 kapilThe Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL | I don't understand. In all reality, the cap is probably enough for most users...99.5 if you believe Sprint's own numbers.
If 99.5% of Sprint's customers aren't impacted by the new cap, why put the cap in place to begin with? Tolerate the .5% and keep the competitive edge...especially since they so desperately need one.
Besides, the .5% of the troublemakers are probably doing more good than harm to Sprint by serving as product evangelists.
What a bone-headed move!
And now, even if Sprint reverses course and goes back to a cap-free model, first, they've already taken the PR hit...second, they would probably encourage a lot many more people to use their connection freely and exceed the 5GB, when previously they weren't.
Sprint has been making a lot of right moves lately...I struggle to see how this one benefits them.
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| Sprint/Verizon/ATT and their 5gb per month cap is enough for me to NEVER consider that as an option. As is typical of the behemoths, they punish the 99.5 percent of the users, with 5gb per month downloads, to discourage the .5 percent morons that do abuse it (if we are to believe these percentages in the first place). It's not about .5, geezus. It's about control of their network, with the capability to get more money out of you for overage charges, before cutting you off. It's ALWAYS about money. It's not about their network. It's comical too, that they cannot be unique with their plans, esp ATT and Verizon. Every frickin plan is the same darn price (well very little difference if not exactly the same), and they copy cat each other. "hey lets all do 5 gb per month caps", "99 dollar per month unlimited". Hopefully some alternatives will come along, but I'm not holding my breath. They all seem to be in bed together.
These cell providers nickel and dime everybody to death. It's hard enough to read all the fine print, policies, potential charges. It's information overload, and should not be that complicated. I have an increasing dislike for cell phone providers. |
