Sprint really this slow in the Bay Area?

[brad15]

If you don't stream much, you can do a lot with 1GB. I almost never go over 1 GB on Sprint.

BTW, as of Jun 6, the $55 plan is increased to 2GB of data.

yeah, but the overages are what are really the joke. they are at least being upfront with the limit, but at .10 per mb, that's 102.40 per GB, that's just effin insane for a smartphone

Hell, all i've used was pandora and slacker, four days into my cycle i'm already at 460MB. There is no way i could ever survive on a 1-2GB plan.

I am never home so i only have 15/2 internet from the cable co just so i can use the WiFi when i'm there to save on data, but on that connection i think the most i've used was ~5-8gb and that was a month i tried out netflix.

[johncase3]

Hell, all i've used was pandora and slacker, four days into my cycle i'm already at 460MB. There is no way i could ever survive on a 1-2GB plan.

I am never home so i only have 15/2 internet from the cable co just so i can use the WiFi when i'm there to save on data, but on that connection i think the most i've used was ~5-8gb and that was a month i tried out netflix.

Clearly, Page Plus is not for you and you are still getting your money's worth paying more.

That said, many, if not most people, use less than 500MB. Paying $90+/month for that is just as crazy as you being on Page Plus...

[Darrkman]

Sprint is totally unreliable on Long Island. They really have not had any sort of tower build here since 2006. With the addition of many subscribers and old network equipment here, service is terrible. Network Vision will help, but only slightly with coverage.

Fellas. I couldn't take it anymore and jumped to tmobile. I did a speedtest outside my office in the Financial District here in NYC. Here you go:



Sent from my HTC One S

[lennyj17]

Fellas. I couldn't take it anymore and jumped to tmobile. I did a speedtest outside my office in the Financial District here in NYC. Here you go:



Sent from my HTC One S

Hey....what do you want a cookie?

Sprint's going through a Network Overhaul either you can handle it and sweat it or you can't.....Everyone's not going to have the patients for this....It's the same thing AT&T went through when the iphone took their network down.

T-Mobile has nowhere near the Smartphone congestion on its network that Sprint does, Hell T-Mobile is fighting just to keep customers. So it's no shock they'll have higher speeds, not mention their Network isn't going through an overhaul.

It is what it is...once all 4 networks have solid LTE coverage, then we can pissing matches again.

[n2jtx]

In regards to Darrkman's speeds one also needs to realize they are different technologies. Sprint is running EVO Rev. A while T-Mobile is running HSPA+. Even if you have exclusive access to a 1GB fiber link to the Sprint site, the best you could hope to get is 2mbit/sec download with EVO. HSPA+ will easily beat that. Thankfully LTE will help level the playing field.

[brad15]

Hey....what do you want a cookie?

Sprint's going through a Network Overhaul either you can handle it and sweat it or you can't.....Everyone's not going to have the patients for this....It's the same thing AT&T went through when the iphone took their network down.

T-Mobile has nowhere near the Smartphone congestion on its network that Sprint does, Hell T-Mobile is fighting just to keep customers. So it's no shock they'll have higher speeds, not mention their Network isn't going through an overhaul.

It is what it is...once all 4 networks have solid LTE coverage, then we can pissing matches again.

Sprint's network speeds have been in shambles since at least 2009, there is no excuse for the type of performance to go on that long.

i know you love to hate on T-Mobile, but they do have quite a bit of smartphones on their network, and even in congested areas they still seem to maintain decent speeds, unlike AT&T and Sprint

[jarrodpd]

I am never home so i only have 15/2 internet from the cable co just so i can use the WiFi when i'm there to save on data, but on that connection i think the most i've used was ~5-8gb and that was a month i tried out netflix.

Haha, we just got Comcast business and I would say that my family has easily hit well over 100Gb. I know on my iPad alone I have used 11Gb, I could only imagine how much that would cost if I were paying for data through Page Plus.

[jarrodpd]

Hey....what do you want a cookie?

Sprint's going through a Network Overhaul either you can handle it and sweat it or you can't.....Everyone's not going to have the patients for this....It's the same thing AT&T went through when the iphone took their network down.

T-Mobile has nowhere near the Smartphone congestion on its network that Sprint does, Hell T-Mobile is fighting just to keep customers. So it's no shock they'll have higher speeds, not mention their Network isn't going through an overhaul.

It is what it is...once all 4 networks have solid LTE coverage, then we can pissing matches again.

Technically their network is going through an overhaul, They are working at getting HSPA+ on the 1900Mhz band and are also laying out equipment to get LTE off the ground at the end of this year or next.

[Darrkman]

I was ride or die with Sprint for
11 years, I signed up in August 2001. In the last few years I didn't realize how bad Sprint was until I saw articles and played with friend's phones. I jumped to tmobile cause I'm paying about the same andmy data speeds are respectable. My speeds on tmobile are better than what I got on WiMAX with Sprint.

Sent from my HTC One S

[Evan702]

Congrats..

[brad15]

Haha, we just got Comcast business and I would say that my family has easily hit well over 100Gb. I know on my iPad alone I have used 11Gb, I could only imagine how much that would cost if I were paying for data through Page Plus.

I am never home, but if i were more, i'm sure i'd use more data. I just dont watch video like that. I even have cable and a TiVo that sits unused most of the time, i just pay the bill every month. I have cancelled all of it before, but then that's the time i actually want to watch something

[lennyj17]

Sprint's network speeds have been in shambles since at least 2009, there is no excuse for the type of performance to go on that long.

i know you love to hate on T-Mobile, but they do have quite a bit of smartphones on their network, and even in congested areas they still seem to maintain decent speeds, unlike AT&T and Sprint

Please it has not been in shambles since 2009...You love to hate on Sprint....Again T-Mobile has nowhere the amount of Smartphone on their network that Sprint and AT&T has...

Their losing Post-Paid subs remember!, if the network is so awesome why can't they hang onto them????....HSPA is definitely not iDen...where their excuse?

Anyway what ever works for you...I don't understand people telling their farewell stories....Like is some sort of AA club.