So long Sprint!

iBustCh3rries · Feb 14, 2013

Well it's been fun everyone but I just got a letter from sprint letting me know they will be terminating my contract for excessive roaming. I find it funny though because Since I was laid off in late november I've used mostly WiFi at home... but my contract is up on march 13 after that I'm probably going back to T-Mobile. So long to everyone on sprint forums from the Nexus 4G the GS2 and right here on the GS3.

The Root · Feb 14, 2013

Super cool story, bro.

iBustCh3rries · Feb 14, 2013

The Root said:
Super cool story, bro.

Glad you liked it

I was afraid it may have been to long or to short depending on how good or bad your attention span is...

The Root · Feb 14, 2013

mauricehall said:
Glad you liked it I was afraid it may have been to long or to short depending on how good or bad your attention span is...

It was close to the too long, didn't read limit, but somehow I made it.

polska2180o · Feb 15, 2013

I started reading but it seemed long...when is the movie coming out?

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bluesmoke2012 · Feb 15, 2013

This story was so amazing it made me poop a little

sprkat85 · Feb 15, 2013

And another one bites the dust

Sent from my phone

ripley6 · Feb 15, 2013

epic story. thanks for sharing. one less person on sprint. Loving my 4g lte on sprint.....thanks for sharing

bluedevils2003 · Feb 15, 2013

bluesmoke2012 said:
This story was so amazing it made me poop a little

Lmao!

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Hi

ricocollege · Feb 15, 2013

Stay frosty

daniel4653 · Feb 15, 2013

I actually cried a little. Haha.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png

LexLuger82 · Feb 17, 2013

mauricehall said:
Well it's been fun everyone but I just got a letter from sprint letting me know they will be terminating my contract for excessive roaming. I find it funny though because Since I was laid off in late november I've used mostly WiFi at home... but my contract is up on march 13 after that I'm probably going back to T-Mobile. So long to everyone on sprint forums from the Nexus 4G the GS2 and right here on the GS3.

What did you do? Run a prl or use roam control?

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Ytsejamer1 · Feb 17, 2013

bluedevils2003 said:
Lmao!

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Hi

I'm sorry...I found that funny as well.

On subject...it worries me when I read that people are getting the boot from Sprint. I don't abuse my connection at all, but I'm always curious why folks would be told to leave. It's not like Sprint is doing all that well these days.

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- · Feb 17, 2013

Ytsejamer1 said:
I'm sorry...I found that funny as well.

On subject...it worries me when I read that people are getting the boot from Sprint. I don't abuse my connection at all, but I'm always curious why folks would be told to leave. It's not like Sprint is doing all that well these days.

For excessive off-network roaming which isnt cheap for sprint.

I like to break stuff!

Ytsejamer1 · Feb 17, 2013

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For excessive off-network roaming which isnt cheap for sprint.

I like to break stuff!

I know some folks like to force roam for whatever reason, but what if your phone is doing it on its own because Sprint's network is not as robust? I suppose Sprint could always say that person x isn't a good customer for them...but it is always surprising at least to me, to hear.

LexLuger82 · Feb 17, 2013

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For excessive off-network roaming which isnt cheap for sprint.

I like to break stuff!

How you did it?

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Speedin07si · Feb 17, 2013

Ytsejamer1 said:
I know some folks like to force roam for whatever reason, but what if your phone is doing it on its own because Sprint's network is not as robust? I suppose Sprint could always say that person x isn't a good customer for them...but it is always surprising at least to me, to hear.

Sprint will offer the airwave for people in that situation. You usually get warned before they terminate your contract. That'd be the time to ask about the airwave.

People who force roam to get out of their contact w/o the etf need to grow a pair. You signed a contract you need to honor it or pay the etf if you want to leave.

Sent from a planet far far away.

LexLuger82 · Feb 17, 2013

Speedin07si said:
Sprint will offer the airwave for people in that situation. You usually get warned before they terminate your contract. That'd be the time to ask about the airwave.

People who force roam to get out of their contact w/o the etf need to grow a pair. You signed a contract you need to honor it or pay the etf if you want to leave.

Sent from a planet far far away.

Lmfao

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Spiritual Muffins · Feb 17, 2013

doo doo doo...another one bites the dust...doo doo doo...another one bites the dust..

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- · Feb 17, 2013

Speedin07si said:
Sprint will offer the airwave for people in that situation. You usually get warned before they terminate your contract. That'd be the time to ask about the airwave.

People who force roam to get out of their contact w/o the etf need to grow a pair. You signed a contract you need to honor it or pay the etf if you want to leave.

Sent from a planet far far away.

Yeah it gets on my nerves when ppl force roam off cuz it makes the rest of us suffer price hikes and loss of perks, sprint has to recoup the money they lost 1. On the contract they just terminated and 2. On the roaming tab that customer left them with. Off network roaming costs sprint a small fortune they pay something like $1.50 for every 500MB you use off network so $3 a GB if you roamed 9 GB they now have to pay $27 to whoever you roamed on, usually VZW. And they let it go for 3-6 months so in the end they end up paying close to what your etf should be plus forfeit your etf so they lose out 2x what they should have broken even on.
And to put things in perspective for costs, it only costs sprint about 9/10ths of 1 cent per GB you use on their network. So 10GB costs them 9 cents versus ~$30 off network

I like to break stuff!

So long Sprint!

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