From CTIA 2009: Clearwire showcases Wi-Fi hotspot expander

By Monica Alleven, Wireless Week
CedMagazine.com - April 01, 2009

Expectations are high for a 3G/4G modem to come to market this summer. In the meantime, how about combining Wi-Fi and WiMAX?

That’s what Clearwire Communications is doing with a new accessory that enables standard Wi-Fi products to connect to the Internet at broadband speeds via its Clear mobile WiMAX service. But buyer beware: The Clear mobile WiMAX service currently is available only in Portland, Ore., so consumers in other cities are out of luck until Clearwire launches in more metro areas later this year.

The company says the Clear Spot creates a personal Wi-Fi hot spot that travels with consumer...
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Interesting read.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar20 ... »

so when this happens does this mean that if there is a opening in another market/city do you have to reapply as a new hire all over again?

so i was working at customer service billing department for sprint, and i was fired in early january for having too low issue resolution score. im ok with that, however i would like to ask in this forum to sprint rep what would you have done in my situation, i want to see what could i have done to resolve the issue...so i had a 50 percent issue resolution out of 7 surveys...one was an i dont know, 3 were yes and 3 were no...my first "no" came to be that a customer calling in was beign charged the rate for dialing a cell phone to the dominican republic and she was claiming that it was a landlind, you know how landlines has lesser rates, well she was stubborn that it was a landline not a cell phone,...secondly a customer could not verify the ...
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Listen Ive had Sprint for the past 5 years and although the wireless service is good, the customer service sucks. Ive had the Katana DLX for the past 2 years and Ive been waiting and waiting for a new phone but sprint takes FOREVER to get one, then when one comes out they want me to pay almost full price for the phone. Then when you threaten to cancel service, they dont try anything to keep you. I call anywhere else for any other service I have and if I tell them I'm not happy with what I get, then they do what they can to help me. I can easily go to another provider and get a brand new phone for cheap.

Anyone have any good tips on getting a new phone with sprint without breaking the bank? Oh and Id rather not end up calling the other ...
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Sprint Nextel said Thursday that it lost 1.3 million subscribers in the final three months of 2008.

This marks an 8 percent decline from the 53.8 million total subscribers Sprint had at the end of 2007. Notably, it also dropped Sprint below the 50 million mark!!!


$1.6 billion loss

I'll give my take on all this later.

Cellphone of the Year - Instinct
Most Anticipated Gadget of the Year - Pre
Wireless Technology of the Year - WiMax

Full list: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/the-winner s-of-the-2008-engadget-awards/#continued

Hi guys, i worked for vzw in sales / csr for about 3 years. I applied for Sprint kiosk in a busy mall in pa for sales associate.

Any idea on how pay is broken down. What is base usually start off at ? are kiosks actual Sprint Store ? I know some vzw kiosks were not.

If not after a certain time frame can you apply or transfer to a corp sprint store?

Thanks

Im looking at switching to sprint sometime this year. Now, i consider myself to be pretty knowledgeable when it comes to cell phones and technology. I know the ins and outs, but i still cant decide what phone i would want to get. Im looking at getting either the upcoming Palm Pre, or the Blackberry 9630. I know the specs, and ive had a blackberry 8330 for the past year. I want the newest gadget but ive become familiar with the "blackberry way" and i really like it. However, the Pre has many attractive features (multitasking, touchscreen w/ keyboard, flash in the future, etc.). The rumor of flash coming to the phone has really grabbed my attention, because, not only will it make it a good gaming device at some point, but will allow it to have...
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I had left Sprint a few month ago, and was on a employee plan, and had the OK to go to the old employee referral plan. I didn't want to pay ETF fees for the second cell service i had at the time also, but am out of contract now, and really want to go back to Sprint. Is there anyway to get back onto that old employee referral plan? It was $30/mo, per line.

So let me see if I've got this right?

Sprint unlocks the GSM side of their CDMA/GSM phones, right?

Now the carriers in my area consist of VZW,ATT,TMO, and Sprint/Nextel.

ATT & VZW charge a small or rather large monthly fee plus per minute rates for international roaming. TMO just charges per minute international roaming rates...OUCH! 😲

Now Sprint factory unlocks their GSM capable phones allowing you to use a prepaid SIM from where ever your going internationally, saving you a ton of money.
So why doesn't Sprint capitalize on this price point and advertise it a little more? 😕

I know Sprint offers international packages too (although seemingly shooting themselves in the foot). And if you do it the way I suggest you wouldn't...
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Sprint hitches up with Ford, eyes deals with gadget makers

By Monica Alleven, Wireless Week
CedMagazine.com - March 24, 2009

Sprint Nextel has been losing customers on the consumer retail front, but it’s adding them in the wholesale arena. The carrier today announced details of its deal with Ford Motor Co. to provide the connectivity for 2009 Ford F-Series and E-Series vehicles.

Beginning this spring, those vehicles – and later in 2009, Transit Connect vehicles – will offer an in-dashboard PC with Internet connectivity via the Sprint network. The idea, in part, is to provide productivity gains and reduce costs associated with fleets and scheduling. For example, field service and construction industries can modify an...
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Sprint nabs top call quality honors in new J.D. Power report
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse often says that the company’s networks are performing as well or better than they ever have.

He’s an honorable guy, but what do you expect him to say? Really.

Hesse’s also a realist so he knows how important it is to get the validation of an outsider. J.D. Power is the often-cited “Gold Standard” of outside observers. Well, today, Sprint gets a gold medal from the Gold Standard of wireless industry consultants.

Sprint tied with Verizon Wireless for top honors in the West region in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study.

“Sprint Nextel customers, in particular, report fewer proble...
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Will the pre require me to get rid of the free and clear plan we have? We are a business customer and have an old Free and Clear plan. The price is too good to get rid of it...even the sprint reps say not to change it.

I dont mind adding an unlimited data plan to my plan, but I do not want to change to another plan.

If we do, I might just get the rumor2 or the new samsung touchscreen phone I saw online.

I tried asking my sister, since she works for Sprint, to explain Sprint's upgrade requirements, discounts but she is in retention and keeps telling me to threaten to cancel so I can go to retentions. But I really don't want to be one of THOSE customers. My husband and I got our BB Pearls at the end of February '08 and want the Blackberry Niagra when it comes out. How do Sprint's upgrades work? I know we are eligible for 75.00 off right now but how long do we need to wait for "full upgrade discount"?

I have to make a decision, and have been on the fence too long. We're getting the Everything plan, but have 5 or 6 year old phones. We need to get up to speed, I know, but is there a phone that outshines all the rest? 🙂

Blackberry Pearl 8230 (8130 replacement)
Blackberry Curve 8930 (8330 replacement)
Blackberry Niagara 9630 (8830 replacement)

Well these were 100% confirmed for Verizon so one would think Sprint would get these phones too. That's how it always worked in the past with every CDMA blackberry (except the Storm). I was told by a local Sprint rep that Sprint isn't getting these because they are selling tons of Curve 8330s and because they just got the Nextel Curve but that makes NO sense. Nextel is a different network. And every carrier sells tons of Curve 8300 series but they ALL confirmed discontinuing 8300 series and replacing with 8900 series. I'm sure blackberry wouldn't leave Sprint out of the fun.

to start off with, this is not a bashing whatsoever, its just a normal question.

driving to work this morning i heard a sprint commercial on the radio (something like $100 gift card for new acts, free rumor or lotus etc.) and at the end of it, when the "fine print" is being explained, i could EASILY tell the voice was fast forwarded (by like 1.5x or so)

isn't that illegal? I've never heard any other carrier do it, and i'm not bashing sprint so chill. or, it being just advertising it not matter, and it all comes down to the signature.

I just assumed this was deceptive advertising or something like that

We have the Sprint PCS free and Clear plan with 2000 minutes - (I did say it was ancient!) and two phones to go with. We are out of contract - but added one phone in August 2007 to share minutes, the two years for that will be up this August, oh and we also have a PCS connect card. We need a new plan for two phones with unlimited voice and text (don't need the fancy stuff), and then two phones with a few minutes and unlimited text. Can anyone recommend a great texting phone ( esp. large man fingers ) x 2 and 2 that are good for young texters? 😲 We have enjoyed having Sprint, but need to get up to speed.

Hi - can anybody here comment on the quality of service in Northern and Western NJ?

Also, I tried to find a confirmation on sprint.com about roaming on Verizon, and couldn't find anything...

Does Sprint allow users to force roaming at low signal levels - or does it have to go into a "no-reception" first?