 4:30 PM
Yeah, cross country. When i used to have nextel i would lose coverage in the rural areas. Since i have switched to sprint i have always had coverage
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Sprintchick27

Jan 17, 2009, 4:44 PM
So you live in the middle of nowhere ....
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phonegnome

Jan 18, 2009, 7:24 PM
I live in upstate NY. No FknTwizted here! But a good amount of Sprint coverage! Life is golden. 😎
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 18, 2009, 7:55 PM
Break out the champaign. Finally a rare verified sighting of actual Sprint coverage đŸ˜ŗ
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WiWavelength

Jan 18, 2009, 8:18 PM
HawkeyeOC said:
Break out the champaign.


Should we also break out the Urbana?

Finally a rare verified sighting of actual Sprint coverage đŸ˜ŗ


Thanks for posting more disparaging nonsense.

AJ
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 18, 2009, 10:09 PM
WiWavelength said:
Thanks for posting more disparaging nonsense.
AJ


Likewise for you giving us more of the same nonsense. 😁
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WiWavelength

Jan 18, 2009, 10:39 PM
HawkeyeOC said:


Likewise for you giving us more of the same nonsense. 😁


And you still offer nothing to substantiate your groundless assertions. Is that just business as usual for you and many other "contributors" to this forum?

Have a glass of "champaign" [sic] on me. Cheers!

AJ
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 18, 2009, 10:48 PM
Your claimed 8 years doing research in the wireless industry is being put to great use putting people down.

You appear to be no better than the people you hate so much đŸ¤Ŗ
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WiWavelength

Jan 18, 2009, 11:07 PM
HawkeyeOC said:
Your claimed 8 years doing research in the wireless industry is being put to great use putting people down.

You appear to be no better than the people you hate so much đŸ¤Ŗ


People who wish to learn are always welcome. That is why I am here. But people who don't know QPSK from 16-QAM, an MTA from a CMA, dBi from dBm, PCS from AWS, etc., yet blithely malign & pontificate in this forum (or elsewhere) deserve to be put in their place. I pull no punches in that regard.

AJ
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 18, 2009, 11:22 PM
WiWavelength said:


People who wish to learn are always welcome. That is why I am here. But people who don't know QPSK from 16-QAM, an MTA from a CMA, dBi from dBm, PCS from AWS, etc., yet blithely malign & pontificate in this forum (or elsewhere) deserve to be put in their place. I pull no punches in that regard.

AJ


Honestly, you are in the wrong place. I have never known phonescoop to be what you have described. You have an uphill battle my friend. I wish you well 😁
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DiamondPro

Jan 19, 2009, 1:58 AM
Thanks for staying on topic. I see that can be hard for you with all the nonsense u post. By the way I also have great Sprint coverage. 5 bars in every part of my home speeds are amazing calls are crystal. 😎
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 19, 2009, 2:38 AM
DiamondPro said:
By the way I also have great Sprint coverage. 5 bars in every part of my home speeds are amazing calls are crystal. 😎


Funniest post I have seen all week.

ha ha ha!!! đŸ¤Ŗ đŸ¤Ŗ đŸ¤Ŗ

There can be no greater fanboy of Sprint than the Diamond. I actually think you believe every word of what you say in your world. Too bad it's all make believe for you đŸ¤Ŗ
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gblckblt03

Jan 19, 2009, 1:27 PM
I too have Sprint. Though it may not be perfect, no cell phone coverage is. Opinions are like butts everyone has one and some of them stink. This is a great Network for First Responders, people who are out there putting their lives on the line for complete strangers. I am sure Sprint can pull it off just as well as any other company.
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 19, 2009, 3:26 PM
Point well taken. No cell coverage is perfect 😁
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BigShowJB

Jan 19, 2009, 4:17 PM
gblckblt03 said:
I too have Sprint. Though it may not be perfect, no cell phone coverage is. Opinions are like butts everyone has one and some of them stink. This is a great Network for First Responders, people who are out there putting their lives on the line for complete strangers. I am sure Sprint can pull it off better than any other company.

fixed..
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DiamondPro

Jan 19, 2009, 4:20 PM
Agreed! 😁
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 20, 2009, 12:24 AM
đŸ¤Ŗ
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Sprintchick27

Jan 17, 2009, 4:43 PM
Really? Sprint has the worst coverage? I'm pretty sure they beat Verizon in coverage areas and their talkin about using iDEN which Verizon's wannabe can't even compete with. Just face it the government sector will always stay on the iDEN network
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jrfdsf

Jan 19, 2009, 1:02 PM
FknTwizted said:
I'm with vzw and sell vzw and i dont care what company they go with as long as they are committed to getting the job done and making sure their service doesn't turd out. i think that is the reason people are saying to go with att or vzw because they have more broader coverage then sprint. I just want them to use the best because if my arse is in trouble i don't want to have a "oh man my phone don't work cause we have a crappy service and they don't reach here and their trucks are not built for this or that". that is all.

Sprint has the largest coverage in the U.S. If they didn't, the other carriers would sue them big time for advertising it.

The other guys are second and third be
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 19, 2009, 1:43 PM
Thats it...we all need to sue Sprint đŸ¤Ŗ

Don't believe everything Sprint tells you about their network. As far as the "other guys" being second and third, I am afraid you have that dead wrong. There are very valid reasons why Sprint lost millions of customers last year. If you are losing that many customers, there are serious issues that Sprint hasn't dealt with.
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MarkCohen

Jan 20, 2009, 10:17 AM
There are 2 valid reasons why Sprint lost customers: 1) Other companies had good marketing schemes and 2) People were dumb enough to believe them.

And jrfdsf is right, Sprint would be getting sued if they didn't have the largest network (like Apple/AT&T are being sued for their tagline: "Double the Speed, Half the Price")
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BigShowJB

Jan 20, 2009, 12:55 PM
and the third reason is they had the worst customer (Dis-)service in the biz
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 20, 2009, 1:01 PM
MarkCohen said:
There are 2 valid reasons why Sprint lost customers: 1) Other companies had good marketing schemes and 2) People were dumb enough to believe them.


Agreed about your first point about other companies had good marketing schemes, but your second point is wrong in every way.

People don't leave carriers that they are happy with and thats the bottom line 😁
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WiWavelength

Jan 20, 2009, 1:29 PM
This thread is not particularly germane to the forum topic. Nevertheless, to correct some factual misperceptions...

Nextel iDEN churn has long disproportionately dominated Sprint churn overall. Lost in the macro stats, Sprint CDMA subscribership has actually been increasing.

AJ
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kevinski

Jan 17, 2009, 1:28 PM
"The sites would be able to ship the necessary gear to disaster sites anywhere in the continental U.S. within four hours."

Wow! You know, if I'm not mistaken, VZW just happens to be one of the more likely carriers to have service within a disaster site, and they already have plenty of vehicles to deploy to such locations (as well as locations that generally just require more network capacity).

And how is Sprint innovating? If anything, it sounds as though they're just asking for money to save themselves a lot of their own money.
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nexsprint

Jan 17, 2009, 1:35 PM
You're probably right, how many of your push to crap phones work if the network is down due to a major disaster? Let me answer for you, 0

Since when is making a business proposal asking for money?

Why is vzw more likely to have coverage? I'm just confused overall at your logic, or lack thereof...
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FknTwizted

Jan 17, 2009, 5:04 PM
nexsprint said:
Since when is making a business proposal asking for money?



when they said to include it into the stimulus package.
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HawkeyeOC

Jan 17, 2009, 9:25 PM
FknTwizted said:


when they said to include it into the stimulus package.


đŸ¤Ŗ đŸ¤Ŗ đŸ¤Ŗ
There is no possible comeback for that one. I am sure some will try.
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BigShowJB

Jan 19, 2009, 8:44 PM
nexsprint said:


Since when is making a business proposal asking for money?


Every time.... you don't submit a business proposal to give stuff away for free do you?

a phone might be free up front, but you get that money back over the course of your service contract

Why is vzw more likely to have coverage? I'm just confused overall at your logic, or lack thereof...

They aren't ... not in a situation that would call for the mobile towers...
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Sprintchick27

Jan 17, 2009, 6:37 PM
wait so who was the leader in service for two of America's worst disasters 911 and Hurricane Katrina.. oh thats right it was SPRINT!
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kevinski

Jan 17, 2009, 7:42 PM
Is that some sort of documented fact? On 9/11, it's not as though communications were knocked out on a city-wide scale or anything. Give me a break.

And are you referring to PTT service, by chance? If so, then I wouldn't be surprised, as I'm sure that more emergency personnel uses Nextel, as it's more established. If you're referring to the general public, then I find that very hard to believe.
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Sprintchick27

Jan 21, 2009, 3:31 PM
Yeah Sprint owns Nextel and yes I was talking about PTT thats what Sprint is proposing for the $2 billion its not for the CDMA network its for iDEN which was the leading network for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
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yakman

Jan 18, 2009, 9:11 PM
I work with Sprint Nextel, and was a top performing manager at VZW.

This solution is unlike any other in the industry as the trucks use a satellite backhaul to connect to the nationwide network. ATT and VZW simply cant do this with any track record or reliability. This solution can be deployed in an area with zero coverage and provide coverage and connectivity to the nationwide network. Consumer solution? Probably Not. First Responder and Major Enterprise customer - No Brainer.

Peace out.
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