CR Survey of 48,000 cellular users

Joel Koltner wrote:

> Sure, I was just pointing that the somewhat smaller total coverage area/phone
> selection/WiMax were *not* reasons most people would or wouldn't choose
> Sprint.

It's not just the total coverage area, it's that even within major metro
areas Sprint is so bad, as the CR (and other surveys) have concluded.

BTW, the margin of error on the CR survey, assuming 250 million
subscribers, and 48,000 responses to the survey is well under 1% (with a
99% confidence level). Break it down by region and by carrier, and there
is still an extremely low margin of error.

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At 05 Dec 2007 11:01:35 -0800 Joel Koltner wrote:

> These are all decent reasons that many customers would leave Sprint for,
> certainly. (Although the very first, "excessive amount of dropped calls"
is
> probably likely to be no better with any other carrier.)
Perhaps I've been blessed with my coice of T-Mobile, but I can probably
count the number of dropped calls I've had in the past couple of years on
the fingers of one hand.

> Sure, I was just pointing that the somewhat smaller total coverage
> area/phone selection/WiMax were *not* reasons most people would or
> wouldn't choose Sprint.

Agreed. My friends and colleagues who use Sprint seem happy enough. That
goes double for those on SERO plans.

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:41:08 +0000, Larry wrote:

> "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in news:-
> [email protected]:
>
>> was told then if I pluged it in woujld violate my warrenty.
>
> Damn! That would be fun to test in small claims court in front
> of a sympathetic judge. This is precisely why you should always
> carry a friend to the store with you so they can hang themselves
> in front of a credible witness who can testify.....or carry your
> MP3 recorder in your pocket like I do.
>
> "We never said that."......"Yes, you did. Here, listen to
> it!"....

Be careful that this doesn't violate the wiretap laws in your state.
That's why police cruisers with dashboard video cameras don't record the
sound, just the picture.

Cellguy <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Be careful that this doesn't violate the wiretap laws in your
state.
> That's why police cruisers with dashboard video cameras don't
record the
> sound, just the picture.
>
>

Nope. Not in South Carolina.....(c;

Make my day.....hee hee.

I'm doing the initial paperwork at the Socialist Security office
to get some of my long string of taxes back, tomorrow. I've
cleaned off the 2GB microSD in the Sellphone so it won't run out
of recording space....every word.

That's why they have a big sign on the wall telling you all
SELLphones must be turned OFF in the building. OK, no problem.
I'll record it on my 120GB MP3 player's hard drive. No problem
at all.



Larry
--
Isn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you
you're downloads threaten their networks......
.....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems?
http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v

3 different phones in 4 months, same situation.
store manager lived in near by area and had same problems.
they kept promising to fix it by installing more towers, for 0ver 1 year.
am happy with sprint.
even with the occasional burp.



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"Cubit" <[email protected]> wrote in message news[email protected]...
Sounds like you had a defective phone. If you could see the towers, an
external antenna doesn't seem logical.



"mikeyhsd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
personally, dropped verizon at their encouragement the first day numbers
became portable in my area.
poor service, no service, dropped calls.
lived in line of sight of 2 verizon towers.
could go out into the yard and SEE them.
sore recommedned buying an external antenna from a mall kiosak. brought it
back to the store to make sure it was the one they recommended and was told
then if I pluged it in woujld violate my warrenty. what a bunch of bull,
since they recommended it to start with.

switched to SPRINT and never looked back.
occasionally have small problems with bilings but they get worked out, lots
easier than they dia with verizon or at&t.




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"SMS ???. ?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
-Verizon was #1 in 17 out of 20 markets surveyed (in 2 of those 17 they
were tied with T-Mobile)

-Alltel was #1 in 3 markets (Tampa, Cleveland, and Seattle)

-Sprint was last in 19 out of 20 markets (AT&T was last in
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, and Sprint was 2nd to last).

I really thought that the declining number of AMPS handsets would hurt
Verizon's ratings, but apparently that was not the case. Even with most
users having digital-only phones, Verizon is still far better than AT&T,
Sprint, or T-Mobile.

I wonder how long Sprint can continue in business as an independent
company. They have the worst coverage, a poor selection of handsets, and
their Wi-Max plan has gone nowhere. Some say Verizon should acquire
them, but I don't think that Verizon wants or needs them.

Please check this....
Either they are wrong - or you mis-read.

Alltel isn't even in the Seattle market.


"SMS 斯蒂文• 夏" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> -Alltel was #1 in 3 markets (Tampa, Cleveland, and Seattle)
>

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 05 Dec 2007 11:01:35 -0800 Joel Koltner wrote:
>
>> These are all decent reasons that many customers would leave Sprint for,
>> certainly. (Although the very first, "excessive amount of dropped calls"
> is
>> probably likely to be no better with any other carrier.)
> Perhaps I've been blessed with my coice of T-Mobile, but I can probably
> count the number of dropped calls I've had in the past couple of years on
> the fingers of one hand.
>
>> Sure, I was just pointing that the somewhat smaller total coverage
>> area/phone selection/WiMax were *not* reasons most people would or
>> wouldn't choose Sprint.
>
> Agreed. My friends and colleagues who use Sprint seem happy enough. That
> goes double for those on SERO plans.
>
>
>
I think most experienced cell users (more than one provider, over many
years) would confirm that experience with coverage depends more on the
individual handset than the provider. For instance, here in rural MO,
on Sprint, wifey's Sanyo SCP-3100 is essentially useless until she hits
a major highway. My older Sanyo RL-4920 is usually at home, as well as
on the highway.

The only other MAJOR provider that has service (albeit flaky) in this
area is US Cellular. And, their coverage plans suck. I want service I
can use almost anywhere I travel in the US.

--
Thieves get rich and saints get shot, and God don't answer prayers a lot.

"SMS ???. ?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:4756ce7b$0$84219$
>>
>> It's "companies." Moron.
>
> Just because he don't speak no good english is no reason to call him a
> maroon.
>
"AIN'T no reason to call him a maroon", dopey. ;-)

At 05 Dec 2007 23:45:05 -0600 [email protected] wrote:

> I think most experienced cell users (more than one provider, over
> many years) would confirm that experience with coverage depends more
> on the individual handset than the provider.

Actually I find it's the opposite. While a crappy handset will give you
more problems, in my experience an excellent performing handset can't save
bad coverage.

Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 05 Dec 2007 23:45:05 -0600 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I think most experienced cell users (more than one provider, over
>> many years) would confirm that experience with coverage depends more
>> on the individual handset than the provider.
>
> Actually I find it's the opposite. While a crappy handset will give you
> more problems, in my experience an excellent performing handset can't save
> bad coverage.

This is true. No matter how good the handset, if there isn't ubiquitous
coverage you won't be able to connect. In my area, Sprint and T-Mobile
have far less coverage for two reasons: 1) they were latecomers and
ended up with the undesirable 1900 MHz spectrum which requires many more
towers for equivalent coverage than 800 MHz, and 2) they are running
into more organized opposition to putting up more towers (which didn't
exist in the early days when the companies that morphed into Verizon and
AT&T began putting up towers) .

Cellguy wrote:
> Be careful that this doesn't violate the wiretap laws in your state.
> That's why police cruisers with dashboard video cameras don't record the
> sound, just the picture.

In your state. Television is full of police dashboard video tapes complete
with sound from wireless remote microphones.

--
A staffer for Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington has been
arrested for trying to arrange a sexual tryst with a 13-year old boy.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...72senate1.html

Cellguy wrote:
> Be careful that this doesn't violate the wiretap laws in your state.
> That's why police cruisers with dashboard video cameras don't record the
> sound, just the picture.

I'm sure that law enforcement agencies are exempt those laws.

clifto <[email protected]> wrote in news:u93m25-3pt.ln1
@remote.clifto.com:

> A staffer for Democrat Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington has
been
> arrested for trying to arrange a sexual tryst with a 13-year
old boy.
> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive...7/1203072senat
e1.html
>
>

Do we detect a touch of jealousy?.....(c;

Larry
--
Isn't it ironic that the same ISPs that are telling you
you're downloads threaten their networks......
.....are testing 100Gbps TV to sell on the SAME systems?
http://tinyurl.com/27qx3v

David Arnstein wrote:
> Is John Navas on vacation, or is there a problem with my usenet news
> feed?

He's busy up over on the rec.photo.digital NG prolly.