Re: 50% Roaming Cancellation
junglemassive said:
Doesn't actually happen.
http://consumerist.com/consumer/sprint/sprint-will-c ... »
🤨 Hmmmm seems it will be happening. Im really curious on how much money this truly cost Sprint/Nextell? I cant imagine VZW doing this. Especially with the amount of customers we have, who live off network. I guess well see. 👀
Sprint will cancel the accounts of CDMA customers who "excessively" use roaming, starting March 15, 2007, according to a company document provided by an internal Sprint source.
Starting February 26, 2007, CDMA customers who roamed more than 50% during either November and December, or December and January (we...
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Given the fact that VZW's OWNED-Network is far larger than Sprint's, the issue is far less important to them. I agree that VZW will likely not do this. Although they RIGOROUSLY enforce this issue when the roaming in quesion is international, such as Canada or Mexico. That happens a lot and those cats get dropped like a hot potato.
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Verizon's home network is actually not that much bigger than Sprint's/=. Plus, Sprint has a much bigger EVDO data network, which also has more Rev. A areas than Verizon does.
I have Verizon, and like Verizon. I also like Sprint.
I am nobody's fanboy.
I have Verizon, and like Verizon. I also like Sprint.
I am nobody's fanboy.
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Sprint has ALWAYS reserved the right to cancel an account for excessive roaming, I have just never ever seen it happen. I will believe this article when I see it, until then it's BS.
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