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Any San Francisco-based T-Mobile or Sprint users out there?

Aug 25, 2013 3:46AM PDT

Hi.
I'm coming off a company phone (changing jobs), and finally have to get my own contract & handset. My company phone has always been with AT&T. Service has been OK, but reception in my apartment has always been relatively poor (I live in Pacific Heights). I'm finding myself quite tempted by the deals I'm seeing coming from the likes of T-Mobile & Sprint (particularly the No-Contract angle of T-Mobile), but I don't know much about their coverage. I've read that Sprint has the worst 4G/LTE coverage of all the networks, but when I look at coverage maps (like the ones at RootMetrics.com), it looks to be OK in my area. Am looking for some "Real People" reports, from the front lines. What are your experiences with these two carriers? Can you make/receive a call when you need to? How's your mobile data? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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Visit Howardforums
Aug 27, 2013 2:42AM PDT

That's where you will find some very good 'on the ground' idea of what service you should expect in PH/SF.

Go here:

http://www.howardforums.com

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Thanks!
Aug 27, 2013 5:18AM PDT

Just posted my question there (I've had very little traction here).

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which sub-forum there did you post in? (n/t)
Aug 27, 2013 7:12AM PDT

n/t

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You should also...
Aug 28, 2013 3:54AM PDT

...post (a non-duplicate thread) in the T-Mo and/or Sprint sub-forums. IME anyway, you won't get much Hofo traffic where you have it posted now. Too general. The zealots hang out with their peers on the same teams Wink

I also suggest asking @ the T-Mo & Sprint user discussion forums linked from each respective companies' web sites (usually under 'support' from the main page).

hth