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 Originally Posted by GolfBallMan
Sprint is already live in a few markets. They are just lighting up EVDO in Newark. They were testing near the airport last week. Boston is scheduled to be live late summer.
You cannot beat the data pricing on Sprint. No reason for the disparity between carriers. Verizon customers tend to not mind paying top dollar -- kind of like a loyal Cisco Customer. Cingular & Tmobile are you only choice for international...so, if you need international you gotta pay.
Sprint, didn't have a Blackberry solution untill recently and was stuck competing with BCEE. Low data price and BCEE is less than blackberry solution from the other carriers... just my 2 cents.
There are serveral options for international coverage with both Verizon and Sprint. If you opt for the Samsung a790, you get a CDMA phone for use in the US (and other CDMA locations wherer a roaming agreement is in place like parts of Mexico and Jamaica) and a INTERNATIONAL, not US, GSM radio in the phone (GSM 1800 mhz and 900 mhz, US GSM 850 mhz and 1900 mhz is NOT supported in the phone).
A second option is to call Sprint Customer Service/International Roaming. They will activate international roaming for CDMA markets (like parts of Mexico and Jamaica) but will also send you a SIM card for use in a unlocked GSM phone. The SIM card will be coded with your Sprint phone number. It will work outside of the US on GSM carriers, but will be roaming coverage, so it will be more expensive.
Note, since it uses your own phone number, you can use your Treo 650/600 on Sprint in the USA, then if you had an unlocked GSM 600, GSM 650, or other GSM phone, you can put SIM chip in and use it overseas.
You will have two phones, but only one number.
I do not know if the Sprint SIM chip will work in a phone supporting GSM 1900 mhz or 850 mhz in the US as I do not think there are roaming agreements between Sprint and either Cingular or TMobile in the US.
Cost is about $6.00 per month in addition to your basic plan plus a onetime $36 set up fee.
I suspect Verizon has a similar program teamed with Vodaphone. You will have to check with them.
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