SprintPCS still getting bashed?

Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network.
Life will be good once I make my switch to Verizon. :-D

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There are the same type of posts on the verizon newsgroup. No cellular
service is perfect. Please do not feed this troll.


"Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network. Life
> will be good once I make my switch to Verizon. :-D
>

Christopher F wrote:
> Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network.

Like who?

Nehmo?

He's whininng that you can't get 7pm nights with the new Fair and Flexible
plan. Read the brochure - you most certainly can, for $5/month, just like any
other plan Sprint offers.

And who else is complaining?

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"In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:09:26 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Christopher F wrote:
>> Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network.
>
>Like who?
>
>Nehmo?
>
>He's whininng that you can't get 7pm nights with the new Fair and Flexible
>plan. Read the brochure - you most certainly can, for $5/month, just like any
>other plan Sprint offers.
>
>And who else is complaining?

Basically Christopher F(ool). Notice he still hasn't switched over to
his much valued Verizon.

I have it!

"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> He's whininng that you can't get 7pm nights with the new Fair and Flexible
> plan. Read the brochure - you most certainly can, for $5/month, just like
any
> other plan Sprint offers.

"NobodyMan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:09:26 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Christopher F wrote:
> >> Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network.
> >
> >Like who?
> >
> >Nehmo?
> >
> >He's whininng that you can't get 7pm nights with the new Fair and
Flexible
> >plan. Read the brochure - you most certainly can, for $5/month, just like
any
> >other plan Sprint offers.
> >
> >And who else is complaining?
>
> Basically Christopher F(ool). Notice he still hasn't switched over to
> his much valued Verizon.

Probably can't pass the credit check. Or maybe he did start reading about
the degradation of service people are complaining about over at VZW.

"Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "NobodyMan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:09:26 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Christopher F wrote:
>> >> Every week a new thread from folks fed up with the ****ed up network.
>> >
>> >Like who?
>> >
>> >Nehmo?
>> >
>> >He's whininng that you can't get 7pm nights with the new Fair and
> Flexible
>> >plan. Read the brochure - you most certainly can, for $5/month, just
>> >like
> any
>> >other plan Sprint offers.
>> >
>> >And who else is complaining?
>>
>> Basically Christopher F(ool). Notice he still hasn't switched over to
>> his much valued Verizon.
>
> Probably can't pass the credit check.

Good one. I do remember when SprintPCS was allowing illegal immigrants
to connect cell phones without an iota of real information, and no deposit.
Fortunately Verizon has always had a stricter credit check and verification
system. No wonder SprintPCS has so many low lives.

> Or maybe he did start reading about
> the degradation of service people are complaining about over at VZW.

Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it goes
to Verizon.

Christopher F wrote:

> Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it goes
> to Verizon.

They've certainly got good coverage in many places. Of course, there are places
where coverage sucks ass too (documented several times, go check
alt.cellular.verizon for complaints about Minnesota and Oregon on google
groups) where Sprint's actually better. And here, their coverage is good but
they don't fix the network when it breaks, which is why I dumped them. (And as
a bonus, Sprint works at my house. Verizon doesn't.)

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Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / [email protected] / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED

"In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)

>Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it goes
>to Verizon.
>

Who in the world told you that????

Among wrong above statements (both are) Veerizon is far from the better
network. Bigger maybe but better, I (and a whole lot of other people) don't
think so.


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John S.
e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net

Yes and no. Depends where you are. In some places Sprint PCS' network
is bigger. I have a little trouble with verizon's advertising line of
"most reliable network". I don't think that Sprint PCS' network is any
less reliable then verizon. Everywhere around here that Sprint PCS says
they have coverage, the phone works. Just exactly what is verizon's
definition of reliable?

"Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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<snipped>

> Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it
goes
> to Verizon.

Oh? Is that why Verizon changed their PRLs in the MD, WV & VA regions on the
American Plan, so that their customers wouldn't be able call / roam on
SPCS's system. Verizon users were using SPCS, instead of Verizon's signal as
SPCS offered a far stronger signal than Verizon did and Verizon was paying
SPCS a ton of loot in roaming fees.

I use to think that Verizon offered as good or a touch better signal than
SPCS in the past, but no more. Friends in my area who have ... or had
Verizon, all *****ed about dropped calls, not just inside their homes but
outside as well. Half of them have changed their service and the other half
will as soon as their contracts expire.

As for who you get connected to when SPCS customers roams, it could be
Verizon, or any number of other providers, depending on the roaming
agreement set up for that specific area.

Bob

"Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "NobodyMan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:09:26 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Christopher F wrote:

<snip>

> Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it
goes
> to Verizon.

-->Wash DC seems to use Cingular for the roaming.
At least it does for me. ( prl 10023 )

Scotty

How could it use Cingular? I thought that Cingular is GSM and that SprintPCS
is CDMA and therefore the phones are incompatible. Please elaborate. Do you
have a special phone that supports GSM and CDMA?

-mij


"Scott Nelson - Wash DC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Scott Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > "NobodyMan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:09:26 -0800, Steve Sobol <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Christopher F wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it
> goes
>> to Verizon.
>
> -->Wash DC seems to use Cingular for the roaming.
> At least it does for me. ( prl 10023 )
>
> Scotty
>
>

"Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Good one. I do remember when SprintPCS was allowing illegal immigrants
> to connect cell phones without an iota of real information, and no
deposit.
> Fortunately Verizon has always had a stricter credit check and
verification
> system.

No they don't- they are obviously willing to put you on the network.


>No wonder SprintPCS has so many low lives.

Soon to be one less if you follow through on your promise.

>
> > Or maybe he did start reading about
> > the degradation of service people are complaining about over at VZW.
>
> Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it
goes
> to Verizon.

According to who? Verizon? That little opinionated and biased website you
mentioned in your other thread? Funny- they never show as the best overall
network in any independent surveys. And the number of complaints of network
overload and slowness to react to network problems continue to grow. But I
don't expect you to listen to any of that- I am picturing you right now
with your eyes squinted shut, hands over your ears saying, "I can't hear
you, I can't hear you."

Have fun with VZW- let us know who your new carrier will be when the entire
operation implodes within the next few years.

Bob Smith wrote:
> "Christopher F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> <snipped>
>
>>Hardly. Verizon is the best network bar none -- when Sprint roams, it
>
> goes
>
>>to Verizon.
>
>
> Oh? Is that why Verizon changed their PRLs in the MD, WV & VA regions on the
> American Plan, so that their customers wouldn't be able call / roam on
> SPCS's system. Verizon users were using SPCS, instead of Verizon's signal as
> SPCS offered a far stronger signal than Verizon did and Verizon was paying
> SPCS a ton of loot in roaming fees.

Bob, he was talking about Sprint phones roaming on Verizon, not the other way
around.

> As for who you get connected to when SPCS customers roams, it could be
> Verizon, or any number of other providers, depending on the roaming
> agreement set up for that specific area.

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Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / [email protected] / PGP: 0xE3AE35ED

"In case anyone was wondering, that big glowing globe above the Victor
Valley is the sun." -Victorville _Daily Press_ on the unusually large
amount of rain the Southland has gotten this winter (January 12th, 2005)