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- 02-16-2004, 12:09 AM #1Rob FindlayGuest
Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
Maybe its a lame question but i'm wondering.
Rob
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- 02-16-2004, 12:18 AM #2Scott NelsonGuest
Re: long distance...
Uh, did you read the contract at all, BEFORE you signed up for service? :-)
Unless you are roaming, long distance to anyone in the CONUS is included.
Feel free to browse the http://www.sprintpcs.com website to see what other
features your plan allows and contains, coverage maps, etc.
v/r
Scotty
"Rob Findlay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
> minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
>
> Maybe its a lame question but i'm wondering.
>
>
>
> Rob
- 02-16-2004, 03:15 AM #3Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Feel free to browse the http://www.sprintpcs.com website to see what other
> features your plan allows and contains, coverage maps, etc.
I see that on their web page, Sprint no longer brags about signing up
for industry's Consumer Code. Good thing, because all these many months
later they still don't have a proper coverage map, just very small scale
maps that fail to show dead zones.
- 02-16-2004, 09:14 AM #4Scott NelsonGuest
Re: long distance...
None of the carriers have really fine detailed maps that absolutely show
dead zones.
I do drive tests all the time and have found holes in all of the maps.
From SprintPCS's website:
"Service area maps approximate our service areas based on computer-generated
radio-frequency coverage projections and information provided by third
parties, but are not a guarantee of service availability. Actual coverage,
quality and availability of coverage may vary based on network capacity,
problems, signal strength, your equipment, terrain, weather and other
limitations or conditions.
Planned service areas are subject to change. Local service in some areas is
managed and provided under contract with Sprint by independent Affiliates."
I haven't seen any of the other carriers to be any different really. From
their perspective, they would have to hire a couple of hundred people per
area to do drive/walk tests *every day* as the weather, new walls, new
buildings, moving cars, ice, snow, etc., etc., affect all wireless
transmissions.
Sites move and get added as well. Still doesn't cover residences, big
buildings, etc.
Plus the fact that, as a carrier, I wouldn't want to get too specific for
security reasons.
It's easier for them to just give new users a 15 day trial period and let
them do their own coverage tests.
Bit more accurate and cheaper as well. I would rather get lower rates and
let me do my own coverage test before I buy, then pay more per plan to have
this provided to me.
Scotty
"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Feel free to browse the http://www.sprintpcs.com website to see what
other
> > features your plan allows and contains, coverage maps, etc.
>
> I see that on their web page, Sprint no longer brags about signing up
> for industry's Consumer Code. Good thing, because all these many months
> later they still don't have a proper coverage map, just very small scale
> maps that fail to show dead zones.
- 02-16-2004, 09:21 AM #5Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> None of the carriers have really fine detailed maps that absolutely show
> dead zones.
>
>
> I haven't seen any of the other carriers to be any different really.
Six wrongs do not make one right. Sprint agreed to proper coverage maps
and has not provided any yet. The Inudstry Consumer Code is a sham.
- 02-16-2004, 09:29 AM #6Rob FindlayGuest
Re: long distance...
"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Uh, did you read the contract at all, BEFORE you signed up for service? :-)
> Unless you are roaming, long distance to anyone in the CONUS is included.
LOL, well i was in a hurry, and the salesmen explained alot, but i
think i forgot most of it.
Rob
> Feel free to browse the http://www.sprintpcs.com website to see what other
> features your plan allows and contains, coverage maps, etc.
>
> v/r
>
> Scotty
>
>
> "Rob Findlay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
> > minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
> >
> > Maybe its a lame question but i'm wondering.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob
- 02-16-2004, 09:35 AM #7Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Rob Findlay) wrote:
> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > Uh, did you read the contract at all, BEFORE you signed up for service?
> > :-)
> > Unless you are roaming, long distance to anyone in the CONUS is included.
>
> LOL, well i was in a hurry, and the salesmen explained alot, but i
> think i forgot most of it.
Sign in a hurry, repent at liesure.
- 02-16-2004, 09:42 AM #8Scott NelsonGuest
Re: long distance...
Where has SprintPCS agreed to "proper coverage maps"?
All I see is statement on their website with their coverage maps stating:
"Service area maps approximate our service areas based on computer-generated
radio-frequency coverage projections and information provided by third
parties, but are not a guarantee of service availability. Actual coverage,
quality and availability of coverage may vary based on network capacity,
problems, signal strength, your equipment, terrain, weather and other
limitations or conditions.
Planned service areas are subject to change. Local service in some areas is
managed and provided under contract with Sprint by independent Affiliates."
The "Industry Consumer Code" says:
"Make Available Maps Showing Where Service is Generally Available:
Carriers will make coverage maps available at retail locations and on their
web sites."
They have done this.
"Generally" being the key word.
The same code also says:
"Allow a Trial Period for New Service: New customers will be given at least
14 days to trial a carrier's service; with no early termination fees
applicable if service is cancelled in that period. Any used airtime would
still be charged, and the customer would still need to return the equipment
as per carrier policy."
Individuals are going to do a far better job of finding their own areas
coverage better then the hired testers are.
Scotty
"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > None of the carriers have really fine detailed maps that absolutely show
> > dead zones.
> >
>
> >
> > I haven't seen any of the other carriers to be any different really.
>
> Six wrongs do not make one right. Sprint agreed to proper coverage maps
> and has not provided any yet. The Inudstry Consumer Code is a sham.
- 02-16-2004, 09:46 AM #9Scott NelsonGuest
Re: long distance...
> Sign in a hurry, repent at leisure.
-->Very very true.
There is always time to do it right the second time around........ ;-)
Scotty
"Robert M." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Rob Findlay) wrote:
>
> > "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:<[email protected]>...
> > > Uh, did you read the contract at all, BEFORE you signed up for
service?
> > > :-)
> > > Unless you are roaming, long distance to anyone in the CONUS is
included.
> >
> > LOL, well i was in a hurry, and the salesmen explained alot, but i
> > think i forgot most of it.
>
>
- 02-16-2004, 10:40 AM #10Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
"Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The "Industry Consumer Code" says:
>
> "Make Available Maps Showing Where Service is Generally Available:
> Carriers will make coverage maps available at retail locations and on their
> web sites."
1" to 100 miles where 50 miles swaths are white washed ignoring known
dead zones does not fit that definition.
- 02-16-2004, 11:16 AM #11Floyd in TampaGuest
Re: long distance...
> Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
> minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
>
If you look closely at the promotional literature or advertising, you will
see that there is a caveat for the "Nationwide Free Long Distance" that says
something like: "......as long as you are on the SprintPCS network."
What that normally means is that your phone must be communicating with a
SprintPCS tower, or one that is included as a business partner of SprintPCS.
If you go out into the boonies and make a call using a tower from another
carrier, that is called "roaming", and you may be charged extra for that
call.
If you have a dual-band phone there is a menu option which allows you to put
the phone in a "PCS-only" mode, and that will prevent any off-network calls.
You could always change it back if you go on vacation and have to place a
call off-network.
Sprint has some plan options that will allow you some roaming minutes.
- 02-16-2004, 11:35 AM #12Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
"Floyd in Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
> > minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
> >
> If you look closely at the promotional literature or advertising, you will
> see that there is a caveat for the "Nationwide Free Long Distance" that says
> something like: "......as long as you are on the SprintPCS network."
> What that normally means is that your phone must be communicating with a
> SprintPCS tower, or one that is included as a business partner of SprintPCS.
> If you go out into the boonies and make a call using a tower from another
> carrier, that is called "roaming", and you may be charged extra for that
> call.
and extra again for long distance.
- 02-16-2004, 12:41 PM #13Isaiah BeardGuest
Re: long distance...
Robert M. wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Scott Nelson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I see that on their web page, Sprint no longer brags about signing up
> for industry's Consumer Code. Good thing, because all these many months
> later they still don't have a proper coverage map, just very small scale
> maps that fail to show dead zones.
And this has to do with the original question, how?
--
E-mail fudged to thwart spammers.
Transpose the c's and a's in my e-mail address to reply.
- 02-16-2004, 12:45 PM #14Robert M.Guest
Re: long distance...
In article <[email protected]>,
Isaiah Beard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> And this has to do with the original question, how?
If you're paying for roaming, you pay again for long distance.
Go ahead ignore Sprint PCS failure to put out a required map.
Typical blind Sprint PCS apologist.
- 02-17-2004, 10:20 AM #15Jerome ZelinskeGuest
Re: long distance...
Setting the phone to "PCS only", might not prevent the phone from
roaming onto other PCS CDMA networks, like verizon's.
Floyd in Tampa wrote:
>>Hey everyone, i just got the sprintPCS free and clear plan, 45 for 500
>>minutes. Do you get charged extra for long distance?
>>
>
> If you look closely at the promotional literature or advertising, you will
> see that there is a caveat for the "Nationwide Free Long Distance" that says
> something like: "......as long as you are on the SprintPCS network."
> What that normally means is that your phone must be communicating with a
> SprintPCS tower, or one that is included as a business partner of SprintPCS.
> If you go out into the boonies and make a call using a tower from another
> carrier, that is called "roaming", and you may be charged extra for that
> call.
> If you have a dual-band phone there is a menu option which allows you to put
> the phone in a "PCS-only" mode, and that will prevent any off-network calls.
> You could always change it back if you go on vacation and have to place a
> call off-network.
> Sprint has some plan options that will allow you some roaming minutes.
>
>
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