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If you think i'm getting unlimited data at dialup speeds, you might want to check your speed test again. My speed is very quick even in my home and the fact that I don't have to deal with a nasty t-mobile rep if an issue did arise with half of the calls going to outsourced India, makes me feel 100% better. T-Mobile can afford to offer cheaper prices because they outsource the majority of incoming calls to their call centers abroad, they have less towers than Sprint or Verizon and their reception in the US is not as good. Now take a ride to Verizon, print out the maps, then call TMO and ask where their call centers are. There's a reason why they are cheaper. You just can't grasp it and grasp what else is out there. I worked in many sectors of Telecom and I have friends and family that have or have had service with all of the 4 majors and there are reasons why they stay and leave each. No one in the last 3-4 years that has sprint service that I know of has changed. Everyone that I know that currently has TMO is planning to leave. Everyone that has AT&T that I know is waiting for their contract to end than they are bailing too. People with Verizon Wireless service love the service but not the price. Face the facts, there is a reason why T-Mobiles churn rates keep increasing, AT&T too. When AT&T lost exclusive rights to the IPhone, people didn't have to stick with their subpar coverage at a premium price. I still think that eventually the TMO/Sprint merger will happen because they will try to take on the big dogs but until that time, Sprint is better all around.
That's because they don't offer the IPHONE!
I'm with k-4 on this one. I have T-MO my wife had Sprint, My sons had Verizon and my daughter had ATT. 3 months ago when their contracts were done, I switch them all to T-Mobile! We're are under T-MO, 5 smart phones,unlimited everything for 179 a month. The T-MO speeds were far superior compared to the other major carriers and I never had a dropped call where ever I have traveled. I've been with them contentiously since they were VoiceStream in 1994. If it's not broken don't fix it is my motto.
If you think i'm getting unlimited data at dialup speeds, you might want to check your speed test again. My speed is very quick even in my home and the fact that I don't have to deal with a nasty t-mobile rep if an issue did arise with half of the calls going to outsourced India, makes me feel 100% better.
Funny, you do realize Sprint does not offer high-speed wireless data outside of NYC, right?
Check the charts. Where is Sprint on that list? Consistently the WORST w.r.t. speed tests.
Check the "overall winners and losers" picture, too. Here, let me just show you:
Twice in a row, Sprint is rated the worst. 3G (which you are claiming to be faster than T-Mo's 4G HSPA+ network) was rated as the absolute slowest 3G network. Sprint's WiMAX network can't even reach western Nassau.. I hope you don't claim to be receiving it in Suffolk.
I switched to sprint to save money and my wife and I both have smart phones.
The bill is very inexpensive for what we have... two android smartphones with unlimited everything... comes to $140 after all taxes and fees every month. We also have the air rave router in the house so we get full bars every time we're at home with no added cost.
HOWEVER.
Sprint's data speeds are noticeably subpar compared to my peers with similar phones on competitor's networks. AT&T, Verizon, TMo, you name it... they are all faster then my Sprint EVO 4G.
A lot of guys I work with can open youtube on their phone with verizon and almost instantly start streaming YoutubeHD content.
I can't watch at all. I downloaded an app so I can download the youtube file and then watch it once it's been loaded to my phone entirely.
Forget about Netflix or Amazon streaming movies. Like watching grass grow.
I've been happy with phone call quality and coverage and my phone is great but based on the reasons I've described above when my contract expires I will be switching to Verizon.
I'd rather pay an extra $40 a month and get 4G service with all the bells and whistles then deal with 3G that operates at 56k dialup speeds.
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