sprint coverage
would a sprint phone not work everywhere a verizon phone works since they are both CDMA? do they operate on the same frequencies, share towers, etc. i live in a remote mountainous area. verizon is pretty much the goto here. i looked on the sprint coverage map and it showed that most of my area is covered under "roaming". is there any cons to this? i dont really know anyone up here that has sprint. i want to switch but i dont want to port my number to try the service and i dont want to be stuck with a new number if i dont port. just trying to do as much research as possible before i make my move.
TIA
TIA
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Sprint will not allow you to roam all the time for a long time (2 months +). they will kick you off.
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VZW611LA said:
Sprint will not allow you to roam all the time for a long time (2 months +). they will kick you off.
So will Verizon.
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No they don't. Please copy and paste for me anywhere in our contract and ToS where it says that.
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Well, I bet either of these clauses would be put into effect real snappy like.
"WE CAN, WITHOUT NOTICE, LIMIT, SUSPEND OR END YOUR SERVICE OR ANY AGREEMENT WITH YOU FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER GOOD CAUSE, including, but not limited to: interferes with our operations; or (h) uses the service in a way that adversely affects our network or other customers"
"WE CAN, WITHOUT NOTICE, LIMIT, SUSPEND OR END YOUR SERVICE OR ANY AGREEMENT WITH YOU FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER GOOD CAUSE, including, but not limited to: interferes with our operations; or (h) uses the service in a way that adversely affects our network or other customers"
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I don't see anything about Roaming. And Verizon has never ended someones contract for Roaming on our nationwide plans. I don't know about America's Choice because that was our old plans, but our Nationwide plans do not have a Roaming cap. For example, we have lots of Military customers who have service with us and live in Alaska. Why don't we do this? 1) We have enought money to do this. 2) We get a nice fat check from all networks (CDMA and GSM) who roam off our CDMA and GSM network each month. 3) We have such a small roaming area as it is, we don't need to worry about to many people roaming. My uncle lives in Mississippi and was Roaming for 4 years until Verizon bought Unicel. He even upgraded while living in MS.
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I don't see anything about Roaming. And Verizon has never ended someones contract for Roaming on our nationwide plans. I don't know about America's Choice because that was our old plans, but our Nationwide plans do not have a Roaming cap. For example, we have lots of Military customers who have service with us and live in Alaska. Why don't we do this? 1) We have enought money to do this. 2) We get a nice fat check from all networks (CDMA and GSM) who roam off our CDMA and GSM network each month. 3) We have such a small roaming area as it is, we don't need to worry about to many people roaming. My uncle lives in Mississippi and was Roaming for 4 years until Verizon bought Unicel. He even upgraded while livin
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I'm a Sprint Customer and I've roamed on other networks for 6-8 months at a time and they've never said anything.
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every carrier CAN drop you if you use more than 50% of the minutes you use in usually a 90 day span off their network. Yes they are nationwide plans and roaming agreements are cheap but there is a point where a company no matter the size or what the preach will not take a loss on a customer.
Tyman do you have low overall usage to begin with for what your plan may have? I have seen where a customer may have a 1400 minute plan either single line or family but only use 800 minutes of that and it could be all off network and the company doesn't flag it....that could be why they've never said anything. Make sense?
Tyman do you have low overall usage to begin with for what your plan may have? I have seen where a customer may have a 1400 minute plan either single line or family but only use 800 minutes of that and it could be all off network and the company doesn't flag it....that could be why they've never said anything. Make sense?
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we waive your ETF but yes if you make most of your calls in roaming we will drop you pretty quick
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Verizon doesn't boot people for roaming. I know that and I have been with Sprint for almost 5 years now. I recently had Verizon trying to sell me service in an area where they roam so they obviously don't care. Right now it seems like all V cares about is the number of subs, even if they lose money on a few.
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Oh, and Sprint does not always use Verizons network. So you can't always count of having service while roaming. Will sprint even let you start service in that area sense they do not offer service?
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VZW611LA said:
Oh, and Sprint does not always use Verizons network. So you can't always count of having service while roaming. Will sprint even let you start service in that area sense they do not offer service?
Nor does Verizon always use Sprint's network. However, Sprint still holds the title of the largest voice coverage inside the U.S.
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However, Sprint still holds the title of the largest voice coverage inside the U.S.
by a pretty large margin too i believe
by a pretty large margin too i believe
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Not sure if Sprint will cover you only way to find out is to test it yourself. You get 30 days to try out the service and the phone so it so doesn't hurt to try. Also you can check your account during the 30 days to see if you have actually been roaming the whole time.
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Again vzw611la is wrong, you can have roaming all the time with sprint, the only stipulation is that you cant roam more than 500 mins or more than (half your allotted mins) a month for 3 consecutive months. If you do this, they will send you a letter; letting you know hey we are going to cancel your service, waive the etf, and allow you to port. Also you can ask sprint if you are covered by the airave device, which will boost your signal as long as your within 15 miles of a sprint tower.
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The info on the airave is incorrect. Sprint has to have your area in its database otherwise it won't work. I lived less than 10 miles from a tower and the airave wouldn't work. The reason is that I was in a different zip code and the GPS was preventing it from working. Kicker of it was I even had signal from the Sprint tower and could use it but the airave didn't work. There are still areas of the country that have Sprint service but the airave isn't available. Those are slowly being taken care of as the airave team updates the database.
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No I'm not incorrect, if your in a place that has airave coverage all you have to do is be within 15 miles of a sprint tower. Of course if you zip code is not covered, it doesn't matter. They have customers that live in coverage and are not in airave coverage.
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You are incorrect as I was well within 15 miles of a tower and even had Sprint coverage yet the airave didn't work. The issue is that Sprint maintains a database and adds the zip codes manually. With large zip codes they have issues as part of a zip code can be covered, and fairly well, but other parts have no coverage. In that case Sprint seems to blackout an entire zip code. I have actually dealt with this while you are probably reading from a screen what Sprint tells you will happen. I'm guessing you are an employee as that is exactly what I was told when I got the airave. Once I got the airave and Sprint saw I was well within 15 miles of a tower they then learned that isn't how it works. They then figured out the device uses GPS t...
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Fist off, im not wrong, i stated clearly YOU CAN BE IN SPRINT COVERAGE and still not be covered by an airave.... LEARN to read... it helps. And it has nothing to do with what you said,
"Determine if the AIRAVE device is located within 15 miles of a Sprint cell site:
Access the Cell Site Finder.
Verify CDMA radio button is clicked.
Enter the customer address (where the AIRAVE is located).
Click the Find it! button.
Review the Closest On-air Cells Within 15 Miles matrix. Identify if there is a cell tower within 15 miles.
If Yes, see Troubleshooting Lights on AIRAVE (CDMA).
If No, tell the customer that the AIRAVE is not available at that address at this time.
Advise customer that they will need to return the device.
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"Determine if the AIRAVE device is located within 15 miles of a Sprint cell site:
Access the Cell Site Finder.
Verify CDMA radio button is clicked.
Enter the customer address (where the AIRAVE is located).
Click the Find it! button.
Review the Closest On-air Cells Within 15 Miles matrix. Identify if there is a cell tower within 15 miles.
If Yes, see Troubleshooting Lights on AIRAVE (CDMA).
If No, tell the customer that the AIRAVE is not available at that address at this time.
Advise customer that they will need to return the device.
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here's the deal...
They would work if they had a roaming agreement if your in a roaming area your covered for roaming
Every minute in roaming with exception of night and weekend minutes counts as anytime minute for some reason it does not count mobile to mobile (even if it's nationwide all cell phone plan)
It costs a ton of money to use roaming so sprint will let you know you are violating terms of agreement, which technically you are,
it costs a little less than $.01 per regular voice minute (did i just spill the beans?) and ton more to use the service in roam because sprint would be paying the other company the rates they agreed to pay to allow you service...
sorry if it seems sprint isn't the best match
They would work if they had a roaming agreement if your in a roaming area your covered for roaming
Every minute in roaming with exception of night and weekend minutes counts as anytime minute for some reason it does not count mobile to mobile (even if it's nationwide all cell phone plan)
It costs a ton of money to use roaming so sprint will let you know you are violating terms of agreement, which technically you are,
it costs a little less than $.01 per regular voice minute (did i just spill the beans?) and ton more to use the service in roam because sprint would be paying the other company the rates they agreed to pay to allow you service...
sorry if it seems sprint isn't the best match
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Technically yes, anytime you're near a CDMA tower, you would be able to use your Sprint phone. However, if more than 800 (or a majority) of your minute usage each month is done while in roaming for 2 out of 3 consecutive months, your service can and probably will be cancelled (the ETF would be waived though)
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