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Well that is not exactly accurate. Sprint has run into delays on rolling out the new network that were not delays caused by Sprint. It 100% depends on the area you are in as far as completion goes. In my earlier post I gave you an example of a market (city) where the rollout has gone fairly poorly but some places like Chicago are pretty good now. Sprint is already spending billions and billions on this effort but part of the delay is that the industry is so busy with installs among all 4 carriers that tossing more money onto it doesn't really help much. There have also been delays with equipment in certain markets as well.

Ting at the above mentioned $9 or Republic on their $10 https://republicwireless.com/plans which is unlimited texting.

After reading over the replies here and on Ting, I moved to Handcent and that seems to have fixed the issue for me. 8SMS worked but I experienced a weird delay before it actually sent.

Mmm 32GB White Nexus 5 has been activated on Ting. Huge upgrade from my Evo3d. Edit: Anyone else having problems sending MMS via WiFi with Hangouts? I have my mms server properly configured for the "http://mms.plspictures.com" Ting servers.. Just wondering if this is a Hangouts issue or my own issue. Edit2: I have figured out a solution to this issue from the replies here and on the Ting forums. Link: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4989-lg-google-nexus-5-users-thread/?p=258684

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/24/5242694/softbank-reportedly-in-final-talks-to-buy-t-mobile http://finance.yahoo.com/news/softbank-gets-closer-buying-t-181936591.html Interesting....

Well, I can offer my perspective from being on Ting for 6 months now. I currently have a Nexus 5 on Ting that took only 5 minutes to setup. Please note you MUST buy Nexus 5s from Google Play. Sprint bought Nexus 5s will NOT WORK on Ting due to Sprint blacklisting all devices from BYOD for at least a year. Bringing it from T-Mobile should be fine though. So far we have been really happy with Ting. The customer service is great as they really do mean it when they say you won't have to wait on hold to call them. My previous bill for 2 lines at Sprint with employee discount + taxes was $157/mo. My first month at Ting cost me only $54 with taxes (actually $29 with the referral code I used). The past 5 months have been $38 each. That is pretty great considering I get voice/SMS roaming on Verizon. Pros: 1) If you don't use a lot of data you can save a simply massive amount of money. Ting charges by a bucket system (no contracts) and also has a 5% buffer before they move you into the next bucket. 2 lines with a total of 500 minutes/1000 texts/1 Gig of data = $50. 2) There are no weird administration fees etc. 3) The customer service is great and moving phones with numbers from Sprint took less than 2 hours. 4) Voice and SMS roaming on the Verizon Network!! (Virgin mobile and most Sprint MVNOs do not offer this) 5) After 45 days you are back to being a "new customer" at Sprint and are eligible for promotional price discounts for signing back up 6) You can set up limits on any device to not allow texting/minutes/data past a certain amount which is really quite useful for people with kids. Cons: 1) This is really only a good fit if you bring a line over and use less than say 500 minutes/1000 texts/3 gigs of data = $80 on Ting. 2) No data roaming means no fancy Verizon data roaming so if you are out of a Sprint area you won't get data 3) They don't offer any phone insurance so you will have to go 3rd party. We just don't have insurance as a clean ESN evo3d or EVO LTE off of ebay is about $75.. We save more than that every month. 4) Related to #3 there are no retail stores for you to go to. Got a problem? Email or telephone is the only solution you have. 5) If you aren't happy with Sprint speeds/coverage now you won't be happy with it at Ting either. Paying less does take some of the sting off of that unhappiness though. Billing: For my last 2 bills of $38 I was charged the following in Austin, Tx. Your charges will vary state to state and county to county : Transit Tax $0.31 Sales Tax $2.28 911 Equalization Surcharge $0.12 Universal Service Fund (Wireless)$0.83 E911 Tax (Wireless) $1.00 Fed USF Cellular $1.67 FCC Regulatory Fee (Wireless) $0.03 So no 'Administration Fee' or 'Compliance Fee' are ever on a bill at Ting. Only the absolutely required fees that your county/state dictates. Referral link to save $25 off your first month (Full disclosure I also get $25 off my bill from this) https://za8ilf19763.ting.com

Yeah, If you think having 3 carriers is better for the country I suggest you look at the Canadian market for our possible dystopian mobile future.

I disagree. I feel much of the recent change in the market has been from the moves T-Mobile has made. I liked the sound and price of the T-Mobile plans so I moved to T-Mobile where I didn't have enough coverage and then moved to Ting on the Sprint network. I don't see myself ever having a phone on contract (unless my employer pays for it) ever again. Without T-Mobile putting pressure on the other providers I don't see the decoupling of contracts continuing. Sprint clearly wants to continue to have people on contracts like AT&T and Verizon. I just don't see how absorbing one of 4 major companies and turning it into the big 3 could do anything BUT decrease competition.

Anyone here using a Nexus 5 on a Sprint MVNO (Ting) yet?

That is possibly the least creative logo I have ever seen. It looks like they combined an orange dot and the Walmart logo. Why not make it something that is at least visually interesting like so:

For any other TING users, I just called Ting about this. I was told they simply don't know yet if Sprint will let the device be brought over to MVNOs even if bought directly from Google but they should have an answer about it in a week or so hopefully so the answer is still a solid maybe.

Yep. I am waiting eagerly to see how this will be sold and if not through the Play store.. if Ting would sell it.

Ting will get the network improvements of course but the BYOD Triband phones will be delayed by a year unless I want to pay the $600+ for a new phone. I also don't use much in the way of bandwidth right now mostly because it is kind of enjoyable to pay so little for phone service. With the administrative fees etc that Sprint adds to it's bill it would be 3-4x more expensive than my current bill which is hard to justify. As I said, I feel that Sprint's service in it's current state isn't worth $160+ after taxes for 2 unlimited lines. Edit: To get there I would have to use over 1k mins/1k texts and over 6GB of data which I doubt I would be able to do if I tried on the towers around me. In 12 months that may be a different story but for now I will watch and wait for the network to be improved.

Almost cool enough to make me consider moving back to Sprint from Ting. Almost. I still feel that Sprint's pricing is too high for the service it CURRENTLY delivers.

In the past Sprint was very willing to move my upgrade date up by 3-4 months. They seemed quite happy to do so for long time customers. This was 2 years ago so they may have tightened up under New Sprint.

Well, the other phone LG makes (the G2) was delayed when it came to Sprint and there were some issues with limited stock from Verizon I believe. Perhaps this is contributing it it?

I wonder if Google is running into production delays and are trying to hold off the announcement until they get sufficient stock made.

I bet the rumormill begins churning again right after the Apple event.

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I've been at Ting for about 5 months now at an average cost of $44 after taxes. Actually, after referrals I have gotten, I have had free cellphone service the last 3 months. I'd love to just buy a used Sprint smartphone as there are tons of used HTC Ones for relatively cheap on eBay. If the Nexus 5 isn't offered direct to MVNOs I may just spend the rest of my credit at Ting on the next 2 months of service and then port out to a different carrier MVNO. Really, I just only buy used phones and don't pay more than $350 max for them because that seems to be what the market says that 6 month old smartphones are worth.

If the Nexus 5 is sold only through Sprint on contract I won't get it. Actually, if Sprint doesn't allow this device to be activated on it's BYOD MVNOs I won't buy it either. At this point (after paying $44 a month for 2 smartphones for nearly 5 months) I don't plan on ever having a 2 year contract again. Sprint making it solely available on contract would make me reconsider it's network entirely and seriously think about GSM prepaid for the future as I am already quite displeased that Sprint is enforcing a 1 year wait period on all used Sprint devices from being activated on Ting and other MVNOs.

I just want this phone to finally be a really open phone that I can buy from Google Play and use on an MVNO. Heck, I'd be okay ordering it through an MVNO provided it didn't have a markup.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/9/4821692/t-mobile-announces-unlimited-global-data-roaming-at-no-extra-charge T-Mobile just announced global unlimited data roaming at no extra cost. Big moves out of T-Mobile these days

I am very interested in how the Nexus 5 will be purchasable. I REALLY want a new phone as my evo3d, while faithful, is looking pretty beat up. I'd seriously jump at the chance to purchase the phone through Google if I could use it on Ting immediately. Waiting a year for phones OR paying unsub pricing really sucks but I can understand why Sprint doesn't want people just constantly jumping ship.

From: https://help.ting.com/entries/22567167-BYOD-Whitelist-?page=5 So anyone like myself hoping for a Nexus 5 or LG G2 might as well settle in for the long haul. Important to note that these MVNOs CAN sell the devices at unsubsidized prices but terrible for anyone hoping to score a cheap HTC One/S4/LGG2 in the near future. Pretty disappointing overall.