User: macuser09
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Re: Will WiMax make it to markets that have not yet gotten Rev A?
It appears that El Paso has DOrA as QChat works there. Clicking the DC tab on Sprint is a quick way to tell where DOrA has been deployed. If you are not seeing rev A in that area may want to have you devices checked.
Anyway, if Clearwire offers service there it will be upgraded to the newest WiMax by the end of the year. At least that is the last that Clear released about the old ...
Re: Balderdash
I would say that the other networks have a picocells or some other system in the airport. Clear probably doesn't have systems like those in place yet. Being a new network they are probably going for broad coverage first then doing the fine tuning and fill in work over time. It is going to be a bit before everything matures to the level of what all the other networks currently have. 4G is a completely ...
Re: Clearwire..
Your on Clearwire Pre-WiMax not Clear WiMax. Once that market is upgraded big changes should happen as to how it is operated.
Re: 5-12mbps real world for 4G proves that 3G never did live up to it's potential.
Jayshmay said:
Precisely, which is why I don't think 4G is anything to be all that excited about until the do some special antenna configurations to achieve much higher speeds. But I suppose the 700mhz will be good & snappy with the great bldg penetration.
Clear is going to be testing 4X2 MIMO antennas later this year with WiMax Release 2. That release should boost speeds to 24 mbps using 20 Mhz channels.
Re: Bad bad move on Sprints part
Verizon spent 743 million for it. If Sprint were to outbid Verizon the price would have probably gone close to or above 1 billion. I don't think this sponsorship was worth that much to Sprint. Those that leave won't be a big loss since Sprint will not be spending that large sum of money. I used the NFL app once in the 5 years I have been with Sprint. That was just when I ...
Re: I Do Not Understand
The bagel also has an additional monthly fee attached to it.
Re: Sprint plans still blows verizon out of the water...
mycool said:
This is a very common misconception. It's the same as saying since T-Mo and AT&T use GSM that you'll get all of AT&Ts coverage if you're with T-Mo since they also have roaming agreements. No.
Sprint will not include the SIDs for Verizon where they deem they have overlapping coverage. And, without those SIDs in your phone you cannot connect to the network in that area.
Sprint does not neg SIDs. They allow you to roam on any carrier ...
Re: So, is this the last independent affiliate?
Swiftel and Shentel are the two remaining affiliates. Then Sprint has partners (Sprint rural alliance) providing coverage for them. Those partners are Nextech, Alaska Digitel, Alltel in MT, Ntelos and Pioneer cellular.
Re: Sprint to stop selling certain push-to-talk phones
My V950 is pretty nice. I got it in October and the latest hardware and software revisions seem to have fixed most of the issue. My battery (extended) last about 4 days on a charge which was one of the major complaints.
Re: i spit my drink when i saw this!
muchdrama said:
From what I've read about QChat, it was a clusterf**k from the get-go.
Sprint screwed up the launch of Qchat by not offering it in all markets. Then to top that off the network wasn't set up for Qchat in all areas. Some areas still have to be upgraded to EVDOrA which means no PTT. You would think they would make sure the whole network is up to it before rolling out a new feature such ...
Re: at least
Verizon got rid of some call center workers in Springfield, MO a few months ago. They were part of Alltel. V is slowly getting rid of the Alltel people.
Re: UGH!
iPCS leases the spectrum and the right to use the Sprint name but that is it. iPCS owns the towers, the equipment and has its own set of engineers to design and develop the network. They are pretty much independent of Sprint aside from using the spectrum and paying Sprint to provide CS and billing.
Sprint had to lease the spectrum or they were going to lose it as they had no plans to build a ...
Re: AirRave?
If you call CS and ask about it they may be able to find one. A 3G EVDO version is on the way which I can only guess the production of 1xrtt versions was stopped to use up the stock. My guess is they were counting on the EVDO version being out by now since they are very low on the 1xrtt version.
Re: Switch from At&t to sprint?
Depending on your area you may experience fewer dropped calls. If you give your location that would help determine if Sprint works good where you live. Data will be faster much of the time and overall you will see more 3G EVDO. Before porting a number over I would get a phone and try out the service. If it works well then port the number. That saves the hassle of porting again if the ...
Re: sprint coverage
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 ...
Re: Clear
Jayshmay said:
I'll let you all know next Thursday when I get the service. I think WiWavelength was being nothing other than rude like a lot of people on Phone Scoop are. HDMI out on laptops is a very, very new feature.
Not all that new as my 2 year old $600 laptop has an HDMI output. It was bought at best buy so it isn't like I had it custom built or anything. Some manufacturers were just a ...
Re: sprint coverage
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. ...
Re: sprint coverage
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.
Re: SID Codes
Here is a link to an older Sprint PRL that lists the SID for different networks.
http://www.roamingzone.com/prl/p rl_20232.shtml
Re: why bother?? too late!
It requires a new channel card at the tower. It should be fairly inexpensive to implement on the tower end. One good reason to upgrade is that those with dumb phones really don't need the speed LTE offers. EVDO many times is limited by the processor speed in those phones and generally less data intensive apps are run. Verizon has stated the first thing they are going to try to move to LTE is the ...
Re: Airave
Even if you are within 5 miles of a tower there are areas of the country where an airave will not work. I live in an area where I'm a few miles from a tower and the airave doesn't work. There are areas in Texas that is Sprint Corp territory and the airave doesn't work. Someone over at hofo is experiencing this very issue. I have an airave as account services sent me one thinking ...
Re: Sprint Airave-Let me clear this up!
So far off the mark on the ISP route it isn't even funny. There are no agreements with ISPs to give them priority. The device does use the GPS to know where it is and what frequency and channels to use. It has to do this or it could interfere with other carriers in the area. The zip code determines if it works or not. I have gone online and changed the zip code ...
Re: Verizon+Alltel=TheFurtherDemiseofSprint
Bad thing about setting a phone to Sprint only is someone may start thinking Sprint sucks when they go traveling and see no service. I have had several friends that really thought Sprint sucked because of their phones being set to Sprint only. They were ready to cancel until they saw me using my phone and was wondering why they had no signal. I showed them what the problem was and they were very grateful for ...
Re: Coverage in Portland Oregon . . . ? Better or Worse than VZW?
My advice would be to get a temp number from Sprint and try it out for 30 days. Surprised no one suggested that. If you don't like it return the equipment and continue with Verizon. If you do like it then you can port your Verizon numbers over. It is best for you to test the service as one persons thought of acceptable may vary from your acceptable level. You have to use what ...
Re: Like I said..
SprintTV has live content. Many of the channels are prerecorded but those like discovery, CNN and others are live. The total number of channels Sprint has is astounding, many more than just 20.
Re: Sprints problem
Many of the problems started before the merger. The culprit of many of the network problems that were experienced can be placed squarely on boost taking off. Boost went beyond any expectations and pulled the network down. The IDEN system just couldn't handle the load and then rebanding was just around the corner as that hit. Tim knew he had to do something as the price of both of those issues was just enormous so ...
Re: Sprint...
I just hope sprint drops the monthly price for having an airave. The current price isn't great considering it is using my connection and is saving sprint from having to build towers and/or add capacity to existing towers in the area.
Update after having the Muziq for awhile
Well I would now rate the phone poorly. I'm on my third and waiting for my account to finish migration so another can be sent to me. First one wasn't picking up signal very good so that was the first replacement. Second one the keypad stopped working, right before that happened I started seeing an increase in dropped calls. Third one the volume is no longer adjustable. This is a software problem. I ...
Re: tower in my backyard
Not entirely true since towers in urban areas cover 1/2 mile or even less, depends on population density. It is all in the way the panels are designed and how the techs set everything up.
Re: Real-world data speeds in Orange County, CA?
I don't live out there but speeds are very tower dependent. Usage is mainly to blame but most of the time the Sprint data network is faster than the Verizon network. Sprint has pushed data for a very long time so this may be part of the reason for the difference you see. I have noticed the speed difference to with my friends having VZW and me having Sprint in the Chicago, Rockford and Colorado Springs ...
Re: fusic to the muziq
I have to say my musiq makes the Sanyo seem like crap. My Sanyo's would barely ever pick up a signal (the two I have had are 3100 and 8200) with the musiq I get several bars to full signal depending where I'm at. My Samsung A740 outperformed both of the Sanyo's. I have had nothing but problems with Sanyo phones with 7 replacements on the 8200 and none with the 3100 as I just opted ...
Re: Seriously, Service Subpar in SC
Have you tried setting your phone to roaming only? If it works fine that way then it is the network in that area. The only thing you can do in that situation is have a network ticket filled out for that area. Have those you know with sprint do the same thing to get as many reports about the problem as possible. I was down in SC a few weeks ago and didn't have many ...
Re: Is Sprint really this strict with Roaming?
I'm a sprint customer and yes the network needs to be built out more. Major interstates still have no sprint coverage and barely any roaming. I80 through Wyoming and Nebraska is one such road. Where iPCS is doing business you might as well just put the phone on roaming only as coverage is spotty. I always find areas that are booming but no sprint service in site. The last few years new towers from ...
Re: I thought Boost was gonna be phased out?
Soon everything will be data based. So yes data is the key to everything and why wimax is so important. The capacity and latency of that system will allow voip in the future. Rev A has low latency but I think sprint is sick of paying huge royalties to qualcomm for everything they do.
Re: How do you like that, Sprint?
1xrtt isn't as slow as you make it out to be. I can listen to streaming audio on my 1xrtt phone with no problem. Reason I don't upgrade to EVDO is I need analog for when I'm way out or on mountains.
Re: Do I have Sprint coverage?
Sprint is currently in the process of putting towers there. EVDO maps show coverage so it may be up.
Re: TIme display when off network
A lot of the newer phones get the time off the network. Due to this they don't keep time information stored locally. Sprint phones are the same way. I know if I lock onto an analog signal I won't get the time right away. Yes I still use analog and a lot of it. I really don't mind much that I don't have the time on my phone as I usually have something else ...
Re: Far to many negative overtones about Sprint out there !
I haven't had any problems with CS in two years. They have had sporatic outages in my neck of the woods for the last month. The network is very well built in most areas of the country (minuse iPCS markets). With how many towers they have yet to synergize the network is only going to get better. I have noticed a big difference in voice quality between Verizon and Sprint. It always seems like ...
Re: thank you sprint! (for all the port-ins we get from you)
Reception issues sounds like they didn't pay their bill and got cut off. Happens a lot then people blame sprint. The nextel side has its share of problems but they are being worked on. I have had fewer CS problems with sprint than I had with USCC.
Re: WiMAX.....huh...what's the big deal
A new revision to wimax allowing speeds up to 1 gbps has been demonstrated in labs. This revision is expected to be available around 2009 or 2010.
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