Retention and Sprint's new plan

I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint plan.
How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer service
nightmares and service coverage downgrade?

I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee that I
can break even in 9 months.

Alan Marryat wrote:
> I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint plan.
> How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer service
> nightmares and service coverage downgrade?
>
> I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee that I
> can break even in 9 months.
>
>

Just in time for the new upgrade (for your convenience) to two
Campbell's soup cans and a L O N G string?

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I don't think it's that bad, at least not where I am. One of my friends is
on Sprint and gets decent reception.

"Jim Higgins" <gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Just in time for the new upgrade (for your convenience) to two Campbell's
> soup cans and a L O N G string?
>
> --
> Civis Romanus Sum

Jim Higgins wrote:
> Alan Marryat wrote:
>> I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint plan.
>> How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer service
>> nightmares and service coverage downgrade?
>>
>> I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee that I
>> can break even in 9 months.
>
> Just in time for the new upgrade (for your convenience) to two
> Campbell's soup cans and a L O N G string?

Optimist. The LONG string is for roaming.

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I can certainly call a jerk Hussein.

"Alan Marryat" <amarryat@verizon.net> wrote:

> I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint
> plan.

What Sprint plan?


> How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer
> service nightmares and service coverage downgrade?

Counting you? One.


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$100/month

I haven't switched. And I have been on verizonwireless since it was nynex.

"XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> "Alan Marryat" <amarryat@verizon.net> wrote:
>
..
>
> What Sprint plan?
>
>
> Counting you? One.
>
>
> --
> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
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> http://improve-usenet.org

A lot of people will flee to Sprint. You need to remember that with Sprint,
all that you need to do is set your phone to "Roaming Only Mode" and you are
using Verizon. You get Verizon and Sprint in the same phone. What could be
better?


"Alan Marryat" <amarryat@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint plan.
>How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer service
>nightmares and service coverage downgrade?
>
> I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee that I
> can break even in 9 months.
>

I was on Verizon/Airtouch for 10+ years and moved to Sprint about 2 years
ago because Verizon couldn't provide service to my new home in Laguna Niguel
California. Verizon actually sent a technician out to my home to do signal
testing. He concluded that the signal was unusable and for this reason,
Verizon terminated me and my wife as Verizon customers without having to pay
the ETF. I highly commend Verizon for this because they actually care about
providing good service to their customers. Kudos to Verizon. On the other
hand, Sprint provided almost full signal to my home and I made the switch to
Sprint. I have been very satisfied when using Sprint when traveling. If I am
in a remote rural area I can simply set my phone to "Roaming Only" mode and
I am using Verizon's network for free. Therefore I have the best of both
worlds because I am technically savvy and realize that I can do this. I can
even stand under a Sprint tower and make a call on Verizon if I like. Any
user can do this by setting their Sprint phone to "Roaming Only" mode from
the Roaming Menu. It is an options that is available on all Sprint "Digital
Only" phones. I hope that helps clarify this issue.



"Alan Marryat" <letsgohokies@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> $100/month
>
> I haven't switched. And I have been on verizonwireless since it was
> nynex.
>
> "XS11E" <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9A53952525E5xs11emailinatorcom@85.214.90.2 36...
>> "Alan Marryat" <amarryat@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
> .
>>
>> What Sprint plan?
>>
>>
>> Counting you? One.
>>
>>
>> --
>> XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups
>> The Usenet Improvement Project:
>> http://improve-usenet.org
>
>

Jar-Jar Binks wrote:
> I was on Verizon/Airtouch for 10+ years and moved to Sprint about 2
> years ago because Verizon couldn't provide service to my new home in
> Laguna Niguel California. Verizon actually sent a technician out to
> my home to do signal testing. He concluded that the signal was
> unusable and for this reason, Verizon terminated me and my wife as
> Verizon customers without having to pay the ETF. I highly commend
> Verizon for this because they actually care about providing good
> service to their customers. Kudos to Verizon. On the other hand,
> Sprint provided almost full signal to my home and I made the switch
> to Sprint. I have been very satisfied when using Sprint when
> traveling. If I am in a remote rural area I can simply set my phone
> to "Roaming Only" mode and I am using Verizon's network for free.
> Therefore I have the best of both worlds because I am technically
> savvy and realize that I can do this. I can even stand under a
> Sprint
> tower and make a call on Verizon if I like. Any user can do this by
> setting their Sprint phone to "Roaming Only" mode from the Roaming
> Menu. It is an options that is available on all Sprint "Digital
> Only"
> phones. I hope that helps clarify this issue.

You won't be so happy when Sprint gets behind on their usage of the
Verizon towers and Verizon cuts off access!! With Sprint's problems,
that could happen at any time.

Tom J

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:59:05 GMT, "Alan Marryat"
<amarryat@verizon.net> wrote:

>I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint plan.
>How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer service
>nightmares and service coverage downgrade?
>
>I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee that I
>can break even in 9 months.

What was Sprint offering that VZW can't offer?

Don't both offer unlimited plans now?

Diamond Dave <dmine45.NOSPAM@yahoo.com> amazed us all with the following
in news:4sghs39vc3ildj1jah12u3k5ao3ot933o3@4ax.com:

> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:59:05 GMT, "Alan Marryat"
> <amarryat@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>I called, but VZW will not do anything to try and match the Sprint
>>plan. How many people are going to flee to Sprint despite the customer
>>service nightmares and service coverage downgrade?
>>
>>I figure with buying a new blackberry plus my early termination fee
>>that I can break even in 9 months.
>
> What was Sprint offering that VZW can't offer?
>
> Don't both offer unlimited plans now?
>
>
>

Verizon- Voice only for $99.99

Sprint- Voice, data and texting for $99.99

Jar-Jar Binks wrote:<<snip>>. If I am
> in a remote rural area I can simply set my phone to "Roaming Only" mode and
> I am using Verizon's network for free. Therefore I have the best of both
> worlds because I am technically savvy and realize that I can do this. I can
> even stand under a Sprint tower and make a call on Verizon if I like. Any
> user can do this by setting their Sprint phone to "Roaming Only" mode from
> the Roaming Menu. It is an options that is available on all Sprint "Digital
> Only" phones. I hope that helps clarify this issue.
>

I also really like this aspect of Sprint service. My new home is
one-bar territory on Sprint, with 90% dropped calls. Much better
conditions when I force the phone to "roaming" (=Verizon).

I guess I can just go with Verizon, but right now I actually have access
to both networks. Plus, unbeknownst to me Sprint renew a 2-yr contract
when I had to get my phone repaired last year (WTF?)

Does Verizon not provide free roaming?


Bill

On 2008-03-01, Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I also really like this aspect of Sprint service. My new home is
> one-bar territory on Sprint, with 90% dropped calls. Much better
> conditions when I force the phone to "roaming" (=Verizon).
>
> I guess I can just go with Verizon, but right now I actually have access
> to both networks. Plus, unbeknownst to me Sprint renew a 2-yr contract
> when I had to get my phone repaired last year (WTF?)

I had a family plan with Sprint for 7 years and I don't think
I ever managed to get all phones off contract during that entire
time; they'd add a contract back for the stupidest of reasons.
At the end I fully expected to have to pay them to leave, but I
managed to get them to waive an ETF based on the sheer injustice
of whatever it was that caused that last contract extension.

I didn't mind their service, actually, but I'd have to think hard
about ever going back.

> Does Verizon not provide free roaming?

They do, but their phones don't let you force it and they're really
fussy about who they let you roam with (I can't find Sprint in their
PRL anywhere except the USVI, and they charge for that). They don't
have Sprint's restrictions on how much you roam, on the other hand,
so if all you have is roaming coverage you can feel free to use it.

Dennis Ferguson

While dumping the alt.cellular.verizon,alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit
bucket, I heard Dennis Ferguson say:

> On 2008-03-01, Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> I also really like this aspect of Sprint service. My new home is
>> one-bar territory on Sprint, with 90% dropped calls. Much better
>> conditions when I force the phone to "roaming" (=Verizon).
>>
>> I guess I can just go with Verizon, but right now I actually have access
>> to both networks. Plus, unbeknownst to me Sprint renew a 2-yr contract
>> when I had to get my phone repaired last year (WTF?)
>
> I had a family plan with Sprint for 7 years and I don't think
> I ever managed to get all phones off contract during that entire
> time; they'd add a contract back for the stupidest of reasons.
> At the end I fully expected to have to pay them to leave, but I
> managed to get them to waive an ETF based on the sheer injustice
> of whatever it was that caused that last contract extension.
>
> I didn't mind their service, actually, but I'd have to think hard
> about ever going back.
>
>> Does Verizon not provide free roaming?
>
> They do, but their phones don't let you force it and they're really
> fussy about who they let you roam with (I can't find Sprint in their
> PRL anywhere except the USVI, and they charge for that). They don't
> have Sprint's restrictions on how much you roam, on the other hand,
> so if all you have is roaming coverage you can feel free to use it.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

According to the Mountain Wireless listing of VZW's PRL #50989 released
Feb 15, there are 15 Sprint entries in various locations...

http://www.mountainwireless.com/prl/vz_50989.shtml

--
Dutch

Verizon provides free roaming, but doesn't provide the ability to force
roaming at will like Sprint phones. Even if you have a Verizon signal that
is unusable, the phone will not roam and you are stuck with that unusable
signal.


"Bill T" <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Jar-Jar Binks wrote:<<snip>>. If I am
>> in a remote rural area I can simply set my phone to "Roaming Only" mode
>> and
>> I am using Verizon's network for free. Therefore I have the best of both
>> worlds because I am technically savvy and realize that I can do this. I
>> can
>> even stand under a Sprint tower and make a call on Verizon if I like. Any
>> user can do this by setting their Sprint phone to "Roaming Only" mode
>> from
>> the Roaming Menu. It is an options that is available on all Sprint
>> "Digital
>> Only" phones. I hope that helps clarify this issue.
>>
>
> I also really like this aspect of Sprint service. My new home is one-bar
> territory on Sprint, with 90% dropped calls. Much better conditions when
> I force the phone to "roaming" (=Verizon).
>
> I guess I can just go with Verizon, but right now I actually have access
> to both networks. Plus, unbeknownst to me Sprint renew a 2-yr contract
> when I had to get my phone repaired last year (WTF?)
>
> Does Verizon not provide free roaming?
>
>
> Bill