 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | reply to mike12806
Re: Double charge said by mike12806:Wait a second, so basically they are charging you $15 a month for a device that provides a service that they are already supposed to be providing to you? This makes no sense. Why do I pay sprint for cellular service, only to pay them again so I can get cellular service where they have failed to provide it?? I get the whole land line replacement thing, but not if it's going to be just as costly as having a cell phone and a landline. My point exactly. I think this was very poorly thought out by Sprint, and I suspect it will change quickly when they realize their mistake. I would also suggest they immediately fire the idiot in their marketing department who came up with the pricing idea.
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If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.
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| The scary thought is T-Mobile already provides some crap like this through their "hotspot@home" bullsh*t, and I think I remember reading ATT was also looking into femtocell deployment....If anything, these could be sold with an upfront equipment cost, but definitely not a monthly fee! |
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 KoolMoeAw ManPremium
join:2001-02-14
Annapolis, MD | reply to wifi4milez
I agree it's dumb in principle - I'm not going to pay Sprint to improve their coverage to my house using my internet connection, that I'm also already paying for.
BUT why not float it? If a few hundred suckers buy in, good for Sprint. Then as other services come around and (hopeful) competition forces Sprint to make this a free (value-add) extension to their typical plan, then I'll get one.
One place I think Sprint could focus this as a paid option is resort areas where there is little/no coverage. We spent a week on Lake George (upstate NY) and there are lots of areas without coverage, and lots of hotels and other resort-type places. Those could attract customers by installing these services (get your mobile connection here!), and Sprint could get a piece of that pie...
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