llk121

Well, I have no issue with anyone offering a different opinion. Having a discussion is the point of a forum after all. Otherwise it should just be a blog.

I could be wrong, but I doubt that llk121 is a Sprint user. He/she strikes me as someone with a little bit of network knowledge who is here to rabble-rouse, especially with the post up the page. If the criticism is constructive, that is perfectly fine. llk121's post remains within posting guidelines, but just barely, as it veers close to flame bait. And S4GRU will not tolerate overtly incendiary posts, as this is not a complaint board.

I was very close to signup up again with the iphone 5, even had an order placed but then checked the speedtests.

My criticism is always constructive. Where it's not constructive is with regards to Sprint's strategy (including previous) and plan. Personally, I really want them to succeed and do well, however, they're still on life support.

As someone who has actually worked on upgrading and building wireless networks abroad, from a practical, engineering, and business perspective, I don't agree with their unlimited stance. They would also win a hell of a lot more customers if they simply included at least 0.5GB in their plans, without the premium fee.

Frankly, I don't think they care. I don't. What Sprint is doing is actually really fun and exciting to follow. A 38,000+ tower buildout with LTE is really, really cool. That the network sucks now doesn't really bother me; I know all my local towers are getting 300 Mbps backhaul. That's awesome. I know that LTE and ESMR and Clear's TD-LTE are coming. Which are awesome.

 

In my opinion, if Sprint isn't giving you what you need, then, well, why stay around? Go with the service that suits you best. Nobody here is going to beg you to stay with half-promises, as nobody here is selling anything. We're just following the network.

Fair enough, but then why respond if you have no interest in discussing anything about Sprint. You clearly have no qualms with talking up the network, yet don’t seem to want to discuss anything that challenges this view.

I’m not with sprint any more. I am just curious as to what they are doing and if the network has improved. Unfortunately, Sprint needs all the customers it can get. I always find it funny that there are so many sprint forums devoted towards telling anyone dissatisfied to leave.

Hate to bear bad news but without customers, networks fold or get bought out. Particularly networks that have not delivered a profit for nearly a decade.

AMR-FR codecs run at 50 percent greater max bit rate (~12 kbps) than do EVRC codecs (~8 kbps), so AMR-FR codecs are also less efficient.

 

AJ

It certainly is but as a user, I'm more concerned about call quality. Heck, I have my CDMA handset set to use QCELP 13k and the quality is close to g711.

Traditional CDMA was always excellent at handling calls, it's keeping up with data where it fell short.

Given this report, and Sprint's fairly lame response, does anyone really believe that Sprint's Chicago build-out is going to be solid within a few months? I read opinions here that the Sprint LTE network here will soon exceed that of Verizon and AT&T, and I want to believe it, but the little skeptic in me is shouting no way based on available evidence.

I think the fact (reality) that they are ranked dead last in any rootmetric ranking speaks for itself. Sprint's bizarre Fanboy base needs to grasp that you are not doing yourself or the network any favors by defending poor service. Let alone this never-ending coming soon story of Sprint, which got old a good 7 years ago.

There is ZERO chance Sprint can compete with either VZ or AT&T. They're just too big, cashed up, and have coast to coast coverage. Outside metro areas, Sprint has huge holes in their network.

When people talk about combing spectrum, they fail to grasp that the others are also going to do this too. In fact, down the track, both AT&T and VZ could offer 60Mhz LTE-Advanced without an issue. Verizon has a good 130MhZ of bandwidth in my area, versus Sprint's 40MhZ max.

One thing to keep in mind is that AMR-WB / VoLTE has a higher MOS than any CDMA codec on the market - even EVRC-B.

AMR at full rate as it stands is higher quality than EVRC. Anyone who has a Tmobile 3G handset can attest to this, as they use the full rate.