Author Topic: Time to leave Sprint?... (Read 19902 times)

elizmm · « **Reply #40 on:** January 19, 2012, 01:20:49 AM »

If you have a corp of any sort, speak to the bizz department, I opened a bizz account on verizon and att&t, and some of the options are way better than the consumer plans, it is a very different setup and configuration, but you can make it work. Data cards are much cheaper with the bizz plans as well.

(calling the 800 number for business will not do it for you, you need the plans that have dedicated agents. PM me and i can share some email addresses/phone numbers of agents I have dealt with)

AsherO · « **Reply #41 on:** January 19, 2012, 01:43:31 AM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 18, 2012, 11:48:08 PM

Am I retarded for even considering T-Mo?

Look at the plans (3G only):

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #42 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:17:03 AM »

When I was in the usa, it seemed that prepaid had $50/month for unlimited all, which seems cheaper than the postpaid rates.
If you want BB, and/or all lines in one plan, I guess that won't help. (I thought if say 90% of calls/txt are made by one person, it might be a good idea.)

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #43 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:18:42 AM »

@ Dan: can I be the new sprinter rebbe?

I feel bad taking parnosso away from sprint.

I still pay the tax part though... (Is there any state that doesn't charge this?)

AsherO · « **Reply #44 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:19:35 AM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on January 19, 2012, 12:50:00 AM

Can you even get a BB data plan with prepaid?

BTW, you can also get a BB on (cr@ppy) MetroPCS, also a limited selection of devices.

Quote from: SuperFlyer on January 19, 2012, 03:17:03 AM

When I was in the usa, it seemed that prepaid had $50/month for unlimited all, which seems cheaper than the postpaid rates.
If you want BB, and/or all lines in one plan, I guess that won't help. (I thought if say 90% of calls/txt are made by one person, it might be a good idea.)

Prepaid is cheaper, but no sufficient BB phones/plans and possibly lackluster service.

Quote from: SuperFlyer on January 19, 2012, 03:18:42 AM

I still pay the tax part though... (Is there any state that doesn't charge this?)

Rural NV is cheapest IME.

SuperFlyer · « **Reply #45 on:** January 19, 2012, 05:26:04 AM »

lacklustre service: you mean the cs or so?

line quality should be the same*.

*sticking to a major operator.

Dan · « **Reply #46 on:** January 19, 2012, 10:01:30 AM »

It really boils down to whether 4GLTE and having your phone as a 4G hotspot is important to you.

AsherO · « **Reply #47 on:** January 19, 2012, 10:59:01 PM »

Quote from: Dan on January 19, 2012, 10:01:30 AM

It really boils down to whether 4GLTE and having your phone as a 4G hotspot is important to you.

Not really beneficial to me with the current data plan limits, hence my question:

Quote from: AsherO on January 18, 2012, 09:26:41 PM

With the recent news Dan posted on DDF homepage, I'm feeling it might be time for me to leave Sprint. I've been with Sprint for over 10 years, and my plan has become more and more expensive/restricted over the past 5 years or so. If the Sprinter Rebbe himself has bailed, who am I to stick around?
My current plan has a total of three lines/phones.
For my phone I have a BB. (I might want a BB with my ne carrier/plan), there's also an Android and a dumbphone.
I have 1,500 anytime minutes, I barely go over 500 though because of the following two lines:
Unlimited N&W minutes from 6pm.
Any Mobile AnyTime - free calls to any US mobile number with any carrier.
Unlimited SMS/MMS all lines
Unlimited data (is there any way to still get this with other carriers?), needed on my BB and the Android, not needed on the dumbphone. If no unl. is available, the 2gb will have to suffice.

Jakob · « **Reply #48 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:20:04 AM »

I'm currently working for AT&T (being self-employed didn't work out so well). I'm pretty sure you won't be able to come even close to replicating what you had with Sprint. From what I've been able to gather, Sprint had a billing system that allowed people to get free service. I've looked in the AT&T systems and that is pretty much impossible from what I have seen.

AsherO · « **Reply #49 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:38:48 AM »

Quote from: Jakob on January 22, 2012, 10:20:04 AM

I'm currently working for ATnullT (being self-employed didn't work out so well). I'm pretty sure you won't be able to come even close to replicating what you had with Sprint. From what I've been able to gather, Sprint had a billing system that allowed people to get free service. I've looked in the AT&T systems and that is pretty much impossible from what I have seen.

$100+ a month is free service??

Jakob · « **Reply #50 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:13:23 AM »

No, that is not what I am saying. I am saying that if you are looking for any unpublished deals or anything close to what you had at Sprint with AT&T, it is highly unlikely.

Cashman · « **Reply #51 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:07:02 PM »

So AsherO what did you end up doing?

AsherO · « **Reply #52 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:16:45 PM »

Quote from: Cashman on January 25, 2012, 08:07:02 PM

So AsherO what did you end up doing?

Didn't end up doing anything yet. I haven't yet decided if I want to risk going to T-Mobile (Anyone with T-Mo in NYC care to weigh in on that?) or I should stick with the big boys. If it's between AT&T or VZW, then it'll probably be VZW as I'm confident I can get hooked up there.

Dan · « **Reply #53 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:25:54 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 25, 2012, 08:16:45 PM

Didn't end up doing anything yet. I haven't yet decided if I want to risk going to T-Mobile (Anyone with T-Mo in NYC care to weigh in on that?) or I should stick with the big boys. If it's between AT&T or VZW, then it'll probably be VZW as I'm confident I can get hooked up there.

No personal experience, but CR does their rankings based on surveys and tests...
The 3 columns are for Voice, texting, and data.

Cashman · « **Reply #54 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:42:10 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on January 25, 2012, 08:16:45 PM

Didn't end up doing anything yet. I haven't yet decided if I want to risk going to T-Mobile (Anyone with T-Mo in NYC care to weigh in on that?) or I should stick with the big boys. If it's between AT&T or VZW, then it'll probably be VZW as I'm confident I can get hooked up there.

Please keep us posted as a lot of people are getting out of their sprint contracts thanks to Dan!

Avid Reader · « **Reply #55 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:45:44 PM »

Quote from: Dan on January 25, 2012, 08:25:54 PM

No personal experience, but CR does their rankings based on surveys and tests...
The 3 columns are for Voice, texting, and data.

AT&T is worse then sprint in coverage? This can't be right, at least not where I live.

Cashman · « **Reply #56 on:** January 25, 2012, 08:49:34 PM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on January 25, 2012, 08:45:44 PM

AT&T is worse then sprint in coverage? This can't be right, at least not where I live.

+1

Dan · « **Reply #57 on:** January 25, 2012, 09:02:26 PM »

Quote from: Avid Reader on January 25, 2012, 08:45:44 PM

AT&T is worse then sprint in coverage? This can't be right, at least not where I live.

Obviously there will always be places where a carrier (well besides VZW

) will have a dead-zone, but that's based on the survey responses of tens of thousands of people.

elikay · « **Reply #58 on:** January 25, 2012, 09:05:00 PM »

IIRC TMobile's coverage in CH has been discussed here before and described as dismal, unless something has changed since.

moko · « **Reply #59 on:** January 25, 2012, 10:38:45 PM »

has anyone ever tried bklyn wireless their ads always have great deals (better than anything i see) but u need to shlep to the store to talk to them, so i would like to know if anyone has ever used them