Tmobile VS Sprint
Im currently a sprint customer, but im thinking of switching to tmobile bc i would really like the sidekick slide, but i hear bad things about tmobile....would you switch to tmobile from sprint.....
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About half a million of your bretheren did last year. While Sprint continues to post record churn, fiscal losses and ranks at the bottom of wirless in terms of customer service T-Mobile has been the top in customer service, has acquired a bulk of the million or so Sprint refugees from 2007 and rumors abound involving a full or partial acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom AG.
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"and rumors abound involving a full or partial acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom AG."
Yeah right. I think they all learned from sprint/nextel and the merging of two companies with two differant technolgies that are huge. Its easy to aquire a local company and change the netwrok but not on a national level.
Yeah right. I think they all learned from sprint/nextel and the merging of two companies with two differant technolgies that are huge. Its easy to aquire a local company and change the netwrok but not on a national level.
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I would say that the decision is really yours. T-Mobile currently is in 3rd place on national coverage. Sprint holds 2nd place iDen and 4th place CDMA.
These are just national numbers, so I would check to make sure T-Mo would work where you would use it the most (without roaming) before decided to jump.
Sides, someone said Sprint people were flocking to T-Mo. Not in my market, they either upgraded or moved to at&t. Currently the churn rates for Sprint and T-Mo really close. Part of it is the merger mess on Sprint's end. T-Mo's end is apparently some issues in regards to indoor coverage, and phone issues.
If you really want the SK and T-Mo will work for you, go for it. Before truly jumping, read reviews, get customer input on ...
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These are just national numbers, so I would check to make sure T-Mo would work where you would use it the most (without roaming) before decided to jump.
Sides, someone said Sprint people were flocking to T-Mo. Not in my market, they either upgraded or moved to at&t. Currently the churn rates for Sprint and T-Mo really close. Part of it is the merger mess on Sprint's end. T-Mo's end is apparently some issues in regards to indoor coverage, and phone issues.
If you really want the SK and T-Mo will work for you, go for it. Before truly jumping, read reviews, get customer input on ...
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Tmobile customer care is second to none, however if you want your phone to work in buildings I would recommend Sprint as Tmobiles in-building penetration is awful. I live in an area of 100,000 people, and I cant even tell you how many buildings it does not work in. I have heard the same from other people on this forum in other areas. Granted every carrier has their gaps in coverage, but through the years I have had them all and sorry to say but Tmobile coverage is by far the worst. I am sure Tmobile lovers will rip this post appart, so get both for the trial period, run them around and see what YOU think. Let me know!!
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As T-MobileGuy Said, look at the numbers--approximately 600,000 Sprint Customers left the company during Q4 of 2007...and that's just Q4! Either way you go, with any GSM service provider you will solid coverage. You have to remember that if you are in a hospital basement made of solid cement walls two feet under ground you PROBABLY won't get service with any provider. Blame the building, not the service provider. I go to a university that has a lot of historic buildings with really poor reception inside from other service providers. My Fiancee had verizon and never got service. As soon as he switched to T-Mo he had excellent service inside buildings.
Inevitably, it depends on your market area. So jump online, pull up a coverage check, an...
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Inevitably, it depends on your market area. So jump online, pull up a coverage check, an...
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Its not the carrier but the freq used and the distance of the tower from the building you are trying to use it in. Tmobile is mostly 1900 I think 99%. So yeah they have bad indoor pentration.
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Talk about some a strange possibility: Could the nation's fourth largest cellular carrier, T-Mobile, gobble up the third largest, Sprint Nextel? Analysts are saying that in order to maintain competitiveness and help avoid a price war in the cellular space (though that's already happening, to be honest), T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, could make a play for beleaguered Sprint.
The scenario is particularly possible because of DT's foreign ownership; a weak dollar means Sprint can be had for far less now that it would in better economic conditions, and Sprint's stock is down nearly 50 percent since the beginning of the year.
Of course, technical challenges would be incredible if the two companies were to merge: T-Mobile is a ...
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The scenario is particularly possible because of DT's foreign ownership; a weak dollar means Sprint can be had for far less now that it would in better economic conditions, and Sprint's stock is down nearly 50 percent since the beginning of the year.
Of course, technical challenges would be incredible if the two companies were to merge: T-Mobile is a ...
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Unfortunately for analysts they base all their Verbal banter on small info-databases and market trends. Tmo hasn't gobbled up any major Cellular Company while most CSPs have so yes they seem likely to take one in, however there are not any GSM companies up for grab at the moment so some moron thought it possible that Tmo could buy Sprint. However let me point out some interesting points.
1. It would consume nearly all of Tmos capital to buy up Sprint. Sprint is not cheap. If you want to be realistic at least look at who can afford it... Google comes to mind, especially since they vadged out early on the 700mhz auction and their stock is over $425 a share right now and they have billions flowing into their wireless ventures like its on Fir...
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1. It would consume nearly all of Tmos capital to buy up Sprint. Sprint is not cheap. If you want to be realistic at least look at who can afford it... Google comes to mind, especially since they vadged out early on the 700mhz auction and their stock is over $425 a share right now and they have billions flowing into their wireless ventures like its on Fir...
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1) As for innovation Talk Forver Mobile in its first and soon to come second iteration is going to place T-Mobile as a telcommunications carrier like the other big three rather than solely a wireless carrier. UMA deployment is fairly innovative.
2) 1.6 Billion in investments is relatively small for Intel, it was a foot in the door and a strategic play to remain involved in lieu of other chip manufacturers.
3)The integration of the netowrks, while difficult from an engineering standpoint is not impossible, it has been made a much steeper uphill battle due to the effectiveness of Sprint management and their beleagured, underpaid technicians.
4) The analysts in question specialize in wireless, have a deeper knowledge than yourself, ha...
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2) 1.6 Billion in investments is relatively small for Intel, it was a foot in the door and a strategic play to remain involved in lieu of other chip manufacturers.
3)The integration of the netowrks, while difficult from an engineering standpoint is not impossible, it has been made a much steeper uphill battle due to the effectiveness of Sprint management and their beleagured, underpaid technicians.
4) The analysts in question specialize in wireless, have a deeper knowledge than yourself, ha...
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1) Talk forever isn't innovative, ask Alltel.
2) That money bought Intel exclusivity regardless of how little it is.
3) Management has nothing to do with spectrum.
4) The analysts do not specialize in wireless. And if there were analysts that specialized in each industry then people who made stock trades wouldn't lose their ass 30% of the time when taking an analysts advice. And those who are financially stable would be pouring money into stocks instead of MMOs, CDs, and IRAs.
2) That money bought Intel exclusivity regardless of how little it is.
3) Management has nothing to do with spectrum.
4) The analysts do not specialize in wireless. And if there were analysts that specialized in each industry then people who made stock trades wouldn't lose their ass 30% of the time when taking an analysts advice. And those who are financially stable would be pouring money into stocks instead of MMOs, CDs, and IRAs.
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1) You've confused Talk Forever Mobile with MyFaves. Shocking. (Talk Forver Mobile is UMA)
2) I said this.
3) Its utilization and integration of technologies in reard to liscensed spectrum does.
4) They do, there are, 30% is better than chance, financial stability comes from stable investments like cash deposit and money markets and IRAs are for retirement. Stocks have higher returns and the first rule of investing...the higher the returns the higher the risks.
2) I said this.
3) Its utilization and integration of technologies in reard to liscensed spectrum does.
4) They do, there are, 30% is better than chance, financial stability comes from stable investments like cash deposit and money markets and IRAs are for retirement. Stocks have higher returns and the first rule of investing...the higher the returns the higher the risks.
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Dont go with either. Go with Verizon, there is a reason they have the lowest churn in the industry. If you are looking to go with a different company you might as well move to the best! 🙂
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vzpink,
I feel I am qualified to respond to this because I have worked for both companies.
Even though Sprint, who used to primarily use CDMA- a clearer technology, I recommend T-mobile because of it's customer service and its ability to match any lifestyle with any of their plans. T-mobile has a lot of exciting changes going on. T-mobile has surpassed Sprint's customer base now making T-mobile the 3rd largest wireless carrier. T-mobile's hotspot at home service is making a ton of headway into the market. You're going to see a lot of new phones this summer to freshen up a rather boring selection of phones and you're going to get T-mobile's award winning customer service who's been number 1 in all of America's 6 regions for the last...
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I feel I am qualified to respond to this because I have worked for both companies.
Even though Sprint, who used to primarily use CDMA- a clearer technology, I recommend T-mobile because of it's customer service and its ability to match any lifestyle with any of their plans. T-mobile has a lot of exciting changes going on. T-mobile has surpassed Sprint's customer base now making T-mobile the 3rd largest wireless carrier. T-mobile's hotspot at home service is making a ton of headway into the market. You're going to see a lot of new phones this summer to freshen up a rather boring selection of phones and you're going to get T-mobile's award winning customer service who's been number 1 in all of America's 6 regions for the last...
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They sure don't!! Nor do they have TV, radio, navigation, music downloads, Sirius radio, MLB Audio, or ANY applications for that matter. 😛
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You mean the technology that slowly got pusahed to the back burner by Verizon and AT&T? 3G Data is on its way once the government is completely of of our spectrum. On te plus side we like to test things a little longer than other carriers for a better end user experience.
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VZW and ATT pushed their PTT to the back burner because their PTT SUCKS!!! 8-20 seconds for the connection to initialize, please. Nextel DC connects you in less than a second. Congrats on getting 3g soon..... We've got 4g up and running in D.C. and Chicago... 😛
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If you are going to do a Sidekick, I would recommend the LX. It is more money but has more features and is made by Sharp instead of Moto-Crap. This phone was already recalled about three days after it came out, and Motorola has not exactly been the most reliable lately.
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I agree with the LX recommendation. I've seen the Slide have problems with shutting itself off when it closes.
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Yes! I switched my second line from T-Mobile to Sprint. What a mistake that was.
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