Nextel Poor Reception...switched To Verizon

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Anish Sharma.

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It's not a problem in all areas, just those where the customer base is growing faster than the towers are going up. Like I said before, I think it's Sprint's fault for over-promoting their merger and promising everyone superior service. They need to put up more Nextel towers, and fast! :flamemad:

Here in Jacksonville, Nextel's working just fine. Seems we have plenty of towers to go around. :D
 
When i first got nextel7-10 years ago i excused some dead spots, as time went on... especially in the past 2-3 years, their service did not improve while verizon's advanced. With Nextel i always found myself having problems with service while verizon customers were talking with no problem, that was frustrating. I live 30 miles outside NYC in a populated area and still my wife, my daughter, and i hit way to many dead spots (NO SERVICE). I have verizon two days now and haven't lost any calls... or run into any dead spots when attempting to use my phone. I gave Nextel ample time to improve their service, so when my Nextel contract was up I switched. JMO
 
Same here!! That's why I'm currently waiting on my Treo 650 from cingular...switching as soon as I get it next week. :)

The places that I used to have great service, I hardly have any now.
 
I went for a medical check-up today like I do every year and had the opportunity to compare my reception now with verizon to Nextel whom I had as my service provider last time I went. My doctor's office is in a brick building, I had to take a nuclear stress test, which was in the basement of the building where I use to have NO SERVICE on my phone, but now with verizon although weak I had service and made a call. I
 
Brad 729 is making alot of sense here. It will be very interesting to see what happens when some of the 'dual' phones come out; what becomes of iDEN will also be something to watch.

I have Verizon now and can't complain about the coverage. However, they are on the pricey (sp?) side and could do more to stay competitive with long time customers. Thing with Nextel/Sprint too, is the merger is less than a year old, leaving relatively not enough time to fully 'catch up' to satisfy everyone.
 
Some people have been experiencing reception problems with the RAZRs. I don't know why though...


True as pure water. iDEN is ESMR (Enhanched Specialized Mobile Radio) where text messaging, voice calling, data, GPS, and the whole 9 yards are forced upon the ESMR technology without being perfected. That is the source of all trouble on the iDEN network of Nextel.


I also agree 100% with your reasoning and also with that of Brad729 here.
 
I posted this in another thread but it bears looking into :

Latest News
Sprint To Rein In Boost
Yesterday, 5:33 PM source: Kansas City Star
Sprint COO Len Lauer said that the carrier will make changes to halt the
growth of its youth-focused MVNO Boost. Boost is outpacing Sprint growth,
and is getting large enough that it will soon put a strain on Sprint's iDEN
network. The iDEN network is already under pressure because Sprint was asked
to give up a portion of its iDEN spectrum to the FCC in order to create
clear public safety bands. The growing population of Boost users are
straining the shrunken network even further, and Sprint would prefer that
the limited capacity was used to serve Nextel customers, who typically pay
more per month to use iDEN handsets. Sprint has not detailed how they will
curtail Boost's growth, however Sprint previously announced another
initiative that should thin out Nextel's crowded 800 MHz spectrum. The
carrier intends to launch dual mode handsets that use CDMA for voice and
data calls, and only relies on iDEN for Push To Talk. Sprint's first dual
mode handset, the ic502, has already been cleared by the FCC.
 
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