Softbank to Acquire 70% Stake in Sprint for $20.1 Billion

I think you both have valid points. Unlimited data has been Sprints biggest selling point but, it is taxing their resources, financially, at least. As for the network, they may actually find a way to limit the stress of maintaining truly truly limited data for the foreseeable future. I believe that without this deal, Sprint would have ended their unlimited data eventually. Three to five years, MAYBE.

Even Tmobile isn't truly unlimited, without limitations. Now, this is info that was told to me by several people I know have Tmoble. They explained to me, while it is unlimited, it is capped and all but useless, outside of surfing the web and checking email, once you reach your data limit.