If you have Sprint you can more than likely get a completely free Airave box.
For those who don't know about it, here is the information
Basically call and complain about service reception in your house (ask to speak with retentions if you are thinking about leaving). State you love Sprint and their service but the reception in your home is becoming a deal breaker for you. The rep should immediately offer an Airave to you waiving the cost of the box AND possibly the service monthly charge depending on the rep. If they don't offer free service as well, try to bargain, they listen! If they don't bite right away you can ask about a "box you heard about that boosts signal"
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I wasn't advertising the unit itself, I was giving a heads up on a deal. If the admins feel the thread from last year talks about getting them for free and FW members don't need this thread delete it..
Got this about 3 months ago - same scenario described above. Easy to hook up and works well in my home. I agree that this is a good reminder even if it was brought up last year!
Also got one a few months ago. It's awesome. It was a ridiculous process to get one, though. They would not sell me one over the phone, let alone give me one for free. They said I had to find a Sprint store that had one in stock. None of the 3 stores in my area had one. I had to drive over an hour from my house to get one from a more urban area. The workers there told me they never sell any of these, not surprising since cell coverage is generally decent in urban areas. To me that seemed like a really stupid way to market this product. Nice to see that Sprint is finally figuring out who the target audience for this thing is.
Thanks OP got one with 24months no fee, for valued customers. My current SERO plan has been active for 3yrs. Man I'm glad this was posted cause i just missed a call while sitting next to my phone.
Would be nice if i could get free unlimited call credit.
Message edited by: cigga24 on 2009-06-13 19:38:27 CDT
i just got it before 4 days but dint connect it. got it for free and no monthly fees also. going to connect it soon. I have question that sprint calls airave as mini sprint tower. So can I take it to India and join it to internet and get sprint network? will it work as international phone and charge international calls? or will it work as local?
1. Called last week and was transferred to tech support. That was when I "learned" about this They wouldn't offer it for free... period 2. Called today and told customer service I read about it being free on the Internet. First she offered it at no cost but I would have to sign a 2 year contract and pay $5/month for service. Then she offered it for free without signing a 2 year contract but I would have to pay $5/month. 3. I was transferred to retention where I was finally offered the Airave for free with no new contract and FREE service for it indefinitely.
I always had great service (3-4) bars at my house and then about 6 months ago Boost started offering the $50 unlimited deal and since Boost now uses Sprints CDMA network and everyone and there grandma signed up for it around here the network capacity has been stretched and I rarely see even one bar. That being said I really hope this fixes my problem at home as I have great service everywhere else.
Thanks OP!! I just moved to a new house in a two block radius dead zone. I barely get one bar outside of my house. Hopefully I can get the free Airave and free service.
I may grab one while it is still around. It seems that Sprint is slowly cutting down on all the nice things they used to offer in an attempt to expand customer base (first went Sero, then $50 self service phone replacements).
I am using the Airave and it works like a charm. The first person in retentions told me she couldn't waive the equipment charge or the monthly fees but offered to let me switch to a new handset (so nice considering I was within my exchange period anyway). I called back and was offered both 'comped.
I was able to get one for free and had the $5/month fee waived after talking to retentions. Received it yesterday and it works great! Went from 0-1 bars to 5 bars throughout my house.
I called today and the customer service keeps referring me to the Airave tech support and they say the only way to get one is from the Sprint store. Anybody was able to get one directly from Sprint customer service?
nmbadani said:i just got it before 4 days but dint connect it. got it for free and no monthly fees also. going to connect it soon. I have question that sprint calls airave as mini sprint tower. So can I take it to India and join it to internet and get sprint network? will it work as international phone and charge international calls? or will it work as local?
No, this won't work. The Airave has a built in GPS to make sure you are in the US. Technically, Airave is a cell tower and Sprint can not broadcast in the countries where it is not licensed.
Message edited by: aleck on 2009-08-05 15:34:27 CDT
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They wouldn't offer it for free... period
