sprinted

When a cell carrier holds your phone hostage because of a "Financial Eligibility Check" under the guise of "protecting" you, in case your phone was stolen. This makes it impossible to bring your phone to a new carrier until you pay off any outstanding charges. This brings you into a cycle of owing them into perpetuity if you wish to port your phone number AND device. If you buy a new phone, you lose the number. If you port the number, you can't use the phone for at least 30 days, even if there's no outstanding balances.

In tetris, the act of sprinting is clearing a certain number of lines using tetrominoes in as little time as possible. Although the amount of lines can vary, the most common and widely known mode is clearing 40 lines (40L). The current world record holder for 40L sprint is u/Vince_HD on tetris site Jstris, with a time of 15.654 seconds.

The act of a business terminating service to a customer, unlike traditional service terminations for non-payment, being Sprinted usually is more due to a customer being high maintenance and/or expectation.

Bitch ass phone carrier that can't do shit right! You can't walk down the street and take a fucking call, you lose service all the goddamn time and high speed internet ?? MY FUCKIN ASSHOLE! Call customer service and I guarantee you will get told, "Oh don't worry, we have tip-top coverage in your area, DON'T LEAVE US! We're working on it for youuu.." . BULLSHIT. They are full of shit, Bad service, bitch ass customer service and crooks with shit-filled assholes who advertise a phone company that doesn't even live up to its shitty ass expectations. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, shit it's worth the fucking money if you want to actually have a phone! The only thing Sprint has given me is my official MODO OF 2017.. "FUCK SPRINT!" Let me say it louder.. "FUCK SPRINT !!!!"

1. to run at top speed

the best phone service to turn to, if you want to be overcharged, denied minutes and deal with ghetto customer service 'representatives' who keep trying to get me to sign up for the latest 'fantastic offer'.

2. An easy excuse for dodging phone calls.

1. The cellular phone company with the least amount of towers. If you aren't right on top of a big metropolitan area, there is no service. If you live in the suburbs, forget about getting a Sprint phone.

2. (ham radio) Switching to QRP (reduced transmitter power) when you've already got a RST of 103 or less (barely readable weak mediocre fidelity signal). Only a good thing when you're doing QRSS CW (slow speed morse code).