RoccoM Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) I know that deployment in Central NJ and NYC is happening as we speak, but I'm alarmed that Long Island is treated as an entirely separate market as Long Island customers got completely hosed by Clearwire during the WiMax rollout. I'm really tempted to leave for Verizon. The furthest point east that WiMax was ever deployed was Rockville Centre and 3G is borderline unusable during peak hours. Edited March 8, 2012 by RoccoM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I know that deployment in Central NJ and NYC is happening as we speak, but I'm alarmed that Long Island is treated as an entirely separate market as Long Island customers got completely hosed by Clearwire during the WiMax rollout. I'm really tempted to leave for Verizon. The furthest point east that WiMax was ever deployed was Rockville Centre and 3G is borderline unusable during peak hours. Although we are not prepared to announce Long Island yet, I will tell you Long Island comes out with a full deployment in a decent spot in the national schedule. It will not be relegated to the nether regions like it was in the Clearwire deployment. Stay tuned. - Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8nuguy Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Although we are not prepared to announce Long Island yet, I will tell you Long Island comes out with a full deployment in a decent spot in the national schedule. It will not be relegated to the nether regions like it was in the Clearwire deployment. Stay tuned. - Robert is my area in a decent spot in the nation schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 is my area in a decent spot in the nation schedule? Since I have seen the whole national schedule, and am the closest thing to being objective around here, I would say where Long Island fits in the schedule makes sense. In my opinion, Long Island should be near the top of secondary markets. And Sprint appears to be thinking the same way as I am. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8nuguy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Since I have seen the whole national schedule, and am the closest thing to being objective around here, I would say where Long Island fits in the schedule makes sense. In my opinion, Long Island should be near the top of secondary markets. And Sprint appears to be thinking the same way as I am. I am in the middle of kansas but its good to see many many areas on schedule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twospirits Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Its good to know that Long Island is near the top of the secondary markets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenChase7 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I'm in Phoenix, and havent heard a thing ( )... but, I'm still glad to see all the good things happening to Sprints network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoccoM Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) In my view, actually very foolish for sprint to classify this area as a secondary market. Its a very densely populated area that shares three million people between the two counties and is among the highest income per capita areas of the country. They also used to own the area outright and have tons of former customers that they could lure back if they got this done in a timely fashion. Edited March 9, 2012 by RoccoM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 In my view, actually very foolish for sprint to classify this area as a secondary market. Its a very densely populated area that shares three million people between the two counties and is among the highest income per capita areas of the country. They also used to own the area outright and have tons of former customers that they could lure back if they got this done in a timely fashion. U think the high income ppl use sprint?.... Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoccoM Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) I'm talking about in aggregate. The fact that the average sprint post-paid customer might skew slightly towards the lower end of the middle class compared to ATT/Verizon is more or less irrelevant. The fact that the area is virtually uniformly middle class means that this area has a much better post-paid/pre-paid mix than either Queens or the Bronx with only a minor drop-off in density and that they're screwing up by relegating it to a second tier. U think the high income ppl use sprint?.... Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk Edited March 9, 2012 by RoccoM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 In my view, actually very foolish for sprint to classify this area as a secondary market. Its a very densely populated area that shares three million people between the two counties and is among the highest income per capita areas of the country. They also used to own the area outright and have tons of former customers that they could lure back if they got this done in a timely fashion. Everyone wants their market to be upgraded ASAP. There are a pile of larger markets than Long Island that have not been announced yet. At this point, the markets that are announced will be complete within months of each other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Everyone wants their market to be upgraded ASAP. There are a pile of larger markets than Long Island that have not been announced yet. At this point, the markets that are announced will be complete within months of each other. sums it up pretty much.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervonim Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 U think the high income ppl use sprint?.... Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk Actually, considering Sprint has the highest ARPU, and, proportionately to the number of subscribers, one of the highest ratios of smartphones vs. feature phones, I would not necessarily say their subscribers are low income. Also, just because Sprint's plans are a better value, is not an indicator of customer social class. There's a mix, just like with any other carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Actually, considering Sprint has the highest ARPU, and, proportionately to the number of subscribers, one of the highest ratios of smartphones vs. feature phones, I would not necessarily say their subscribers are low income. Also, just because Sprint's plans are a better value, is not an indicator of customer social class. There's a mix, just like with any other carrier. Actually US Cellular has the highest ARPU, followed by Verizon wireless and then Sprint. http://www.phonearena.com/news/US-carrier-landscape-in-Q3-Verizon-records-biggest-ARPU_id23755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervonim Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Actually US Cellular has the highest ARPU, followed by Verizon wireless and then Sprint. http://s4gru.com/ind...de-websites-r26 Interesting, I thought I read an article on Phone Arena or Android Central that showed Sprint as having highest ARPU. THanks for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Interesting, I thought I read an article on Phone Arena or Android Central that showed Sprint as having highest ARPU. THanks for the clarification. I posted the wrong link initially. Sorry. Fixed it now. I still had an old link on the clipboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoccoM Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) Actually, considering Sprint has the highest ARPU, and, proportionately to the number of subscribers, one of the highest ratios of smartphones vs. feature phones, I would not necessarily say their subscribers are low income. Also, just because Sprint's plans are a better value, is not an indicator of customer social class. There's a mix, just like with any other carrier. I'd dispute that its a better value. Data service has been brutal for the past month and a half. I've been averaging .15 down and .09 up. if I can even run speedtests during the daytime. Then you get on the phone and they deny there are any issues with the towers in the local area, even though its basically unusable. Edited March 16, 2012 by RoccoM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I'd dispute that its a better value. Data service has been brutal for the past month and a half. I've been averaging .15 down and .09 up. if I can even run speedtests during the daytime. Then you get on the phone and they deny there are any issues with the towers in the local area' date=' even though its basically unusable.[/quote'] I'm sure you mean for you its not a better value. There are lots of places where the Sprint EVDO network is total FAIL. And in these places that would weigh heavily against the concept of value. But there are places that the Sprint network performs acceptably. And to many people in these areas Sprint would still be a value. Robert Posted via Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoccoM Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 (edited) I'm sure you mean for you its not a better value. There are lots of places where the Sprint EVDO network is total FAIL. And in these places that would weigh heavily against the concept of value. But there are places that the Sprint network performs acceptably. And to many people in these areas Sprint would still be a value. Robert Posted via Forum Runner Turns out recent connectivity issues (15 towers are down in the area for UPGRADES) but the customer service reps couldn't just come out and tell me that. One of them wanted me to wipe my phone while I was at work and do a full restore, and even got belligerent with me because I couldn't. I wasn't at home near my laptop, itunes, contacts etc. And not near wifi so I couldnt backup to iCloud. Really ridiculous that I had to escalate it three times over three days to get a real answer. All they had to say was tower work with an ETA of being finished on 3/17. Edited March 16, 2012 by RoccoM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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