I'm curious to know what will happen with those who decide to keep their legacy iDEN devices.
I have had a Nextel phone for years and have become concerned with the change in coverage. There's a lot more light blue and white in that Nextel coverage map on sprint.com/coverage. Calls have more static, and I've been receiving a lot of "network busy" messages when placing outgoing calls.
Well, I called the number listed on sprint.com/nextelnetwork The representative couldn't tell me much (I didn't have high expectations anyway). I did ask her what would happen if/when I'm forced to change into a CDMA phone in regards to contract renewal or upgrade eligibility. She said I could purchase a CDMA phone at a heavily discounted price, but I would have to renew my contract for two years and it would reset my upgrade eligibility. I don't know if this sets well with me.
The last forced migration I know of was with AT&T and TDMA/GSM. Can anyone give me details of what happened then?
iDEN to CDMA conversion
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I'm curious to know what will happen with those who decide to keep their legacy iDEN devices.
I have had a Nextel phone for years and have become concerned with the change in coverage. There's a lot more light blue and white in that Nextel coverage map on sprint.com/coverage. Calls have more static, and I've been receiving a lot of "network busy" messages when placing outgoing calls.
Well, I called the number listed on sprint.com/nextelnetwork The representative couldn't tell me much (I didn't have high expectations anyway). I did ask her what would happen if/when I'm forced to change into a CDMA phone in regards to contract renewal or upgrade eligibility. She said I could purchase a CDMA phone at a heavily discounted price, but I would have to renew my contract for two years and it would reset my upgrade eligibility. I don't know if this sets well with me.
The last forced migration I know of was with AT&T and TDMA/GSM. Can anyone give me details of what happened then?