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Well everyone getting the 10.00 fee now

http://htcdev.net/topic/238597-sprint-all-smartphones-to-be-subject-to-10-data-premium/
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Saw that earlier. kinda blows but I kinda expected it. With every carrier changing there data plans why wouldn't sprint?
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Bastards,im jumping to tmobile and getting Vibrant 4g,im tired of waiting for 4g to come to Buffalo.

lviv73 said:
Bastards,im jumping to tmobile and getting Vibrant 4g,im tired of waiting for 4g to come to Buffalo.
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Enjoy that contract cancellation fee.

lviv73 said:
Bastards,im jumping to tmobile and getting Vibrant 4g,im tired of waiting for 4g to come to Buffalo.
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Good luck.

nikon120 said:
Enjoy that contract cancellation fee.
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You mean that one that selling the Epic will more than pay for?

Will this apply to my girls BB with sprint? or is only for new activations?

formula84 said:
Will this apply to my girls BB with sprint? or is only for new activations?
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It won't apply to existing lines that already have a smartphone on them, but if you ever want to upgrade that BB (or even swap it out with an old smartphone sitting in your drawer) then you will get hit with the fee.

lviv73 said:
Bastards,im jumping to tmobile and getting Vibrant 4g,im tired of waiting for 4g to come to Buffalo.
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That'll show em.

Its funny nobody realizes even with the $10 fee, sprint is still the cheapest nationwide service provider... Bang for buck... God forbid they actually try and stay in business
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For those who oddly enough still want to cancel their Sprint contracts, as with any carrier, term changes == ETF free cancellation. Enjoy people! I'll stick with Sprint...they still are the cheapest, they just suck with phone options.

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That'll show em.
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this is why I love these places...
Well now we don't hav to hear the "It's for 4g crap so why am I paying bla bla anymore

Couldn't one argue that the Epic was sold under the promise that it would receive Froyo 2.2 soon after release? Couldn't that be considered false advertisement and grounds for contract termination without penalty?

nubsors said:
Couldn't one argue that the Epic was sold under the promise that it would receive Froyo 2.2 soon after release? Couldn't that be considered false advertisement and grounds for contract termination without penalty?
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Of course you could argue that, but good luck winning that argument. It's a good thing they're still the cheapest around for what they offer.

bah, that article doesnt know anything about Sprint. SERO on the EPIC or EVO is till only $50/month for 500 minutes land line, everything else unlimited. No idea why that articles claims the minium smart phone price tag is now $79 at sprint.
Almost none of their customers are paying that.. heres some options:
1) Sero $50/month
2) hundreds of company discounts, ranging from 10% to 20% = $50-$65/month
3) family plans, per phone price ends up $25 to $60/month
4) EERP $70 + sign up with VP marketing discount, -$10 which is available to the public = $60/month
5) Virgin mobile, owned by sprint, 300 anytime to land line, unlimited everything else $25/month)
6) Boost mobile, owned by sprint (averaging $40 to $60/month)
In summary, Sprints average smart phone user is not paying anywhere close to $79/month, probably closer to $60 and that's for the highest end devices.
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nubsors said:
Couldn't one argue that the Epic was sold under the promise that it would receive Froyo 2.2 soon after release? Couldn't that be considered false advertisement and grounds for contract termination without penalty?
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The problem with that is that the word soon is very subjective. What we consider to be soon may be different than what Sprint/Sammy considers to be soon.

NEXUS 4G said:
Its funny nobody realizes even with the $10 fee, sprint is still the cheapest nationwide service provider... Bang for buck... God forbid they actually try and stay in business
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I can't complain sprint been good to me 6yrs with them and i'm not leaving

Only if you activate or buy a new phone with sprint outside of the contract you already signed will you have to pay the $10 fee on top of the regular charge for true Unlimited Data. So if you have 5 phones which are all smart phones and 4 of them are Intercepts, and 1 is a Epic, you will not have to pay the extra $10x4 a month, cause you have already signed a contract stating your conditions. If you are already paying the fee, then nothing will change.

nubsors said:
Couldn't one argue that the Epic was sold under the promise that it would receive Froyo 2.2 soon after release? Couldn't that be considered false advertisement and grounds for contract termination without penalty?
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Yeah... no. Hell I don't even think the phone has ever actually been advertised as "2.2 Coming Soon!" Remember, "the guy at the Sprint store told me that 2.2 would be out in a week!" doesn't count as advertisement and is, in no way, shape, or form legally binding. They could probably never get 2.2 out the door and not have breached any agreements.
My favorite things about this change?
1) Those morons who decided to go after Sprint for that "unjust, completely hidden charge that they never agreed to" that was clearly explained to them 100 times and clearly outlined in the contract that they signed for the phone they could have not chosen might as well just forfeit that little case of theirs.
2) Since we already pay the $10 fee, this in no way affects us.
3) Now I get to watch a bunch of idiots run around saying "WTF? People other than us are getting charged an extra 10 dollars? I'm going to Verizon to pay $20 more a month just to show those evil-doers! To hell with the fact that this in no way affects me!"

just something else for people to ***** about. Sprint is the best bet for techies b/c you have unlimited data. not 2gb cap or whatever else those other companies are offering. Hell im sure everyone has seen tmobile uk now has a 500mb cap...thats super gimp

Sprint LTE

Sprint officially announced that its very first LTE tower cluster is now operational, thus marking yet another significant milestone in its Network Vision plan. The said tower array blankets the town of Kankakee, Illinois, which is located 60 miles south of Chicago. What Sprint also said is that field testing of its LTE infrastructure has been completed, meaning that the aggressive LTE rollout it announced earlier this year is still on track.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/First-Sprint-LTE-tower-cluster-is-now-operational_id25157

Wooo. We'll be normal, instead of our weird [email protected]> wimax.
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Let's hope we don't get all the outtages that Verizon keeps having. I can count 3 in the past couple months on my Droid charge.
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nadcicle said:
Let's hope we don't get all the outtages that Verizon keeps having. I can count 3 in the past couple months on my Droid charge.
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And with no apology whatsoever.
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like a boss

ac16313 said:
And with no apology whatsoever.
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They apologized by charging a $2 fee to pay online.

shane6374 said:
They apologized by charging a $2 fee to pay online.
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I heard they cancelled that charge.
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kennyglass123 said:
I heard they cancelled that charge.
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They did, The Verizon customer world spoke up and basically said hell no in majority.

I wonder which phones Sprint is giving to those people to test the new network.

So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.
EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too

CardnalSyn said:
So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.
EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
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Heh, according to Sprint you are paying for the extra amount of data that smartphones use. Even though I thought my Palm Pre used a reasonable amount of data as well and that didn't have the surcharge. The iPhone 4 has no 4G and they pay the $10 too.

CardnalSyn said:
So, lets see....
Ive been paying $10 extra per month for a service that is not and will never be in my area. And if/when LTE does show up in my area, ill have to by another phone in order to use it. Seems like Ive been ripped off.
EDIT: Make that $20/month and 2 new phones since my wife has one too
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It's a premium data fee. It's on ALL smartphones. It's NOT a 4G fee. Move on.

And technically no one has every forced you to renew your contract...

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The Root said:
And technically no one has every forced you to renew your contract...
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Samsung did by making this phone.
The temptation was too great, resistance was futile.

poit said:
It's a premium data fee. It's on ALL smartphones. It's NOT a 4G fee. Move on.
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That's odd...cause my blackberry doesn't have this charge. that's about as valid as claiming unlimited data but then cancelling the contract because you use too much.
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And technically no one has every forced you to renew your contract...
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I hadn't renewed anything...fanboy

CardnalSyn said:
That's odd...cause my blackberry doesn't have this charge. that's about as valid as claiming unlimited data but then cancelling the contract because you use too much.
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Actually sprint mostly considers android and iphones smart phones. And not all android phones and none of the iphones use 4g but all have the $10 fee
Not yet rooted tree plant 4G

CardnalSyn said:
That's odd...cause my blackberry doesn't have this charge. that's about as valid as claiming unlimited data but then cancelling the contract because you use too much.
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You must be on an old grandfathered plan, because this is what I see on the Sprint Blackberry page:http://shop2.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/blackberry_plan_details_popup.shtml
"Some important things to know about BlackBerry® smartphones
Plans for this phone require our $10/mo. Premium Data add-on charge in addition to one of the plans below."
And in smaller print about half way down the page it says
"Effective 1/30/11, monthly service plan rates for this phone increased to require the monthly $10 Premium Data add-on charge. Phone requirements: Certain phones require activation on a plan that includes data, other select plan or add-on. Premium Data Add-on: Smartphones include BlackBerry®, Android™, Windows® Mobile, Palm , Instinct® family of devices and other select devices."
There, I've run rings around you logically.
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poit said:
You must be on an old grandfathered plan, because this is what I see on the Sprint Blackberry page:http://shop2.sprint.com/en/stores/popups/blackberry_plan_details_popup.shtml
"Some important things to know about BlackBerry® smartphones
Plans for this phone require our $10/mo. Premium Data add-on charge in addition to one of the plans below."
And in smaller print about half way down the page it says
"Effective 1/30/11, monthly service plan rates for this phone increased to require the monthly $10 Premium Data add-on charge. Phone requirements: Certain phones require activation on a plan that includes data, other select plan or add-on. Premium Data Add-on: Smartphones include BlackBerry®, Android™, Windows® Mobile, Palm , Instinct® family of devices and other select devices."
There, I've run rings around you logically.
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Lol... well there went his post...
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My palm centro is considered a smartphone. Yeah. PALM. CENTRO.
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Anyone know if they still plan on pursuing wimax or if they plan to just go with lte and phase out wimax?
I'm concerned because I've barely ever gotten to use it and now its sounding like I never will.
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Sprint changed a policy again!

I have been contemplating going back to my et4g and been reading their thread this morning.
I just read a thread (can't post a link on mobile) that sprint will be changing their discount to just one line and charging 19.99 for the 2nd line.
This is grounds for etf free cancellation!! Just thought I give you all heads up as I haven't seen a thread in here about it.
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Here is the link to the thread I read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459640
Sprint employee discount change
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I doubt a change to a discount program will allow a free etf.

yes this does allow you to end your contract. Been confirmed by many on Android Police.
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I doubt a change to a discount program will allow a free etf.
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It has been confirmed by sprint employees on xda as well that they have been informed to allow etf free cancellation. It is a breach in contractual agreement as the price is changed as well.

Well that's good. I still don't think you would be better off financially to switch to another carrier. I would hope people switch for better data speeds/phone choices or something because if you are doing it just to stick it to Sprint you will probably end up paying more anyway.
Tmboile's closest plan is $80 per month with 2gb data
Verizon's closest is $90 and with 450minutes and 2gb data
att is $90 I think for 3gb and 450 minutes...their website sucks( and they have a weird $30 unlimited messaging/data plan but it looks like that is more of a feature phone plan on not web access. Their normal 3gb with unlimited messaging is $50($20 +$30))
I am guessing most people get the best discount with Sprint so don't switch because you think it's going to be cheaper. Your best bet price-wise if you do switch is probably t-mobile if you get a good enough discount and if you want to put up with their coverage....(it's bad in my area anyway.)

It still gives you a chance to switch and I'm thinking about it. Big red has been on my radar for a while now and they have coverage here with LTE in tow. With my employee discount it will be cheaper than sprint.
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david279 said:
It still gives you a chance to switch and I'm thinking about it. Big red has been on my radar for a while now and they have coverage here with LTE in tow. With my employee discount it will be cheaper than sprint.
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I guess it depends on how much data you use. Big Red's data plans are Highway Robbery. Obviously none of us are grandfathered in on the other carriers' data (un)limits. Everyone else is faster where I am, but my speeds are more that sufficient for what I use my phone for. I left TMO for the unlimited data on Sprint, even though TMO's 3g blows 4g WiMax out of the water here.

Evo_Shift;2Look1842541 said:
Well that's good. I still don't think you would be better off financially to switch to another carrier. I would hope people switch for better data speeds/phone choices or something because if you are doing it just to stick it to Sprint you will probably end up paying more anyway.
Tmboile's closest plan is $80 per month with 2gb data
Verizon's closest is $90 and with 450minutes and 2gb data
att is $90 I think for 3gb and 450 minutes...their website sucks( and they have a weird $30 unlimited messaging/data plan but it looks like that is more of a feature phone plan on not web access. Their normal 3gb with unlimited messaging is $50($20 +$30))
I am guessing most people get the best discount with Sprint so don't switch because you think it's going to be cheaper. Your best bet price-wise if you do switch is probably t-mobile if you get a good enough discount and if you want to put up with their coverage....(it's bad in my area anyway.)
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Look at Tmobile prepaid plans...
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I was excited when I first saw this and immediately rushed to Big Red's site for deals. Even though they were running a double data special it was still a huge rip off. As much as Sprint sucks the unlimited plan is really the only way I can go.
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**ducks head in**
Amazon has the galaxy nexus for $100.00 on Big Red
**ducks out**
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And this is why I'm sticking with Sprint
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Deep Idle does NOT cause your phone to use less power when screen is off. It already goes into Deep Sleep for that. Deep Idle ONLY gives battery savings when using your phone with screen off, such as when playing music or using GPS.

Although Sprint has the slowest speeds and coverage, the other carrier's are so much more expensive and just you guys wait, by 2013 Sprint will be better than ever with unlimited LTE plans, I have faith in Sprint

Can I opt out if I chose to without paying etf? I don't have employer discounts on my bill
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CLZJCasper said:
Can I opt out if I chose to without paying etf? I don't have employer discounts on my bill
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No. Since the change won't affect you adversely you cannot.
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No. Since the change won't affect you adversely you cannot.
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Dang...even if I complained?
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CLZJCasper said:
Dang...even if I complained?
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Complain about what? The changes do not affect you.

I'll stick with Sprint I barely use my phone
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Yup
First lady in retentions said she couldn't waive the ETF until I asked to speak with the manager.
Called a second time to see how long I had to port my number before they turned off my line. That guy said he could only waive the ETF fee on one line, not both. Made him speak to the manager and correct himself also.
Is it just me or will they try to make you pay the fee any way they can?

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First lady in retentions said she couldn't waive the ETF until I asked to speak with the manager.
Called a second time to see how long I had to port my number before they turned off my line. That guy said he could only waive the ETF fee on one line, not both. Made him speak to the manager and correct himself also.
Is it just me or will they try to make you pay the fee any way they can?
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They will try to get over.
When I first called the guy was like well if you cancel because of this we will give you a discount on your etf fee. I told him no and explained to him that sprint has changed our contractual agreement and thus it is now void. I will not pay any fee, he said ok your right.
Moral of the story have any information readily available when you want to get something done right the first time. All companies are crooks and only think about their bottom line.
I am leaving because I chose them because of my discount program through my wife's job. 25% off total bill, with the change my bill will go up by $7.00. Though $7.00 may be small in comparison to other carriers, good choice of phone and great coverage are 2 things sprint does not have so I will bite the bullet on cost and get what I pay for. Though Tmobile in my situation is the cheapest and best coverage in my area. But I may go back to att....

AT&T Family Shared Data

So I'm sure most of you are aware of this whole AT&T Data Sharing thats coming out near the end of august. I was just doing some math on the whole thing and had it confirmed by a representative on the phone...turns out, it makes no sense. Shocking.
For a family of 5 such as my situation, we have 4 smart phones and 1 non-smartphone.
As the charts shows (which I cant post since Im too new), it breaks down like this...
4GB
$70 base price
$40 / smartphone
$30 / normal phone
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$54 / smartphone
$44 / normal phone
6GB
$90 base price
$35 / smartphone
$30 / normal phone
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$53 / smartphone
$48 / normal phone
10GB
$120 base price
$30 / smartphone
$30 / normal phone
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$54 / smartphone
$54 / normal phone
Past that point it actually starts making sense and getting more expensive, but as you can see, why settle for less unless your the guy with a non-smartphone who gets screwed.
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The Verge & Engadget

Thanks for sharing! Saw these earlier today, still ripoffs but at least ATT doesn't force you on them like VZW.
Prepaid is cheaper.
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I'm not trying to gloat here, but this just makes my decision to add the 'unlimited data' package to my service, of which is no longer available for purchase, a notably smart one. Thank goodness for "grandfathered" things, such as is mine. Albeit, knowing AT&T's business practices, they'll probably figure a way to forcibly get me to buy into a data package eventually. But, for now, the thirty dollars is well worth it. However, I have heard rumors of AT&T throttling down bandwidth once users such as myself reach a certain monthly data usage amount.
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For sure, I'm jealous of my friends who still rock unlimited data since I got in the smartphone game a little late.
I guess the good part of these shared plans is unlimited calling is included.

But does the shoe fit?
Run the numbers. It's not really made to reduce anybody's bill, but to add flexibility. Everybody on the new plan gets tethering, unlimited domestic minutes and texts. I'm curious to see how employer discounts will be affected. I'm a veteran and get a 15% discount off some parts on my plan. If it works out for me, great. If not, I'll stick with my current setup.

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I'm not trying to gloat here, but this just makes my decision to add the 'unlimited data' package to my service, of which is no longer available for purchase, a notably smart one. Thank goodness for "grandfathered" things, such as is mine. Albeit, knowing AT&T's business practices, they'll probably figure a way to forcibly get me to buy into a data package eventually. But, for now, the thirty dollars is well worth it. However, I have heard rumors of AT&T throttling down bandwidth once users such as myself reach a certain monthly data usage amount.
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My girl had the unlimited to until she bought a 4g phone. The unlimited is only for 3 g so they made her get the 3 gigabyte plan for a 4g phone they already have taken that out of the picture if you buy a 4 g phone
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texasman420 said:
My girl had the unlimited to until she bought a 4g phone. The unlimited is only for 3 g so they made her get the 3 gigabyte plan for a 4g phone they already have taken that out of the picture if you buy a 4 g phone
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That can't be right. One of my buddies who has unlimited just upgraded to a One X and he was able to keep it.
Correction: He said that he missed that mandatory switch by two weeks-ish.
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Just, sell the phones you get from them and get international ones. They see all of those as, non-smart, and unlim data is still there, for those. 10/mo too as far as I know.

Skv012a said:
Just, sell the phones you get from them and get international ones. They see all of those as, non-smart, and unlim data is still there, for those. 10/mo too as far as I know.
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Not even a week into this month. Rogers raider on $10 "non-smartphone" data plan

You don't get the HSPA+ speeds with the Media Net plans correct?
The new Family plans may offer flexibility but I'm pretty sure that the main point is the same as VZs, to make you pay more for data. You either jump up to a high dollar plan or you risk paying the pretty hefty new overage fees.

Man, their highest price tier is still more then the unlimited everything plan on sprint...man, so glad I'm not with true blue or big red, I'll keep sprinting away with my cheap phone bill
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MissionImprobable said:
You don't get the HSPA+ speeds with the Media Net plans correct?
The new Family plans may offer flexibility but I'm pretty sure that the main point is the same as VZs, to make you pay more for data. You either jump up to a high dollar plan or you risk paying the pretty hefty new overage fees.
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It should depend on whatever the phone is capable of which is usually not as fast as smartphones.
But yeah thats true and it seems like theyre playing it off as some great deal to those who dont read the fine print or bother comparing.

Just saying bye

Just popped in to say bye and thanks to all the devs for the awsome roms. Going to move over to t mobile in november. Sick of sprints slow speeds on spark. Spint has been in financial trouble for years. Moody's downgraded sprint last month. Sprint is carrying so much debt and I just do not see any improvements in their service due to lack of capital.
It was a fun ride. To all who worked so hard for our enjoyment. Thank you so much. I will see some of you on the t mobile side.
Again Thank you devs and friends.
Ill be around for a couple more weeks until I pull the plug. Thinking of giving the lg v10 a shot. I know they are a pita to work on. Might not root. Nah, thats impossible for me.
Cheers.
Llawen
LIBERTY or DEATH

Well i left tmobile for sprint because of the 10 gig data limit . That's wasn't enough data so i went with sprint for unlimited data well . Im ready to go back to tmobile as well at least i could use the 10 gigs i can't even use 5 gigs on sprint network is horrible. Thought it was just my phone nope its sprint. My second note 4 still have the same data issuses .

I got unlimited data and it's 20 times faster than Sprint. I live near Dallas tx and Sprint really is bad. On a good day I would get maybe 2mbs. Steadily getting mid 20's with t mobile.
As for the lg v10. I'm liking it so far. Sweet phone. Plus a free 200 gig sd card, spare battery and dock. 64 gig internal memory. Finally I can watch you tube videos in hd. Lol.
Now, to root or not to root.
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Eat your heart out Sprint.
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How did you switch? Did you have to pay a lot to sprint to leave?

I'm waiting for my contact to run out in 3 months, then looking elsewhere for an unlimited data service in Michigan

Yeah yall go ahead and pay those big data fees, I'll keep my unlimited data with Sprint.

SaintZ93 said:
How did you switch? Did you have to pay a lot to sprint to leave?
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No. My wife had a brand new note 5 through Sprint. I had note 4. T mobile paid for us to leave. Gave us credit for the phones. And gift cards to pay off Sprint. I'm loving it. I'm not kidding. With Sprint I had .5 -2mbs. Now I can watch a 1080p video on you tube WITH NO BUFFERING. I'm happy.
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Yeah yall go ahead and pay those big data fees, I'll keep my unlimited data with Sprint.
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I have unlimited.
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Unlimited data 80.00 a month. 40 times faster than Sprint.
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Yes.. it's unlimited but they will prioritizing (slow you down, you dont get lte anymore but rather 2 or 3 g till your month is up) you use a lot of data in a month. By doing that, it allow others users in your area to use the data.... is like capping but they call prioritization.

Yes they do. After 21 gigs. They do throttle. But that is still faster what Sprint had in Dallas area. I don't care. They are upfront about throttling. Sprint was severely throttled all the time. At best I would get 2 mbs. Most of the time it was .5 to .8 mbs.
Secondly. Moody' downgraded Sprint. You can read there report. They said the threat of default was very high. This is going to make the 2.5 billion of debt due this quarter more expensive to roll over.
They said that the cell phone buisiness is very competitive and the bigger ones (verizon, att, t mobile) are going to have a very hard time to remain profitable. Sprint would most likely not survive. Sprint has been in severe financial trouble for years. The service in this Sprint spark area is so bad. I do not see them spending any more money to improve it. I agree with Moody's. They are going to start selling bands to create liquidity. While they do have some liquidity right now. It is going to be burned through quickly. Sprint is carrying 36 billion in debt. 2.5 billion matures this quarter. 2.5 billion early 2016. Yes. The threat of default is very high. So their credit rating was dropped.
This does not mean that default is imminent. It just means that the threat level is high.
This also had a big impact in my decision to go ahead and abandon ship.
Don't trust me. Go do your own research. Its not hard. Sprint is in had shape.
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To each his own. Some people love Sprint. Some people get good speeds. I didn't. Others on my framily plan from Denton tx. Plano tx. Dallas tx. And me. We all are having the same issue. Slow speeds.
I pay good money to get data. I'll spend my money where I get the best deal. And t mobile Bill is 20 bucks more for 2 lines unlimited data. For me it's best. While Sprint is unlimited. Their data was way to slow for these times. I would rather have 21 gigs, of 20-40mbs. Then throttled than deal with .5-.8mbs
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No comparison.
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llawen said:
No. My wife had a brand new note 5 through Sprint. I had note 4. T mobile paid for us to leave. Gave us credit for the phones. And gift cards to pay off Sprint. I'm loving it. I'm not kidding. With Sprint I had .5 -2mbs. Now I can watch a 1080p video on you tube WITH NO BUFFERING. I'm happy.
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What do you mean buy T-Mobile paid it? You didn't have to pay the ETF first before they gave you the money?

T mobile paid the remaining valence on the phones
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Unlimited data 80.00 a month. 40 times faster than Sprint.
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Including taxes/fees? Do you get an upgrade discount on phones every 2 yrs, or do you have to pay full price on a new phone or lease one?

Three upgrades a year. Just turn in your old phone. No not including tax
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T mobile gave us every penny we owed Sprint to switch. We got the trade in as a credit on our Bill. My t mobile Bill right now is -$580. So we have 580 buck to pay off Sprint. The balance we owed is a visa prepaid card.
Sprint is paid off. The phone business is very competitive right now.
If you are one of the ones that have crappy service. There are options out there. Your not trapped by contracts.
I'm happy. I've got very good service.
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Eat your heart out Sprint.
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My speeds with Sprint, unlimited everything for 2 phones only $100. After insurance on 1 device and taxes it's about $140. Happy with Sprint for the most part.