Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

[Johnner1999]

Paying off the ETF is going to be huge when the balloon payments come due on all of these T-Mobile promo deals. When the bills jump and and the data allotment shrinks, you'll see people flee.

But tmo, doesn't have contracts. Only equipment fees which appears to be a loop hole in the Telcos favor.

[Johnner1999]

It might just be my imagination, but I'd swear that Lurie looks like a younger version of Randall without the glasses.

 

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Maybe Randal Doesn't die, He Just respawns. lol.

[maxsilver]

But tmo, doesn't have contracts. Only equipment fees which appears to be a loop hole in the Telcos favor.

 

I don't think that's true. Sprint appears to cover either (or both), whichever apply.

 

See https://promo.sprint.com/Registration/ETFBuyoutLanding

 

It reads "upload your bill showing your phone number and any early termination fee or installment bill balance, for each new-line activation to claim up to $350 Visa Prepaid Card."

 

Presumably, that fixes the T-Mobile situation (or AT&T / Verizon folks on Next / Edge device plans)

[Johnner1999]

Interesting.

[CrimsonKnightDX]

The $15 vs $40 per line is something I've seen other people reporting that Sprint is doing. It is a nice savings for people moving a bunch of lines like you did. Have you tried out the hotspot at all?

I have tried the Hotspot earlier this morning and it worked great. I had no issues.

[CrimsonKnightDX]

I know the information is buried somewhere in preceding posts, but when does the sign-up/conversion period end? And, if you have phones/hotspots on 2-year contracts, the total charge per phone is only $15/$20 under a converted plan, as long as you add a line & device on easy pay, regardless of where you are on the 2-year contracts? If true, I would save almost $100/month even after adding the new line. It just sounds too good.

Its a pretty good deal. The 3 lines that are on 2 yr agreements do have the hotspot added. Below is one of the lines that are on a 2yr agreement for an iphone 5c.

 

[gr8nuguy]

I have tried the Hotspot earlier this morning and it worked great. I had no issues.

notice if you just turn it on (without connecting anything to it), it uses data 

[Paynefanbro]

notice if you just turn it on (without connecting anything to it), it uses data

 

How?

[gr8nuguy]

seems to want to authenticate the account when it turns on, which uses about 10-15mb  then it works fine

[SpenceSouth]

seems to want to authenticate the account when it turns on, which uses about 10-15mb then it works fine

That's a lot of data just to authenticate.

[Ascertion]

seems to want to authenticate the account when it turns on, which uses about 10-15mb  then it works fine

Really?  The AT&T hotspot on the LG G2 pings an AT&T address for the string "yes" and it works from there.  Weird that Sprint would use that much to authenticate the data.  Maybe it's a one time only thing?

[gr8nuguy]

Really?  The AT&T hotspot on the LG G2 pings an AT&T address for the string "yes" and it works from there.  Weird that Sprint would use that much to authenticate the data.  Maybe it's a one time only thing?

havent checked since, but that first time it used 10-15mb.  Probably is an only one time thing 

[jamisonshaw125]

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/

 

 

Quite a few releases today. Interesting to note they've been released 15 minutes apart. Almost like they're trying to take over the home page of google for anyone that types sprint or anything related to wireless. 

[cletus]

havent checked since, but that first time it used 10-15mb.  Probably is an only one time thing 

I think this is the case. My father in law's Verizon hotspot used a similar amount of data when it first started up but after that it was good to go.

 

No idea why these hotspots use that much at setup though.

[JimBob]

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/

 

 

Quite a few releases today. Interesting to note they've been released 15 minutes apart. Almost like they're trying to take over the home page of google for anyone that types sprint or anything related to wireless. 

Glad to see Sprint win #1 in Indianapolis. I am moving there this October.

[derrph]

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/

 

 

Quite a few releases today. Interesting to note they've been released 15 minutes apart. Almost like they're trying to take over the home page of google for anyone that types sprint or anything related to wireless. 

 

Such good news for Sprint! 

[sbolen]

Glad to see Sprint win #1 in Indianapolis. I am moving there this October.

I visited some friends in Indy a few weeks ago and had an awesome Sprint experience. It worked the way you'd expect, and made me jealous of the current status of my market (getting there, but not quite as reliable as Indy).

[EvanA]

They're just making press reports about the RootMetrics report..... Plus they didn't win anything in data performance which arguably matters more

[GoBigRed79]

Good to see Sprint do some bragging.  Need to shed that loser mentality.

[eljayyy91]

 

 

They're just making press reports about the RootMetrics report..... Plus they didn't win anything in data performance which arguably matters more

Aren't some of the reports data reliability? Which is better then speed anyways.

[WiWavelength]

They're just making press reports about the RootMetrics report...

Come on. The other operators put out similar press releases when they win or tie for certain market titles. But lowly Sprint is supposed to keep quiet?

 

AJ

[twospirits]

Do my eyes deceive me or did Sascha Segan write a Sprint article without bashing the company into the ground?

 

Exclusive, Sprint's Head of Product on learning from Japan.

TS

[MarshieZ]

I was killing some time searching through articles and came upon this gem....

 

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sprint-network-jointly-awarded-1-ranking-in-call-and-text-performance-in-new-hampshire-2014-08-27

 

This is proof that the new Sprint IS here, and it's here NOW. While New Hampshire is probably not the biggest market compared to others, its still a great step in the right direction... oh, and another way to stop the Sprint bashers in their tracks. 

[dedub]

I think this is the case. My father in law's Verizon hotspot used a similar amount of data when it first started up but after that it was good to go.

 

No idea why these hotspots use that much at setup though.

 

The livepro hotspot is an android device, so it was probably doing some updates along with authentication (ie play store/services).

[lilotimz]

Do my eyes deceive me or did Sascha Segan write a Sprint article without bashing the company into the ground?

 

Exclusive, Sprint's Head of Product on learning from Japan.

TS

 

Tidbit about the Canadian carriers using the 2600 spectrum..

 

They're using Band 7 FDD-LTE in 20 mhz FDD-LTE carriers on 2500-2570/ 2620-2690 (paired spectrum) which has the theoretical max speed of ~150/30(?) mbps. 

 

Sprints is Band 41 TDD-LTE in 20 mhz TDD-LTE carriers with a 6:3 downlink to uplink ratio resulting in theoretical speeds of ~101/14.7 mbps. A single 20 mhz carrier that is provisioned correctly with the max available bandwith (unlike clear sites) will average more towards 50-60 and top out at ~80-90s. Clear sites will average more towards 20-30s with peaks up to 50-60s most of the time with some being way lower with old wimax era backhaul.