tekjunkie Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I have Verizon currently but with the "save 50%" deal out right now there's really go question about it. It would have my family about $90-95 a month. I know a few ppl I know have sprint and like it a lot even thought LTE just now came here bc of that awful deal with Ntelos and Ntelos lack of commitment. So I'm pretty sure I'm gonna make the switch. What's y'all thoughts given that Ntelos is on the way out in the area? My thoughts are that if shentel can do it then this area will have better coverage then Verizon or AT&T. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 In the areas where Shentel is the provider now, it's a top tier carrier. Unfortunately, it's going to take time after the sale of nTelos to Shentel closes before they can get the nTelos network close to the quality found in their native area. If you want to jump on the promotion, then by all means do so, but don't be surprised if you find yourself on 3G a lot for a while. Others who live in the area will probably chime in as well. At the moment, it appears that the Sprint LTE rollout in the nTelos region is spotty at best. - Trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekjunkie Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 Seems to be LTE in a lot of areas already. It's slow though. But I don't care. I'm on wifi most of the time. My main concern is make phone calls. And have somewhat consistent signal. Seems like I get fair Verizon coverage everywhere in the city but it's weaker then I remember years ago Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawneyboy123 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 The LTE isn't mind blowing but it definitely gets the job done as you would expect. If I were you I would switch for the savings and over time it will only get better once Shentel rebuilds and updates the network in the region. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekjunkie Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 So I have a question. How did the nextel buyout work in Ntelos land? There's a crap ton of towers here in Roanoke according to antenna search. Do those still exits and can shentel use them? Or are those true sprint towers that were just switched off and not upgraded due to the contract with Ntelos? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 So I have a question. How did the nextel buyout work in Ntelos land? There's a crap ton of towers here in Roanoke according to antenna search. Do those still exits and can shentel use them? Or are those true sprint towers that were just switched off and not upgraded due to the contract with Ntelos? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Most of that data is grossly outdated. Sprint sold off all those towers to private tower companies between 2008-2011. After Nextel was decommissioned, they likely gave most of them back to save on lease paynents. Now Shentel can re-lease these sites from their current owners, where space is available. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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