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I was being generous with the rating. Do NOT attempt using your Sprint service on Callaghan in the Medical Center. I thought it may have been a phone issue, but replacing it didn't resolve the matter and friends / family with Sprint service have also been without coverage.
I signed a 2 year contract 4 months ago with Nextel / Sprint. Great phones! Love mine and my wifes. But tell me, what good are they if we cant ever call each other. I have to go outside to use mine, wont hardly work in the house. 80% of my calls are to my wife, but maybe 5% of the time can I ever get an answer from her due to no reception. It really doesn't matter where she is, or I am, we cant get one another. So I am now considering taking the worst hit of all, and pay to get out of the deal, and seek another carrier. Don't get sucked in by all the great phones at Sprint / Nextel, you won't be able to use them!
Dropped calls all the time, called Sprint they asked how many times I have dropped the phone. Our address is located wrong on the coverage map so it shows us as having great coverage when we have none.
I work at the Texas Research Park and I get 0 reception inside the building. In order for me to get any service at all I have to go stand in the parking lot. I have spoken with Verizon extensively and they stated that they would let me out of my contract without penalty, but I assume that is more due to the fact that everytime that I talk on the phone at work they are having to pay Sprint for my connection (the Sprint tower is about 300m away from the building).
I get iffy coverage in certain classroom buildings, but in the dorms I usually have enough signal to make calls. The coverage in the Olmos Park area is pretty bad, and when I am indoors I usually only have enough signal to send a text message but not make a call. I think part of the problem is my phone though. It has been replaced three times in one year due to major software issues.
Whether I am insider or outdoors, I never have a problem with signal... The coverage is great and I never worry about dropped calls. If I drive around the city I never worry about not having service...
T-Mobile may be the cheapest, but their reception and dropped calls are the worst. I get a dropped call nearly every time I have a conversation. I always lose a call when entering my neighborhood in The Summit, and always lose a call on 1604 between the Huebner and Blanco exits - EVERY time. I went to a concert in Bandera and lost my signal about 5 minutes after getting off I-10, and to Medina the following week- ditto. I asked around and the carrier that seemed to have 4 bars consistently in Bandera and Medina was Cingular / ATT. I asked T-Mobile if they planned to put up a dish / tower in that area and they said they doubted it. Do they realize the population growth headed in that direction? They are going to lose me if this does not improve.
