Small cell stations aim to build stronger, faster networks; Sprint the first with open plans

2. lsutigers posted on 11 May 2012, 18:14 9 2

A lot of good Sprint press lately, for a change. They are definitely moving in the right direction. With good marketing, I think Sprint will experience significant growth over the next 5-10 years. The key to all this is keeping Unlimited Data and they know it, thats why their entire network is basically being rebuilt and over-engineered like this. This is good for all consumers as it may force ATT/VZW to compete with Sprint on price.

3. Atrixboyyy posted on 11 May 2012, 18:26 0 1

Faster being the key word sprint has plans for.

4. Cwebb posted on 11 May 2012, 18:43 4 2

Looks like sticking with good ole Sprint might turn out to be good after all. I love Sprint of course because of their unlimited data, but also because they'll replace rooted/ROMed phones, and they also kinda-sorta-maybe care about their customers a little. If they can get through the slow data speeds, they would have a ton more customers

5. kabu7x posted on 11 May 2012, 19:07 1 1

well said Cwebb i ageee i was gonna jump ship to tmobile because thier 4g is more stable but after reading this i might hold out or just rejoin sprint in 2014l. any suggestions?

6. belovedson posted on 11 May 2012, 21:10 3 1

Reliable calling service is important, i cant stand calling anyone on tmobile. Garbage of a network

7. axllebeer posted on 11 May 2012, 21:37 1 1

As a Sprint customer, the network is sluggish that's for sure. But since my recent departure from iDEN, it's faster, way faster, than that. But after doing a speed test and the best I've ever got with Sprint being 1.5mbs and my parents running AT&T on HSPA averaging 2.6mps, with HSPA+ promised in the next 4 months, I'm hanging onto hope. Unlimited is a great thing, one less thing to worry about running over. But considering how unpredictable the current Sprint network is, it's can currently be very hard to enjoy unlimited.

8. Atrixboyyy posted on 12 May 2012, 08:28 2 0

Lol got the thumbs down spammers goin hard lately.

9. abedi75 posted on 12 May 2012, 13:26 1 3

Galaxy S3 is copy of HTC ONE X be it lock screen or camera interface Samsung is copy cat HTC is KING

10. Beholder88 posted on 12 May 2012, 15:23 0 0

This is a really good idea. We'll see how the other networks plan to compete with this, as this could end up being a game changer. I'm not even going into the "unlimited" topic, it's useless trying to argue why it is or is not a good thing.

11. nb2six posted on 12 May 2012, 18:08 0 0

Sprint would of course say that they are the implementing all of these features and I'm sure they are. In long run however, it wont matter how many "towers" you have up, it still comes down to the amount of spectrum you have to deal out to the users on that network. That is still and will be the fall of sprint. Too many people on too little spectrum leads to terrible service.

I hope they prove me wrong because we definitely need a 4th major player in the US market and I dont see any of the smaller guys making a run for it anytime soon.