Sprint is giving me the boot

Discussion in 'Cellular - Voice - Data' started by cowboy_tech, Apr 6, 2013.

  1. cowboy_tech

    cowboy_tech Road Train Member

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    Well, I got a letter from sprint the other day about my "excessive" roaming:biggrin_2556:. They are ending my contract and waiving the early termination fee:biggrin_2559:. I was first thinking of Straight Talk, but I would have hardly any coverage using our old Sprint phones (CDMA-S map is pathetic compaired to the other three:biggrin_25513:). So I'm most likely going to go to T-Moble. If complain about roaming and also give me the boot, I'll have a GSM phone to pop another sim card into:biggrin_255:.
     
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  3. Hanadarko

    Hanadarko Independent Owner/Operator

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    Many guys use Verizon and have decent luck. At least they have never tossed anyone for 'excessive roaming' but
    I have actually heard about your bad luck happening to others using Sprint.

    They waive the ETF and kick you off in order to save them money.
    Just like when a few customers called customer service one too many times - Sprint also tossed them off.

    My favorite? - A buddy of mine got charged for going over his Unlimited Data plan.
    That was a new low, even by Sprint standards!

    :biggrin_2559:
     
  4. Projektf350

    Projektf350 Medium Load Member

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    Verizon is my carrier of choice. Very few dropped calls (when out in the boonies) but other then that good stuff. I have unlimited data but only 750 min. of talk time. I was about to go over it one month and I called to see about adding if it would save me money instead of overages. They gave me a "complimentary" 500 min. to cover that month
     
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  5. Cat sdp

    Cat sdp . .

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    Gotta love the big corporations .......... For the record verizon sucks too !
     
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  6. Hanadarko

    Hanadarko Independent Owner/Operator

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    Each cell company has pros/cons. There really isn't a perfect one.
    It boils down to who is the best of the worst I guess!
     
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  7. Espressolane

    Espressolane Road Train Member

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    Welcome to the club!

    Went to a pre-paid type verizon phone for 6 months after the sprint fiasco. Now converted over to a regular plan.
    Also switched my internet over to millenicom. That is actually still on sprint, but have none of the sprint problems.
     
  8. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    Get you a Straight Talk CDMA phone. That's the Verizon one. I use to be on Sprint before that move. Best move I ever made. They don't care if you roam because they contract off all of them.

    I just bought a GSM/SIM card and it was a nightmare. I had my old phone turned back on until I find a CDMA I like.
     
  9. Cman301

    Cman301 Light Load Member

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    I would check t mobile now ,they just ended all contracts & plus you can bring on any phone that will work on their network
     
  10. cowboy_tech

    cowboy_tech Road Train Member

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    The "no contract" and unlimited everything got my attention. I don't want a cheap feature phone (I'm spoiled, I know). And I was with Verizon and left them. It is funny that Sprint is willing to just "give" us a iPhone 4s and HTC EVO 4gLTE after only one year of a two year contract. Oh well, we plan on selling the old phones to help pay for the new ones.
     
  11. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    Isn't that great? You want to bail and they charge the heck outta you. They wanna terminate it and, tough luck.
     
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