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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
You don't have to buy a lte phone....you could have purchased any thing but a 4g phone until you got 4g in your area. Sprint points this out before you buy this on line!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] antonio8:
I know I am "bashing" Sprint but here is the problem.

Sprint is still selling 4g phones in my area. To the uniformed, Sprint will tell you the benifits of a 4g phone then sell it to you knowing that they have abandoned 4g in my town. I know they have to get rid of phones.

Also with the whole Evo LTE and custom thing. They tried to tell me that they where back ordered due to how fast they sold. I told the guy "you're joking right. They are sitting in customs dock because of apple." He turned around and walked away.There sales people are a joke.

I am glad I waited for the SIII. My whole point about the $10 fee is there is no gaurantee I will get LTE either. I will stick with Sprint until they no longer exist. But they need to get rid of Dan and get someone capable of getting them close to par with the top 2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
It's nice that you are able to dictate how we all use our phones. I work in IT as a field support engineer. I never have wifi anywhere I am.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
Sure they can. They'll do the same thing Verizon and ATT did. Once your contract is up, bye bye unlimited data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
Here's my blazing speeds
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] familyguy26:
It doesn't matter. Everyone smartphone gets hit with the $10 fee. At first it was just the 4G Wimax phones, and then everyone got charged the fee.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
The moment I can. I'm switching from sprint.

What other phone carrier is good and doesn't throttle you down. And has smexy phones. Like the One X :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
None.. That's the problem. I had every intention of switching to t-mobile but my wife's contract just doesn't allow us to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 1SiK1500:
I highly doubt T-Mobile will be "killed off"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] uncoolkid:
Sprint data in Columbus has always been terrible. Even when they had wimax going it wasnt faster than att or tmobiles 3g/hspa+. In columbus verizons lte is decent i heard if fluxs between 10-20mb/s down. Im on att and normally get 5-8 mb/s on hspa+ unless im near the malls then I get terrible download speeds. My friends with tmobile do well all around or so it seems. If you ask me its worth the extra money for data speeds vs slow unlimited.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trina9:
Welcome to my life. Only reason I stick with Sprint is unlimited data. Since I don't have a computer, my data is quite high.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thronnos:
Sprint is the only option for me. I use way more than 4mb a month data. Plus I'm in a sprint LTE city. Soo.. I'm hoping. :-D

Shifted from Outer Space
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
Don't put me in that boat either just because some do that....I have many different ISP's including a data card, u verse, etc, along with my phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kivlad:
Guess I'm pretty lucky then... and this ain't in an eHRPD testing area. I've gotten 2Mb before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dohturdima:
I hardly ever use more than 2 GB a month, and that's with tethering weekly and streaming audio at the gym. Have wifi at home and work. Thing is, whenever I need data it is very slow. I am on SERO, but it's no longer a bargain it used to be due to crappy service. Wife has a VZW family plan with an open line, as soon as VZW 2ble data gets re-offered I am off this sinking ship called Sprint... unless it somehow gets righted beforehand.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dhonzik:
US Cellular is way better and you dont pay extra for 4G speed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bravoman0067:
I'm dumb

I spent 2 years on a 3g phone. I was eligible for an upgrade and looked into the crystal ball and thought I should future proof my next purchase. I should have waited until service was available :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
I actually signed up for a preorder of the Sprint GS3, then cancelled it. One factor is that because I at least have Wimax 4G at work and some other places today, I would actually be downgrading my current Sprint service with the new phone until LTE is turned on in my area. Most likely I will buy this GS3 then, which will probably be a month or two from now.

I am expecting great things on the new network. Sprint is rebuilding its entire network, with a scheduled completion of local rollouts at the end of 2013. If LTE were not scheduled for my area until the end of that whole project, I would be hard-pressed to stick it out. Verizon and AT&T can offer that level of LTE service today, albeit at a higher monthly rate.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
You guys are complaining?! My 3G speeds are of 200kbps , NOT KB/S!

kbps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
I called Sprint today and asked why the slow speeds on 3g and she told me the same thing they told me last time I called " we have a power issue with an antenna but we are working diligently to fix the problem" almost word for word..the funny thing was that today my 3g was working better..lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flexte:
I would just like to warn everyone AGAIN! i was only using 1-2 gb on Sprint so figured i could get faster speeds for about the same price on t mobile. I made the switch and bought the amaze. after 12 days I was at 3gb i would have been over the 5gb plan I had in less than a month. I returned the phone and explained why. the rep said he barley uses 2gb a month and uses his phone for tethering. I decided to try it again with the same results. a friend of mine switched to ATT and the same thing happened to him. Not sure why this happens but on these faster networks you burn more data doing the same ****.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrischoi:
You do realize since it's faster, it takes less time to do things. So you're able to do more things in the same amount of time... SMH.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jgalan14:
Yup you do, but it all depends of what you doing YouTube is a data killer for sure, with the new app it helps a lot, I hope sprints get their network ready by end 2012 and I probably jump back I still got 4 lines with them but is my family and wife they don't use data a lot (which I could be saving more money) but they do use some minutes share and there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
I spend about 5 gigs a month now... But I don't like to feel limited....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jgalan14:
Yeah it sucks but hey the only unlimited option in the US is sprint for now and who knows if that will change after network vision is done, like Verizon with their crazy prices, just because they have the largest LTE network
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flexte:
ok so I just get done faster. it doesn't mean that I would do more because I get done faster. btw I wasn't tethering, watching YouTube, using netflix or using pandora. maybe I burned up my data doing speed tests.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RedXXII:
Sprint is utilizing a lower frequency than verizon. So they will have faster speeds and more consistent speeds

Sent from one of my galaxies
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lopezpm:
If it even happens to more than a handful of cities. I was already burned once on the promise of 4g and I never even saw it. Now they are promising LTE. Give me something back for the extra 10 I'm being charged. I see no improvement from when I wasn't getting charged 10 when the evo came out to when I started getting charged 10.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
Heard there was an issue with going through walls...

Btw over here we appearently already have LTE. (San Antonio Texas)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dohturdima:
If Sprint gets rid of unlimited, then it means Network Vision can compete with the big boys. Its unlimited data is what's keeping customers there now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
If sprint gets rid of unlimited it won't be sprint anymore. It'll be another Verizon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MadFlava:
I can just about promise you that as soon as they have their LTE network built out, unlimited data is going to go away just like Verizon and ATT. We're being played for suckers now to fund their buildout. Watch and see what happens. ATT and Verizon already did it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
man im going to flip out if that is the case...it is the only thing holding me to their network ast the moment
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cicatrize:
That's probably going to take a couple years at the very least. Sprint is not in the same financial place as AT&T and Verizon were when they made that change. Sprint can't afford to get rid of unlimited data right now. Being the only carrier that offers it, they'll lose customers in droves if they got rid of it at this point. No one wants to pay for a capped data plan that's also slow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
its stupid to have caps anyways

not every user goes beyond 5gb....we are special here in this forum that we are probably in the top 2% of data usage....

Our heavy usage is balanced out by those folks who use less than 500mb of data

so it's stupid for a company to think they'll lose money by providing unlimited data

data limits is just another way to gouge their customers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jimlarck:
Bad thing for sprint to do on their part. If sprint is going to be another Verizon. Then I'd go to Verizon or T-Mobile then. At least they get new phones every 3 months
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyecon82:
that would kill sprint...non one is with sprint due to awesome phones, fast data, and good reception...it is mostly due to unlimted data

if you asked me 2 years ago, I was with sprint due to the 12 mo upgrades..but that was taken from us as well...unlimited data is the only string holding me on
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] familyguy26:
I will disagree about the phones and reception. They don't have the best reception but it's good. Adding the ability to roam on Verizon towers make it easy to live with most of the time. Also Sprint's been doing really good on new phones right now. They are doing even better than Verizon. I think the cheap monthly access plan, unlimited any mobile and unlimited text are more important factors than unlimited data right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CapsLockKey:
If that's really the case, there will be a mass exodus from Sprint unless they at least keep there plans significantly less than VZ and ATT. That's the main thing that has kept me with Sprint for so long is the price. Unlimited is nice, but I'm not a super heavy data user.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] treedog5:
I guess im the only smart one in this group because Verizon, AT&T or Tmobile still doesnt have LTE in my area. so im saving money with sprint.. just a joke guys!! I can only get 3g so may as well get it good price.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aznmode:
I feel you guys. Been with sprint 9 years and I had to wait 6 months to get wimax on the Evo 4g now with the s3 I dont think I will have LTE till probably March 2013. I live in the San Jose and its on the 3rd list of LTE sites. San Francisco starts in Oct but doesnt mean its gonna be turned on and S4gru list it SF will turn on in maybe Dec or Jan 2013. So I would assume 3rd list will start around that time and give it 3 months for it to completely turn on. Any I moved over to Tmo yesterday and its kind of love and hate. Love it cause 4g is pretty fast but hate it cause I dont get it all the time even on the same spot. It jumps to Edge half the time and edge is below 20kbps for me so the phone is literally useless besides making calls. I have a month to decide if I wanna stay.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] im0rtalz:
The reason I'm on Sprint, any other carrier I would be pretty limited. Throttled to edge in a couple days on T-Mobile, overage fee on at&t and Verizon. 30mbs+ download speeds seems nice on speed test but it's ruined by the data caps. Most browsing and YouTube on the phone requires only 1mbs+ speed. The only time you need crazy high speeds would be to download large files or stream hd content but oh wait data caps come into play again. So the only time those insane speeds come in handy the data cap comes into play like some douche troll. I'll agree though for those who are not in a Sprint wimax area I would drop Sprint if the 3g is that horrid, hopefully they will fix all their 3g speeds soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Exactly why I have Sprint. I hit 6GB one month and didn't hear a peep. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jr71x:
While it sickens me to see other carriers speeds compared to sprint, I still download 10-15GBs per month, especially with these new roms that are 600MBs+ if I had a different carrier I would be screwed. I thought about going version but they screw yahoo too, locked downloader on gs3??? You have to be joking, at&t didn't even do this... lose, lose, for me as I probably won't ever see 4g on this phone in my area:-\
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alanbot:
One thing that alot of people don't think about is what I call fallback. Here's what I mean. Just because your carrier has LTE doesn't mean that you'll get it all the time. Many times your data signal will "fallback" to 3G or HSPA+ or whatever slower speed(s) your network has.

I am not a fanboy of any network but to me after all of the carriers have finished with their LTE upgrades I think the best networks will be either AT&T or TMO only because their fallback is layered (LTE - HSPA+ -HSPA - EDGE) whereas with Sprint or Verizon its either LTE or 3G. Their networks are not layered. If my LTE signal falls back I would rather have HSPA+ than 3G.

All of you are complaining how slow Sprint's 3G. Don't think for one moment that once Sprint finishes their LTE upgrade that you'll never have to deal with 3G again. That's not true. There will be times where your data will "fallback" to 3G.

I am on Verizon and there are times when LTE falls back to 3G. Verizon's is much slower than HSPA on AT&T or TMO.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Drift King:
I live in Vegas and had been with Sprint for the last couple of years. Surprisingly, their service was pretty good. I can't remember the last time I had a dropped call and since they roam on Verizon, I have yet to find an area that I did not have a cell signal (save for the back country of Yellowstone). Sure, I only averaged 1.5 Mb/s DL (and sometimes faster on WIMAX), but it was unlimited and more than fast enough to stream 320k Spotify and Netflix. I wanted a SGS3 both because it is an awesome piece of HW and I was looking forward to LTE speeds. Sadly, Vegas isn't slated to get Sprint's LTE until the third round of deployments in 2013. Add to that, when trying upgrade my phones to SGS3's, a CSR pissed me off to the point that we decided to shop around. I figured we could jump to another provider for the next two years, then hop back on Sprints network once LTE was deployed.

Prior to Sprint, I was on ATT for years but grew tired of their crappy service in Vegas. We ended up signing up with Verizon. After our government discount, it ended up being $20 more a month than Sprint (SERO plan) for a "Shared Everything" plan with 8 GB's of data. Yesterday, we received our 32GB SGS3s. Sorry Sprint, but you have lost yet another customer...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] contradude:
All of the speed issues are related to backhaul, and that issue will be resolved by the the network vision upgrade (with LTE) if they are going to have decent speeds. The charge for premium data is to help them roll it out. Still not sure where you guys are getting slower than 200kbps, I've never gotten that slow in Orlando, other than sporting events.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
Yea, but you have to pay full price of a phone. Screw that bro.

They sell the phone for $150 then $20 a month on top of the bill. For 4G Wimax? Give me a break. I hate Sprint, but 4G LTE is the way to go. Be patient guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
Has anyone heard when 4g lte is coming to Columbus Ohio? My 3g speeds have been a bit better but not by much and I'm stuck with this white Ferrari ( S3 ) sporting a hybrid engine...lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I would suggest checking out s4gru.com and seeing what's all there. A wealth of information, and I'm sure there's a thread in there about your area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrg02d:
Sadly, my area has nothing planned this year. EFF sprint...Capital of FL and 300kbps?!Pshhh...

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Id be happy with JUST consistent 3Mbps DL...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
Just checked the s4gru.com folks. Columbus planning and permitting are underway so we might get lucky and have LTE by the end of the year.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Just call care and ask for credits
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QBANBOY407:
Thwts why I flashed my phone to boost mobile. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
So did I and all I got was bull$#%t.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
How is your service? Dropped calls? Limited data
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
I used to worry more. I had 2 4g phones and WiMax was mostly good around here. It was the best value for the buck. When I got the sgs3, I knew, like when I bought the Epic 4g that it could be whenever before I had 4g. 3g is pretty bleh around here but it doesn't hinder too bad. I'm willing to give them this contract before considering switching. They've treated me well for 11 years. Never put extra charges I had to dispute every month on my bill like Verizon. The voice calling is crystal clear here. I like the direction Sprint is going, they just had to go through some growing pains in a really out loud fashion to get here. Then again, I'm a Mets fan, what the hell do I know about smart choices?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
I agree with you but selling something like the S3 the best of the best and we are stuck with 3g. Maybe it should have had 4g and maybe there would be happier customers..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meccadon123:
which 1 looks like "premium data" to you? I'm on 3g and have never had 4g in my area...been with sprint for 6 years. Been paying "premium data" fee on 4 lines since the launch of the original Evo!!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
Here's what NV'd 3G looks like at my house:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rueben68:
I'm pulling the same kind of numbers at home because I have an air rave. To bad I can't stay home all the time...lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
Well, technically, both 4g speeds you show are more than enough to stream high quality YouTube and Netflix videos.

Unless you are downloading large files frequently (which you shouldn't be doing anyway), or tethering (which you also should not be doing unless you're paying for tether) you will never notice the difference between 5Mb and 15Mb.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to have 15Mb from the need perspective... But amongst normal folk, all they care about is if they can check Facebook and Twitter with connection errors, and watch videos and stream music without buffering... I've never had ANYONE besides a fellow phone nerd ask to see speed test.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I get about the same 1.5-2+ here in Brandon FL all day. I'm at work but when I get off I'll post some pics, well I'll wait till tomorrow and do a few throughout the day to show.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CrfEpic4g:
And this is why I love living near Atlanta
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] falconoble:
After dealing with some mildly irritating network outages for the past few days, I'm suddenly seeing a consistent 10-14 Mbps around the areas I frequent and 20Mbps on campus downtown.

The worst I get is ~5 Mbps at home, which I don't worry about when I have Wi-fi anyway.

$30 less than what I was paying for AT&T. I've got precious little to complain about. I'm happy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] contradude:
It's all about waiting for network vision to roll out. I was talking to someone on Verizon and with discount they were paying $240 for two lines... Which is what I pay for sprint with 4 lines. Not worth double the cost when NV is coming
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dito33:
And you are paying now for something it's gonna happen in the future but you don't know when.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lncoln:
Well, t-mo just had a sale. Htc one s for free w/ $89.99 4gb plan. Sgs3 16gb for $99.00, 32gb for $149.00 w/ same plan. In fact, I didn't see any full priced devices on their site.

I've been w/ t-mo for a couple years now. Best service I've ever had. At&t, Verizon, and sprint are more expensive for a similar plan.

I pay $212.00 p/month. I have 3 lines, all with unlimited call-text-web, 10gb for me, 5gb for my wife, 2gb for 3rd line.

Hotspot is my internet @ home, and speed is a must. I pull 8-11 mbps 90% of the time, unless I'm in the mountains with call and sms only. But I'm usually working in that scenario, so I don't need data.

My only other home internet option is a dedicated hotspot from t-mo, in which case I would lower my phone's data plan, or comcast....and f**k them thank you very much. I will neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr use those thieves again.

I was actually going to try sprint when my contract ended. Yes, for their "no capped" data.....but learned about their capped hotspot. Not only is it expensive, but they don't even offer a 10gb option (I use 7-9 p/month just myself).

Now after reading through this thread, I'll never switch. So thank you everyone for helping me with my decision.

asstastic!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] falconoble:
No carrier, first of all, guarantees excellent coverage in any area. It's in every contract. It's up to the customer to do that research before signing.

Second, it already is happening. Three weeks ago I was told that I'd have to wait a few more months to get LTE in my area and I'm already seeing it consistently today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I think a big problem is we've known about Network Vision and what it will bring for quite some time...much longer than when work actually begun on it. That being said, it's well under way right now, in a lot of areas.

The biggest difference people will see is when Sprint is done in their area. Seriously...they're upgrading every single tower in their network (with the exception of a handful) to LTE. EVERY SINGLE ONE. They're not picking and choosing which towers get it to provide 'good enough' coverage unlike other carriers.

The Chicago area was horrible about two months ago with constant dropped calls, still horrid 3G speeds, etc. However, you can actually tell when towers are being upgraded, this isn't a joke. NV is real, and I'll happily be a part of the best network in Chicago when this is completed, more than likely by the end of 2012.

My wife was getting pretty irritated and I told her to stick with it a little bit longer. She's mentioned a few times lately how much better things seem to be in terms of no dropped calls, faster speeds, and she even asked about the 4G icon.

If you all want to bail now, it's understandable as I went through it a little while ago. However, I have a feeling you may regret it within the next 6-12 months depending on where you are.

As for the 'Premium Data'...you signed the contract. You put your name there. I can get the frustration of Wimax not panning out, I was pissed too. But don't sit there and whine about it when you're still paying less than you probably would on any other carrier. Sprint has their way to get theirs ($10 data) and every other network has ways to get theirs too (data buckets, etc). I simply see Sprint as the lesser of four evils, although TMob has me thinking...