Sprint and Clearwire Fight Over Smartphone Finances
Clear wins the court case. Sprint is guilty. No contest. [thoroughly broken down]
It's painfully obvious the reason Sprint is tagging on an extra $10.00 a month for "premium data" is because of the 4G tag on the two devices in question.
I mean, it's even listed in their bullet-point!
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- just because Sprint's fee is for every device regardless of coverage doesn't mean that Sprint's agreement with Clear stipulated that Clear gets paid for every device regardless of coverage.
- IF it ends up that Clear gets a fee for every device regardless of coverage, AND that fee is $9/mo, then Sprint would have to charge every 4G device customer something closer to $20/mo, because 1) Sprint has to make a profit and charge more than wholesale rates to single customers, 2) Sprint has to cover a ton of extra costs just to break even, including marketing, customer support, billing, etc, nevermind that 3) Sprint already has dumped many $$$B into Clear, a number that far, far exceeds any monthly fees in question (which are only ab...
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Seems like a douchebag move to me.
Many that complain about this fee, maybe they shouldn't.
Let's say I go to Verizon. I sign on. Then 6 months later, I find out that the huge coverage I'm paying for is not needed. Does this mean I shouldn't pay them for it?
This is simple logistic shopping that seems to have been lost from shoppers drooling over premier service or device.
If you don't need it or can't get it, DO NOT BUY IT OR SIGN UP FOR IT.
Here's the other thing. If Clearwire is charging Sprint for the service, Sprint has every right to charge it back to the customer. So I'm not exactly sure ...
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I'm just saying Sprint should have to pay their dues if they want to offer 4G service using someone else's network ESPECIALLY if they are passing that cost to the customer in a very direct and obvious way.
In other words, I completely agree with you.
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