Any news on the Qwest-Sprint-Verizon deal?

Sprint, Sprint, Sprint...
your title says it all Larry
Discussion ended already??? LOL.

 

Discussion not worth continuing??? That sounds like you're dissin me!!!

Anyways, if anyone has any other information in the future, please let us know.

~Andy

 

Well Fathead stated a Sprint user in his travel group, I would consider this first hand experience. And a VZW user(me) using the Sprint network on a regualar basis is not first hand experience??? also what I see/hear from other Qwest/Sprint users here is not first hand information/experience... Excuse me then

 

Agent, I have to agree with you that AT&T is very strong here as well. I have personally not had them, just have spare GSM and TDMA phones around testing their coverage. Their TDMA coverage, though, still seems more thorough then GSM though, although some people on TDMA here are experiencing more and more dropped calls, but in general, AT&T and VZW are coverage wise very close.
And you are also right that CricKet and T-Mobile have been adding a lot of towers, Sprint did, however, upgrade some towers from 2 to 3 panels per sector, maybe to reduce capacity issues, but not add nearly as many sites as T-Mo/CricKet... on the other hand T-Mo used to have capacity issues while I still had them. While I had CricKet you were able to see coverage improvements and new sites go up on a month-to-month basis. They are doing a great job here.
Agent, I have a friend in Logan who uses Sprint; I was up in Logan this summer for a day, also visited USU, and didn't have any problems in Logan with VZW. Didn't check for the Sprint signal.

Fathead thanks for being so honest and neutral.

Lol, very heated

My list would look like this:
1. Verizon AT&T/Cingular
2. T-Mobile
3. CricKet
4. Sprint
5. Dont' know about Nextel, have never had them, but they seem to have a good network here as well.

 

You might even see differences driving to Logan through Sardine Canyon, and going up to Bear Lake.
Agent, have you tried Nextel in our area yourself? They seem to have quite a lot of towers around here.
Yes, it's mainly building penetration here in SLC as well, and high noise levels with Sprint. If you are judging Cingular's TDMA Network here than coverage wise they are at least equal to VZW, but quality wise they lack a little in my opinion. Cingular TDMA people always sound muffled when I talk to them, but I agree that coverage wise TDMA is awesome.
~Andy

 

Yes, you are right about the Bear Lake Area, but us Verizon users should be able to roam on Sprint for free in the areas around Bear Lake where Verizon is weak. When going through Sardine this summer I held a call all the way through, even though my signal was down to -102db at times.
I hope VZW realizes the Bear Lake Area is important.

 

Update:

Since yesterday I am unable to receive a Qwest signal(when focing my phone to *22806) anywhere I tried from North Salt Lake to Draper. It looks like they totally took the old Qwest network off the air for now. This has, in the past, happened locally but the site would be back on within hours. This now seems to be an area wide thing...I wonder what's to come?

~Andy

 

Follow Up:

Today, still, the whole Qwest network seems to be off the air. From downtown to residential areas in the southern valley, no sign of Qwest anymore.

Does anyone know what this means? Could this mean that Qwest moved all of their customers onto the Sprint network and that the VZW-Qwest deal could be done soon??
Anyone have any ideas?
Andy

 

...I don't think so, I don't think VZW uses them as an Extended Carrier, but I might be wrong...maybe someone else can clarify.

 

Hmm... one guy, it seemed more like a big switch that someone turned off all sites with. I couldn't receive a Qwest signal anywhere from North Salt Lake to Orem overnight(also driving through West Jordan, Magna, Sandy, Draper, Millcreek)... dead from one night to the next morning.
Yeah, the sooner the better, I just hope they will use those left over 1900 Qwest sites for voice also and not take them down or only use them for data.

 

Thanks for the update, TProphet... You can't test *228xx with your Sprint phone, right? They block that out or something, correct?

 

After reading this again I just tried this and my deactivated SPCS phone will behave wierd when trying to force it to another PCS provider via *228xx

 

Here's something I found today(I'm just going to add to this threat since I don't think it's worth starting a new one):
While driving in the car today I saw a former Qwest site disguised as a pole(this site, and all of Qwest's sites here have been off for over a month now) being taken away. Part of the pole, I guess where the panels used to be, was open and cables were hanging out. There was nobody at the site other than a truck with a lift, which, I guess, is supposed to lift the workers up to where the panels used to be.
Who would be taking away this Qwest site at this time? I don't think Qwest would be taking away a site now, shortly before their ownership is supposed to be given to VZW, and I also don't think that the deal has been finalized yet and VZW has ownership of all those sites, and I don't think Sprint, who has been converting some of Qwest's sites would be taking it away, unless they are converting the site and adding new panels or something, and not taking it away.
Does anyone have any idea?
~Andy

 

Sprint has a tower up on a hill about 1/2 mile away and signal is good. Verizon serves the area from a tower that is probably 1 mile or more away, but service is strong, even indoors, for both carriers. I will for sure keep you updated as I drive by there again in the coming days.
Larry, who would pay for the removal then? Qwest? Verizon? Sprint??

 

Yes- Verizon phones allow *228xx to force your phone onto a different carrier temporarily; Sprint phones do not support/allow this.
In my area:
*22800 AT&T/Cingular Wireless Analog
*22801 Verizon
*22803 Sprint
*22804 CricKet
*22806 former Qwest