Network Vision/LTE - Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands Market

[wacko 11]

The real reason? What fake reasons have you been given here?

 

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What is the reason though? Last month someone said something bout equipment malfunction/failure, we haven't had any type of information since then.

[Dkoellerwx]

What is the reason though? Last month someone said something bout equipment malfunction/failure, we haven't had any type of information since then.

 

That was someone's theory. We don't think that's actually the reason. 

[wacko 11]

That was someone's theory. We don't think that's actually the reason.

Oh ok

[D-Relo Pondebass]

service has been reaalll loww these pass few days like a steady 1 2 bar kinda low

[themuffinman]

Service the last few days has been fairly stable and data is a lot more consistent for me then ever, with that being said, I can't wait to get back to atlanta.

[Impulse]

Switching to the new My Way plan seems pointless and even detrimental to me as long as I'm rocking a single line... You'd generally pay the same either way ($70+$10 or $50+$30), but I have a 23% student discount that only applies to the base plan. It works on the $70 portion right now, guessing it'd work on the $50 with the new plans (and thus it'd be a smaller discount by about $4).

 

Regardless of that, there's no real incentive to switch anyway is there? I don't even know how many minutes the new basic plan has but I've got 450 + like a random 700 bonus and with Amy Mobile I hardly use any of it. I guess tethering is cheaper now but I'm rooted anyway so... I'm not complaining btw, just saying nothing's really changed for those with a single line.

 

I'm glad they realigned the plans and boosted their cost advantage on multi-line plans against AT&T/VZW tho... That new unlimited guarantee is also pretty encouraging. I'm traveling to Maryland next week, I doubt LTE's made it to the area I'll be staying in but I look forward to checking it out around the Baltimore/DC area and comparing coverage against PR (where it's still very spotty around Guaynabo).

[blacksantron]

Ok I've about reached my wits end... What is the situation on STT? Can't we get any legitimate information in regards to actual work being done or even another horribly inaccurate ETA? Have had a 4G phone over a year yet have never once experienced it. (wish one of the actual crew was a member here... I would be!)

[D-Relo Pondebass]

lol i done told yall we wasnt getting 4g no time soon...lol but the gurus here thought i was wrong...its about a dead case now....sprint loosing customers on island too

[D-Relo Pondebass]

this showed up on my bill also.."Jun 14 Credit for 4G Outage

-$5.11"...i have a next one too...but no 4g was never seen on my phone...hmm

[themuffinman]

It's kinda funny if thats what your bill said.

[themuffinman]

lol i done told yall we wasnt getting 4g no time soon...lol but the gurus here thought i was wrong...its about a dead case now....sprint loosing customers on island too

Well sprint did have a press event in Puerto Rico a couple months ago stating that the VI "should" be completed by June.  Based on other information that sponsors had available at the time it was reasonably safe to assume that the VI would have lte in June or at least sometime over the summer especially since the VI had been upgraded to network vision(3g only) from in march.  Now I personally been saying from the beginning of this thread that the VI will lag considerably behind Puerto Rico even though we are part of the same market.  As of this moment, my service seems to have stabilized over the last week or so.  I haven't experience any drop calls and data seems to be fairly consistent for me.

[D-Relo Pondebass]

i was in town at a gig this mornin...know our gigs are long got home bout 4 ..phone decided to hit 1x..lol

[D-Relo Pondebass]

lol this thread is as good as lte in the virgin islands...#DEAD!

[Dkoellerwx]

Switching to the new My Way plan seems pointless and even detrimental to me as long as I'm rocking a single line... You'd generally pay the same either way ($70+$10 or $50+$30), but I have a 23% student discount that only applies to the base plan. It works on the $70 portion right now, guessing it'd work on the $50 with the new plans (and thus it'd be a smaller discount by about $4).

 

The discounts apply to the data portion of the new plans (the $30). Reason being unlimited minute plans can't be discounted. If there's nothing wrong with your current plan, there's no reason to switch. Also, at this point there's no reason to believe that unlimited on the Everything Data plans is going anywhere. If that ever gets hinted at, then there will be a reason to switch. 

[vamp07]

The discounts apply to the data portion of the new plans (the $30). Reason being unlimited minute plans can't be discounted. If there's nothing wrong with your current plan, there's no reason to switch. Also, at this point there's no reason to believe that unlimited on the Everything Data plans is going anywhere. If that ever gets hinted at, then there will be a reason to switch.

I agree this is mostly about selling customers things they don't really need. Unlimited landline minutes is something that very few people are actually going to use.

 

Steven

 

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[D-Relo Pondebass]

i went on the new plan because sprint apparently dont know the difference between a cellphone and a landline here...every call u make!...to cellphones...ur minutes go down!..i always had to call and clear it up

[loverrez]

This thread is dead becausenothing happening with NV so there nothing to talk about

[wacko 11]

There hasn't been any information as such a long time, smh....sprint has left the VI to the dogs

[D-Relo Pondebass]

There hasn't been any information as such a long time, smh....sprint has left the VI to the dogs

yea bro!..a man called me today .. n i asked about 4g..this man tell me they fixin 3g...some fix that suppose to  be done today..i called it from long ago..we ain gettin it no time now

[loverrez]

I realized it you are on the west side of St . Croix you are stuck on 1x. Been like that for weeks now. So not only we don't have 4G we still have problems with 3G 

[D-Relo Pondebass]

im roamin on 1x now

[D-Relo Pondebass]

data is a bitt more solid..i never hit 1mb during the day so easy...lets see how long it lasts for

[themuffinman]

data is a bitt more solid..i never hit 1mb during the day so easy...lets see how long it lasts for

Other than the temporary 3g outage this morning, 3g speeds has been very steady for me throughout the day and night for the last week and a half or so(at least for me anyway).  Haven't really had too many drop calls either, can't wait to go back to atlanta in a few days.

[eliezerlp]

Awesome 3G speeds today around Fort Mylner this morning:

 

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Edited July 27, 2013 by eliezerlp

[themuffinman]

Awesome 3G speeds today around Fort Mylner this morning: uploadfromtaptalk1374940344579.jpg Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Nice, been noticing faster speeds myself with lower average pings.