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What They Need to Do..

jrfdsf

Nov 24, 2009, 6:27 PM
...is improve their own 3G network instead of suing Sprint over an ad.

Wait...this all sounds a little too familiar! 👀
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jrfdsf

Nov 24, 2009, 6:30 PM
...Verizon's old service is now "useless."

Sorry Verizon, there's no "map for that." 😎
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VZW611LA

Nov 24, 2009, 10:00 PM
Verizons 3G network covers more people then Sprints by a long shot. And Sprint is using a 4G service that will be dead in 2 years. LTE is new and what the whole world will use. You little boys need to go away.
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AndroidRules

Nov 24, 2009, 10:50 PM
VZW611LA said:
Verizons 3G network covers more people then Sprints by a long shot. And Sprint is using a 4G service that will be dead in 2 years. LTE is new and what the whole world will use. You little boys need to go away.


Finally someone who gets it! Thank you! Sprint is making a big mistake by not going with LTE. It will cost them dearly. That company is headed in the wrong direction
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en102

Nov 24, 2009, 10:57 PM
Sprint's WiMAX will be a unique product, and as such, in the long term, probably not best suited to the consumer, but probably best for many other uses.
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Azeron

Nov 25, 2009, 12:44 AM
If Wi-Max does not work out they already have a fail safe to flip it over to LTE.
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 1:05 AM
AndroidRules said:


Finally someone who gets it! Thank you! Sprint is making a big mistake by not going with LTE. It will cost them dearly. That company is headed in the wrong direction


That MIGHT be they just had their credit rating lowered.

And why their stock is plummeting.

Oops.
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techjunky

Nov 25, 2009, 9:02 AM
AndroidRules said:


Finally someone who gets it! Thank you! Sprint is making a big mistake by not going with LTE. It will cost them dearly. That company is headed in the wrong direction



Lte and clearwire are two different technologies. clearwire deals with more than cell phones. Its going to change the way we use the internet which is why its called 4g. Instead of looking for a wifi hotspot. the whole city will be a hotspot. therefore your car will be intergrated with the internet which will provide more service. Also plasma tvs will become touch screen internet enabled with the wimax chip. theres alot more ideas out there. U guys dont really know much about clearwire wimax do you? Sprint also said it...
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MillaTime021

Nov 26, 2009, 10:15 AM
All you need to know about the difference between WiMAX and LTE is Speed, (3-6 mbs vs. 7-12 mbs) Throughput, and Global Coverage. (GSM Sim Based) If you can't see just how much better LTE is then you are clearly not paying attention and are just a Sprint Fan boy.
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OriginalEffigy

Nov 27, 2009, 5:08 PM
I hate to break it to you but the 3-6mbs that you are quoting is just the advertised speeds as of now. I have already seen a wimax card burst over 10mbs. The capibilities are more htan there. The technology is potentially capible of 30mbs +.
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60dollarcarcharger

Nov 29, 2009, 11:45 AM
lte has done 100mbs... that obviously won't be the real world speed... but you need to open your eyes..

there's nothing you can do with wimax that you couldn't do with lte...

let alone the deploiment of lte will lap wimax 5 times over
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en102

Nov 24, 2009, 10:55 PM
What handsets do I have to use on that ... oh wait, there are none.
Coverage does not exist in my market (L.A.) so it might as well be a pipe dream.
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SPCSVZWJeff

Nov 25, 2009, 11:39 AM
You will see sometime first or second quarter. I am in a market that sells Clear. It is more of a threat to Comcast and Cox because it allows people to cut the cable. You cuurently have a choice of a home modem or a USB modem.

LTE is not even finalized yet. Wimax will have a large subscriber base before anyone deploys LTE. All of you hating on Clear/Sprint have never used it. Before Verizon even deploys LTE Sprint will have been selling 3G/4G smartphones. Clear is not just Sprint, there are a lot of big players betting on it. These companies are not stupid.

Is there not room for 2 competing 4G technologies? I thought competition was good. Unless of course you are in Socialist Europe.
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Jonathanlc2005

Nov 26, 2009, 1:07 AM
whats this that i heard cox is doing LTE?
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SPCSVZWJeff

Nov 27, 2009, 4:47 PM
I believe they have invested in Clear like Comcast did.
In Clear markets that are also Comcast markets, Comcast is reselling Clear's network under their own name.
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 1:04 AM
jrfdsf said:
...Verizon's old service is now "useless."

Sorry Verizon, there's no "map for that." 😎


Uh. No.

Fail. Miserably.
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jrfdsf

Nov 25, 2009, 8:46 PM
muchdrama said:


Uh. No.

Fail. Miserably.

Verizon 4G = non-exisistent (no map for that).

So Verizon does fail miserably
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 11:21 PM
jrfdsf said:


Verizon 4G = non-exisistent (no map for that).

So Verizon does fail miserably


Get back to us when WiMax even covers a considerable part of Sprint's footprint.
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Jonathanlc2005

Nov 26, 2009, 1:08 AM
see you in 2011 🤣
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muchdrama

Nov 27, 2009, 1:19 AM
Jonathanlc2005 said:
see you in 2011 🤣


And hey, more power to Sprint. If they can get WiMax built out fast enough, maybe they can quell that whole losing subscribers thing.
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SPCSVZWJeff

Nov 27, 2009, 4:49 PM
Only Wimax customers are counted as Clear customers, not Sprint customers
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muchdrama

Nov 27, 2009, 5:38 PM
SPCSVZWJeff said:
Only Wimax customers are counted as Clear customers, not Sprint customers


Oh, well, there you go, then...
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MillaTime021

Nov 26, 2009, 10:27 AM
Wow 29 markets 13 of which are in Texas and as everyone knows there aren't 13 big markets in Texas.

But lets be real shall we? Verizon by the end of next year will have passed Sprint on 4g deployments and have a MUCH MUCH MUCH better technology with LTE. Who is Sprint going to roam off of With Verizon / Alltel going to GSM? Sprint is like the little Down Syndrome boy trying to fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr and Evander Holyfield. They bleed money every quarter, they loose the only meaningful wireless metrics, (church and net post paid ads) and the only reason they even stay relevant is by whoring themselves out by dropping their prices and laying off people every quarter. It isn't superior service, it isn't customer service, it isn't pho...
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mont345

Nov 26, 2009, 3:08 PM
by the end of next year, wow sprint will have a whole year head start, keep dream n verizons lte will be in beta by the end of next year buddy, you think people are gonna wait around for a whole year, people want the fastest right now, and if they are satisfied and gives them what they need they will stay with it!!!
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mont345

Nov 26, 2009, 3:10 PM
i can tell how you talk u no nothin, makin fun of people with down syndrome, who ever listens to you needs there head examined!!
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jrfdsf

Nov 27, 2009, 10:39 AM
mont345 said:
i can tell how you talk u no nothin, makin fun of people with down syndrome, who ever listens to you needs there head examined!!

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

He's probably some 15 year old with no social life. 🤣
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SPCSVZWJeff

Nov 27, 2009, 4:54 PM
What makes you think LTE will be superior to WIMAX? It is not even available yet. What about the way the GSM world handled 3G?
Promised rollout dates that were missed several times, promised data speeds that it took network upgrades to achieve years after the promised 2001 rollout. Why should we trust these people to get 4G right when they could not deliver on the original 3G promise?

Wimax is here today, LTE is still a dream.
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evrodude

Nov 24, 2009, 11:32 PM
Verizon's network, 3G or even the old analog one, is far more superior than that of Sprint. So yes, Sprint should drop the slogan.
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gldnhrtrblfst

Nov 25, 2009, 7:49 AM
the proof you back your statement up completely changes my mind on the subject............o wait
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mont345

Nov 25, 2009, 9:06 PM
you need to realy get off verizons nut sack, any body with any common sense no verizon cant touch sprint when it comes to 3g data, and 4g , stop listen n to the little verizon erkle guy for real, you sound just as stupid as verizon for going after sprint!!
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 1:03 AM
jrfdsf said:
...is improve their own 3G network instead of suing Sprint over an ad.

Wait...this all sounds a little too familiar! 👀


You must be on Earth Squared.

When you get back to our planet, read your post again.
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jrfdsf

Nov 25, 2009, 8:43 PM
muchdrama said:


You must be on Earth Squared.

When you get back to our planet, read your post again.

So, you think Verizon's network has no room for improvement?

What planet do you live on?
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Azeron

Nov 25, 2009, 10:02 PM
Every carrier could stand to improve its coverage. I opened enough Trouble Tickets in my time in Tech to know that. Sometimes they just shrug and say, "We have the Network Extender or if you don't want to drop two bills and a half on that we'll let you out of your contract.
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 11:20 PM
Azeron said:
Every carrier could stand to improve its coverage. I opened enough Trouble Tickets in my time in Tech to know that. Sometimes they just shrug and say, "We have the Network Extender or if you don't want to drop two bills and a half on that we'll let you out of your contract.


How often does that happen? Being released from your contract, that is...?
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Azeron

Nov 25, 2009, 11:59 PM
Usually a person is an existing customer who moves to an area which may be a new development or what have you. If they send a tech out to the address and there proves to be no coverage outdoors with no planned build out they will let you out. They are not going to just do it without sending someone out unless the address is in a known trouble area.
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muchdrama

Nov 26, 2009, 12:06 AM
Azeron said:
Usually a person is an existing customer who moves to an area which may be a new development or what have you. If they send a tech out to the address and there proves to be no coverage outdoors with no planned build out they will let you out. They are not going to just do it without sending someone out unless the address is in a known trouble area.


Huh. Interesting. I just contacted Verizon today about my new Samsung flip sending all my calls to voicemail. Where I normally get adequate service, suddenly my phone is getting no bars at all. They're sending me an LG replacement flip Monday.
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lxav06

Dec 4, 2009, 9:11 PM
safely say that getting the new samsung flip, was an upgrade and there was no address change with that?
becuase for me the whole implication of ending contract with etf is based upon address change of no coverage area and from the post it appears that it was just an upgrade with same address kept.
but correct me if i misunderstood.
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muchdrama

Nov 25, 2009, 11:19 PM
jrfdsf said:


So, you think Verizon's network has no room for improvement?

What planet do you live on?


Everyone could stand to improve their coverage. No one's perfect. But comparing Verizon's network to Sprint's is apples to oranges.
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jrfdsf

Nov 27, 2009, 10:46 AM
muchdrama said:


Everyone could stand to improve their coverage. No one's perfect. But comparing Verizon's network to Sprint's is apples to oranges.

Well, my suggestion is they continue doing that, and forget about challenging Sprint's claim (which is backed up by PC World).
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muchdrama

Nov 27, 2009, 5:38 PM
jrfdsf said:


Well, my suggestion is they continue doing that, and forget about challenging Sprint's claim (which is backed up by PC World).


You'll pardon me if I don't believe anyone's claims these days.
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lxav06

Dec 4, 2009, 9:13 PM
factor is how well the reception is on the device, i have seen crappy reception on Lg phones vs lets say some nokia phone had better reception
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muchdrama

Dec 4, 2009, 10:57 PM
lxav06 said:
factor is how well the reception is on the device, i have seen crappy reception on Lg phones vs lets say some nokia phone had better reception


Again, location is King.
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mont345

Nov 28, 2009, 8:43 AM
well i got news for you apples and oranges are liked equally, dont sit here and tell me verizons data network is superior to sprints when, thats what sprint is none for, verizon might have the best when it comes to talkin, but data runs the big show and sprints data sh-ts on verizon sorry buddy!!!
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muchdrama

Nov 28, 2009, 11:32 PM
mont345 said:
well i got news for you apples and oranges are liked equally, dont sit here and tell me verizons data network is superior to sprints when, thats what sprint is none for, verizon might have the best when it comes to talkin, but data runs the big show and sprints data sh-ts on verizon sorry buddy!!!



When you learn to write coherently, come back and hit us up. Thanks.
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mont345

Nov 28, 2009, 11:36 PM
I bet u no what I mean, cause god gave all idiots even you common sense,
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muchdrama

Nov 28, 2009, 11:51 PM
mont345 said:
I bet u no what I mean, cause god gave all idiots even you common sense,


Apparently he didn't spread the wealth when it came to literacy, did he now?
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mont345

Nov 29, 2009, 5:19 PM
what a dumb (as) you are, your no worst then the guy making fun of people with down syndrome, you are truly a class act come on here like this is English class this is a message board you don't no where to reach just like verizon, looser!!
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muchdrama

Nov 29, 2009, 5:24 PM
mont345 said:
what a dumb (as) you are, your no worst then the guy making fun of people with down syndrome, you are truly a class act come on here like this is English class this is a message board you don't no where to reach just like verizon, looser!!


A "dumb (as)", huh? I'm demoting you to janitor.
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