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Bohica69

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I'm seriously considering moving to Sprint from Verizon, but where my house is, their coverage map say is "Roaming" - How accurate are their maps? And what's the deal on Roaming with Sprint? Extra charges? Does the Mobile To Mobile actually use minutes in that case?

Thanks.
 
If im correct, you roam on verizons network, which is free. I have never been charged for roamong with sprint. As a matter of fact, all of their plans have no roaming charges..
Their most basic talk plan is 39.99 and it still has unlimited mobile2mobile, and also 450 anytime minutes. How accurate are their map, just look at verizons map and that generally represents sprints coverage map. Dont confuse it with data because im not sure that you can use VZW network for data usage, but i know for sure you can use their network for talk.

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grey is roaming green is coverage, and white is no signal.
 
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I don't think roaming counts under mobile-to-mobile though. And if you use more than 50% of your usage under roaming, Sprint has the right to drop you as a customer. So as much as I like Sprint, I wouldn't recommend it to people who don't have at least some native coverage.
 
Peteman100 said:
I don't think roaming counts under mobile-to-mobile though. And if you use more than 50% of your usage under roaming, Sprint has the right to drop you as a customer. So as much as I like Sprint, I wouldn't recommend it to people who don't have at least some native coverage.
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And that kind of jibes with what the sales guy said - that if you are "Roaming" you will be using your anytime minutes, even if you are calling another mobile customer, which if you were on Sprint's network wouldn't happen. He wasn't real confident in his answer though, so I wanted to know what actual customers thought.

Also, if they drop you, do you have an ETF?
 
The above sayings that Sprint uses Verizon's network to roam on is correct. It does use anytime minutes. If you use this too much, they drop you. I do not believe you have to pay the ETF if dropped, but there might be other fee's they'd bill back at you for the device.

And to clarify something said above, data roaming is covered as well (if you have unlimited data, not sure about lesser plans), but you can only use Verizon's 1xRTT network.
 
Version, the data roaming depends on the area. If there's alltel coverage, they get 3G data on Sprint (silly, I know). There's no ETF if they drop you for excessive roaming, and no, there are no extra fees involved other than paying your final monthly bill.

Bohica, look into getting an Airrave, it will give you a personal cell tower in your home, hooked up through your home internet. If you talk to certain Sprint reps over the phone and explain your situation, they'll even waive the $5 fee per month.
 
honestly, if you are constantly roaming under the sprint network, then you dont need sprint, you obviously dont have good sprint signals. I lived with my mother from june to december while my home was built and out there we roamed all the time. Only at work or driving back in town did i have a native sprint signal. It never was a problem.

Basically, look at their map and see if their coverage fits you.
No other carrier can beat their plans.
 
i dont know, maybe its because were on a grandfathered sero plan, but my buddy ended up moving to new mexico and he roams on verizon towers almost exclusively now... for the past year. not a peep from sprint about it.. yet! :)

btw, i dont get charged for roaming on verizon either, it only counts as anytime minutes if its between 7am-7pm weekdays.
 
Charlie Hustle said:
honestly, if you are constantly roaming under the sprint network, then you dont need sprint, you obviously dont have good sprint signals. I lived with my mother from june to december while my home was built and out there we roamed all the time. Only at work or driving back in town did i have a native sprint signal. It never was a problem.

Basically, look at their map and see if their coverage fits you.
No other carrier can beat their plans.
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Well, that's the rub. I don't KNOW for certain if I'll be roaming, the coverage map says I will be, BUT it's only like one mile or so outside the Non-roaming coverage area. I'm not a customer YET but am investigating it due to Verzion's BS with the data plans, and the overall cost of their service. I'm getting two lines with 1500 minutes and while I won't come anywhere using up that number of minutes, my teenage daughter, who will be using the phone at her mother's house might. So right now I'm doing my due diligence before I jump from Verizon.- Edit, well, her mothers house has better coverage than mine, even though she's out in the boonies... Go Figure........ So right now I'm doing my due diligence before I jump from Verizon.
 
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Bohica, you have 30 days to decide if you like the service. Open a new line, test it out, if you like it over the course of say, 3 weeks, THEN open the family plan up and port the numbers over.
 
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