It was a bumpy road, but I’m now running on Sprint with the SERO plan. I’ll be 100% when I finish moving my applications over to the Centro and I have my number ported. Originally Sprint assigned me a phone number that was “already in use”. This led to some very confusing and frustrating phone calls. They went something like this:

Me: Hi, I have some questions about my account.
Sprint: Phone number please.
Me: (Recites number assigned)
Sprint: Name on the account?
Me: (Recites name)
Sprint: I’m sorry sir, that is not the name on the account.
Me: Sorry, this is the number you gave me.
Sprint: I am unable to help you unless you can prove to me that you are the account owner.
Me: I believe we are at an impasse.

Only a trip to the store to dispose of the bad ESN and ditching the number would resolve the situation. Seems going to the store can be helpful and saves time (which I had done that first). Sprint farms out their phone support to India, and no offense but they don’t know shit, and it’s very hard to deal with them.

It took me a while, but I found custom NHL Alerts from Sprint. This would be even better than what I had, Goal by Goal coverage! Two things worry me, first the site says Nextel Only (maybe its just an old site) and then the site says included, but when you click through they want $5 a month. Either way, I’m happy, as long as it works.

I’m sure I will be comfortable with the device and service, but I’m worried about the Alerting options I have on T-Mobile that I might not get on Sprint.

1. E-Mail Notification - T-Mobile allows you to add up to 5 POP/IMAP accounts on their website. They will then poll these accounts every minute or so and send you an SMS containing the sender and subject when a new email arrives. This works great for me, because I get relatively no spam and I don’t need real time email. I then check my email 3-4 times a day or not at all if there’s nothing important I need to see.

2. SMS Sports Alerts - T-Mobile uses Infospace Mobile for their custom alerting. This service is provided through the TMobile account website. I have it alerting me on every period end score or NY Rangers games and every final score for all Atlantic Division teams. The service is reliable and FAST. I’ve tried setting up similar alerts on Yahoo Alerts, but they were horribly delayed. Does Spring offer something simliar? Can I use Infospace without T-Mobile?