y2jmp76 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hello all to start things off I have had a few carriers over the years. I live in a small town in Southwestern Pa I have had service from CellularOne, Cricket, T-Mobile, Nextel and Sprint. A few years ago I took a road trip to Mississippi(1100 miles one way) and at the time I had a iden phone on Boost Mobile, and got suckered into a deal with T-Mobile from a local mall (two week trial) long story short.... I remember on the trip the iden network never let me down compared to the T-Mobile network (both 2G at the time) well to make my point if Sprint can use almost all of these iden towers in there Network Vision I believe that they will have a very strong base because just the local ones I have a pretty good reception (where my house is iden was the only network).... I know it will take some time to get to where it needs to be but I think Sprint will be the Leader in the coverage areas the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerage Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 First off, welcome to S4GRU! Second, if I recall correctly I believe there will be very little of Nextel only cell sites converted to Sprint NV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 First off, welcome to S4GRU! Second, if I recall correctly I believe there will be very little of Nextel only cell sites converted to Sprint NV. I think that more are getting converted than was previously thought. I remember a thread where someone wasn't getting CDMA coverage last year, but there was a Nextel tower nearby. The tower itself wasn't listed to be converted and then a year later, the same person mentioned that they got CDMA service because it had been unexpectedly converted to NV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I think that more are getting converted than was previously thought. I remember a thread where someone wasn't getting CDMA coverage last year, but there was a Nextel tower nearby. The tower itself wasn't listed to be converted and then a year later, the same person mentioned that they got CDMA service because it had been unexpectedly converted to NV. That guy wrote a letter to Dan Hesse convincing him to do it. It's fairly unusual, but heartfelt stuff like that can work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 That guy wrote a letter to Dan Hesse convincing him to do it. It's fairly unusual, but heartfelt stuff like that can work. Heartfelt plus making a good case can sometimes go far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Heartfelt plus making a good case can sometimes go far. I'm well aware of that. I did it myself to get Starkville, MS upgraded by T-Mobile last year. I'm grateful to the T-Mobile executive and engineering teams for listening to me and doing that. We often forget that businesses are run by people, and telecom is a people-oriented business (despite how many feel about it right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'm well aware of that. I did it myself to get Starkville, MS upgraded by T-Mobile last year. I'm grateful to the T-Mobile executive and engineering teams for listening to me and doing that. We often forget that businesses are run by people, and telecom is a people-oriented business (despite how many feel about it right now). I didn't mean to come across like you weren't aware of it. I just wanted to emphasize to anyone reading the thread that making the business case for them helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Kudo Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I didn't mean to come across like you weren't aware of it. I just wanted to emphasize to anyone reading the thread that making the business case for them helps. Oh, okay. No harm done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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