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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] QWIKSTRIKE:
Excellent move I commend your on your endeavor. I hope you will be happy for life there, and I feel you are correct with the unlimited and Sprint. If they are just pimping us I will leave no questions asked as well. We shall see enjoy your new service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Thanks.

Although the major reason I left sprint was due to the inability to complete most of my calls without issues for the past 2 months, in addition to the crap poor way account services treated me, LTE is Phenomenal on Verizon.

19 Mbps Down & Up!

But the Best Feeling is to be able to make a Call without it Fading in & out & out After 2 Months!

Gotta a question for you.

Can I sell my S3 privately now, or do I have to wait for my final bill from sprint, and pay the etf and other charges before selling.

I just paid a bill I received a few days ago, and of course payments are up to date.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidBabe:
What are you talking about? People have lte on sprint right now with unlimited data :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yeah, that's what I hear lol!

Wait till the lte switch is turned on in a majority of markets. Free Unlimited will go bye bye, just like all the other stuff sprint changed that matches other carriers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidBabe:
I hate to say it but I think you are right. Lol I have a feeling once lte might not be unlimited anymore. Ive been thinking about verizon but I dont want to pay $670 ETF for two lines lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I hear ya.

But there's another way to look at it:

I will pay a $350 ETF.

(Hopefully I will get all or some of this back after the BBB, FCC, etc. respond to my emails)

I had 22 months left in my newly signed contract renewal.

My monthly reoccurring invoices are $115

$115 x 22 = $2530.00

$2530-350 = $2180.00

Which Sprint will Not be getting from me, and which Sprint just Lost out on.

In another words, I Saved $2180, on which I can spend with another carrier which I will get the Services I'm Paying for, which I was Not getting with Sprint.

Remember that Sprint relies on the fact that Most customers will Not be able to afford, or want to pay the $350 ETF, and Sprint will therefore keep collecting the monthly payments.

Sometimes for the balance of the contract, or usually most of it.

The ETF is well thought out by the Department in Charge of these Policies with these Carriers.

Imagine if a Majority of Sprint Customers decided to pay their ETF fees and left Sprint.

This would never happen, But Sprint would be out of Business in a Heartbeat.

The point is that the ETF Policy is there to Keep Customers FROM leaving.

And it works.

The ETF helps sprint to recoup the monies they paid the manufactures for the devices, if the customers break their contracts, but that is the Minimal reason the ETF exists.

It is in force to Keep customers From leaving.

It was much easier for customers to leave when the ETF was $200 and less.

Now Sprint has many more Customers who are staying, But many of these current Customers are extremely unhappy with the lack of services they're receiving, but have no choice to stay, or they feel they can't financially afford to leave.

But see my Example above for what the Real Costs to Stay with a carrier you're not happy are, *due to NOT being able to offer BASIC SERVICES for which you are Spending your Hard Earned Money, and to which you are Entitled to, in addition to the Financial and Physiological repercussions.

And this doesn't Include the Wasted Hours and Hours on the phone with Customer minimal support who just keep you running around in circles, from checking the towers, to going to the store to have your phone checked out, to checking the towers, to going to the store again, and round and round and round.....

Some things to think about......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] abhaxus:
Woah dude, that's incredible!?! You mean early termination fees are designed to keep people from leaving? That's the discovery of the decade!

Good riddance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Thanks for the well wishes pal.........

You see, you can learn something new every day.

Pass along the info to others.

It may help them out also.

Btw, I'll still be around to spread the word, and enlighten others....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I know you hate Sprint due to crappy speeds, but there's no way their lte network is going to fail like it's WiMax did. Fact is, Clearwire was in charge of the WiMax deployment and because of that, we don't have many WiMax markets. Clearwire has hit a big debt and is struggling. Because of this, Sprint's estimated 3g offload was WiMax and since it was nonexistent in many markets, their 3g is slow because that's what everyone that has sprint uses. Once lte is deployed, it will have roughly the same coverage as 3g and upgraded backhaul for the data speeds to be consistent. Sprint's not the fastest, but they are unlimited and cheaper than the big red and big blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Practitioner:
So.....How much are u gonna sell ure phone for?, i might be interested.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
You have every right to leave and every right to persuade others in similar situations as you to leave. I only mentioned that you shouldn't shut down their lte since they're doing an entire network overhaul. Fortunately, I'm in a decent 3g location so I still get data and calls fine while I'm waiting for LTE. I didn't realize that Sprint service was that bad where you were. I would've done the same you did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I hear ya.

You have good service, so I would probably stay also in your shoes.

I had no problem with making calls up until a little over 2e months ago, when I disconnected my Samsung Epic 4G Touch, renewed my contract and activated my S3, then the issues began.

I always say that a Company is only as good as their Customer Service, when Crap hits the Fan. Many customers don't have to deal with Customer service under 'extreme' conditions.

The way account services treated my case showed Sprint's True Colors, and as I said prior, I would have left Sprint because of this alone, even if the Calling Issues Miraculously Fixed themselves.

And it wasn't just one bad rep, it was the run around and endless non resolution crap I had to deal with from All the reps, Including the Premier Cream of the Crap Account Services dept.

Obviously, the Memo got passed around. Be nice to the customers, Apologize for their Issues, Send out the Engineers, But if the customer persists in Sprint resolving their Connectivity Issues, which we are unable to do, and they say they're going to leave Sprint, let them, because Most won't leave because of the $350 ETF.

Well, I did what I said I would, and hopefully others that are dissatisfied with the Lack of Sprint non services will do the Same, then we'll see Sprint Squirm like a worm in the beak of Fincher.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
I'm definately fed up with Sprint and ive only had them for 2 weeks.

I'm coming from a LG Esteem oc'd at 2.0ghz and 4G LTE. I thought it would be a better experience. And it has... only for the phone.... Metro 4G LTE is atleast 10 times faster. In Tampa, FL my 3g sometimes hits a 1 mbps but other times (like at home sitting down) i get barely 250kbps... Metro gave me 3000+ everywhere.... but of well.....

I think i did make a good decision though, because eventually i'll have 20+ mpbs on sprint. Im going to be patient because ive never had such a good phone lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Well it seems like I am the only one happy with sprint. Lol I have never had a dropped call or any slow data I'm in Brandon ,FL. We should be getting LTE as well in the next month or so can't wait.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
i hope your right. How do you know that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
I missed the part of your cool story where Sprint put a gun to your head and made you sign... Good luck with those dumbass letters to various organizations that approved ETF fees. Also go cancel your car insurance mid term and try to win the fight about the short rate fee. Show us where on the doll Sprint hurt you...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Typical sprint shill talk.

If you don't get it, ain't worth explaining again....

Hey, look at it this way.......

If enough customers leave Sprint who are not getting basic services with Sprint which they pay for, only those that remain can have a sprintfest and talk about how great sprint is.

I, on the other hand will speak the facts, so those who are thinking about resigning or porting to sprint Think Twice

Enjoy ;)

Btw, sprint listens loud and clear regarding those organizations you diminish.

But if I don't get money back, maybe I should have listened to the account services rep, and move away from a body of water that I didn't live by.

What a Farce.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
They started out here at the beginning of October. We should start seeing hit and miss signal at like the end of November beginning of December. I ran in to some ericsson guys. Alls I can say is my speeds are great and where not to great but not horrible at the beginning of the year. Let keep are fingers crossed they stay on time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 916Coolness:
no offence or anything but honestly stop complaining about sprint service its not anyone's fault but your own you didn't do any kind of research or take advantage of your trial period

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yeah, it's the customer's fault.

Thanks for the eye opener.

Hesse sends his regards.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 916Coolness:
In my eyes yes I havent had an issue an nor has anyone I know with sprint and when I have custumer care took care of it don't call screaming at someone or they won't do there best to help you would you help someone screaming at you ? No didn't think so

Sent from my SPH-L710

---------- Post added at 09:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:00 PM ----------

And sprint doesn't say that they have great speeds there allure to consumers is they have unlimited data

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I apologize.

I didn't realize you were on the phone with me listening in, when I called customer service a dozen times, regarding being unable to complete a call for 2 months, and going through 3 devices, due to the load of stalling bs crap sprint reps were giving me, after being a good customer for nearly 14 years.

Nice of you to assume the content of my conversations. Hesse says hello.

Btw, I'm not even talking about their Horrendous data issues.

I'm talking about being unable to complete a call.

Oh, and Hesse gives his best to you. The Few, and the Proud.

Sprintlobotimization is Alive & Well.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Reticulin:
I don't seem to get many issues with sprint out here in Alpharetta, GA. The 4g LTE is really fast at about 25 mbps and neve rreally any dropped calls. I guess it all depends where you are. However i wish sprint had more money to get more towers to better their coverage in other areas of the US, unfortunately I don't think people will leave Verizon or AT&T anytime soon =\.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonebeatz1234:
It's sprint fault for going with wimax and failing it's our fault for being stuck in a two year agreement no one wins. But i will say Sprint needs to fix 3g speeds **** lte for now 3g needs to be usable these speeds has been slow a long time. There's reason to complain, it's ridiculous that it's unusable in certain parts of the country and works fine for others.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Sprint is able to offer unlimited data right now because many customers are getting 350Kbps speeds.

Wait till, and IF, LTE is working in most markets.

Don't think for one second that unlimited data for a $10 surcharge will still be offered.

Sprint will change that as sure as they changed everything else, achieving parity with the other carriers.

Sprintlobotomization Baby, Alive & Well :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shazo85:
I think it all depends on your area. Half the people I know hate sprint. The half that don't are a mix of people with no opinion or call customer retention for everything. I know of one person that went to T-Mobile and myself and one other person are thinking about it. The St.Louis area has no lte. For sprint and the wimax is not that great. The service in store is also hit and miss. I can go in to one store and service be fine, but another store they don't want to do anything. I went to get my batter checked because I have had issues with it. They told me it was the apps and the data issues were also do to apps.

I'm not saying that T-Mobile is better. I'm sure they have the same issues, but the 4g is better here from what I have been told. Now that they have the unlimited plan for 89.99 I'm considering it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I hope everyone that complains and hates sprint so much leaves cuz than everyone that likes and loves sprint will have even better capacity
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Post of the year!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
T-Metro is getting good reviews on their faux 4g where available.

The only issue I see there is what happens when the merger is done?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HipKat:
Who the hell is Hesse?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
I have considered switching myself... The problem is that half the places I go in my state GSM carriers simply have no coverage. Verizon has coverage, sort of, in that you can get and make phone calls, but you won't receive voice mail notifications or be able to use data in these same areas.

So, I continue to deal with mediocre service in the city, but fantastic service up in the woods.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Sprint's Braniac :(

The Head Honcho....

The Meat & Potatoes man....

The egotistical Donkey's butt that starred in his own commercials a few years ago..

The Biggest Croc of Crap if ever a CEO was ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] muahhShay:
NO..

Ive chosen to stay with sprint because Im fine with the upload and download speeds.. As long as I can upload to fb/twitter and stream music on the go..Im pretty satisfied.. Yea I can go to Verizon or ATT pay 20-30 dollars for 4-5gb data cap.. But the way I eat through data 5-6gb avg a month.. im cool with my lil 10$ a month for unlimited data.. Besides anything to heavy/large to download I leave for my wifi or friends wifi.. And wifi tether is useless to me because I don't travel with a tablet or notebook..And I search everything with my phone.. Hell I hardly use my notebook.. And may be replacing it with a tablet soon..

But fed up no.. Now what P'd me off is the yearly upgrades are gone and also being able to add phones to your sprint bill..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxps2gba:
I am. I don't even try to stream videos. I live in South Jersey about 10 minutes from philly and I sometimes struggle to load Web pages or even get a text. This isn't the middle of nowhere, it's ridiculous that it's a problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
It's never too later to get po'd again ;)

Perhaps, if & When unlimited data for $10 goes the way of everything else.

Here today, Gone tomorrow.............

Sprint has had a lot of practice the past few months pulling the rug from under their Customer's Feets lol!

$200 etf.....GONE!

Premier Upgrade Program....GONE!

30 Day trial period....GONE!

WiMax.....GONE, uhhhh....NEVER existed for Many!

Yet to come, Perhaps:

Unlimited Data for a $10 Surcharge.....................

Going, Going GONE!!??!!??

Sprint can afford to give Customers unlimited data now because the speeds for most are Deplorable. When, and IF LTE gets off the ground,

The Writing's On The Wall, as they say...............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Omg another day of this horrible service and I am out of here!

T metro here I come!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DAvid_B:
Soo, how many people had one of the "first 4G phones" from sprint for the last 2 years and never once got a 4G signal?

To me, this is a class action lawsuit that needs to be filed. Deceptive marketing all the way.

And as far as "unlimited" data, Sprint "unlimited" data is like drinking "unlimited" water from a faucet that only drips water once every 2 minutes...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I purchased the Original Evo 4G when it first became available, and had the Unfortunate Financial pleasure of paying the $10 Surcharge for the lightening fast data, and All this 4G phone had to offer.

4G wasn't available to me for over a year, yet I paid over $140 + taxes & Surcharges for 4G data.

Then I purchased my SE4GT and was one of a lucky view that was able to get Wimax, albeit intermittently.

Then I got the S3 knowing that I would be giving up Wimax, and relegated to Slow as Molasses 3G, known as Sprintlobotomization, and Yes, I admit that I Was Sprintlobotomized and a Sprintlobotomizee.

What else is it called when a few customers wait over a year for Wimax connectivity, get it, then give it up in order to purchase a New LTE Device, and will have to wait over another year for LTE, while most customers Never received Wimax Connectivity, Yet are Continually paying the $10 Sprint 4G Surcharge, and are Salivating for the Coming of LTE to a Market near them, which they most likely won't receive until the End of 2014, If they're Lucky, while All the other Carriers already Have 4G or its equivalent.

And even then, wait and see how long it will take Sprint to work out all of the Inevitable Bugs in their New Network!!

And that, my friends, is called SPRINTLOBOTOMIZATION!!

My name is Biker1, and I Am a Recovering Sprintlobotomizee!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
So sueing someone for your choice is the american thing to do. I mean that . It is the American thing to do. We as Americans don't like to take responsible for what we do or choose to do. I'm sure those that bought a wimax or lte phone new it could be a long time before they would see 4g... and yet they still signed a contract for some reasons? now that they can't have what everyone els has its sprint is crap they should be shutdown or sued because I decided to get a lte phone after they told me I would get wimax and never did. If they screwed you so much and took your money for something that was not there than why did you sign yet another contract? come on it is no ones fault but your own. unless the CEO of sprint says you'll have it than I would not listing to any body els. listing to a sales persons say you'll have this or that is like listing to a child tell a make believe story its probably not true. So let's say its are faults we messed up and deal with it until we can get out of the contract or pay for the ETF. But saying its a class action lawsuit is rediculous. I'm sure sprint never said there wimax foot print was going to be as big as there 3g foot print. But they did say there LTE would so if you never get LTE than you have a lawsuit. 98% of us including my self never read the fine print and that's are fault not sprints. This is just my opinion I am not nocking anyone or trying to disrespect just stating what I believe are facts . I love to hear others feed back on there experiences with sprint but let's blam are self's for once and maybe just maybe not waste so much of are time and energy looking for someone else to blam
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
I couldn't make a phone call on the sprint never network for over two months, well documented multiple complaints and 3 S3s later. Sprint wouldn't waive the ETF.

They didn't give me the basic services I paid for. Making a call.

Forget about Data services. I'm talking about Calling services.

I would think sprint would be obligated to enable me to use basic calling services.

Then again, maybe not. Basic services may not be something they have to give to their customers contractually.

3 S3s, later, trouble shooting and all the other BS, and before you know it, 14 days is Poof.

All this is not 100% on the Shoulders of the Customer. It rests on the shoulders of the Carrier, sprint.

If I can help to make others aware of the Sprint Crap before they sign and get involved in Sprint's Never Ending, Non Resolutions and Unfullfillments of Basic Services to Many of its Existing Customers, I will have slightly succeeded.

For me personally. I did renew my contract knowing that I'd be giving up Wimax, and purchasing an LTE Device that would be relegated to 3G, until LTE got switched on.

That's on Me, because I knew this ahead of time.

The issues I was having was being unable to complete a majority of my basic calls for over 2 Months, without resolution from Sprint and Many Wasted Hours and Aggravation with Business customers, Family and Friends.

When I also comment about the lack of Data Services, it is to show the Insanity of the way Sprint does business, and how many customers have just accepted these Data Promises and BS as the Normal way of doing business with Sprint for the predominate reason of Sprint waiving the Unlimited Data Carrot in front of Everyone, which will go Bye Bye when LTE gets switched on to the Masses, or maybe prior, But that is Inevitable....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I see what your saying but sprint also singed a contract to give you services if they can't than they broke contract if you have proof that you went two months with out being able to make a call than getting out of the ETF would be no problem. I was offered to close outy contract for capacity problems that only lasted like one week. They can see what towers and where you connect and how long or If you keep getting nocked off. They did for me at least. We should take it apone are self's to see what is what not leave it to a sales rep that is just trying to make his quota and probably don't even have sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
You would think that would be the proper way to do business, but we're talking about a cell phone company, and in this case, Sprint.

Account services denied waiving the ETF even though multiple calls to service reps were Fading, and supposedly my account was notated as such.

In the middle of this Fading call fiasco, I was told that the rep understood I'm having issues, but the account is not showing dropped calls.

I was asked to let calls drop when they are fading. Blah, blah blah.

An account services rep said my issues may be caused by living near a body of water. I said I don't live near a body of water.

Anyway, for 2 months this went on.

Enough was Enough.

The above are some of the reasons I wrote my letters, and plan to write to more agencies, in addition to not getting any Resolution from Sprint regarding the matter.

I didn't leave lightly, as I've been with Sprint for 14 years, and recently renewed my contract.

But com'on now, does sprint also expect me to buy my own Vasoline??!!

Sprint should be able to supply at least that..........
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Ahhhhhh I remember talking to you about this before. Still not fixed wow screw that bro I'm sure you have been to a store and a corp store hmmm. I wish I had a solution for you. Maybe force roaming until they boot you off. if they don't want to play nice than you shouldn't. your situation seems to be different than a lot of others I'm talking about the ones that complain because they can't download 700 mbps files and tether. I believe that NV will solve most of all there problems all around. I have been offered to opt out my contract for way less than what you have explained going threw. Move away from that body of water that you don't live by lol. Well maybe its the phone have you tried a different one. I'm sure you have. Man wish I could help. Hope they take care of thus for you if not let me know in a pm I'll give you a number to call to my buddy he is a GM in Tampa at a corp store he might be able to help.