Nice forum to read Fraydog. I read where some commenters believe that Sprint is in the tank and never will recover. But from the scores, Sprint has improved dramatically. Yes, it is not like turning on a light in your home but two or three years ago, many of us would have thrown a block party just to have 1Mb of data speed consistently. Now, a good majority are realizing even faster speeds than that.
As many have said that lead this website, what is usable? Do people really need 20+ Mbps down? In 99% of the cases, no. It just speaks well in a commercial so a consumer chooses that avenue.
Eventually, all service providers will be within a few points of each other depending on the market. For those who are legacy Sprint customers remember, unlimited data will be your friend. Others provider users will be looking at their data usage, then turn to you and say, "I am out of data" or "I was charged X in data overages last month" while you just keep humming along.