Sprint spent $13.8 million improving service in O.C.
April 1st, 2009, 12:18 pm · 9 Comments · posted by Tamara Chuang, a.k.a. The Gadgetress
We’ve heard from AT&T and Verizon on new cell sites and investment in Orange County. Now, Sprint has responded to requests for more insight.
While the company didn’t offer the number of new cell sites in O.C., it said it spent $2.13 million enhancing service here during the fourth quarter of 2008. For the year, it invested $13.8 million in Orange County.
For the Los Angeles metro region, the company spent $3.2 million during the fourth quarter and $35.9 million for the year.
Not too shabby and a possible reason why Sprint rose to be the top for the best call-quality in J.D. Power’s latest report . The report says Sprint’s customers “report fewer problems regarding echoes compared with the region average.”
Adds Kathleen Dunleavy with Sprint, a chunk of last year’s investment in Orange County was at Disneyland — both indoors and outdoors. Cell phone reception in Disneyland is, apparently, an issue at the amusement park, according to this 2006 post at MiceChat.com. The main issue? People yakking while on a ride. Don’t do that.
Just as an oranges and apples comparison, here’s how the three cell phone services stack up when it comes to putting money in California or parts thereof:
- Verizon: Invested $600 million in California last year
- AT&T: Invested $7.9 billion in California from 2006 to 2008
- Sprint: Invested $35.9 million in the Los Angeles area last year.
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My Sprint calls still drop every time I go around one corner on the 73.
glow22 Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 1:05 pm
My Sprint calls still drop every time I go around one corner on the 73.
… you mean when your a passenger right? Because its been found numerous times in formal studies that driving while talking on a cell is comparable to driving drunk. We don’t drive drunk do we?
it just shows how poor their service has been all this time! verizon network has been good for years.
I remember being at UCI in the mid to late 90′s having PacBell…. you could only make a phone call in about 3 spots on campus! We have come a longggggg way since then!
the 73 is the worse. I have AT&T, my girl friend has T-mobile. Both drop calls on the 73.
I wonder how much of that $7.9 billion At&t spent actually went into improving service as opposed to improving the pocket books of managers and executives? I have experienced no change, service still sucks. More bars in less places should be the tag line. Only reason I stick with them is their price. They can’t even give details on their own statements! I called to ask what the details on a particular service I was paying for is, and they didn’t know. Awesome!! Hey Verizon listen up, lower your prices and you got yourself a new customer.
I agree with ed, How can they charge you for services and they cant even detail the services or calls?
And another thing that everybody is missing, is that AT&T is THE PHONE COMPANY .. these other carriers such as sprint and verizon simply sublease the phone lines from ATT. AT&T – The only Choice.
Yes, UCI has come a long way. Back in the 90′s, PacBell mobile was the only carrier with a site “on campus” but times have changed. Now AT&T has a site, Verizon has one, T-mobile and Sprint have a few, and Nextel has one. There’s also a bunch surrounding the campus so it helps too.
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MellonCollio Says:
April 1st, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I remember being at UCI in the mid to late 90’s having PacBell…. you could only make a phone call in about 3 spots on campus! We have come a longggggg way since then!
Oh another thing to mention to get back on topic, the reason that Sprint Nextel spent this money at Disneyland is simple, Disneyland just bacame a huge user of their service at the park for operations. They still maintain their two-way (trusty and reliable) radio system but they got sucked into the Direct Connect service. All I got to say is good luck! Other than that, S/N isn’t spending or upgrading anything with their network here other than fixes when something breaks….yeah it’s pretty bad there.