Sprint LTE

Search This thread
By:
Advanced…
T

tkeyes

Senior Member
Aug 29, 2010
186
31
pittsburgh
Sprint officially announced that its very first LTE tower cluster is now operational, thus marking yet another significant milestone in its Network Vision plan. The said tower array blankets the town of Kankakee, Illinois, which is located 60 miles south of Chicago. What Sprint also said is that field testing of its LTE infrastructure has been completed, meaning that the aggressive LTE rollout it announced earlier this year is still on track.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-Sprint-LTE-tower-cluster-is-now-operational_id25157
 
Last edited:
nadcicle

nadcicle

Senior Member
Mar 30, 2008
195
25
Nashville, TN
Let's hope we don't get all the outtages that Verizon keeps having. I can count 3 in the past couple months on my Droid charge.

Sent from my SCH-I510 using Tapatalk
 
C

CardnalSyn

Senior Member
May 9, 2011
53
3
So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.

EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
 
KennyG123

KennyG123

Senior Moderator / Mod Committee / Spider-Mod
Staff member
Nov 1, 2010
39,957
54,786
Right behind you!
CardnalSyn said:
So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.

EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Heh, according to Sprint you are paying for the extra amount of data that smartphones use. Even though I thought my Palm Pre used a reasonable amount of data as well and that didn't have the surcharge. The iPhone 4 has no 4G and they pay the $10 too.
 
poit

poit

Senior Member
May 10, 2009
1,515
743
Colorado
Google Pixel 7
CardnalSyn said:
So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.

EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's a premium data fee. It's on ALL smartphones. It's NOT a 4G fee. Move on.
 
  • Like
Reactions: a454nova, popssracer and ac16313
C

CardnalSyn

Senior Member
May 9, 2011
53
3
Last edited:
R3537L1F3

R3537L1F3

Senior Member
Jun 17, 2011
239
18
Orlando
CardnalSyn said:
That's odd...cause my blackberry doesn't have this charge. that's about as valid as claiming unlimited data but then cancelling the contract because you use too much.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Actually sprint mostly considers android and iphones smart phones. And not all android phones and none of the iphones use 4g but all have the $10 fee

Not yet rooted tree plant 4G
 
poit

poit

Senior Member
May 10, 2009
1,515
743
Colorado
Google Pixel 7
CardnalSyn said:
That's odd...cause my blackberry doesn't have this charge. that's about as valid as claiming unlimited data but then cancelling the contract because you use too much.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

You must be on an old grandfathered plan, because this is what I see on the Sprint Blackberry page:http://shop2.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/blackberry_plan_details_popup.shtml
"Some important things to know about BlackBerry® smartphones
Plans for this phone require our $10/mo. Premium Data add-on charge in addition to one of the plans below."


And in smaller print about half way down the page it says

"Effective 1/30/11, monthly service plan rates for this phone increased to require the monthly $10 Premium Data add-on charge. Phone requirements: Certain phones require activation on a plan that includes data, other select plan or add-on. Premium Data Add-on: Smartphones include BlackBerry®, Android™, Windows® Mobile, Palm , Instinct® family of devices and other select devices."


There, I've run rings around you logically.
picture.php
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: ac16313
flastnoles11

flastnoles11

Senior Member
Nov 16, 2011
8,380
4,690
Palm bay
OnePlus 9 Pro
poit said:
You must be on an old grandfathered plan, because this is what I see on the Sprint Blackberry page:http://shop2.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/blackberry_plan_details_popup.shtml
"Some important things to know about BlackBerry® smartphones
Plans for this phone require our $10/mo. Premium Data add-on charge in addition to one of the plans below."


And in smaller print about half way down the page it says

"Effective 1/30/11, monthly service plan rates for this phone increased to require the monthly $10 Premium Data add-on charge. Phone requirements: Certain phones require activation on a plan that includes data, other select plan or add-on. Premium Data Add-on: Smartphones include BlackBerry®, Android™, Windows® Mobile, Palm , Instinct® family of devices and other select devices."


There, I've run rings around you logically.
picture.php
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Lol... well there went his post...

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
 
ksmullins88

ksmullins88

Senior Member
Dec 16, 2010
1,905
1,214
34
Detroit, MI
Anyone know if they still plan on pursuing wimax or if they plan to just go with lte and phase out wimax?

I'm concerned because I've barely ever gotten to use it and now its sounding like I never will.

Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Grompy
Sprint verifying discounts!
Replies
104
Views
92K
B
BroadcastJunkie
theimpaler747
  • Locked
|ONLY 2.2 THREAD ALLOWED!| Froyo Rumor Thread
Replies
1K
Views
178K
silver03wrx
silver03wrx
brandor
Sprint Samsung Epic 4g Pre-Orders
Replies
309
Views
52K
DirtyShroomz
DirtyShroomz
lynyrd65
Sprint Network Vison / LTE / Wimax rumor thread [UPDATED 9/15]
Replies
124
Views
25K
S
scottyd035ntknow
Whosdaman
Galaxy Nexus Coming to Sprint!
Replies
224
Views
36K
booyakasha
booyakasha

Top Liked Posts

24 Hours All time
  • There are no posts matching your filters.
  • 10
    lynyrd65
    lynyrd65
    !

    The Root said:
    And technically no one has every forced you to renew your contract...
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse
    Samsung did by making this phone.

    The temptation was too great, resistance was futile.
    View
    4
    k0nane
    k0nane
    IZrMb.jpg
    View
    3
    Whosdaman
    Whosdaman
    kireol said:
    Sprint has until my contact is up to get this fixed.


    Detroit. The 6th largest metropolitan area in the country. Some of the wealthiest areas in the country. No 4G WiMax. Most 3g Speeds limited to 20-200 kiloBIT. That's dial up speeds.


    Sprint is a joke. I can't wait for my contract to end.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Seriously read around. 80% of. Network Vision will be completed by the start of 2013. Just go ahead and leave now. I rather have people on sprint who appreciate what they are trying to do.

    Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
    View
    3
    poit
    poit
    CardnalSyn said:
    So, lets see....
    Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.

    EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse
    It's a premium data fee. It's on ALL smartphones. It's NOT a 4G fee. Move on.
    View
    3
    lynyrd65
    lynyrd65
    Check out these maps

    This is the current EVDO 1900mhz PCS coverage in Atlanta

    383057_341345839216194_257896107561168_1626393_1422112075_n.jpg


    Green is 5/5 bars. Yellow is 4/5 bars. Red is 3/5 bars. Blue is 2/5 bars. White is one or zero bars.


    This is what the LTE/EVDO 1900mhz PCS coverage post network vision will look like :D

    377164_341345725882872_257896107561168_1626392_1279000308_n.jpg


    Finally, THE 800mhz SMR LTE/CDMA coverage post network vision :eek: :eek: :eek:

    393699_341345652549546_257896107561168_1626391_930575228_n.jpg



    This is where I got this (definitely a good read), SOURCE
    View

New posts