dvd536as Mr. Pink as they come Premium Member join:2001-04-27 Phoenix, AZ |
dvd536
Premium Member
2013-Jan-7 8:56 am
What are they smokingThese prices might appeal to those with bad credit but c'mon. prepaid is normally used by those smart consumers wanting to avoid those unfees. |
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I think they don't understand the difference between "prepaid" and "PAYG". |
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Didcha read the press release? Once you are outside of Sprint's robust network, you roam on EDGE. Interestingly enough, that shouldn't be a problem because when I was ON Sprints native network it was getting EDGE speeds This product is definitely targeted toward MetroPCS folks (metro, bad credit)...maybe they can pick up a few subs.... This is no more than Sprint putting a checkbox (me too) to compete with the anemic native prepaid offerings from AT&T and Verizon and more importantly siphon off a few MetroPCS subs while TMO is in the transition. The only twist I see is LTE at this point, which they are going to offer to their MVNO anyways (including Sprint-owned MVNO), so if some poor soul who has bad credit when they roll into the store, the sales guys have a product to sell. Like I said, fill in the checkbox... |
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I read the Fierce[category_here] article about the cute-sy 'Sprint As You Go' non-brand. Was there a press release, too? (No, I didn't go to the Sprint site to see.)
(...not sure what that has to do with what I said earlier) |
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to elefante72
said by elefante72:Didcha read the press release? Once you are outside of Sprint's robust network, you roam on EDGE. Interestingly enough, that shouldn't be a problem because when I was ON Sprints native network it was getting EDGE speeds Sprint, nor any of it's domestic roaming partners, does not use EDGE. EDGE is a GSM thing... |
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I'm sure this person meant 1x GPRS, which is actually natively slower than EDGE. But I see his point. I ditched Sprint for this very reason. It would piss me off to see 3G on my phone but the websites would not load or get anywhere. |
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talz13
Member
2013-Jan-7 12:28 pm
ThrottlingSprint will not throttle these prepaid users. Wow, no throttling? So you mean I, too, can get the same 650kbps that the Sprint postpaid users get? |
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I'd kill for 650kbps. I'm getting 100kbps on a good day.
I don't see the point in this. Pricing is almost as much as post paid. I guess like others have said, people with bad credit and such. |
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to tired_runner
Re: What are they smokingsaid by tired_runner:I'm sure this person meant 1x GPRS, which is actually natively slower than EDGE. But I see his point. I ditched Sprint for this very reason. It would piss me off to see 3G on my phone but the websites would not load or get anywhere. GPRS is also a GSM Tech... you're actually looking for 1xRTT |
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to dvd536
I have bad credit 740 rating.. |
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Something I've never understood...Why couldn't I just use my existing Sprint phone? Not that I'm going to do this, but I'm just curious. Why do there have to be special phones for pay as you go? |
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AMDUSER Premium Member join:2003-05-28 Earth, ARRIS CM8200 ARRIS SB6183
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to dvd536
Re: What are they smokingThe unfees, charged by Verizon is why I went with Pageplus... same network coverage.. none of the fees.
*Sprints coverage locally is bad... I only get 2 bars... with VZ [Pageplus] I get 4 bars... in my house and 3 bars in the basement. Most importantly- no mysteriously dropped calls. |
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SprintPR
Anon
2013-Jan-11 5:00 pm
As You Go is not a prepaid planPlease note that Sprint As You Go is NOT prepaid. Customers get a bill and pay in arrears. A no contract option but not prepaid! |
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