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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
TMo and Sprint are definitely seeing gains from Verizon's apathy toward its customers. This Network Vision could really change the game.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freeza:
We may see a lot of new devices come out too :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meccadon123:
i knew my "$10 premium data fee" on 4 lines was being used for something!!! it darn sure hasn't been used for getting me "premium data" since I started paying it over 2 1/2 yrs ago!!

"

By raising some new equity directly

, Sprint would be able to shore up its balance sheet and potentially fund other deals such as a buyout of Clearwire in which it already holds roughly 48 percent."
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
Give it up already. Same post in a few different threads now? C'mon man.

We get it...you hate Sprint and everything about them. Obviously that statement pertains to the cash they'd receive in selling a majority stake in their company.

I wouldn't fathom some of that money we've all been paying has gone towards the biggest network upgrade any cell provider has ever gone through...upgrading every single of their 30,000+ towers? No, it couldn't be something like that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meccadon123:
man calm the hell down...we get it..you love where you work(or you're an advocate/lobbyist) and I just posted this...why jump on it if you hate seeing it???

and the irony is...now you have "the same post in different threads"...and why are you STILL going into that thread if you hate it and disagree with 90% of the people in it!!!!!!!!!!!

and your last comment makes no sense!!!!

"Sprint, whose market capitalization was $15.12 billion at Wednesday's market close, is the third-largest U.S. carrier, with more than 56 million users at the end of June, even after losing customers for years.'

Now, how do you lose customers for years and have market capitalization GO UP????????????????? over the last few years?...you charge them ridiculous meaningless fees..and reduce their discounts!!!!thats how!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Rim job
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] K.0.0.L.:
Got damn! pretty soon China and Japan will buy out the United State. Then we would have to work in the rice farm....SUX
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Compusmurf:
Japan didn't lose in WWII, they just changed the nature of their warfare.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
It is no longer a premium data fee and they are still the cheapest national provider. Yeah their speeds are sub par but as long as it stays unlimited i dont care and im very happy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ligerblue:
Please dont be one of those ppl that thinks china = japan

i swear i saw like 3 diff versions of this rumor today , i heard full buyout the 2/3rds buyout and i also heard a 11% stake in sprint. now which one is it -_-

im all for a 11% stake cuz that would give them the funds to speed up 4g rollouts just no raised prices please...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
Hey closet sprint marketing employee, go away.

Save your lies for somewhere else. There still is no 4g at Google or apple HQ. Not one tower has been touched around here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
I dont think he is a sprint employee. He is just satisfied with the service he recieves as am i and i have not ever received 4g at my house. If you wanna be raped for those fast speeds then go to verizon and stop crying about it here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bestdayever:
What does google or apple hq have to do with sprint or upgrades they are making?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dalmus:
I'm not sure what Apple or Google HQ have to do with your hate of Sprint. Are you trying to say you are a Google or Apple employee?

Just because YOU get crappy service doesn't mean everybody does. In fact, many of the places I go and NEED service, Verizon is crappier than Sprint, and AT&T and T-Mobile have virtually no rural 3G coverage.

In my home area, Sprint is adequate. Of course, I'm not a network mooch that tries to tether my PS3 to play games and my PC to download torrents, so 1MB/s is plenty for me for the YouTube and Netflix viewing I may do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MvDef:
Sprint will have the best high speed 4g in the usa in 6 months. the pure bandwidth and there ver of LTE is more like 5g. just look up the kind of tech there using, don't go by what tech site's say whose biggest advertiser is Verizon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] edufur:
I am enjoying the prices but definitely realize that I am getting what I pay for. The speeds are crap.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
Because it makes no sense to claim you have 4g, when you don't even have it at the headquarters of your two largest customer bases. And that's 4g forget about lte.

It's sad when you don't even have 4g lte at either one of your major developer conferences.

If you would like to post a picture of yourself next to the ice cream sandwich or jelly bean sign, you will be using 3g.

Maybe you feel like posting on Facebook while standing in front of Facebook, sorry no 4g lte here.

I can go on and on and on.

My point is I don't care when they launch their LTE network, to me it's vaporware.

but if other members feel like complaining that the extra 10 dollars 4g fee that is going nowhere, they should have the right to do so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misterzeno:
Always free to change carriers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
Sort of. This is exactly why contracts exist. So you can't just go to another carrier at will without it hurting your wallet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Compusmurf:
So. you're implying that Apple HQ or Google HQ has more Sprint users than does, say Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater cities? We don't have LTE yet.

They can very well claim they have 4g because they DO have 4g LTE and WIMAX in some places. They don't claim they have 100% 4G coverage. That's no different than any other company saying their product is New and Improved when all they changed was packaging. That makes a product neither NEW nor IMPROVED. It's all about the wording that makes it NOT false advertising.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I don't see why people complain about the premium data fee when it's the cheapest of all of the carriers.

Verizon - $30 data fee per line

AT&T - $30 data fee per line

Sprint - $10 data fee per line

T-Mobile- $20-50 data fee per line
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Because no one pays attention to them in the real world I guess. :crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mattix724:
Cause most of have never received "premium data"

Here in the Phoenix area, there has never been any 4G.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] m20120:
Here in NoVA I have no 4G and the 3G data is slower than my '90s era dial up modem. Hardly "Premium" data!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Compusmurf:
Consider the "premium data" fee your fee for "unlimited data".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I don't work for Sprint, never have. Am I happy with their service? Kind of. What irritates me is when people spout off nonsense that if they simply took a little time to educate themselves wouldn't be a problem.

I understand what Sprint is doing with their network for the most part. I know what it's going to be like in the next few months (assuming everything goes to plan of course) so I use that as my rebuttal against people just whining to whine and play the 'poor me' card. It's everywhere. You're always the victim. **Note I didn't quote anyone in this post so it's not directed at any one individual**

Do I expect to be covered in LTE with it dripping off my phone in two years? No, I understand technological limits and I know not EVERYWHERE I'm going to I'm going to have 40+mbps download speeds with LTE. I know I'm not going to get service everywhere I go.

I guess it just irritates me when people complain about things that happen when it could've easily been avoided had they taken a few minutes, thought for themselves (God forbid people actually think!!), and decided, "maybe this won't be such a good idea" or whatever thought they have.

This whole 4G/Premium Data fee has been around for OVER TWO YEARS. Figure it out already. It's not going away. Stop complaining and go do something about it, like switch carriers. As I've stated before, you can probably sell your GSIII for more than an ETF to cover the cost. If you can afford a $200 phone to begin with and probably another $80/mo for a plan, I think you can afford another $150 for a top tier phone on another carrier (thinking you might come out $50 ahead after ETF and sale of GSIII).

If mommy and daddy pay your bills...well...no wonder you complain all the time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Back on topic i think with sprints huge debt that softbank acquiring sprint would definetly give it a huge boost to get the company straightened out and maybe good things to come in the future as far as lte is concerned.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Yeah. Actually it won't be and it's not. Do some research. Sheesh.

"Sprint's LTE deployment is over the PCS (1900MHz) G block (5MHz FDD-LTE). Unfortunately the high-frequency band meant that in-building LTE reception...was pretty much non existent"

The 5mhz deal is junk. Along with pcs 1900mhz G block.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JBakey:
You need to look up the definition of "4G". Not ONE of the carriers meet any of the perquisites to be called real 4g. You won't see TRUE 4g speeds until LTE Advanced rolls out. HSPA+ is more like 3.5g and sprints LTE at the moment is pretty sub par as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Thank you.

From the internets(most probably know this already):

"...set of requirements for 4G standards, named the International Mobile Telecommunications Advanced (IMT-Advanced) specification, setting peak speed requirements for 4G service at 100*megabit per second (Mbit/s) for high mobility communication (such as from trains and cars) and 1*gigabit per second (Gbit/s) for low mobility communication (such as pedestrians and stationary users)."

Highly doubt we'll see legitimate "4G" anytime soon. But, man, my VZW provided LTE service is darn fast...and reliable... and consistent.

On topic, glad I left sprint cause I wouldn't wanna be around when things go all Softbank. Besides, what good is a government contracted provided? imo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Actually, Sprint's Clearwire lte will be rolled out on 20x20 mhz channel, which means it will have speeds of up to 90mbps and it'll cover roughly 80% of sprint markets. This won't be due until a later date, though. But with Softbank acquiring them and Sprint, you can imagine the rollout to be faster due to the fact that they will have a steady cash flow.

Also Sprint's LTE on the 800mhz spectrum will have coverage similar to Verizon's, only that Sprint's will have more density because it's being overlayed on every single Sprint tower and not select towers like Verizon and At&t.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] potna:
I don't know how long you pro sprint people have been with sprint but I can tell you the data speeds keep getting worse all the time. Also the fees and crap keeps getting higher. Oh and the they have always said hey look at what our network will eventually become and it's done nothing but get worse since I signed up 3 years ago.

I don't think my evo 4g ever touched a 4G tower btw
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ricocollege:
Yes, its the 2nd biggest population in California. 4th largest market in the country and growing. The three markets ahead of it are all shrinking. Tampa is not even in the top 20.

Not having your LTE deployed here is like New York not having any pizza or Florida with no orange juice.

Even sh!ty a$$ Metro pcs has 4g here.

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Back on topic.

I am glad softbank is buying them. They will change the roll out to fill thier needs and they are smart enough to know to speed up deployment it the right areas.

Like mine. Gateway to Asia baby.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Y'all won't be seeing this until late 2013/14. And it's not like every other network is gonna remain in its 2012 state while sprint upgrades. Look at what they're doing. Lte on 1900, while decommissioning 800mhz nextel only to move/add lte to that band, then later again to the clear spectrum(2400/2500mhz? Horrible.) Sprint is doomed, they're bands are too wide spread, they'll always have horrible structure penetration, etc., etc.. I used to be pro sprint('10-'early '12), thinking, "they'll turn it around, network vision is gonna help, I'm in Boston surely this area will be blanketed soon.". Cha right. Leaving sprint was the best wireless move I made. You get what you pay for. Still.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] musclehead84:
I agree. I couldn't take it any longer. I couldn't use my phone when I left my house cause I have wifi. So i switched to Verizon and have speeds that are insane. Every where I go it doesn't go under 20 Mbps and usually stays at 30. I know its capped but with wifi at home and most of the places I go have wifi ill be fine. I can actually use my phone now. I will miss you guys though. I've been with this Community since the original epic
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Forget the awesome speeds that vzw lte offers and the fact that their 3g is also very fast...the words I most often use when describing the benefits of vzw signal, speeds and network integrity are "consistent, reliable and transcendent".

I would love to see sprint step up their game for that would only drive healthy competition and benefit the industry as a whole, as well as customers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
For myself in my area i have very strong signal for phone calls, browsing the web and using pandora and other interwebs. I have no need for really fast data speeds on my phone as thats what a pc is for. I do not expect to download big files on sprint 3g so if that is necessary for you then sure get over charged for those speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Compusmurf:
You specifically stated 2 locations in a city which implies that you were targeting just those locations only and not the whole cities. I'm sure that referring to Mtn View, CA as Google HQ City is not what the founding fathers of the town prefer.

The reason I read it that way is because some large corporate campus locations have their OWN "private" cell tower. The company I work for, our sprawling campus contracted with ATT to have their cell repeater installed. And yes, they got the faster speeds installed quicker than the surrounding town.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
People always crying poor mouth cause they ain't on Verizon. We're not being "overcharged" for using their network. It's the best network in the country and...you get what you pay for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Sprint's rolling out lte on lte release 9, which is capable of being upgraded in the future to lte without the use of new panel installation. The competition? Release 8. This means that Verizon and At&t are required, in the future, to send subcontractors out to all of their towers that have LTE. Sprint's 1900 coverage will be better than Verizon's and At&t's lte when it's complete because of the site density. As I stated in my last post, Sprint's adding lte to every tower, and not select ones like Vzw and Att did.

You act as if 1900 mhz is the worst spectrum of all, when Verizon has it on their 2g/3g bands for EvDo and CDMA. But no one complains about spotty 3g coverage on Verizon. Sprint's 800mhz spectrum is going to have similar penetration to Verizon's lte, but cover a far larger range of towers. Not only is the 800mhz frequency being deployed on lte,but cdma 1x advanced, too. Sprint's not going for fastest network out there, they're going for consistency. What are you really going to need 15+ mbps for on a phone?

In a good 6-8 months from now, we'll see how their network compares to Verizon's.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tkoreaper:
Let me just say this... I travel all across the US. I go back and forth from home in San Antonio, TX to random towns and cities all over the country... east coast, west coast, north, and south. And of all the places I've been I would say 90% of them have good service and I go to a lot of remote areas. I have noticed a huge difference in signal quality and speed since network vision started so whatever they're doing it's working. To say Sprint sucks everywhere is just blasphemy and what needs to be understood is that more people are going to complain than those who don't. There are a lot more happy customers than there are unhappy ones, but you won't see posts/comments from the happy ones near as much as the others because they have a much less reason to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derrick1976:
softbank is just to get out of debt,sprint has the best cell phone coverage point blank,when on a trip to visit family in west virginia,sprint phones where the the only phones working on the sides of mountains,go figure,at&t,verizon not working,give me a sprint phone any day,just my opinion
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
Can't wait!

Vzw uses both 800 and 1900 for voice and 3g data. Depending on the area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
Facts. I love them. They make conversation tolerable and take any feelings out of it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Grrr..

Tired of this garbage. Sprint needs to get their act together. Why should I have to live with speeds like this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meccadon123:
This 1 person (and i won't quote any names) just continues to say "if people would have just done some research"...how many times do i have to write this:

I had an old plan at a cost of about $110.00 a month for 5 lines. When the og evo rolled out i was talked into keeping my lines by a retention rep(AND RETENTION MANAGER) and virtually upsold on 4 evos. Did i have to buy them..of course not...was the main selling point a retention rep SWEARING 4G WIMAX WOULD BE IN MY AREA BY THE END OF 2010??? YES!!!!!..What further research could have been done? I got the evo's AND THEN WAS TOLD ABOUT THE $10 FEE AND THE PLAN CHANGE REQUIREMENT..could i have said never mind at that point..sure...but i took A SPRINTS EMPLOYEE'S WORD FOR IT...To this day I've been paying $10 fee's on what was 5 lines(now 4) and never HAD ANY 4G AT ALL!!!(AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MY DATA USAGE HAS WENT DOWN ON ALL MY LINES COLLECTIVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)..I don't care what the cost is for other carriers, i don't care about "how good future LTE is going to be"!!!!!!!...As of this point. i simply want what i've already been paying for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PREMIUM DATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I already had "unlimited data" with my old plan..it didn't require any change!!!!

A plan change to own evo's doubled my bill..then sprint tacked on the $10 fee's, then sprint erased "premiere" ...then they took my discount off of all my lines and just applied to the 1st 2 lines...then they took it off of the 1st 2 and only applied it to my 1st line....THIS IS HOW A COMPANY LOSES CUSTOMERS BUT GAINS MARKET CAPITAL!!!!!!!!!!!...get it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
Because iphone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ligerblue:
kinda sad to see so many ppl here complaining about sprint. i mean lets face it sprint made a bet with getting 4g first ( wimax) and lost. they manned up and went all in on lte and went as far as to future proof it.

but something as big as upgrading every tower they have takes time, day by day im seeing improvements on their lte footprint on sensorly's site

if you really have issuses with even voice calling go call sprint and complain, if that dont help then leave

( happy sprint user)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
More info on softbank

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/101212-us-mobile-market-is-ripe-263342.html?page=1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meccadon123:
Look, my complaint is simple. Whether sprints actions where "on purpose"(i dont think so) or "by accident"(more than likely), I;ve asked 1 simple thing. I want them to realize that what happened to me looks like a big "bait and switch" tactic. I never got anything close to what I was promised. so I just want some money back. If they just made a gesture, it would probably make me happy. I wish they would look at each situation individually. I got sold on the evo's which forced me into a plan change, which doubled my bill+ added $40 in "premium data fee's", and my data usage WENT DOWN. The phones functioned way better on wifi, i could barely get a 3g signal where i live(let alone 4G). This has been going on for 2 1/2 yrs. I don't "hate sprint"...I just want what they sold me. Am I really being unreasonable? Let's not forget the big rebuttal sprint released back then and I quote:

CUSTOMERS: WHY SHOULD I PAY THIS FEE??? I DON'T EVEN HAVE 4G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SPRINT: "THIS IS NOT A 4G FEE, THESE NEW PHONES WILL BE MUCH FASTER THUS ALLOWING THE USER MORE DATA AND BANDWIDTH OVERALL. RESULTING IN WHAT WE'RE CALLING PREMIUM DATA!!"

Well my usage went down...how is that "premium" for me?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I am happy with my S3 and Nexus on sprint I have been getting g great speeds on timely updates and LTE should be right around the corner for me yes it will be spotty but when completed it will be the best of the best. I say good job sprint keep up the good work. Here are 3 different speed test on 3 different days at different times. This is way fast enough for anyone that is not taking advantage of there data (tethering and so on).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tailsthecat3:
It was probably me. I like doing research and everyone else should too. There's a reason why the carriers are ranked the way they are. And some people are fine with using and paying for third place. I'm in Massachusetts and Sprint's network is a joke, a side-splittingly hilarious joke. Vzw absolutely owns the northeast and dominates the rest of the country. With sprint, I spent more time on vzw's network than I did sprint's. To each his/her own and I really would like to see sprint turn it around- but it's gonna come at a price. Go get the 14 day trial, on any other network, a human can see that sprint is no good. You get what you pay for.

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You're lucky! And also in the minority.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 00mred00:
By gaining more than you lose ;)

It's sImple math. As I mentioned before...people are unhappy at the other carriers as well.

Yes, Sprint has made changes, so have all of the other major players (and all more drastic change) There have been reasons for all of the changes Sprint has made...yet you continue to twist and manipulate those changes into that need of self to become the vIctIm(I think I used the term entitlement in another thread)

Maybe your posts would be better suited in those other carriers threads? You know, grab one where they are complaining on not having AT&T lte yet...or sub par lte speeds

Here at this point are either preaching to the quIor, talking to those that don't care or those that actually have great service.

Personally I never like the $10 fee...they should have just made all of the plans $10 more like every other carrier did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
except after they get everyone off the iden network. they can switch to that band. LTE Advanced bud

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I'd hope they don't get a majority share
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ligerblue:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/14/softbank-sprint-aquisition/

Its gunna be official soon, hopefully softbank doesnt do any negative changes such as caps and increased rates
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I believe it would be a while before they did. If they did I hope we get grandfathered in on are planes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
Just remember, Softbank wireless in Japan also shares the Truly unlimited route. And I think sprint will grandfather us in, especially if the competition did that for their customers. :P