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Re: caps are for saps Enjoy Sprint. Verizon will not die because people don't take the data plan. I see them still offering Unlimited to Phones as they do now because of the limitation. Data cards are totally different.
According to my boss who is a Sprint customer, he has a unlimited data card now but if he upgrades it goes to a 5GB cap. At least that is what he was told. |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | said by Big Dawg 23:Enjoy Sprint. Verizon will not die because people don't take the data plan. I see them still offering Unlimited to Phones as they do now because of the limitation. Data cards are totally different. According to my boss who is a Sprint customer, he has a unlimited data card now but if he upgrades it goes to a 5GB cap. At least that is what he was told. sprint only caps their 3g network at 5GB,
sprint allows for unlimited bandwidth on their 4g (wimax) network.
what your boss has is an old legacy contract where he has unlimited usage on their 3g network.
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join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
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| Well... Clearwire/Clear/Sprint/Time Warner Mobile Broadband/et al DO have limits on the WiMax network.
Per Clear's own website:
Unlimited plans subject to certain limitations described in CLEAR’s Acceptable Use Policy. For details, go to www.clear.com/legal/aup.
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1 edit | said by davoice:Well... Clearwire/Clear/Sprint/Time Warner Mobile Broadband/et al DO have limits on the WiMax network. Per Clear's own website: Unlimited plans subject to certain limitations described in CLEAR’s Acceptable Use Policy. For details, go to www.clear.com/legal/aup. }Davoice That's no different than cable operators. They state they have a right to alter service if you are impacting network congestion, but it doesn't have a broadly specific defined cap. All ISPs have similar conditions.
I think the differences between Verizon/ATT and Sprint 4G will be that Sprint will eventually structure limits inline with cable operators since they don't have a landline broadband network direct to homes. VZW/ATT will structure 4G limits similar to 3G because they do have landland broadband networks. So Sprint be forced to have less limits than VZW/ATT - good for the consumer.
Verizon can go ahead and do per use charges/caps if they want, but someone will be out there who does not.
This seems to validate WiMAX's claims that it costs less to rollout than LTE. Verizon is essentially agreeing to it. |
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | reply to Big Dawg 23
said by Big Dawg 23:Enjoy Sprint. Verizon will not die because people don't take the data plan. I see them still offering Unlimited to Phones as they do now because of the limitation. Data cards are totally different. According to my boss who is a Sprint customer, he has a unlimited data card now but if he upgrades it goes to a 5GB cap. At least that is what he was told. Well, since VZW and AT&T are basically making it mandatory to take a data plan with just about any phone worth using, you'd be blind to think it won't affect subscriber-ship to their services.
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said by davoice:Well... Clearwire/Clear/Sprint/Time Warner Mobile Broadband/et al DO have limits on the WiMax network. Per Clear's own website: Unlimited plans subject to certain limitations described in CLEAR’s Acceptable Use Policy. For details, go to www.clear.com/legal/aup. }Davoice Their own AUP states a soft 5GB cap. |
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davoice
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Saxapahaw, NC | And their virtual operators (Ala RoadRunner Mobile) also sell a 2GB product w/ a specific 2GB cap.
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 dMarksMelting Faces For FunPremium
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Jackson, MI
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said by Big Dawg 23:According to my boss who is a Sprint customer, he has a unlimited data card now but if he upgrades it goes to a 5GB cap. At least that is what he was told. If your boss switches from Sprint to Millenicom he can upgrade to a newer device and still keep unlimited data. Might come at a price increase (Millenicom unlimited sprint is $69.99).
So, don't believe everything you're told. Sprint has made deals that keep people on the unlimited service.
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He is misinformed i have one as well the unlimited ppl stay that way he has to ask to be grandfathered in thats all it goes to 62.50 instead of 59.99 |
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Not sure what he is talking about i have sprint 3g and its unlimited i used 25G last month and clear which is owned by sprint offers 2 devices on 4G 50$ for life of course there clauses like p2p no isps like that thats why they say that |
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Sprint does NOT enforce their caps. That's the thing. They may claim there is a Cap there isn't one.
People on here all the time say they use well more than the 5gigs per month on the EVDO cards and still have the service. |
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