Thanks Sprint for having no coverage in MT,SD, and WY

I am on the road and only found out after leaving that Sprint has little or
no coverage in MT, WY and SD. I picked up a calling card from a truck stop
on the interstate. I then got the unpleasant surprise of pressing the * key
after calling my Sprint number to receive my voice mail messages. You
guessed it, the calling card disconnected and ask me to enter my next phone
number. The * key is a speed saver to allow you to make another call without
calling the 800 number and re-entering pin.

I finally figured out by switching to dual band I could use my phone in roam
mode. Well I'm bent over now, I wonder what the charge will be from
Sheridan, WY. Thank you sir, may I have another.

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"LLC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> I am on the road and only found out after leaving that Sprint has little
or
> no coverage in MT, WY and SD. I picked up a calling card from a truck stop
> on the interstate. I then got the unpleasant surprise of pressing the *
key
> after calling my Sprint number to receive my voice mail messages. You
> guessed it, the calling card disconnected and ask me to enter my next
phone
> number. The * key is a speed saver to allow you to make another call
without
> calling the 800 number and re-entering pin.
>
> I finally figured out by switching to dual band I could use my phone in
roam
> mode. Well I'm bent over now, I wonder what the charge will be from
> Sheridan, WY. Thank you sir, may I have another.

SPCS offers a roaming option, called F&CA, which allows for roaming calls.
$5/mo. for up to 50% of your minutes used during a billing cycle, if your
account is based in a SPCS corporate area. If you are based in an SPCS
affiliate area, the option might be $10, with less minutes, but all the
affiliates offer the option.

Bob

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LLC <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am on the road and only found out after leaving that Sprint has little or
> no coverage in MT, WY and SD. I picked up a calling card from a truck stop
> on the interstate. I then got the unpleasant surprise of pressing the * key
> after calling my Sprint number to receive my voice mail messages. You
> guessed it, the calling card disconnected and ask me to enter my next phone
> number. The * key is a speed saver to allow you to make another call without
> calling the 800 number and re-entering pin.
>
> I finally figured out by switching to dual band I could use my phone in roam
> mode. Well I'm bent over now, I wonder what the charge will be from
> Sheridan, WY. Thank you sir, may I have another.
>

Well, if you would have looked at the coverage map before you left, you
would already have known they have little native coverage in that part
of the country. You could have added the roaming package onto your plan
for the month, if you phone would support it.

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Bob Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> SPCS offers a roaming option, called F&CA, which allows for roaming calls.
> $5/mo. for up to 50% of your minutes used during a billing cycle, if your
> account is based in a SPCS corporate area. If you are based in an SPCS
> affiliate area, the option might be $10, with less minutes, but all the
> affiliates offer the option.

If he was asked for a credit card, he was in an area where Sprint has no
roaming agreements, so F&CA wouldn't work anyhow.

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"Steven J Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bob Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > SPCS offers a roaming option, called F&CA, which allows for roaming
calls.
> > $5/mo. for up to 50% of your minutes used during a billing cycle, if
your
> > account is based in a SPCS corporate area. If you are based in an SPCS
> > affiliate area, the option might be $10, with less minutes, but all the
> > affiliates offer the option.
>
> If he was asked for a credit card, he was in an area where Sprint has no
> roaming agreements, so F&CA wouldn't work anyhow.

True Steve, however, there was no mention of a credit card. Calling card
yes, but no credit card.

Bob

"LLC" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I am on the road and only found out after leaving that Sprint has little or
> no coverage in MT, WY and SD. I picked up a calling card from a truck stop
> on the interstate. I then got the unpleasant surprise of pressing the * key
> after calling my Sprint number to receive my voice mail messages. You
> guessed it, the calling card disconnected and ask me to enter my next phone
> number. The * key is a speed saver to allow you to make another call without
> calling the 800 number and re-entering pin.
>
> I finally figured out by switching to dual band I could use my phone in roam
> mode. Well I'm bent over now, I wonder what the charge will be from
> Sheridan, WY. Thank you sir, may I have another.


Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
implemented and a new PRL is released. That could happen any time now.
You should be able to roam there without using a calling card.

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Larry Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
> implemented and a new PRL is released. That could happen any time now.
> You should be able to roam there without using a calling card.

QWest is already selling national plans which clearly are based upon
Sprint's network.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:

> Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
> implemented and a new PRL is released.

Isn't it way past due already?

Bob Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> True Steve, however, there was no mention of a credit card. Calling card
> yes, but no credit card.

Uhhhh, yeah. Sorry about that...

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Steven J Sobol <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Bob Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > SPCS offers a roaming option, called F&CA, which allows for roaming calls.
> > $5/mo. for up to 50% of your minutes used during a billing cycle, if your
> > account is based in a SPCS corporate area. If you are based in an SPCS
> > affiliate area, the option might be $10, with less minutes, but all the
> > affiliates offer the option.
>
> If he was asked for a credit card, he was in an area where Sprint has no
> roaming agreements, so F&CA wouldn't work anyhow.

Sprint does have roaming agreements in all of those states. There
shouldn't be a problem in that regard.

"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:
>
> > Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
> > implemented and a new PRL is released.
>
> Isn't it way past due already?

Yes. I have to say I'm a little disappointed that this hasn't
progressed a little bit faster, although Sprint never really put out a
specific date as to when it would happen. I just assumed back in
August/September of last year that it would have happened by now.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:

> "Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] (Larry Thomas) wrote:
> >
> > > Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
> > > implemented and a new PRL is released.
> >
> > Isn't it way past due already?
>
> Yes. I have to say I'm a little disappointed that this hasn't
> progressed a little bit faster, although Sprint never really put out a
> specific date as to when it would happen. I just assumed back in
> August/September of last year that it would have happened by now.


Is this yet another promise made by Lauer that he hasn't delivered on?

Robert M. <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Yes. I have to say I'm a little disappointed that this hasn't
>> progressed a little bit faster, although Sprint never really put out a
>> specific date as to when it would happen. I just assumed back in
>> August/September of last year that it would have happened by now.
>
> Is this yet another promise made by Lauer that he hasn't delivered on?

Larry just *said* there was no promise made.

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:47:00 -0700, LLC <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am on the road and only found out after leaving that Sprint has little or
>no coverage in MT, WY and SD. I picked up a calling card from a truck stop
>on the interstate. I then got the unpleasant surprise of pressing the * key
>after calling my Sprint number to receive my voice mail messages. You
>guessed it, the calling card disconnected and ask me to enter my next phone
>number. The * key is a speed saver to allow you to make another call without
>calling the 800 number and re-entering pin.

You needed to RTFM for your phone and understand how to turn on analog
roaming.

I've driven through very backwater parts of WY and never gone more than
30 miles without some coverage. All the little towns had coverage and
in between NO cell phone company had coverage.

On 27 Apr 2004 17:43:46 GMT, Thomas T. Veldhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Larry Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Sprint will soon have coverage in those states when the Qwest deal is
>> implemented and a new PRL is released. That could happen any time now.
>> You should be able to roam there without using a calling card.

>QWest is already selling national plans which clearly are based upon
>Sprint's network.

Unless it's a satelite phone, it won't have coverage between towns.