Bananas
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join:2004-08-18
Santa Barbara, CA | So far, unlimited data is still unlimited 18.5g last month and not a peep from Sprint. Still crossing my fingers.  | |
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 Black05Hemi
join:2004-06-17
Yucca Valley, CA | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited Don't keep pushing it, you might get a nice letter in the mail someday | |
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Baxter21
@sbc.com | When did you sign up? I wonder if the 5 Gig limit is only for those who have recently signed up. Is anyone getting a Sprint overage charge? | |
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kayceespix
@spcsdns.net
| Absolutely! I signed up in March, went over a tiny bit (less than 1GB) and got hit with another $13. I knew it at the outset, though, that I'd have to monitor our usage closely. So I re-upped a cheapie dialup w/accelerator account for my tweens to keep them from burning through my 5gb and everybody is happy (considering that we've been stuck on dialup forever!) | |
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Baxter21
@sbc.com
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited Sorry to hear that as I hate having to monitor. When you look at the usage details on your mysprnt account does it show a 5 Gig limit along with your estimated usage? It seems like some are getting overage charges while others are not. If I get an overage charge I will cancel my account immediately. | |
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kayceespix
@spcsdns.net | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited Yeah, my account shows the 5gb cap, and I knew it going in. Tried Millenicom, no workie for me. So, sucks for the moment, but so much better than dialup that I'll survive 'til something better comes my way - if it ever does! | |
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Black05Hemi
join:2004-06-17
Yucca Valley, CA
| Sprint is enforcing the cap for anybody who signed up after they announced the cap, and if you signed up before the cap, and you go too far over 5gb, they will charge you overage charges, or cancel your account, as one guy had his account canceled for going too far over in consecutive months | |
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powerspec88
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join:2007-03-11
Harrisonville, MO
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| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited said by Black05Hemi  :Sprint is enforcing the cap for anybody who signed up after they announced the cap, and if you signed up before the cap, and you go too far over 5gb, they will charge you overage charges, or cancel your account, as one guy had his account canceled for going too far over in consecutive months Im still unlimited and have been doing +50GB a month from day 1, and my 2 year contract is about to end. My stats restart on the 9th and i've all ready done 20GB this billing cycle (installing Windows 7 plus only 2 games does eat some bandwidth). | |
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Bananas
Premium
join:2004-08-18
Santa Barbara, CA
| I signed up in December, coming from prepaid Verizon. Before Verizon(about three and a half years ago) I was on Sprint with basic cellular service. My two year contract was up and wanted to try a different carrier. I had a refund due but never got it, so I'm thinking that when I signed up again with Sprint, they sort of grandfathered me? lol Or I got in under the wire.
My usage last month was mostly bittorrent, everything encrypted of course. I'll lay back for a while and try not to abuse it.
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join:2008-05-09
Corydon, IN | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited i use around 25 gigs a month and i signed up last year and just recently agreed to another 2 years for a new modem.
Mya ccount still shows unlimited =] | |
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caribconsult
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Mayaguez, PR
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·Millenicom
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| Here's what the situation looks like to me: There IS a cap, it is selectively enforced, and it looks like Sprint/Verizon are going after the major abusers first, although not all of them are getting "the warning letter."
God only knows what sort of paradigm they use to identify who get the letter and who doesn't, as is apparent from the postings of several readers here who claim to have used major amounts of overage and not received the warning letter.
It kind of reminds me of how the credit card companies work: we have a MasterCard with a big limit, it is always paid in full by autopay, and yet, from time to time, I get my card 'blocked' at a point of purchase and have to call the fraud department. Their answer is "it's random selection" which means they have a jackass system and don't give a rat's ass about customer embarrassment. Something like that may be at work here with MBB accounts, but this is just my opinion. Facts are hard to come by when dealing with these outfits.
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join:2007-11-26
Mathews, VA | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited I would suspect that both Sprint and Verizon have methods of determining not only how much usage but exactly what type of usage and notifying Millenicom. Thus the "selective" warnings. | |
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powerspec88
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join:2007-03-11
Harrisonville, MO
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| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited said by Jack_in_VA :I would suspect that both Sprint and Verizon have methods of determining not only how much usage but exactly what type of usage and notifying Millenicom. Thus the "selective" warnings. Those must be some very selective warnings. Again i would like to point out im not with Millenicom but with Sprint.
My 2 year contract is going to end in October so lets see if im still unlimited then. I would call my self a very heavy user on this network, but if i was on DSL/Cable my usage would be 2-3x as much. I do most of my large downloads at work or at my grandparents which have a 6/768 DSL line.
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avd706
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Premium
join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited I'm moth to mong and have the "soft cap" on my aircard. I alos have 3g on my phone without apparently any overage charges.
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Bananas
Premium
join:2004-08-18
Santa Barbara, CA
| I would like to think that Sprint is glad to have me back as a good customer, and that as long as I keep a lid on things, I can do what I want within reason.
That would be a great business model.
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caribconsult
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Mayaguez, PR
·HughesNet Satellit..
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| I wish I could remember which post here at DSLR mentioned this, but one reader made the interesting suggestion that perhaps due to Sprint's financial difficulties, they are more lax than Verizon in reviewing and pursuing issues of gross overuse. This would not be unprecedented.
For you MCom customers, which of you as a group seem to be getting the warning letter? Is it the Pantech users, who are on VZ, or the CDU680 users on Sprint? Maybe we could have an informal poll here by a few lines from various MCom customers with the respective devices. For you Sprint customers, are you guys also getting or not getting this letter? I'm a little curious to see if it's the VZ customers disproportionately receiving this.
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dMarks
Melting Faces For Fun
join:2007-02-09
Leslie, MI
·Millenicom
·HughesNet Satellit..
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited Those discussions have been going on on the Millenicom board already.
»CDU-680
»5GB "cap" now enforced (Verizon)
So far it is only the ones using the Verizon device (Pantech) that have been getting emails about usage.
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Anonuser
join:2003-01-03
Milwaukee, WI
| I've always done approx 20 gigs/month. My contract ended June 6th. Since they announced the caps last year, I have made it a point to use as much as I could as a protest. Thus far, I've averaged 150 gigs UPLOAD with MOZY Backups, and approx 50-100 gigs/month DOWNLOAD with my Slingplayer, Hulu, and other LEGAL things. I don't use Bit Torrent or usenet or any of that stuff.
Thus far, no letter. We're also pulling approx 40 gigs up and down on our other sprint data card at work, and I do around 20 gigs/month on my PDA Phone running Slingbox and ORB.
I was planning on canceling my datacard once my initial MOZY backup is complete. 3 Terabytes total to upload. I think I have one more month to go.
Unless, now that my contract is up, Sprint Cancels me.
My speeds at home are around 110k down, and 120-130k upload, so I have pretty much the whole tower T1 to myself.
Lets see what happens!
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opty165
join:2007-10-01
Dixon, MO
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited That'll do it. I backup important files online too, and that can really cut through a 5GB cap in no time. So I don't know what we're going to do once this cap takes affect. Probably go back to dial-up, as it's a much better deal! It'll be hard to get used to, but that's just the way things are.
The way it looks right now is I have a whole 2 T1s to myself. Although I'm too far from the tower to max them out, I can still cut through 5GB in just about a day! | |
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Bananas
Premium
join:2004-08-18
Santa Barbara, CA | 11 gigs this last month. I hope the gods are still smiling.
Samsung Rant, Rev 0. I'm thinking of getting a Mogul for Rev A. | |
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Jim_in_VA
join:2004-07-11
Cobbs Creek, VA | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited yeah, that Mogul is a good deal. Be sure to checkout »www.ppcgeeks.com/ for apps and tips - great site.
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nevtxjustin
join:2006-04-18
Dallas, TX
| When the announcement of a 5GB cap came out last yearI sent an email to Dan Hesse and the next ten people down the food chain. I got a phone call from a regional manager asking me to call him back.
I explained I have several dozen customers that use that use Sprint for their laptops out in the field and connect to a virtual desktop on their company's server. They could easily run up 1 GB in *ONE* day.
He explained it was a soft cap, compared to a rigid cap that if exceeded it you would be shut off or be charged for the overage. He said this was targeted for non-business account users and the first level of action wold be a letter to advise them of their excessive usage.
I can understand limiting home users that I suspect *IMHO* would tend to abuse the network with frivolous downloads compared to a more sensible and responsible business class user using it for essential business use. | |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited said by nevtxjustin :I can understand limiting home users that I suspect *IMHO* would tend to abuse the network with frivolous downloads compared to a more sensible and responsible business class user using it for essential business use. what's frivolous, what's essential? Anyway the new cap is HARD.
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join:2006-04-18
Dallas, TX
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited As I said, in my opinion, downloading continuous Youtube or (x)Torrent movies would be frivolous compared to a mobile workforce and public safety use.
I can't comment on how hard the cap is for non-biz users, but for business account users I've been working with using 10 GB plus a month for the past year...there hasn't been any capping. | |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited I'll concede public safety. Other than that whay is some data more important than others?
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join:2006-04-18
Dallas, TX | Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited Downloading files for work is essential, downloading movies is not.
Driving to work is essential, driving to go see a movie isn't. | |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited said by nevtxjustin :Downloading files for work is essential, downloading movies is not. Driving to work is essential, driving to go see a movie isn't. If you are making money downloading a gig a day, you should subsidize the casual home users. Otherwise you should fine tune your application to download only essential portion of the data.
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join:2006-04-18
Dallas, TX
| Re: So far, unlimited data is still unlimited said by avd706 :said by nevtxjustin :Downloading files for work is essential, downloading movies is not. Driving to work is essential, driving to go see a movie isn't. If you are making money downloading a gig a day, you should subsidize the casual home users. So...cellular data should practice socialism? | |
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