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Is this true for Sprint in all areas? That's what I don't understand, I see people on other forums complaining about drop calls this or crappy phone signals while on Sprint while touting how Verizon is so much better. I'm there confused and puzzled thinking doesn't Sprint just roam on Verizon if there's no signal?

Streaming plex to phone takes about 25-30gb/month.

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-reports-second-quarter-2013-results.htm Yea it was expected.

So why does Sprint need to make sure that all other carrier's are not affected by their installation? Is this standard protocol?

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-brings-4g-lte-and-enhanced-3g-network-improvements-to-the-bronx-and-brooklyn.htm

I have encountered text issues with Sprint being delayed by a few minutes to a few hours. For instance, I used to text the bus transit number for the arrival times when I arrive at the bus stop to go to work and it would consistently take 2-4 minutes for it to respond (I did this each morning). My coworker who had T-mobile would text and get the arrival schedule in less than 10 seconds. I adapted to this delay and just texted 2-3 minutes before I arrived at the bus stop though. Sometimes when I text people it would take a couple hours before I get a response but this happens randomly.

Ouch, hopefully this won't affect any of the grandfathered SERO plans ($55 with tax for unlimited data/text + 500 min on 4G smart phone).

Is something up with the LTE in the South SF area? I once was able to get 10-25Mbps download/ 5-10Mbps upload consistently over a few months and now at the same sites I get .5-2Mbps download/ 5-6Mbps upload. And this is with very strong signals 4-5 bars (-61dB). This has been the case in multiple areas.

Yea makes you wonder if someone was behind the scene of Dish trying to make Sprint overpay (*cough*Verizon*cough*).

Yea, I don't really have a problem with Sprint's speed but for some reason there's a huge hate for Sprint on a lot of forums I visit: Reddit, DSLreports, Engadget, TheVerge, etc. I don't understand when they complain about Sprint having crappy voice reception. I thought Sprint had roaming agreements with Verizon. So if you don't get Sprint reception it should go on Verizon's towers. I know Sprint has problems and they are probably the slowest in data speeds out of the major carriers (at the moment) but they are unlimited but the other carriers also have their problems. Verizon is expensive and their 3G speeds are as "sucky" as Sprint's 3G but their 4G coverage is huge. Also, the only way to keep the unlimited grandfathered plan is to buy a phone at full price. AT&T has HSPA+ and LTE but they cap at 2GB and throttle their grandfathered unlimited plans not to mention they are very expensive. Tmobile has HSPA+, unlimited data plans, LTE, and prices comparable to Sprint,. But as soon as you drive out of a metropolitan area you go to 2G or lose signal. So my general response to people asking about which company they should go with is for them to go do some research on who has the best coverage for their region. Sprint works pretty well for me in Socal/Norcal generally (even though SF has a lot of dead/slow data spots). Maybe in a couple of years the perception will be turned around but who knows.

So in the aftermath, if the Sprint/Softbank/Clearwire merger/buyout goes through without a hitch what damage did Ergen do to the future finances of the new company? I heard a lot of money that was supposed to go toward network improvements/expansions were instead given to the shareholders so does that hurt the New Sprint in the long run? Can they still participate in the 600mhz auctions?

PRL 51096 for me. That good or bad?

I thought it was part of the agreement that Sprint can't buy any CLWR shares on the open market until November 2013.

So Clearwire doesn't let Sprint buy the rest of the shares and now Sprint gets 68% of CLWR. So they just going to wait it out till November.

So even after all the hurdles and opposition, Softbank would walk away? Guess trolling pays off for Ergen/Crest.