Sprint: Smartphone Users Need to Pay $10 More
$10 Premium Data Fee
Everyone should understand that this fee provides everyone with Unlimited Data plans as Sprint prepares for 4G Nationwide. With 4G speeds streaming Netflix could cause serious overages. Instead of paying for tiered data plans and overages above that, Sprint provides Unlimited Data PERIOD! Sprint competitors are provide tiered data and then charge for overages. $10 additional on Sprint gets you Unlimited DATA PERIOD! No overages or limits to worry about. Sprint is the better deal! 😁
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ONE carrier charges overage
One other carrier doesn't charge overages but they throttle (like clear does on wimax)
Verizon is also still unlimited
One other carrier doesn't charge overages but they throttle (like clear does on wimax)
Verizon is also still unlimited
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Verizon is no longer unlimited, it was just reported recently on the front page. Verizon is going the AT&T route, where they don't give a damn about their customers. Verizon is also trying to extract as much money as they can out of their customers.
So the only ones that'll throttle you down are T-Mo and Virgin Mobile. The rest are all tiered with lots of overage charges to go along with it.
So the only ones that'll throttle you down are T-Mo and Virgin Mobile. The rest are all tiered with lots of overage charges to go along with it.
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1. Verizon smartphone data IS unlimited. Period. That might change with LTE/iphone, but it's unlimited right now. The article you're referring to is their pricing change for aircards, which are different.
2. Virgin mobile is not unlimited, it's 5gb. They recently changed this, and it was on the front page.
3. Clear DOES throttle heavy data users. They say as much in their T&C (for the record, I don't have an issue with throttling, so long as it is consistantly applied)
Currently, ATT is the ONLY major carrier with a hard cap on their smartphone data plans.
And yes, Verizon is trying to get money from their customers, as is sprint and tmobile. They NEED to to keep providing services. Sprint and tmobile are cheaper, they...
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2. Virgin mobile is not unlimited, it's 5gb. They recently changed this, and it was on the front page.
3. Clear DOES throttle heavy data users. They say as much in their T&C (for the record, I don't have an issue with throttling, so long as it is consistantly applied)
Currently, ATT is the ONLY major carrier with a hard cap on their smartphone data plans.
And yes, Verizon is trying to get money from their customers, as is sprint and tmobile. They NEED to to keep providing services. Sprint and tmobile are cheaper, they...
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Menno said:
3. Clear DOES throttle heavy data users. They say as much in their T&C (for the record, I don't have an issue with throttling, so long as it is consistantly applied)
Pretty sure it's in every major data provider's T&Cs (both hardline and wireless) but many choose not to enforce it except in extreme circumstances.
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I'd like to remind you without defending the practice that Virgin throttles you after 5GB...it is still unlimited.
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True. Thanks for the clarification. That being said, when I used a virgin mobile mifi it was 1x, so using 5gigs woulda taken forever.
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I use them now and rarely get to 5GB. It will be interesting to see that rare month that I get that high how badly they throttle my connection.
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cell phones are unlimited on Tmobile, havent heard anything about them throttle your speeds down on your phone. On the webconnect service yes they do throttle the speeds down
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Uhhh, you are so wrong dude...
Sprint already includes UNLIMITED DATA in their Everything Data and Simply Everything plans. Their standalone plans for phones are also unlimited. Sprint was one of the few from the get go that had unlimited data plans since they started back at 1XRTT days. I would know, I had the first 1X phone Samsung N400 - LAUNCH DAY!
This $10 isnt for "unlimited" data, it is for Sprint to keep adding backhaul to their network so their network doesnt fail like AT&T has. It also pays ($4.46 or so) to Clearwire to use WiMAX 4G for each EVO and EPIC phone thats activated regardless if its actually running on 4G or Clearwires network.
I understand the $10 helps pay for better data connections, but isnt that why standal...
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Sprint already includes UNLIMITED DATA in their Everything Data and Simply Everything plans. Their standalone plans for phones are also unlimited. Sprint was one of the few from the get go that had unlimited data plans since they started back at 1XRTT days. I would know, I had the first 1X phone Samsung N400 - LAUNCH DAY!
This $10 isnt for "unlimited" data, it is for Sprint to keep adding backhaul to their network so their network doesnt fail like AT&T has. It also pays ($4.46 or so) to Clearwire to use WiMAX 4G for each EVO and EPIC phone thats activated regardless if its actually running on 4G or Clearwires network.
I understand the $10 helps pay for better data connections, but isnt that why standal...
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Stop the spin, neither Sprint nor anyone else can provide 'unlimited data period'
Suppose somebody used up 20 exabytes of data in one month and completely shut down his local towers by overloading them....
Do you think they would allow that to happen, or would they cut him off long before it got to that point? Of course they would cut him off, phony promises of 'truly unlimited data' notwithstanding.
Read the terms and conditions of the contract, all carriers have an asterisk next to the 'unlimited data' part making it clear that they reserve the right to cut you off for 'excessive use'
Suppose somebody used up 20 exabytes of data in one month and completely shut down his local towers by overloading them....
Do you think they would allow that to happen, or would they cut him off long before it got to that point? Of course they would cut him off, phony promises of 'truly unlimited data' notwithstanding.
Read the terms and conditions of the contract, all carriers have an asterisk next to the 'unlimited data' part making it clear that they reserve the right to cut you off for 'excessive use'
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