Sprint 4G LTE and the wait (I'm done with it) (towers, ATT)

[KayAnn246]

I hear you. I gave up on Sprint and switched. The data were I live is super slow.

[Peregrine]

Such first world problems we have.
Am I the only one thinking that?

[ColdAilment]

You get what you pay for. Have fun with your 3G service.

[ZhugeLiang]

Please don't look at big red as much of an improvement over Sprint. Ah Verizon, the huge network with the huge prices and tiny data caps. I think the only reason why I still put up with them is because I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan (and to keep it I'll have to purchase a phone off contract at full retail price for any upgrades) for my phone while carrying four other lines for family, so it would be an inconvenience to move everyone off to another carrier.

Sprint's mistake was going all in with WiMax which was a gigantic flop and their customers are paying the price for it.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by ZhugeLiang

Sprint's mistake was going all in with WiMax which was a gigantic flop and their customers are paying the price for it.

What do you suggest Sprint should have done instead of deploy WiMax?

[ZhugeLiang]

Originally Posted by NJBest

What do you suggest Sprint should have done instead of deploy WiMax?

Should have found a better partner than Clearwire which is a borderline ponzi scheme or gone with LTE from the start.

[swagger]

Originally Posted by Miker2069

Finally done being a fool and waiting for Sprint's 4G LTE network to be built out. I remember when they were buildng out 4G and it wasn't this bad and this long. Found out that in Charlotte they won't have LTE fully completed until July 2013 after being told it was supposed to be end of last year, latest possible 1/13 or 2/13.

I don't even want to hear the "it will be the fastest LTE when it's all done"...such garbage. I wish I knew this way before renewing my contract and buying a cool samsung phone that can't get 4G LTE because of the carrier.

I'm paying the early term fee and switching to Verizon...

Thanks for starting this thread. It reminded me to take a look to see if they had the LTE rollout scheduled yet for Las Vegas. They don't.

Our new Cricket phones were delivered today. I'm also going to pay whatever I have to in order to escape the Sprint madness. We pay a LOT for six phones, including $10/mo EACH for "premium" data service (4G) that we have no access to. Screw that. Bye bye, Sprint.

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by ZhugeLiang

Should have found a better partner than Clearwire which is a borderline ponzi scheme

I find it hard to believe that there's a bidding war on a ponzi scheme. Their partnership is paying off now isn't it?

Originally Posted by ZhugeLiang

or gone with LTE from the start.

LTE wasn't ready at the time.

Sprint's deployment of WiMax and partnership with Clearwire was a really smart movie.

[Blackbeauty212]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

You get what you pay for. Have fun with your 3G service.

Tell that to this person on Verizon with LTE.

LMAO!

[NJBest]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212

Tell that to this person on Verizon with LTE.

LMAO!

I can attest to that not being an accurate representation of Verizon LTE speeds in NYC.