Sprint Flier in Chicago
In the mail today....with all the junk advertisements....I got this full page Sprint advertisement. Now they are saying that no one ...
- 05-10-2007, 2:43 PM #1Shizam! Babyyyyy!
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Sprint Flier in Chicago In the mail today....with all the junk advertisements....I got this full page Sprint
advertisement.
Now they are saying that no one has a more powerful network in Chicago.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago You mean to say this is the 1st time they have had this type of advertising in Chicago? They have had this around here for months.
- 05-11-2007, 1:21 AM #4Shizam! Babyyyyy!
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago This is the first I have seen....in the mail/fliers anyhow. Well, I guess this is the first I have seen Sprint
get in on the "best network" type advertising.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago There have been many reports of Sprint
sending these fliers out all around the US this month. But oddly I haven't received one yet for So. Cal which has actually had the most improvements for them to brag about.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago
Really? I don't recall Sprint
sending anything like this out detailing exact improvements in a market in recent years. They did way back in the day, (1998-2001 era) but haven't really done it too much since then.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Yeah and the map only shows a few VERY small "green" blobs that according to the key, is the improvement areas. If I was a potential customer, I would not be impressed. Unless, they are just hoping that all the dark colors together will persuade people that the whole area was improved?
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Right! I know for a fact that Chicago has had a lot more improvements than that in the past 5 or 6 months. If they're going to take the time to send those out they might as well milk it for everything they can get and not just a handfull of small areas.
From what I hear Chicago is actually one of Sprint
best performing markets. It's in the same class as Los Angeles/Orange County for coverage and call quality.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago What camera did you use for that pic
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago
Sprint
has three or four towers in your area. Considering it's a town of under 40k people (With a good number over age 65, typically non cell users)that's not too shabby.
Also take into consideration the topography of your locale. The flatness of it, combined with the less than optimum demographics of the user base doesn't lend itself to a very thorough buildout.-tj
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago LOL! That shows that someone people apparently post silly claims without even knowing the facts.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago About a year ago Sprint
actually came out on top for coverage strength in the Chicagoland area in a study done by the local CBS news affiliate in Chicago.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Sprint
rocks in Chicago. They have awesome cell site spacing there.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Larry I have been checking the papers and they seemed to have stopped using the ad like Shizam posted for around here. I didn't forget just haven't seen it.
Maybe I will hit 1 of their stores tomorrow & see if they have a brochure with it.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Haven't used Sprint
here for a few years but they probably do have good towers/service. One thing they do have is available stores. I live in downtown Chicago and its impossible to find a Verizon
store...the one on MI Avenue is the ONLY one in the loop or anywhere nearby...and they have the worst staff and service I've EVER encountered. For that reason alone, if I were changing, I'd give Sprint
a hard look.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Yeah, Sprint
works very well around Chicago and especially in Hyde Park, but in my house, I get almost no reception. I have to get near or window, or stand on the porch, to get enough reception. I have heard other people with this problem. The worst part is my dad's Cingular Razr (back when it was still Cingular) worked fine, I think his T-Mobile
blackberry works fine, and worse of all, my brother's crappy plastic Virgin Mobile white clamshell phone works fine. My boyfriend had the same problem with his Sprint
phone in my place. Why is this?
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago An estimated 30% of all wireless users on all carriers report problems in their house. That's because residential areas are tough to cover because often they can't place the transmission antennas close enough due to city zoning regulations and lack of an eligible landlord to host the antennas.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago Yeah, that still doesn't answer why Sprint
performs worse than Cingular, T-Mobile
and Virgin Mobile
in my house. My bf is lucky, he gets great reception in his family's place on the south side.
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Re: Sprint Flier in Chicago
Something doesn't make sense, why would the Virgin Mobile
phone work, but not the OP's phone in the same locations?
kpopgrrl what phone do you & your boyfriend have and are they set to Roam only for the network?
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