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Anyone use Sprint in the Bay Area?


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2016 Mar 24, 2:30pm   3,465 views  6 comments

by CL   ➕follow (1)   💰tip   ignore  

Is it terrible or anything else to worry about? I have an AT&T iPhone 5 for the missus, but she barely uses it except on wifi and doesn't travel all that much so I guess I'm not too worried about the coverage maps elsewhere.

TIA!!

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1   EBGuy   2016 Mar 24, 4:30pm  

I'm on Republic Wireless, which uses Sprint. Adequate for my needs. At one point I was out of network in the Marin hinterlands last weekend.

2   CL   2016 Mar 25, 7:54am  

Perfect! On accounta that's where I live!

3   Rew   2016 Mar 25, 9:09am  

I'm on Ting, which uses Sprint's network. Excellent company.

I'm typically in Santa Cruz costal mountains or the San Jose valley. No problems with service. I do see larger gaps in service when I drive distances into the country side (toward central valley, etc.) Out in the boonies, AT&T tends to drop bars, but keeps some amount of service out away from major metros. Sprint actually does have areas of no service when you get out in the sticks.

I was an AT&T iPhone user before I switched over to Ting. I will never join a larger carrier again after my experience with Ting. It's very similar to my experience switching from Bank of America to a credit union : better customer service, less red tape, more transparency in billing, much better savings. (I pay less than half what I did with AT&T on my monthly bill)

The downside : visual voice mail is gone for iPhone users. I won't lie, the shock of going back to a regular style voice mail box was a little jarring. I get far more text messages than I do VMs these days anyway, so it isn't too bad once you get over : "press 7 to delete" ... :)

4   CL   2016 Mar 25, 3:47pm  

Ha! I hadn't thought of visual voice mail like that. Thanks!

5   MAGA   2016 Mar 25, 4:18pm  

I was in the Bay Area about six months ago using Verizon 4G. Dirt slow compared to San Antonio, Texas. I don't know if they need more towers or what.

6   CL   2016 Mar 29, 7:15am  

Thanks guys

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