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    Sprint to end 2 Year Contracts

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I have been holding onto my ED plan until Sprint made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. Well they did.

     

    A couple of days ago I logged into my account and clicked the the change plan link to see what it would show. It showed that I was eligible for the 40 GB Family Share with no line access fees for $120 a month. So I called Sprint to verify.

     

    The rep I spoke with confirmed I was eligible for the plan and that I would not be changed line access fees. I ask her twice just to make sure. She also claimed that I will still get the loyalty credit on the lease I currently have.

     

    Bottom line is after my employer discount I will be paying almost half what I was paying for 3 lines.

     

    I took the offer. Essentially I traded my unlimited data and subsidy pricing for a cheaper bill and built in hotspot. I never used more that 15 GB total between 3 lines but the fact that I will get unlimited 2G beyond the 40GB instead of being charged for overages made it an easier decision.

     

    I would suggest all existing ED plan users to check what Sprint is offering right now as far as alternatives. It may actually be worth it to switch.

     

     

     

     

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    Bluegrass Cellular & Sprint Agreements

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    ^the tower was hooked up via microwave backhaul (I could see it from my field work location) so perhaps this microwave infrastructure explains delays in bluegrass cellular allowing LTE roaming... Kentucky is one of the least connected states in terms of fiber and high speed availability so it would not surprise me if bluegrass cellular has a vast number of towers connected via microwave as opposed to hard-line.

     

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    I don't think the issue is with the backhaul. Most likely they are still working out the agreements. BG has already had a LTE roaming agreement with Verizon for a while. That may be playing a big part.

     

     

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    iPhone 6S/6S Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    So, my lease is up on the iPhone 6 I have, and I'm considering making the possible leap to the 6S Plus, vs the 6S. Any thoughts or suggestions?

    If you go with the 6S Plus, I would suggest getting a slim case and a screen protector and relying on a protection plan instead of a bulky OtterBox.  My 6S Plus fits in my pocket fine and doesn't seem that much larger than my 6 with the OtterBox I had on it.

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

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I'm not surprised. I called it. It's too irresistible to carriers. And after Chairman Wheeler's stupid public endorsement, he can't stop the others from doing it.

     

    Using Tapatalk on Note 8.0

    Maybe I never looked into it enough but for TMobile's and other's free music streaming, does TMobile charge those streaming service providers a premium to allow their service to be streamed without it counting against the user's data allotment?

     

    Allowing free streaming is one thing.  Charging the service provider a premium to allow the free streaming is the exact opposite of Net Neutrality.

    Bluegrass Cellular & Sprint Agreements

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I don't understand why on the coverage map for Brandenburg KY, under voice there is "roaming +" but when you switch to data there is just "off network roaming". Why not "LTE Roaming +" for data?

    There is no LTE roaming in the Western Kentucky market yet.

     

    As far as roaming and off network roaming issue, that sounds like a glitch. That area is Bluegrass Cellular with a little Sprint sprinkled in. BG is 3G roaming + and won't count off your roaming allotment.

     

     

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    Sprint to end 2 Year Contracts

    in General Topics

    Posted

    From what I've been told by Sprint reps over the phone, once you lease a phone there is no way to go back to subsidized phones unless you sign up for the current rates available to the public (which would mean losing SERO or ED 1500 prices). I have asked twice, not because I am curious, but because the last 2 times I called for billing/service issues, I have been offered to end my current contract early in order to get a leased phone.

     

    You may want to double check, because I know my account also says I'm eligible for an upgrade even though I just renewed my lines 6 months ago through 2 year agreement. Once I click on the notification, the only options to come up are easy pay or lease, with 2-year agreement pricing being greyed out.

     

    Just going by what Sprint has told me twice.

    Not greyed out for me!

     

    You are eligible for lease pretty much anytime now. Especially with an ED plan.

     

     

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    Sprint to end 2 Year Contracts

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Wait, are you serious? My brother needed a phone upgrade bad earlier this year and he had an early upgrade via the leasing deal. It's a real shame Sprint did not mention that he wouldn't get my subsidy back, but rather said the opposite "you'll be able to upgrade again with a contract after the lease agreement is fulfilled."

     

    We're on ED1500.

     

    Sent from my Nexus 5X

    I do not think that's accurate.

     

    I have a leased phone on a line that is now eligible for a 2 year upgrade. Says so on Sprints site.

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - West Kentucky Market (Louisville, Evansville, Bowling Green)

    in Markets

    Posted

    I haven't done enough checking around where I work yet but I find it strange that yesterday I didn't have any LTE service in my office (unless I stand next to a window) and all of the sudden a EARFCN usually reserved for a second band 25 carrier showed up and now I have service at my desk. :idea:

    So the verdict is that I believe this carrier is related to the cellular repeaters in my building and not any kind of roaming.

     

    After leaving the building I never got connected to the carrier. Even on the way home I never saw the carrier again.

     

     

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    Network Vision and Spark EARFCN logging thread

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Are the repeaters official Sprint ones or just off-the shelf ones? I would wager that they support A-F block out of the box.

    They are not off the shelf but am not sure if they are Sprint only either.

     

    The cones distributed in the ceilings looks like what is shone in this picture:

     

    https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/5537/products/2014041414374150_f4c7d284-d74f-4398-b9c1-f87ab6e034fd_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1419883401

     

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - West Kentucky Market (Louisville, Evansville, Bowling Green)

    in Markets

    Posted · Edited by AppleFanBoy

    Is this LTE roaming mb?! I heard LTE roaming was going live for several carriers on Dec. 6...mb this has something to do with it...

    I haven't done enough checking around where I work yet but I find it strange that yesterday I didn't have any LTE service in my office (unless I stand next to a window) and all of the sudden a EARFCN usually reserved for a second band 25 carrier showed up and now I have service at my desk.   :idea:

    Network Vision/LTE - West Kentucky Market (Louisville, Evansville, Bowling Green)

    in Markets

    Posted

    Great find! They must have fired it up this week. I've been watching since they changed the PCIs around, thinking this might be coming. I'm driving back from Nashville today, I'll see if I see it anywhere else coming up 65.

     

    Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

    Here is the curious part.  I'm pretty sure I know/knew where all the Sprint towers are in my area in relation to my office building.  And yet this new carrier signal does not seem to be coming from direction of those towers as I walk around the building.

     

    What is even more curious, but by no means a scientific test, is that if I got to the side of the building facing a tower that I believe doesn't have Sprint but has Bluegrass Cellular, the strength increases.  Hmmm...

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