 | | 10.00 Premium Fee For Web Sprint has no room to talk still charging $10.00 to use the web. | |
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So true if they didnt charge for premium internet which in most places it doesnt exist i'd actually be saving money. But As of last week the lost a customer in me.
i'll pay the same amount over at ATT and actually be able to use my phone as intended. | |
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| | | | Re: 10.00 Premium Fee For Web said by cableguy619:said by openupshop:Sprint has no room to talk still charging $10.00 to use the web.
So true if they didnt charge for premium internet which in most places it doesnt exist i'd actually be saving money. But As of last week the lost a customer in me. Eh, even with the $10/mo. surcharge (which is simply a way for them to advertise unlimited data for $70/mo.), you're still getting unlimited data for no more than limited data with VZ, and less than for what limited data with "AT&T" would cost.
The bigger problems with Sprint, for me, are: 1. Data coverage. By all accounts it... well, it sucks, I'm told. I know that over by the S.E. end of the state, next to the lakes, my friends do well with VZ, but my phone's always in-and-out of service (on voice). 2. Phone selection. Sprint's is limited. I really wanted a virtual-keyboard-only Motorola phone. (They're more robust than others.) Sprint doesn't have such a thing any more. That, alone, may push me over to VZ, after 13 years with Sprint.
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| | | | | Re: 10.00 Premium Fee For Web But then again you get what you pay for.. crap. I have moved services and checked my usuage over with sprint thru last yr and havent gone anywhere past 4 gigs in 2 yrs. I'd say very easily I am in a good place with the plan I am under. | |
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| |  AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
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kudos:1 | said by cableguy619:said by openupshop:Sprint has no room to talk still charging $10.00 to use the web.
So true if they didnt charge for premium internet which in most places it doesnt exist i'd actually be saving money. But As of last week the lost a customer in me. i'll pay the same amount over at ATT and actually be able to use my phone as intended. enjoy your caps and overages
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| | | Coming from a AT&T CSR, AT&T charges $10 for unlimited data for a non smartphone. | |
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| |  Redawg81T3h N3wb
join:2001-08-04
Jacksonville, FL | Re: 10.00 Premium Fee For Web Its $15 might wanna check MyCSP :P
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| | | | | Re: 10.00 Premium Fee For Web said by Redawg81:Its $15 might wanna check MyCSP :P
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It's $10 with unlimited messaging per Device Eligibility per *147886. And why are we discussing myCSP at home? | |
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|  n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | said by openupshop:Sprint has no room to talk still charging $10.00 to use the web.
Yes, I would not mind their "Premium Data Charge" if it was truly a "Premium" experience. As it is, I am lucky to get dialup speeds with them when I can connect and not get a failure message. My total data usage this billing cycle is 26MB. Last month was 17MB.
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| | The plans actually do save money if you text and talk a lot. I still have my grandfathered verizon 20 gb plan (for the cost of 10 gb). | |
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|  incognito_2u"If you play by the Rules, you lose"
join:2005-03-15
Malverne, NY | Re: The plans actually do save money if you text and talk a lot. I still have my grandfathered Verizon Unlimited data Plan spread out amongst 3 Smartphones! 
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| | | | Re: The plans actually do save money if you text and talk a lot. bah. Well I can get subsidized phones  | |
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|  BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Whether you save or don't depends on a lot of factors and really it's an individual things. So no one can say it saves or doesn't save for anyone else but them. And I suspect a lot of people saying it doesn't save haven't even done the math and have just regurgitated what they were told.
for example we have 4 smartphones 700 minutes( use less than 200 ) unlimited texting and four 2GB data plans
Old pricing $240
New pricing with 8 GB shared $250.
Now it seems we'd pay $10 a month more BUT we uses less than 4 GB a month anyways. Last month used under 2 GB total in fact. If we switch to the 4 GB package we'd save $10 a month.
Now I think a lot of people are the same way but they have this mindset "Well I have 2 GB now so I need 2 GB on the Share Everything plan". Even though they don't ever come close to using 2 GB. It's almost as if having a plan that offers under 2 GB per person is wrong to them. 2 GB was just an arbitrary number to begin with. | |
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join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA | Sprint: Them Bad Us Good The great thing about Sprint unlimited data, is just how little of it you'll be able to use.
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join:2001-08-30
Oklahoma City, OK | Still way better than the other guys Slightly off topic but its for everyone out there who has never tried Sprint. Many carriers have very confusing bills including some Ive seen with surcharges nearing 20% of the bill. NYC for example. Check out this Bill I have from sprint. This is the Everything data 450 which includes calling to any cell phone on any carrier unlimited. Look how plain and simple the bill is. No trickery of renaming charges to hide fees. There is another page I have not uploaded which explains the charges and they go on to admit upfront the surcharges are to recover costs imposed upon them by government regulations. I don't think any of the other carriers are this up front.
How much would this cost at Verizon or AT&T? Also Sprint's entire network will have LTE by the end of next year.
Side note. My plan is still better than most out there because I actually have 750 landline minutes for the price of the 450. So basically unlimited everything for my usage. | |
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| | | Re: Still way better than the other guys said by SrsBsns:Slightly off topic but its for everyone out there who has never tried Sprint. Many carriers have very confusing bills including some Ive seen with surcharges nearing 20% of the bill. NYC for example. Check out this Bill I have from sprint. This is the Everything data 450 which includes calling to any cell phone on any carrier unlimited. Look how plain and simple the bill is. No trickery of renaming charges to hide fees. There is another page I have not uploaded which explains the charges and they go on to admit upfront the surcharges are to recover costs imposed upon them by government regulations. I don't think any of the other carriers are this up front.
How much would this cost at Verizon or AT&T? Also Sprint's entire network will have LTE by the end of next year.
Side note. My plan is still better than most out there because I actually have 750 landline minutes for the price of the 450. So basically unlimited everything for my usage.
lol I lost faith in sprint along time ago... In flat terran they will do well with LTE... I don't see them being able to provide that same network of LTE in my area. | |
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|  aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
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| said by SrsBsns:Slightly off topic but its for everyone out there who has never tried Sprint. Many carriers have very confusing bills including some Ive seen with surcharges nearing 20% of the bill. NYC for example. Check out this Bill I have from sprint. This is the Everything data 450 which includes calling to any cell phone on any carrier unlimited. Look how plain and simple the bill is. No trickery of renaming charges to hide fees. There is another page I have not uploaded which explains the charges and they go on to admit upfront the surcharges are to recover costs imposed upon them by government regulations. I don't think any of the other carriers are this up front.
How much would this cost at Verizon or AT&T? Also Sprint's entire network will have LTE by the end of next year.
Side note. My plan is still better than most out there because I actually have 750 landline minutes for the price of the 450. So basically unlimited everything for my usage.
Why is 3G and 4G split out? I have unlimited with Verizon and it's just unlimited. It doesn't matter whether it's 3G or 4G. Although it's probably 4G at least 90% of time for me. Although I pay $78 after taxes for unlimited data and text and 450 minutes. But I also use five numbers that don't count against my minutes so in a typical month I rarely even use 100 out of the allotted 450 minutes. Since those five numbers are unlimited talk time. | |
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|  MaggsLife is awesomePremium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY | Govt taxes and fees in NYC on cell phones are 21%. It's about $20 on each bill. | |
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Right....By the the way, rec9140, how are those lawsuits from VZW and SouthernLinc for Sprint deploying CDMA (and eventually LTE) on SMR that you promised coming along?  | |
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Sounds like a good idea.. keep me advise...
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| | | | | Re: Coverage...coverage....coverage... said by TuxRaiderPen:Sounds like a good idea.. keep me advise... lol, no it was a ridiculous idea and everyone with common sense told you as much. It's hilarious how you never came back to face the music after you put forth all of these grandiose proclamations that lawsuits were imminent and, of course, not a single lawsuit materialized. Kinda cowardly actually, rec9140... | |
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join:2002-04-02
East Palestine, OH | Unlimited & SLOOOOWWW. Unlimited data is worthless when the network is slow as a tortoise.
My old netzero dialup was faster. | |
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| BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Maybe the slowness is due to all the people maxing out their unlimited connections. | |
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|  skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
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kudos:2 | In my AT&T is limited, and STILL slow. | |
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EARTH | I pay more To actually have coverage. And I'm just fine with that. | |
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| | | Re: I pay more said by BiggA:To actually have coverage. And I'm just fine with that.
I am the same way. I would love to switch to Virgin Mobile or Boost but I am probably not going to because I have heard horror stories from people in my area. It's either I am going to buy a a device (iPhone 5 or a S III) on eBay and use it with my unlimited data plan with Verizon or do the same with an AT&T phone and do Net10. | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: I pay more Keep your unlimited Verizon, unless you want the latest and greatest phone... | |
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| | | | | Re: I pay more said by BiggA:Keep your unlimited Verizon, unless you want the latest and greatest phone...
I will and I will try to get one of the latest and greatest but I am not going to go through Verizon. | |
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join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Re: I pay more Wait until the iPhone 5 comes out and then get a used Android phone on Ebay... | |
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|  redxiiPremium,Mod
join:2001-02-26
Sherwood, MI
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| Sprint's coverage isn't very spectacular around here, but speeds at any time with a good signal weren't any better than dial-up either.
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join:2000-12-15
Charlotte, NC | I'm About to sy NO to Sprint and Say HELLO to T-Mobile 9/5 My service here in South Charlotte sucks in my apt. I'm behind all kinds of trees, etc. T-Mobile, will handle it for me! Remember Unlimited TMO Data on September 5th. | |
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join:2000-09-09
Pennsville, NJ | Re: I'm About to sy NO to Sprint and Say HELLO to T-Mobile 9/5 did you ask for a Airave? They gave me one for free when I said the same thing | |
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join:1999-10-21
Chino, CA | Did I read that right 300MB per image. I have a 50D cannon and the raw image is only 22MB. And even when I upload full sized images on Flickr I am limited to 20MB Who is going to download and upload 85 images, 300MB in size from a phone? | |
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kudos:2 | Sure... The day Sprint says yes to LTE in Orange County. | |
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| consensus @ $70? It seems that other tiered prepaid companies are saying the same thing.. unlimited & unthrottled service should end up @ $70 a month (unlimited 4g/lte).. Metro Pcs, Tmobile, Net10/Straight talk..
Otherwise it's capped, and/or throttled under differenct FAP policies so that the unlimited folk can fatten the cellco's bottom line. I still say this should be $40 - $50 prepay option inclusive of taxes & fees, not $70.
Why haven't these companies tiered wireless similarly the way they do wireline? It seems that certain applications would be enabled by faster tiers which consumers would pay more for..
$25 - $30 for upto 3 megabits. $40 - $45 for 6 megabits. and $60 - $70 for upto 20 megabits (all assuming the node isn't overloaded, at which you can expect a 10% throttle).
AT&T and Verizon don't want to play and seek to duopolize the market, while smaller players fumble putting cell towers WHERE PEOPLE NEED THEM.. Nationwide, there's probably at least a dozen cell antennas for every person alive in the USA.. This how big Sprint, Metro, Tmobile and the others have to build in order to catch up to the incumbent Ma Cells. | |
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| MaggsLife is awesomePremium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY Reviews:
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| Re: consensus @ $70? said by tmc8080:It seems that other tiered prepaid companies are saying the same thing.. unlimited & unthrottled service should end up @ $70 a month (unlimited 4g/lte).. Metro Pcs, Tmobile, Net10/Straight talk..
That's collusion there folks!
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| | | Re: Teenagers said by zeddlar:The problem for me with the family share plans is that I have a teenage boy on my service and unlimited minutes doesn't matter, unlimited texts are a good thing but limited data is a real problem. I have to use the navigation features of my phone with my job which uses data and my son uses alot of data so we would have to get one of the higher tiered plans and that is where the costs really go up over the current unlimited data plans. For thos that can have 3 or 4 devices connected and get away with 2 or 4 GB per month then these plans are ok I guess, but when you have to use one of the higher plans then the price differance really jumps. And before anyone yells buy a GPS, I can't afford one atm for one and the google map navigation application is way more dependable in the rural areas where I run for another.
I have 2 teenagers on smart phones and my wife and I.. thru the past yr on spring we haven;t gone over 4 gigs as a family..
I just thru us on ATT on the 10 gig plan to give me some buffer, yes it cost me about 13 bucks more, but the service works. I guess the advantage here in San Diego is that ATT has alot of hot spots and honestly what works for you is what works for you. I am just fed up with Sprint and the lack of network coverage in my area.
Which is also nice is the company I work for is going back to Verizon from ATT. Coverage with sprint ha sbeen a headache. Can't wait for the move. | |
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| BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by zeddlar:The problem for me with the family share plans is that I have a teenage boy on my service and unlimited minutes doesn't matter, unlimited texts are a good thing but limited data is a real problem. I have to use the navigation features of my phone with my job which uses data and my son uses alot of data so we would have to get one of the higher tiered plans and that is where the costs really go up over the current unlimited data plans. For thos that can have 3 or 4 devices connected and get away with 2 or 4 GB per month then these plans are ok I guess, but when you have to use one of the higher plans then the price differance really jumps. And before anyone yells buy a GPS, I can't afford one atm for one and the google map navigation application is way more dependable in the rural areas where I run for another.
Google maps has a feature where you can download the maps of an area. So if you do that you wouldn't be using any data. The GPS doesn't use data. Only the mapping aps do.
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