Whenever I am traveling with co-worker from my company that have Verizon, there are many times that they borrow my Sprint phone because they either can't get a signal or they keep dropping the call. Whenever they have this problem and need to borrow my Sprint phone, I make them say "It's the Network" before I let them borrow my Sprint phone to make their call. :hero: I make them say "It's the Network" because they are drinking so much Verizon Kool-Aid that they just can't belive that their phone can't make a call or is dropping the call. Sometimes they are so brainwashed that they even try to blame the dropped call on the landline phone of the person that they are talking with!! Can you believe that?! :loony: Anyway, I make them say ":It's the network" and then I let them borrow my phone. :lol: BTW: I don't work for Sprint or have any connection to Sprint or Verizon other than I was a Verizon/Airtouch customer for 10 years before being forced to switch to Sprint becuse Verizon couldn't provide service to my neighborhood in Southern Orange County California and therefore I had to dump-them. 'Actually Verizon dumped-me and waived the ETF after investigating my neighborhood and talling me that they cannot provide reliable service in my area. I think that Verion has the best marketing machine of any company in the world and I congratulate them for that accomplishment. Their "It's the Network" marketing campaign has everyone drinking Verizon Kool-aid by the gallons. :gbeer :cheers: This really fun! I was on Ortega Highway (between Riverside and Orange County) with a friend last week to do some astronomy. He wanted to call his wife and his Verizon phone had no signal! I loaned him my Sprint phone after making him say "It's the Network" and he was able to make the call. Just for the fun-of-it, I forced my Sprint phone to roam on Verizon and showed him that I couldn't get any signal either. :crying: He was rather impressed that I could force my phone into roaming mode and is going to be switching to Sprint after his contract is up with Verizon. I also work in a building in Carlbad California on Faraday Avenue that has a very low Verizon signal. The Verizon Kool-Aid drinkers are dropping calls all of the time in our labs at the office. I save the day by loaning them my Sprint phone after making them say "It's the Network". :evillaugh :attn: Boys and girls, is really important to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff. The truth is that "It's the Network" is a wonderful marketing campaign but there is no single cell phone service provider that is "the best". The best cell phone service is the one that works the best in the areas that you work, live, play, and travel. That is really the final and ONLY truth!! Any Questions? :clap:
This helps to confirm my observations that Sprint has pulled ahead of Verizon here in many parts of So. Cal. Verizon isn't building hardly anything these days while Sprint is adding massive amounts of new synergy sites. There comes a point where a changing of the guard takes place and I think that could be happening right now. Only Sprint, T-Mobile and Metro PCS are very active right now in network improvements here.
I have the opposite situation, two of my coworkers have Sprint and they need to borrow my Verizon or ATT phone. I also have done the same with my brother who has Sprint. I still see Verizon having the best coverage in the areas I go to. I have the Iphone, but still use my Verizon phone since the coverage is better. But I enjoy that you torture people to use your phone.
Though I have never had Sprint service (Nextel yes), there have been a few places in the San Bernardino mountains where Sprint has not had any service, but Verizon does. This is NOT a "my networks better than your network" post, but more of a reminder that every carrier does have their weak spots. I will say that the few people I know that have Sprint haven't complained about their coverage recently, so I give them props for improving. Hmm, maybe someday I'll have to give Sprint a try...:browani: