[olug] OT: Leaving Verizon? ...for Ting? Net10? Cricket? Other?

[Dan Anderson]

YMMV I guess.

I've been on Sprint in Bellevue and then Omaha for 15 years with zero
problems (nor with Ting).

And my wife's Verizon contract is the only one I've ever had to buy my way
out of since we had no service at her work or at home, yet the Verizon
position was, "If it's colored on our map then you have service".

So you're probably better off asking people who live near you or work near
you what their experience is.

Dan

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> At my work on 102nd and I St I had to set up an Airave so we could simply
> make phone calls on Sprint.  .......and when it worked I got about
> 200-400kb of data bandwidth from my home on about 84th and I-80.  Using
> Sprint in Omaha is like using AOL dialup because it is cheaper than Cox.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com>
> Date: 09/24/2014  11:59 AM  (GMT-06:00)
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] OT: Leaving Verizon? ...for Ting? Net10? Cricket?
> Other?
>
> Don't know where you're talking about. I'm at Bellevue University and Olde
> Town and haven't had problems at all.
> On Sep 24, 2014 11:30 AM, "Tony Gies" <tony.gies at gruppe86.net> wrote:
>
> > Sprint's network is practically nonexistent in Bellevue, for what it's
> > worth, and what poor service there is is intermittent. I got out of my
> > contract with them because the towers covering my home and work were
> > out of service for 3 months with no fix in sight and I couldn't use
> > the service at all. They tried to argue the point, for some reason.
> > I'm currently paying a whole lot more with Verizon but the difference
> > is that the services for which I am paying are actually delivered.
> >
> >
> > Tony Gies <tony.gies at gruppe86.net>
> > Technical Projects Director
> > gruppe86 | IT Consulting, Software Development, Systems Integration
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Greg Gerke <ggerke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > It's amazing to call Ting for support and actually get an english
> > speaking
> > > person within 2-3 rings. For those rare times that I've got a recording
> > it
> > > genuinely sounded like they were bummed to have missed the call.
> > >
> > > The only thing really wrong with Ting is that it rides on Sprint's
> > network.
> > > If you're in a major city or within eyesight of I80 you're pretty good.
> > If
> > > you stray too far from there (like up to Burwell, NE or down to Crete,
> > NE)
> > > you're out of luck getting a signal. I've also got Vonage and with
> their
> > > app on my Android phone I can still make a call over wi-fi so that'd be
> > an
> > > option.
> > >
> > > But if you're out in the middle of nowhere without wi-fi...? Well, we
> > never
> > > had cellphones back when I was a kid and we seemed to survive ;)
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Joseph Gulizia <
> > joseph.gulizia at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> @Jason Troy.
> > >>
> > >> I've heard about how bad Sprint was/is...but decided to give Ting a
> try.
> > >> Even though they need sprint enabled phones and use Sprint's and
> > Verizon's
> > >> networks.  The service has been outstanding and when you call their
> > >> Customer Support it has been fantastic.  Family and I had Verizon
> before
> > >> Ting and the family (wife and kids) now have US Cellular...they are
> > wishing
> > >> they went with me to Ting.  I can't say anything bad at all about
> > Ting.  I
> > >> am primarily in Western Iowa...not sure if that makes a difference or
> > not.
> > >>
> > >> Just my two cents.
> > >>
> > >> Joe
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Joseph Gulizia <
> > joseph.gulizia at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Ting.  Love it.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have more info about it on the
> > >> > Gulizia Technologies Facebook page...or I can email you what is
> posted
> > >> > there.
> > >> >
> > >> > (Link included in that posting)
> > >> >
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