Biggest network?

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Steve Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
>> They say currently "Today, the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network
>> connects more than 240 million people."
>
> Hm. Actually, the voice network covers 280 million. "Enhanced" means areas
> where services like Vision are available, no?
>

ALL of Sprint's native network is "Enhanced". Potentially there may be
some affiliates that are not.

The link John Navas supplied was for PCS Free & Clear America plans,
which it then quotes as:

"Take advantage of the most complete voice and advanced services
coverage available with a PCS Free & Clear America Plan.

"This expanded voice coverage area, reaching more than 280 million
people, allows you to make or receive calls throughout the country with
no additional charges for roaming. Plus, with PCS Free & Clear America
Plans you'll enjoy:

"Nationwide Long Distance included. Every minute. Every day.

"Unlimited Night & Weekend Minutes (on plans with 500 or more Anytime
Minutes)"

So, the short answer is that they have native coverage for 240 million
people.

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:05:35 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
> said in alt.cellular:
>
>>Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280 million people.
>
> Almost every man, woman, child and infant in the US is a sprint
> customer?
>
> Or does that number refer to footprint?

Gee ... what do you think? Sarcasm aside, it means that where 280
million of the people in this country are located, they can recieve a
signal from Sprint PCS.

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On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:47:49 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
wrote:

>[email protected] wrote:
>> Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
>> million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
>> 280 million.
>
>Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
>million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.

IIRC, their actual claim was the "largest all digital network."

In article <[email protected]>,
Cyrus Afzali <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:47:49 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >[email protected] wrote:
> >> Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
> >> million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
> >> 280 million.
> >
> >Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
> >million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.
>
> IIRC, their actual claim was the "largest all digital network."

Isn't SPIN wonderful. Making like having zero native analog capability
is an advantage.


Verizon has a far larger Network, and likely Cingular too (definately
once ATTWS towers get integrated), but neither is all digital.

In message <[email protected]> Jack
Zwick <[email protected]> wrote:

>Isn't SPIN wonderful. Making like having zero native analog capability
>is an advantage.

Depending on the user, there is an advantage -- My phone's features all
work no matter where I go. I use it more for text messaging then as a
phone, so analog access is virtually useless to me.

That being said, I do carry an old analog phone when I travel, just in
case.


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On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:23:31 GMT, Jack Zwick <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> Cyrus Afzali <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:47:49 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >[email protected] wrote:
>> >> Sprint actually claims to cover 240 million people natively and 273
>> >> million with roaming partners included. They've never claimed to cover
>> >> 280 million.
>> >
>> >Weird. I remember hearing "the largest nationwide network serving over 280
>> >million people" on Sprint ads... on a regular basis.
>>
>> IIRC, their actual claim was the "largest all digital network."
>
>Isn't SPIN wonderful. Making like having zero native analog capability
>is an advantage.

Well, to be fair, they're not the only ones. T-Mobile used to use it
all the time their printed marketing material and ads before Cingular
and the former AT&T Wireless completed their GSM overlays. Advertising
is all about spin, in a way.
>
>Verizon has a far larger Network, and likely Cingular too (definately
>once ATTWS towers get integrated), but neither is all digital.

Cingular's will be soon. Several of my family members have Cingular
and as soon as the GSM overlay was done in their areas, they were
upgraded to new handsets and told TDMA would be soon to go away.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:44:13 GMT, Cyrus Afzali <[email protected]>
said in alt.cellular:

>Cingular's will be soon. Several of my family members have Cingular
>and as soon as the GSM overlay was done in their areas, they were
>upgraded to new handsets and told TDMA would be soon to go away.

For certain large values of "soon".

I've used Sprint for a couple years now and I must say they have great
coverage, better than some other carriers. Out here in Oklahoma I'll drive
past Crescent (which if you have ever been there you would know it's out in
the middle of nowhere) and I will still have service. Then I'll try using
cingular wireless in the same area and I don't have any service. And I'll
tell you this, when I drive from Oklahoma to Florida taking back roads I'll
get Sprint service with no roaming during the entire trip.

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> In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Al Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:05:35 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
> > said in alt.cellular:
> >
> >>Sprint was saying a couple years ago that their network covers 280
million people.
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Cyrus Afzali wrote:

> Cingular's will be soon. Several of my family members have Cingular
> and as soon as the GSM overlay was done in their areas, they were
> upgraded to new handsets and told TDMA would be soon to go away.

And Verizon isn't turning up any more analog. Their entire network has digital;
some just has analog in addition to digital.

In response to DevilsPGD, carrying an analog phone when you travel? Why? My
Sprint phone is 1900/800 CDMA and 800 AMPS... and will roam analog when necessary.

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lmerz1 wrote:
> I've used Sprint for a couple years now and I must say they have great
> coverage, better than some other carriers. Out here in Oklahoma I'll drive
> past Crescent (which if you have ever been there you would know it's out in
> the middle of nowhere) and I will still have service. Then I'll try using
> cingular wireless in the same area and I don't have any service.

And Verizon doesn't even claim to have coverage in Oklahoma.

Sprint definitely does better in the Plains states than many other carriers.
Other carriers have their own strong areas - I found Verizon to be very, very
strong in the Northeast for example. California/Nevada used to be a great area
for Pacific Bell Mobile, but I understand it's not so wonderful with Cingular.
(But I don't use Cingular; that's just secondhand information.)

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In message <[email protected]> Steve Sobol
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In response to DevilsPGD, carrying an analog phone when you travel? Why? My
>Sprint phone is 1900/800 CDMA and 800 AMPS... and will roam analog when necessary.

I've used iDEN phones exclusively since '99 or so... Digital only.


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>In response to DevilsPGD, carrying an analog phone when you travel? Why? My
>Sprint phone is 1900/800 CDMA and 800 AMPS... and will roam analog when necessary.

Because we don't subscribe to SprintPCS. Note crossposting.

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In <zthid.13460$233.1789@okepread05> on Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:38:03 -0600,
"lmerz1" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I've used Sprint for a couple years now and I must say they have great
>coverage, better than some other carriers. Out here in Oklahoma I'll drive
>past Crescent (which if you have ever been there you would know it's out in
>the middle of nowhere) and I will still have service. Then I'll try using
>cingular wireless in the same area and I don't have any service. And I'll
>tell you this, when I drive from Oklahoma to Florida taking back roads I'll
>get Sprint service with no roaming during the entire trip.

Out here in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cingular has much better coverage than
SprintPCS.

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In <[email protected]> on Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:43:35 -0800, Steve
Sobol <[email protected]> wrote:

>Sprint definitely does better in the Plains states than many other carriers.
>Other carriers have their own strong areas - I found Verizon to be very, very
>strong in the Northeast for example. California/Nevada used to be a great area
>for Pacific Bell Mobile, but I understand it's not so wonderful with Cingular.
>(But I don't use Cingular; that's just secondhand information.)

Cingular has very good coverage here in the San Francisco Bay Area, much
better than SprintPCS. That's even without the ATTWS merger, which makes
coverage even better.

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In message <[email protected]> John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Because we don't subscribe to SprintPCS. Note crossposting.

Yeah... I'm reading it from alt.cellular myself, which is carrier
independent.

I couldn't subscribe to Sprint if I wanted (I don't)

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