Not happy with my new smart phone.

[R.Zaragoza]

I believe you have 14 days to return the phone, dump Sprint and go with Verizon.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by chinaski

American Telephone & Telegraph have served me adequately.

Yes, but what about if you decide you want to send a Telegram, Mister Smarty Pants?

Huh? What then?






Or if, God forbid, you decide you want to send a Singing Telegram?

What will you do? WHAT WILL YOU DO??!










Christ Himself help you if you decide you want to send a Nude Singing Telegram.



Just sayin'.

[Sea Six]

Ferris Buellers Nurse - YouTube

[bsmith]

If you can't get service, they won't hold you to the contract.
Return it, get a refund...and get a real provider.

[RED-85-Z51]

Well shit..Sprint sponsors naSCAR and are supposed to be all cutting edge, I get it and suddenly im hearing sprint is gay balls, get any of the others...

[87 Ragtop]

I've stayed with sprint mostly due to the unlimited Data and have been pretty lucky with them. I was waiting to upgrade my old Galaxy Epic 4G Wimax phone until Columbus got switched over to 4G LTE. Best Buy had a black friday special that had a free upgrade to the Galaxy S4. I couldn't pass that up so I went ahead and did it figuring I'd be living with 3G for a while. Ironically, a tower near my house has already been converted to 4G LTE.

Hope you have good luck getting it worked out. Like others have said, check with them first to see if it's a phone issue. If it doesn't work, then cancel it. You do have the 14 days.

[kingpin]

It's not how many towers but who has the better and most upgraded towers.
In my area the major carrier has twice as many towers but their signal sucks because it keeps bouncing around. The carrier I should have went with has less towers but they are all updated and state of the art.
If you have internet at the shop you should be connecting to that wirelessly anyways.

[NCC-1701]

Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me

What difference does it make what someone else in a different area gets for signal?
Besides, that's going to change every time you look at it. Just moving 10 feet can make a difference.

Zoom in on this map, and compare real coverage (not wishful ad hype)...
3G and 4G LTE Cell Coverage Map - OpenSignal

Verizon is likely your best bet. AT%T will probably work too.


As other have said, Sprint's coverage is notoriously shitty outside of a major city. (and Pensacola isn't a major city)

You should be able to return it and cancel your contract w/o issue. My sister lives in a very rural area and went through 4 phones/carriers before finding one that actually worked in her house. It's not uncommon at all.

I agree with you. I have had every service provider in the past and none of them worked as well as Verizon in south Fl. but they are the most expensive provider.

[onedef92]

Originally Posted by RED-85-Z51

Ive already signed a 2yr contract on this shit...

There are 100 sprint Towers in my area...the various coverage maps show i should get fair 4G and good good to great 3G.

i hate technology, this is why I went 2 years with no phone, they just cant be relied upon,.

Get on the horn with Sprint tech support. They suck cold, stiff, rigor-mortised, donkey nuts, to be sure, but honestly, this sounds like a software issue.

[Doug28450]

Originally Posted by RED-85-Z51

Well shit..Sprint sponsors naSCAR and are supposed to be all cutting edge, I get it and suddenly im hearing sprint is gay balls, get any of the others...

Sprint may, may, have been cutting edge, but that was at the beginning of the cell phone boom. That was 15 years ago.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Get on the horn with Sprint tech support. They suck cold, stiff, rigor-mortised, donkey nuts, to be sure, but honestly, this sounds like a software issue.

That's what I keep thinking- software.

[bsmith]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Get on the horn with Sprint tech support. They suck cold, stiff, rigor-mortised, donkey nuts, to be sure, but honestly, this sounds like a software issue.

I don't know if Sprint works the same way, but with VZW, you dial a number and update your PRL (preferred roaming list) and that may be all RED needs to do.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by Blademaker

That's your problem.

Sprint BLOWS!! Get Verizon. You usually can return a phone within 3 days with no penalty.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by ...Whitepower...

Sprint sucks....

You get what you pay for. I would bring it back and switch to Verizon. Serious.

Agreed except I wouldn't touch Verizon with a dead donkeys shlong.
Very close friend has been with their customer svc call center for 15+ years and she told me to switch out years ago because even she couldn't help me.

Good coverage is the only benefit I ever got with Verizon. Maybe it's different by area, but virtually everyone I know in the NJ/NY metro area refuse to deal with them and have gone to AT&T or even T Mobile

Scott

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Agreed except I wouldn't touch Verizon with a dead donkeys shlong.
Very close friend has been with their customer svc call center for 15+ years and she told me to switch out years ago because even she couldn't help me.

Good coverage is the only benefit I ever got with Verizon. Maybe it's different by area, but virtually everyone I know in the NJ/NY metro area refuse to deal with them and have gone to AT&T or even T Mobile

Scott

My experience with their customer service is the same. They REALLY REALLY suck donkey dick, but at the end of the day, I need their network, especially with my grandfather'd unlimited 4G phone/hotspot.

[simpleman68]

Originally Posted by datawiz

My experience with their customer service is the same. They REALLY REALLY suck donkey dick, but at the end of the day, I need their network, especially with my grandfather'd unlimited 4G phone/hotspot.

Yeah, I remember you being in that camp. Damn good reason to stay put.

I have unlimited with AT&T but they try to switch me out of that every chance they get.
I doubt I use more than 1G of data/month; nothing really. I just don't want to switch out and wish I hadn't somewhere down the road.

I remember having a company package with them and they were charging me $240 for just my line and this was a good 8 years ago.

AT&T has their issues but with their business package, I get to speak to a person every time and not have to deal with automated menus or script readers from feckin' Punjab.
Scott

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by simpleman68

Yeah, I remember you being in that camp. Damn good reason to stay put.

I have unlimited with AT&T but they try to switch me out of that every chance they get.
I doubt I use more than 1G of data/month; nothing really. I just don't want to switch out and wish I hadn't somewhere down the road.

I remember having a company package with them and they were charging me $240 for just my line and this was a good 8 years ago.

AT&T has their issues but with their business package, I get to speak to a person every time and not have to deal with automated menus or script readers from feckin' Punjab.
Scott

Now that I'm home full time, working out of the house for my company, I don't use as much data, but I will never give that plan up. Our 10 days in Vegas will put it to good use.

[dwjz06]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Now that I'm home full time, working out of the house for my company, I don't use as much data, but I will never give that plan up. Our 10 days in Vegas will put it to good use.

they will find some way to kick us off unlimited data. You have to upgrade your phone one day. Then they got us by the short hairs.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by dwjz06

they will find some way to kick us off unlimited data. You have to upgrade your phone one day. Then they got us by the short hairs.

I always get my Mom to use her upgrade to get my new phone, then I take it and activate it and give her my old phone.

She's ok with that and I am too.

[RED-85-Z51]

I just updated my PRL and now I have a red X for signal strength...

lovely...