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This is exactly true. This is a reactive, targeted offer. Not everyone is eligible. Reps are not to even talk about it unless a customer mentions it. Unless that changed in the last couple days.

Wow, that was really, really good. I'm contemplating just inserting this into our store's demo loop on the TV, see if anyone notices.

I completely agree. Something like the Moto G (whose cost has to be less than $200; the GPE is $179 (so $0 down and $7.50/month)) would sell like crazy. It also doesn't help when Saygo/Prepaid devices have a different MSRP than Sprint devices, despite being the same thing. Price-conscious consumers notice these things. If that does happen though, some system improvements will be in order. Right now, for the Preferred channel, we can't take any cash payment less than $20 for down payments or sales tax. That means when collecting the Sales Tax (which for Michigan is 6%), we can't take a cash payment for it for any phone with an MSRP less than ~$333. If somebody wants a Photon Q, it's $0 down, and $15 on a credit card, please.

Yes, that's the information I say as well. Which kinda seems like a mistake to me, as it ignores the BYOD crowd. Of course, for BYOD, you have Framily, which is a zero-month-term plan as well. Even with one person alone on Framily, for 3 GB of data (comparable to Sprint Prepaid's 2.5 GB), you're at $65 vs $60, and you can very quickly get that cheaper. That being said, I know the Moto G and other cheapo devices would sell on Framily/Easy Pay if they brought them over...

This plan is only available for business Corporate-Liable accounts with a Federal Tax ID associated with the account. While that's possible for anyone to do, it's certainly not easy, and not without the will and knowhow to do so.

I may have just gotten off a conference call about Framily; without breaking our NDA, I will tell you that this very thing has been very strongly hinted at, if not outright stated. In our store, Framily is the lead offer. All the price strips (like MacinJosh posted) are for Easy Pay. If a customer wants to get a two-year agreement, we have to grab a manager (or call one if one's not available in the store), and then when finished, email our district manager explaining what objections to Framily and Easy Pay we couldn't overcome. And, even if you do want a two-year subsidized phone, all the pricing is listed on a separate flyer we have to pull out from behind the Point-of-Sale stations. So yeah, the push away from subsidizing is extremely heavy.

Which is really unfortunate for those of us in West Michigan. While I agree that Band 41 provides more than enough capacity for the medium to long term, in the short term we have limited deployment and a low penetration of Band 41 capable devices. If nothing else, Clearwire to full 800/1900/2500 NV conversions would help some of the cell edge and in-building woes we suffer around here.

She covers that in her interview, quite well:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/06/272480919/when-it-comes-to-high-speed-internet-u-s-falling-way-behind Nothing new here for any well-read member of this site, but Professor Susan Crawford made her points very well, and I'm glad that we're finally starting to actually have the conversation about this. Worth the read/listen.

Let's not forget things like changing CPU Voltage and steps. Or Stickmount for full USB OTG support on devices that don't otherwise let you do it. Or SixAxis for a Dualshock 3 experience that emulates touches. Or LMT Launcher for PIE. Or App Settings for Per-App DPI and visual control. Or XPrivacy for restricting application access to personal information. Or, by God, just the incredible amount of things you can do with xposed. Go download Wanam Xposed (for TouchWiz) and/or GravityBox and just marvel at the options. Or, lastly, the main reason everyone I know asks me to root their stuff, free tethering (barf). The answer is no.

Yes. Titanium Backup, ROM Toolbox, LinuxOnAndroid, XHaloFloatingWindow, AdAway, Ultimate Dynamic Navbar. I could go on, but I won't. But I could. Oh, Greenify! I almost forgot Greenify!

Yes, that's correct, so my numbers were merely estimates. I figured as such: 1900 MB (VZW) + ~630 MB (ATT) ~= 2,530. VZW and ATT combined account for anywhere from 50-75% of total wireless subscribers in an area. Thus, a 20% increase in overall data usage gets us up to 3,000 MB (3 TB), getting us a close estimate of data usage. For another way to do it, 2,500,000 MB [1.9 TB + 0.6 TB] / (50,000 [approx people at game] * 67% [combined ATT+VZW subs]) = 75 MB. 75 MB * 30 days = 2,250 MB/month. Once again, right around that 2 GB/month figure we see quoted.

Hang on, let's math it. Round up to 3 Terabytes of usage across the whole stadium. That's 3,000,000 Megabytes. 3,000,000 / 50,000 = 60. Yes, that's an average of sixty meg per person. 60 MB * 30 days = 1800 MB/Month. 1.8 Gig. Less than the 2GB average quoted, but honestly quite close.

I use Sprint Direct Connect only to test and make sure it works on other customer phones. Nobody else I know has it, or is willing to get it, as it's only on a handful of high-end phones, and a handful of very-low-end phones.

Hrmm, bouncing off of what you said in your other thread... If the N3 is dropping calls, but not when on Google Voice... Well, first off, my "sources" tell me that the N3 Drop Call Issue is only on 800 MHz. Secondly, if Google Voice resolves the issue, it might be due to HD Voice.

As far as I understand it, a client-initiated request for a new copy of the CDMA programming information for the device, including PTN/MSID, and more specifically, the Data Profile, including username and password, which governs EV-DO data calls. Any information beyond that will have to come from someone who more deeply understands how CDMA works. *KSSHT* AJ to aisle 3, AJ to aisle 3... *KSSHT*

That's the error I usually see if, when trying to program and activate a device, something goes wrong. Similarly, if the esn\ptn\msid combo does not match. A refresh is usually just a remote-initiated profile update. If it happens again, try that first.

Honestly, if they'd bring back Windows Mobile 2003, I'd be a happy man. I have no idea why that operating system appeals to me so much but it does.

I actually got a push notification recently from Tapatalk despite having notifications disabled...

Yes, and then immediately goes in to bad e-piano.

Woah, what department were you talking to!? The vast majority of them only have the horrible generic "Sprint Hold Music". I'll likely never forget it until the day I die. I can hear it now...

good thing the billing system is automated and has nothing to do with notes on your account. When switching to Framily, it's not like the reps add the $15/month fee or not. It just happens or it doesn't, based on a script.

Actually, it's in the FAQ! http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1704-frequently-asked-questions/ (the answer is yes)

Nope, Preferred Retailers can definitely switch accounts over to Framily!

The Framily discount being applied within 2 invoices behavior has been there since the very beginning; reps were advised to inform customers of this. The behavior was only included as a warning; due to billing cycles and bill post dates, they cannot guarantee that the discount will show up immediately in every case. This was ONLY meant to be for when people join or leave the Framily, not at startup. The discount was always intended to show up immediately for new accounts and switchovers. That it did not is a bug, as per Heinlein's Razor. Trust me on this one; if it was intended to not show the discount on the first bill, it would have been outlined in the launch materials and communicated to store reps that they need to inform customers. While individual people may fail at this, Sprint's own internal policies are quite good at setting expectations for customers. Additional evidence that it's a bug: it's not happening to every Framily switchover, only some. If this was an intended behavior, certainly it would affect all customers. Lastly, if you're trying to make a point with somebody, please don't open with "fud", it makes you look like a troll.