Sprint Subscribers Really Liked the World Cup

If you didn't hear about it, the World Cup was on earlier this summer, believe it or not. And if you were a mobile viewer of the World Cup, chances are that you were watching it on a Sprint phone. That's right, Sprint customers were the number one viewers of the World Cup from a mobile device. About 700,000 people watched the games from ESPN's channel on Sprint TV. The most watched games of the world cup were USA v Ghana, USA v Algeria, and the Netherlands v Spain final match. The Sprint article that the information is from also posts some interesting facts about other most watched shows, some of which are the 2008 Presidential Inauguration, the Michael Jackson Memorial, and a Dallas v New Orleans NFL game. (Sprint)

Sprint Most Reliable 3G Network (In a Tie)

PC World has conducted another test of the Big Four national carriers, and Sprint is the most reliable again (in a tie with AT&T that is). They got perfect reliability in three of the cities that PC World tested in, and they only dropped below 80% in a few cities. In addition to being the most reliable in some of the cities, they also have 4G up and running in some of those cities, which is a bonus if you live in a Sprint 4G city. Although they didn't have the highest speeds out of all the carriers, they have improved their reliability from last year (about 90%) four percent (to about 94%). Overall, all the carriers saw improvements in their networks. Sprint increased their speed in some cities, but were starting to drop in speed in a few that they haven't upgraded their 3G network in. AT&T got the best 3G speeds in almost every city that PC World tested, increasing by more than 100% in some cities. But if you are looking for coverage and reliability in your network, look to Sprint, which has already started on their 4G network and have almost twice the 3G footprint of AT&T and more than eight times more than T-Mobile. (PC World)