Sprint Attacks New AT&T, Verizon Shared Data Plans

[Poke]

Sprint Attacks New AT&T, Verizon Shared Data Plans
Like T-Mobile, Insists You'll Save Money By Steering Clear

Verizon is starting to get as bad as AT&T when it comes to pricing..

Sprint Attacks New AT&T, Verizon Shared Data Plans - Like T-Mobile, Insists You'll Save Money By Steering Clear | DSLReports.com, ISP Information

 

[TheForce]

Nothing wrong with competition. When you offer an inferior coverage, your rates should reflect that. It's nice that we have a Sprint for those that can live with the coverage if it is adequate for their needs. But for those that need wide spread coverage and reliability, Verizon is the best of breed and AT&T right behind them. The new shared data plan is a great savings to me right from the first month. I can't complain!

Now that the first two months are in compared to the 3 months average from before the plan, I'm realizing a savings of $80 a month with the taxes. Can't complain about that. My average use since adding the ipad3 with LTE is about 5GB per month shared. I really don't need unlimited. Everyone's mileage will vary, of course.

Sprint is doing well with their offerings. Dan Hesse is a great manager of the #3 company. Don't know why he feels the need to slam the competition. What he needs to focus on is offering equal coverage, then we'll see if he can maintain low rates. If so, he could be #1.

 

[dangue]

Nothing wrong with competition. When you offer an inferior coverage, your rates should reflect that. It's nice that we have a Sprint for those that can live with the coverage if it is adequate for their needs. But for those that need wide spread coverage and reliability, Verizon is the best of breed and AT&T right behind them. The new shared data plan is a great savings to me right from the first month. I can't complain!

Now that the first two months are in compared to the 3 months average from before the plan, I'm realizing a savings of $80 a month with the taxes. Can't complain about that. My average use since adding the ipad3 with LTE is about 5GB per month shared. I really don't need unlimited. Everyone's mileage will vary, of course.

Sprint is doing well with their offerings. Dan Hesse is a great manager of the #3 company. Don't know why he feels the need to slam the competition. What he needs to focus on is offering equal coverage, then we'll see if he can maintain low rates. If so, he could be #1.

Of course he'd take the time to slam the competition on this, it highlights his company's competitive advantage. He'd be an idiot if he didn't stress this point.

 

[Ronnie-]

No different really than Verizon stressing their network and coverage. They will all play up their strengths in comparison to the others.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Best CellPhone company in this area that keeps your calls without dropouts is US Cellular

 

[Ronnie-]

Best CellPhone company in this area that keeps your calls without dropouts is US Cellular

For here, that used to be Cellular South/C-Spire. These days it is Verizon.

 

[riffjim4069]

I love our Sprint SERO Premium account...unlimited data/texting/GPS for $50 per month and the coverage is quite good in Dallas and DC where I spend most of my time. Sure, I don't think I've ever used more than 2-3GB per month, WiMax 4G coverage was spotty, and I'm still waiting on LTE to be deployed in DC, but I can't complain since it's a great value for the money and, like I mentioned, I have few issues with the service. As others have mentioned, there are certainly price and service issues to considered with any provider. If we weren't on the SERO and were using the phones for business purposes, then perhaps Verizon and AT&T would be better choices (my employer provides me with a Verizon Blackberry).

 

[Tyralak]

No different really than Verizon stressing their network and coverage. They will all play up their strengths in comparison to the others.

Or AT&T's data speeds and superior LTE. They all have their strengths.

 

[Ramy]

Or AT&T's data speeds and superior LTE. They all have their strengths.

Superior to who? Not Verizon.

 

[Rey]

Superior to who? Not Verizon.

easy big fella i'm sure he's referring to sprint

 

[Ramy]

easy big fella i'm sure he's referring to sprint

 

[Tyralak]

Superior to who? Not Verizon.

AT&T uses a different handshake method than Verizon, which is more reliable. AT&T's LTE speeds also have been faster than Verizon's. Of course, the speed difference could be due to the fact that there is less traffic on AT&T's LTE network for the time being.

 

[mdram]

doesnt sprint throttle thier unlimited data after a certain point?

 

[Rey]

doesnt sprint throttle thier unlimited data after a certain point?

that's tmobile....

 

[mdram]

that's tmobile....

aah, just went bacck and looked, and first they said they did, then they said they didnt

Sprint reportedly confirms data throttling for 'top one percent' of abusers (update: Sprint confirms no throttling) -- Engadget

 

[Ronnie-]

that's tmobile....

Even on LTE?

 

[Rey]

aah, just went bacck and looked, and first they said they did, then they said they didnt

Sprint reportedly confirms data throttling for 'top one percent' of abusers (update: Sprint confirms no throttling) -- Engadget

hmm i see. well at least i know i'm nowhere near that 1%

 

[Rey]

Even on LTE?

this might be a dumb question but should that make a difference?

 

[Ronnie-]

this might be a dumb question but should that make a difference?

To me or you, no.

To the providers, probably.

 

[TheForce]

AT&T uses a different handshake method than Verizon, which is more reliable. AT&T's LTE speeds also have been faster than Verizon's. Of course, the speed difference could be due to the fact that there is less traffic on AT&T's LTE network for the time being.

I wonder where you got your information from, AT&T?

This is a study I saw that gives AT&T an edge performance on initial download speed, however if you read the entire report, it shows that the reliability of using LTE for all data in different markets shows Verizon continues to be the better carrier.

FWIW- My ipad3 reports exactly what the study stated, 15 down and 8 up. using OOKLA Interesting coincidence.