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Old 09-22-2012, 08:09 AM
 
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My wife and I are thinking about getting her the iphone 5 on Sprint. Verizon / AT&T plans are just too much for her. . .


What do you guys get on 3G speed (I'm assuming LTE will come here within next two years, but not right now).


is it doable - netflix, pandora, etc?
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Old 09-22-2012, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Englewood,CO
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When I had Sprint 3G was getting a bit slow...mostly Ok though (read: 500k down or above). What I've heard is they have been adding capacity and speed around town over the last year. I'd still be with them if work wasn't supplying an iphone on Verizon. Pandora should be totally fine....didn't bother watching Netflix on a smaller screen.
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Old 09-22-2012, 08:18 PM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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I've had Sprint in Colorado for 5 years now and I have zero complaints. For awhile, my phone was the only internet I had, and I was tethering to my laptop for a connection, one month I downloaded 11gb, and Sprint never even hinted about it. They are the only TRULY unlimited data plan out there. Others will want you to share it, charge you more for going over 5gb download, or slow it down past that point.

Verizon can kiss every part of my ass with their new data sharing garbage. They're always trying to find new ways to screw their customers.
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Old 09-23-2012, 03:45 AM
 
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I believe that Vail Resorts still partners with Sprint, so you get good Sprint coverage at Vail, Breck, Beaver Creek and Keystone, FWIW.
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Old 09-23-2012, 06:33 AM
 
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I switched from AT&T to Sprint last year. Overall coverage is much better (hardly any dead zones) but 3G speed is SLOW. Streaming audio generally works ok but i wouldn't expect to watch video smoothly. Definitely a trade off.
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Old 09-23-2012, 06:39 AM
 
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When I had Sprint 3G was getting a bit slow...mostly Ok though (read: 500k down or above). What I've heard is they have been adding capacity and speed around town over the last year. I'd still be with them if work wasn't supplying an iphone on Verizon. Pandora should be totally fine....didn't bother watching Netflix on a smaller screen.
heh! you don't have a toddler!
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Old 09-23-2012, 02:42 PM
 
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In my dated experience, their coverage in the mountains was lacking. Get away from I-70 and kiss coverage goodbye. Compared to friends with verison, AT&T, even T-mobile it lacked in terms of service. In the city, cell coverage for talk is fine, I pretty much always had coverage. Data on Sprint across the country is known to be super super slow! For some it's unbearably slow. For me (in LA) it takes about 20sec to load a 4kb email. Google maps is somewhat usable here. Yelp is kinda slow too. When compared to my fiancée who has AT&T, I'm the tortoise and she's the hare. Except this time the hare doesn't get distracted and wins the race, every time. I'm staying with Sprint until I arrive in Denver and figure out where exactly I'll be living, then may switch to another service depending on coverage.
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Old 09-24-2012, 03:34 AM
 
Location: 80904 West siiiiiide!
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heh! you don't have a toddler!
Hell would freeze over before I handed a smartphone to a toddler...
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Old 09-24-2012, 09:34 AM
 
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Hell would freeze over before I handed a smartphone to a toddler...
ookaaaayyyy

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