themuffinman

I will take a slight speed decrease if it meant more consistency and reliability. Seriously though, for a mobile device 6 to 8 megs down and 2 to 3 megs up with low latency is more than enough for a long time to come. Also note that I live in atlanta and I have hit 12 megs many times myself.

receive transplant

jaguar paw

BenChase screwed up, which caused mcdroid to screw up, LOL. Ok back on schedule. Heart Attack

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honey bee

Queen Bee

If that Georgia map represents where they will have nv and lte then thats pretty damn impressive.

square root

Hick Town

metal detector

LOL, I liked it, thought it was great. I really hope NV can give sprint the performance boost they need.

double tap

The evo 4g was just one of those phones that everyone had to have. The evo 4g was the first sprint phone I have seen so many other people with other than seeing random att/verizon iphones. When I had an apache, mogul, touch diamond, touch pro or touch pro 2, it was rare for me to see another user with one of those phones but after the evo came out, every single day I would see multiple people using it as well. So as far as my opinion as to why why things went down hill so quickly is because of the popularity of the evo. When going from my touch pro 2 to the evo my data consumption literally tripled from one month to the next. Now you can only imagine how much more those iphones will add to the current problem. As far as subscribers though, one thing thats almost impossible to calculate is customer retention. Lets imagine for a minute that sprint never released the evo 4g, lets also imagine that sprint didn't carry the iphone. How much do you think subscriber numbers would have decreased? I can't say for sure but with out the evo and iphone to keep current customers happy, sprint would be in even more trouble than they are in now.

So far I think everyone has brought up some valid points but at what point do we stop doing everything we can? Each and every one of us have had different experiences with sprint, what I am able to tolerate or put up with would be different to the next person. Many of us are hoping that sprint makes the necessary changes but what if that doesn't happen? I can assure you that if Sprint doesn't step up their game with in the next two years most of us will be going to who ever else can provide the necessary service that meets our needs at a reasonable cost and at that point are some of you going still believe in supporting Sprint? At some point we will all have to make that ultimate decision which won't be based on the little guy but will be based on our own personal needs. Many of us are on sprint, not because they are a little fish in a big pond, but because for years they were the best bang for the buck. As far as having enough AJ's in the world, I used to be one of them. Like I said previously, I am a long time sprint customer and I was also a long time stockholder with sprint up until a year or so ago when I sold off all my remainding stock in sprint. Back then I basically would have agreed with everything AJ had said but that was the investor side of me talking and not the logical side. I don't know how long AJ as been with sprint but for me, I am at the point where I can't take it any more. I have gone above and beyond to so call help the little guy and I am at the end of the road. If network vision doesn't work out then I will be leaving right along with most of you, little guy or not. EDIT: To: AJ I understand your walmart analogy. The reason why people would go to walmart isn't because of who they are but because of the value and options they give to consumers. In the end the small mom and pop stores simply can't compete because they don't have the variety and they don't have the volume to compete with lower prices. This is a different scenario when it comes to sprint. Its not like att/verizon have lower prices than sprint and can pull customers away easily. Your typical att/verizon monthly service contract(feature for feature compared to a sprint contract) is way higher on those two carriers compared to sprint. Sprint is losing their value added advantage because of lack of proper management and not because of att/verizon throwing their weight around.

blind fury

Awesome analogy, very well said.

Funky Chicken

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Well, I will have to respectfully disagree with what you said. In this day and age people want reliability and consistent quality service. We live in a world where cell/smart phones are relied upon now more so than ever before and if sprint is having issues with being competitive then who's fault is that and why should the customer pay for it? I have been with sprint for over 10 years and lets face it, they have made some very bone headed decisions over the years and the reason why they are in the situation that they are in right now is solely based on their own mistakes. That is no fault of verizon or at&t, they are a business(for profit after all) just like sprint and they have made decisions that put them in a position to be #1 and #2 in the industry. As a consumer and a business man my decisions are based on how it affects me and my family and not how it affects sprint.

Personally, I don't think the galaxy s3 is gonna be released anytime soon. I would guess that they will release this phone closer to when the iphone 5 comes out. Seems like the smart thing to do, besides the galaxy s2 is still selling pretty well from what I can tell.

Same experience here as well. Every time I get frustrated with sprint I start looking at at&t and verizon. After a few clicks on their respective websites, reality smacks the hell out of me and then I realize that its hard to beat sprints value. Data sucks but fortunately I have wifi available just about every where I go. I only have two lines(with 25% corporate discount) but with how those two lines are used my bill will increase by at least $85 a month if I switch to either carrier, that a lot of money.

space invaders

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