CMoore2004
i r teh smarts
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join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
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Re: Sprints commercials are false.
Sprint's speeds are still great, as is the latency. When I was in HSDPA cities like Columbus, the data card would drop down to EDGE repeatedly going down the road. When you're driving through the heart of Columbus, this shouldn't happen. Even with the HSDPA, I wasn't impressed. Nor was I impressed with Cingular's data cards not allowing me to data roam. And what commercial is this? I think we both know there would be a lawsuit if Sprint was blatantly lying about Cingular (in the same way Cingular does about the fewest dropped calls).
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
·Cingular Wireless
| its the commercial where they have two goobers sitting next to one another and the sprint guy says yes to every city they mention access in and the cingular guy says no to every one.
I suspect Cingular will be issuing a statement to Sprint to either pull or edit the commercial to reflect the truth.
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VansHSI
join:2005-01-29
America
| said by inteller  :its the commercial where they have two goobers sitting next to one another and the sprint guy says yes to every city they mention access in and the cingular guy says no to every one. I suspect Cingular will be issuing a statement to Sprint to either pull or edit the commercial to reflect the truth. It would have happened already if it were false |
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chlen
Ethically Challenged
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join:2001-01-16
Albany, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to CMoore2004
said by CMoore2004 :Sprint's speeds are still great, as is the latency. When I was in HSDPA cities like Columbus, the data card would drop down to EDGE repeatedly going down the road. When you're driving through the heart of Columbus, this shouldn't happen. Even with the HSDPA, I wasn't impressed. Nor was I impressed with Cingular's data cards not allowing me to data roam. And what commercial is this? I think we both know there would be a lawsuit if Sprint was blatantly lying about Cingular (in the same way Cingular does about the fewest dropped calls). cant drop a call you cant make. Cingular is terrible coverage in this area. there is only VZ evdo, but IMHO print has the best service in this area. Sprint is horrible, god forbid you have a technical or customer service problem.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
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| reply to inteller
Personally, I don't care.
Cingular still doesn't really have much coverage in Los Angeles (San Fernando valley = Los Angeles) , Denver and Minneapolis.
Sprint, on the other hand, may have more 3G coverage, but their network is so small, that I'd be roaming most of the time. Do handoffs between Sprint and Verizon work without dropping ? I don't think so.
Each have their advantages and disadvantages, and both companies have their PR spin doctors out to promote their company at the others expense. It'll be a while before Sprint stops bleeding Nextel customers, so you may find some good deals while Sprint is hurting. I'd personally rather go to T-Mobile. |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
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 ·VoicePulse Connect
·Teliax VOIP
·Speed Factory
| reply to CMoore2004
said by CMoore2004 :Nor was I impressed with Cingular's data cards not allowing me to data roam. Huh? Cingular data roams...if it's anybody with limited data roaming these days, it's Sprint (who data roams on Alltel but on no one else in the US.)
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
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said by en102 :I'd personally rather go to T-Mobile. ...who has no 3G at all and doesn't even have consistent EDGE service 
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mindfrost82
join:2003-04-19
Cortland, IL | reply to VansHSI
The commercial compares Cingular's HSPDA to Sprint's EVDO and the Cingular guy saying "no" is saying that they don't have HSPDA in that town...not that there's no coverage, but they don't have their high-speed broadband. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | they have HSDPA in some of the towns mentioned. Towards the end they start blurting them out so fast it is hard to hear them, but they are there. |
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CMoore2004
i r teh smarts
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join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·HughesNet Satellit..
| reply to roamer1
Cingular's data cards? I don't think so. I had one. I tried. It didn't work. My Centennial phone had a full signal, Cingular had none, and they have an agreement with one another. Of course, Cingular probably singled me out to not allow data roamin on my specific account. On another note, Sprint also roams on Verizon and US Cellular.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to roamer1
Here in So-Cal, T-Mobile was Cingular's network |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | reply to inteller
One tower doesn't count  |
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