in other words, cingular isnt great with voice as CDMA is

be careful about roaming. In my market I have to pay $15 a month for America Roaming which I get free roaming. My last bill had 16 minutes of LONG DISTANCE ROAMING CHARGES. In order to save the LD Roaming charges 50% of your minutes MUST be used on Sprint network in order not to be charged LD while Roaming. My plan does include long distance. 16 minutes at roaming charge + long distance = $$.$$ in overages.

I called Sprint customer care and kinda bitched about it at first, then realized it was my fault and I told them I was not aware of that and they gave me a extra 100 bonus minutes for the month. It sucks, but she explained it to me and decided to help out as much as she could. I like sprint better then Nextel customer care. They ar...
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Sprint isnt to bad just stay away from the samsung phones i suggest LG or sanyo they are the best so far but if you can wait then get the razor or any other motorola slim phone that is coming out.

You think the RAZR is better than the a900? The Sprint RAZR will be the best one yet b/c of the Sprint UI, but it's still not a jaw dropping phone. Just my opinion and the opinion of many others in my experience.

I know some one with the a900 and its not bad im just saying the Razr would be a better buy because from what i can tell the Blade (a900) is gunna be discontinued anyway. Just saying though DONT WANT TO START A FIGHT.

No not fighting... just discussing. The a900 I'm sure will be discontinued sometime in the not too distant future, it's been out for around a year. The Glint (m610) is coming out in the next month, that will be the replacement for the a900 and I'm pretty sure it will be just as good as the 900. I saw one and it looked and felt beautiful. I'm not knocking the RAZR at all, I'm psyched that we are finally carrying it! I just think there are better phones out there in the same form factor and close to the same price. So if there is someone looking for Sprint service, the Samsung line is the one I, personally, recommend.

my two cents: a900 battery life is horrific, and the software is buggier than Windows ME. I got the a920, so not knocking Samsung, just the a900 impresses me as much as a hot steamy turd.

You must be in an affiliate market or have an older plan. The fair and flexible plans available to those in corp. markets have no 50% rule. This was only on old plans, paid for it as an extra or live in an affiliate market. There are only a few affiliates left so if the OP could provide a location we could tell if they would be affected by any of this. To the poster getting charged for this if you are not in an affiliate market I suggest calling retentions and getting a new plan that includes roaming. I have two phones on my plan that roam 60-70% (200-300 min.) of the time while mine roams 10% of the time. Usually I roam 90-100% (2000-3000 min) over 4-5 months in the summer while I'm out in the mountains and deserts of the Western U.S. ...
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Let me say this I WAS a cingular customer and when the phone didn't work they told me to except what I had or move on I was a customer for 5yrs and got a new phone on the way to Charlotte, NC phone was dead it would ring i would push talk and it disconnected and when I got calls the caller id didn't work I called them from hubby nextel what another story LOL and they told me no guaranty the caller id would work.. I need my phone for business work and at 5pm incoming and out going was busy for about an hour they said too many people on at the same time, take your time or wait. Well i choose neither and stopped at the next cell phone store which happen to be Sprint and i have been with them 3yrs if i have a problem its resolved, so Cingular I ...
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Thanks for all the input. I switched to Sprint and went with the LG Fusic. This phone is awesome! In addition Sprint has some really great services like picture mail & the wireless backup feature so I don't have to worry about losing my phone book. I originally left Sprint several years ago cause the text messaging system was like web mail and too slow & annoying. Now they have regular text messaging just like everyone else. NO Roaming! & monthly price plans are the best. Wish I switched back sooner.

Welcome to Sprint! Can't tell you how happy we are to have you back in the family. 🙂

Take THAT, Verizon and Cingular. Who said we're dying? 🤣 😈

I've been having the same problems with Cingular also. One Saturday i missed three calls because the circuits were jammed and the voice mails weren't delivered to me until Thursday of the next week!! Really pissed me off! I called and complained and they told me that that is just the way it is. I'm out of my contract next month and will be switching to Sprint.

I have to say my parents are a ton happier with sprint since they switched in Feb. They can actually make a call now without getting dead air or a fast busy.

Well, that was one great thing about Nextel, since they didn't roam onto any other carrier's network you could not possibly be charged roaming. VZ and Cingular have lots of hidden charges and "gotcha's" when they pass through the charges from the carrier onto which you roamed. Read the fine print on the contracts for VZ & Cingular and you'll see; it's scary what charges they CAN pass on to you for roaming onto the wrong place at the wrong time....

Say what you want about Nextel, they have a lot of pluses compared to VZ, Cingy and even Sprint. Like all wireless carriers, Nextel has a few issues here and there, but ridiculuous roaming charges and long distance charges is not one of them. Personally, overall my experience with Nextel store p...
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