Sprint Vs Verizon

[Duke4062]

as for differences in service?
sprint = shweet
vz = anal...at least in terms of data and what you can do with your phones. ive been tethering on sprint ever since the sanyo scp 5000 at no extra charge
i would say the advantage verizon has is voice and coverage. almost everybody i know has verizon and a lot of people opt for free m2m[/quote]

I haven't noticed any less reception than verizon. Seems the same or better with Q.

[pjsnyc]

Originally Posted by Duke4062

as for differences in service?
sprint = shweet
vz = anal...at least in terms of data and what you can do with your phones. ive been tethering on sprint ever since the sanyo scp 5000 at no extra charge
i would say the advantage verizon has is voice and coverage. almost everybody i know has verizon and a lot of people opt for free m2m

I haven't noticed any less reception than verizon. Seems the same or better with Q.[/quote]

You're probably right. Im pretty sure sprint has roaming agreements with verizon...among others (re: If there is ABSOLUTELY no sprint signal, sprint users can piggyback off of verizon's towers free of charge...but if, for example, there is a 1XRTT signal for sprint data and an EVDO signal for verizon data, the sprint q will go 1XRTT unfortunately...the same goes for voice too i think). Can someone else confirm if this is true?

In anycase, I'm in NYC...where the only place I dont get a signal is in the subway...

[MrClean]

Originally Posted by pjsnyc

I haven't noticed any less reception than verizon. Seems the same or better with Q.

You're probably right. Im pretty sure sprint has roaming agreements with verizon...among others (re: If there is ABSOLUTELY no sprint signal, sprint users can piggyback off of verizon's towers free of charge...but if, for example, there is a 1XRTT signal for sprint data and an EVDO signal for verizon data, the sprint q will go 1XRTT unfortunately...the same goes for voice too i think). Can someone else confirm if this is true?

In anycase, I'm in NYC...where the only place I dont get a signal is in the subway...[/quote]

A Sprint device will default to Sprint's network if available, even if a better signal is present.

[smeg36]

You can set the Q to Roam only, so even if there is a Sprint tower with a signal, you'll pick up the other carriers tower instead.

[hanski9]

Originally Posted by smeg36

You can set the Q to Roam only, so even if there is a Sprint tower with a signal, you'll pick up the other carriers tower instead.

Why would you want to roam only? Especially if in doing so Sprint may drop you as previously mentioned in this thread?

[smeg36]

Originally Posted by MrClean

You're probably right. Im pretty sure sprint has roaming agreements with verizon...among others (re: If there is ABSOLUTELY no sprint signal, sprint users can piggyback off of verizon's towers free of charge...but if, for example, there is a 1XRTT signal for sprint data and an EVDO signal for verizon data, the sprint q will go 1XRTT unfortunately...the same goes for voice too i think). Can someone else confirm if this is true?

In anycase, I'm in NYC...where the only place I dont get a signal is in the subway...

A Sprint device will default to Sprint's network if available, even if a better signal is present.

I was replying to this post. The reason why someone would want to is if they have an important call to make, and have a horrible signal on Sprint, but could get a good signal on VZW. It would be very useful then. I'm sure there are countless other situations when it would come in handy.

[pjsnyc]

Originally Posted by MrClean

You're probably right. Im pretty sure sprint has roaming agreements with verizon...among others (re: If there is ABSOLUTELY no sprint signal, sprint users can piggyback off of verizon's towers free of charge...but if, for example, there is a 1XRTT signal for sprint data and an EVDO signal for verizon data, the sprint q will go 1XRTT unfortunately...the same goes for voice too i think). Can someone else confirm if this is true?

In anycase, I'm in NYC...where the only place I dont get a signal is in the subway...

A Sprint device will default to Sprint's network if available, even if a better signal is present.

THX for the confirmation

[devtech]

just remember that lest say you have a minutes plan of 500 minutes, and free roaming... you only really have 250 free roaming minutes after 250 you will be charged .25 a minute...believe me i figured that out after dealing with customers all day long at the oh godly sprint store.. what ever amount of minutes you divid by half and thats how many free roaming minutes you have

[Duke4062]

Originally Posted by devtech

just remember that lest say you have a minutes plan of 500 minutes, and free roaming... you only really have 250 free roaming minutes after 250 you will be charged .25 a minute...believe me i figured that out after dealing with customers all day long at the oh godly sprint store.. what ever amount of minutes you divid by half and thats how many free roaming minutes you have

Good to know! Thanks.

[gmplr831]

Originally Posted by devtech

just remember that lest say you have a minutes plan of 500 minutes, and free roaming... you only really have 250 free roaming minutes after 250 you will be charged .25 a minute...believe me i figured that out after dealing with customers all day long at the oh godly sprint store.. what ever amount of minutes you divid by half and thats how many free roaming minutes you have

Really? I was always told by sprint that roaming was included on ALL of my minutes. I have had sprint before and had no problem using a lot of roaming minutes.