I am possibly switching from Cingular which my current phone is W-CDMA and GSM. Nextel in my area does get full service, but how is the voice quality on the iDen network compared to say GSM and CDMA? How is the quality of Nextel's network? I am not going to get the Hybrid phone because the CDMA sprint network here Sucks!
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Yeah every compalike ny has dead spots. oh well. maybe request they put up a tower or two in your area. i requested something like that and within two months later they had repaired anold tower that had good bad. since them that dead spot is no more. gotta make sure you talk to someone who speaks english though lol
McGirk Posts: 2411
Phone Model: AX380 Wave
Service Provider: Alltel
Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:18 pm
In areas where the IDen network is strong, it's call quality is comparable to GSM or CDMA. However those areas are getting fewer as Sprint has largely neglected Nextel's IDen network. Enjoy it while you can, it won't be around all that much longer.
tbonilas Posts: 3
Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:03 am
I don't think iDEN is going anywhere for a while. It is an analog network, which is a small downfall. But it's very powerful. It definately wasn't neglected.
McGirk Posts: 2411
Phone Model: AX380 Wave
Service Provider: Alltel
Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:38 pm
IDen will be around till 2010, don't expect to see it for consumer use after then, every month that passes, I get more complaints from folks that say there phone doesn't work in places that it used to. Sprints response to this is telling them it is there phone to get them to upgrade. Most of the customers service didn't improve with the upgrade, but there contract did. If that isn't neglect, then it towers are being shut down on purpose, which do you think it is?
vix Posts: 9
Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:31 pm
I like the quality of sprint good enough for me
McGirk Posts: 2411
Phone Model: AX380 Wave
Service Provider: Alltel
Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:48 am
With a lot of help from roaming agreements with Alltel and Verizon, Sprint covers a significant portion of the country. Now if they could fix there customer service and not extend your contract every time you sneezed, I would switch over.
bkw212007 Posts: 1
Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:18 pm
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I don't think iDEN is going anywhere for a while. It is an analog network, which is a small downfall. But it's very powerful. It definately wasn't neglected.
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