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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 and HTC just lost another customer

Tired of high prices and the bullcrap from sprint and htc i returned two evo 4g phones today and cancelled my service. maybe one day they will see that people want a phone that belongs to them and they can customize. back to tomobile for me.

Haters gonna hate.

kibbles-n-bits said:
Tired of high prices and the bullcrap from sprint and htc i returned two evo 4g phones today and cancelled my service. maybe one day they will see that people want a phone that belongs to them and they can customize. back to tomobile for me.
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what phone will you get on tmobile?

Sunsparc said:
Haters gonna hate.
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and sometimes rationality speaks.

High prices, your out ur mind!
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drbill1967 said:
High prices, your out ur mind!
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i just went on tmos site and saw 500 min + unlimited texting and data for $50.
if you go the off contract route you can get unlimited calling, text, and data for $70.
not bad. i believe the on contract plan throttles you off of hspa+/3g after 2GB and the off contract throttles you after 5GB. the $70 plan is pretty sweet if you buy a hspa+ $200-300 phone on ebay.

Good luck with your reception, T-Mobile has rather sparce reception here.

LOL, I was talking to a Sprint rep yesterday and I asked him "off the record" what kind've phone he uses (Evo) if it was rooted (it is, and he recognized my user name from here) and what he thought of Sprint basically telling the courts that said we can do whatever we want to our phones, knowingly voiding the warranty as is our choice, and he agreed... lol

dude that said haters gonna hate.....i dont hate i just dont like being screwed, you just say that because you work for sprint..i have 2 tmo touch pro 2. basically the closest i could get to the current service i have with tmo which is $150 a month cost me $260 a month with sprint and they wanted $30 more to be able to use usb tethering and $20 a month for premium data.then they tacked on $20 more a month for a 3rd line fee for the broadband card i have **** all that noise that its free with tmobile

Hey op......
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papa smurf151 said:
hey op......
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eat **** and die.

kibbles-n-bits said:
Tired of high prices and the bullcrap from sprint and htc i returned two evo 4g phones today and cancelled my service. maybe one day they will see that people want a phone that belongs to them and they can customize. back to tomobile for me.
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I just left tmo for sprint.. Cheaper I dont think so... 3 lines with tmobile and there unlimited data was around the same price until I dropped my internet at home stopped using wifi calling and was throttled 2 weeks.into the month... Sprint is a little slower but alot faster then being throttled half a month...just my 2 cents...btw im In an area where the both have good signal so that didnt play into my decision...

kibbles-n-bits said:
dude that said haters gonna hate.....i dont hate i just dont like being screwed, you just say that because you work for sprint..i have 2 tmo touch pro 2. basically the closest i could get to the current service i have with tmo which is $150 a month cost me $260 a month with sprint and they wanted $30 more to be able to use usb tethering and $20 a month for premium data.then they tacked on $20 more a month for a 3rd line fee for the broadband card i have **** all that noise that its free with tmobile
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I don't understand how your bill is that high!
1. My bill is roughly $75 a month for 450 Lan unlimited, though I have a corporate discount if 25%.
2. Root your phone for wireless tethering.
3. So that means for me even with two lines that's only $150 a month.
I could understand though if you don't use your phone often. I average 20gb a month so $75 a month for extreme data, over 6,000 texts, and a lot of calls is worth it to me.
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AdriVelazquez said:
I don't understand how your bill is that high!
1. My bill is roughly $75 a month for 450 Lan unlimited, though I have a corporate discount if 25%.
2. Root your phone for wireless tethering.
3. So that means for me even with two lines that's only $150 a month.
I could understand though if you don't use your phone often. I average 20gb a month so $75 a month for extreme data, over 6,000 texts, and a lot of calls is worth it to me.
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Thats what I'm saying mine its 150ish 3 evo 4gs unlimited with 1500 minutes....i loved tmobile but I am a heavy data user so it was getting on my last nerve...being throttled that is.
Sent from my $30 evo 4g...

300 $ bucks for 5 lines eveything data so unlimted data unlimited mobile to mobile calling unlimited sms and mms and 1500 min for land lines
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sharkboy0901 said:
300 $ bucks for 5 lines eveything data so unlimted data unlimited mobile to mobile calling unlimited sms and mms and 1500 min for land lines
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I have the exact plan as you but with unlimited incoming minutes on all lines for $10 and a 25% employee discount....$250 a month after taxes for 4 HTC evos and 1 dumbphone(for the granny )

kibbles-n-bits said:
Tired of high prices and the bullcrap from sprint and htc i returned two evo 4g phones today and cancelled my service. maybe one day they will see that people want a phone that belongs to them and they can customize. back to tomobile for me.
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High prices?
Oh like Verizon and At&t?
T-Mobile's prices are the same as Sprint's but good luck with signal.
I see nothing here but baseless whining.
P.S. What does HTC have to do with any of this?

kibbles-n-bits said:
dude that said haters gonna hate.....i have 2 tmo touch pro 2.
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Hey you know touch pro 2 is made by htc?
who cares what this says anyways

kibbles-n-bits said:
eat **** and die.
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Did you expect to find sympathy on the Internet? I bet you were very unpleasently surprised.
Sent from somewhere over the double rainbow.

My only gripe with Sprint is having to pay for "4g" when I have no hope of ever seeing 4g.
I am on sero and had to upgrade to sero premium to use the Evo...plus another $10/mo for "4g" data...which will likely reach my area a week after the apocalypse.
Went from $34/mo for 500/unlimited everything to $54 for the "privilege" of using the Evo. Ah well...still cheap as hell, i guess.
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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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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.
Sources:
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.

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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.
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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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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.

6 GB of Data

So today I got a great surprise that Verizon is upgrading my data to the 6gb plan instead of the 2 GB plan. I came from the unlimited data plan with my S3 and when checking my bill today online I noticed that I didn't actually have 2 GB of data I only had 1.29 and I was over my limit!!!!! As you can imagine I was pissed and called Verizon right away. The customer service representative told me that I should have been automatically enrolled in the 6gb data plan for 30$ a month same price as my unlimited data plan. She said it is part of the Max program. I am sharing this experience with all of you to tell you that if you are coming from an unlimited data plan and just upgraded you should call Verizon and figure out if you are eligible for this program.
Good luck everyone and I hope everyone gets more data for less.
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I received a text asking if I wanted to double my data for free. All I had to do was reply yes, and it was done.

They offered to drop my bill $20/month. Took about 5 minutes on the phone.

I guess because I got the phone in the middle of the month they prorated my data usage; tomorrow is a new month for me so I will now have 6 GB instead of a prorated 2 or 1.29.
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Yea, We got upped from 6gig to 10 gig for the same price. that coupled with the 25$ off per edge line isnt a bad gig.

they upgraded me from 3gb to 6 for the same price since i was supposed to get a free gb for the next 2 years since i pre-ordered it. i had to call 3 times to see where it was, and on the 3rd time, they gave me this and its better than a free gb for 2 years anyway

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Rootuser3.0 said:
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Damn. Ya beat me to it, and holy hell that's a lot of data!
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I don't get why so many people give up their unlimited data when there are simple loopholes to keep the plan and still get subsidized upgrades. But once it's gone it's gone.....

vmod32 said:
I don't get why so many people give up their unlimited data when there are simple loopholes to keep the plan and still get subsidized upgrades. But once it's gone it's gone.....
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I was going to reply with how he got more data after getting rid of unlimited. But it seemed snarky. Maybe this is one of the few that never used more than 6gb a month anyways.

They'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands first before willingly giving this up..some people are insane...

Wow, I haven't seen unlimited data since years ago when sprint had their big unlimited everything plan they started.
I hope the government eats them all up in their lawsuit about unlimited.

sprintuser1977 said:
Wow, I haven't seen unlimited data since years ago when sprint had their big unlimited everything plan they started.
I hope the government eats them all up in their lawsuit about unlimited.
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Sprint still has unlimted data plans. They are the last of the big 4 carriers to offer unlimited data ( I don't count T-Mobile since they throttle after 4gb).
Also Verizon dropped their throttling plans for people with Unlimited Data. So there will be no law suite. .. well atleast for now.

noahsobd said:
They'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands first before willingly giving this up..some people are insane...
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I'm still on Alltel Unlimited and Verizon tried to throttle until I told them to read my Alltel contract

Rootuser3.0 said:
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What do you do to use so much data even when I had unlimited I still didn't go above 10 gb
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I find it difficult to not post this when people talk about data usage. Yes, I may be the reason(at least one of) Verizon want's to kill unlimited data.

jpmcnown said:
I find it difficult to not post this when people talk about data usage. Yes, I may be the reason(at least one of) Verizon want's to kill unlimited data.
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Holy bat outta hell. Thats higher that what i normally hit even on my seedbox. Do you host your own seedbox or something on your pho e or computer to tether that much data?

firepong said:
Holy bat outta hell. Thats higher that what i normally hit even on my seedbox. Do you host your own seedbox or something on your pho e or computer to tether that much data?
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Though rooted with unlocked tethering, I wanted to keep it as pure of a test as possible. I don't have a tethering subscription, and didn't want to give Verizon a reason to claim I was in violation of the TOS. That was direct to the phone (or to the External SdCard, rather) from Google Drive. At first I was surprised that Verizon didn't flat shut me off.....as I approached 7 TB, I was kinda surprised Google didn't. lol This was done just after Verizon went around saying they were going to start throttling unlimited data customers (only to change their mind later-thanks FCC). I figured it may be my last opportunity to do something like this. I don't normally top more than around 5-6 GB's/mo, but knew that given the available bandwidth, monthly allowances can "easily" be exceeded. I set out to see just how much data I could use in a month. When I broke a terabyte in just over 4 days, I knew the total was going to be ridiculous.

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I use 300-400gb on my Fios connection.
Downloading streaming etc like 7 devices.
Cant imagine doing this much like you on hotspot...

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I use 300-400gb on my Fios connection.
Downloading streaming etc like 7 devices.
Cant imagine doing this much like you on hotspot...
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P***hub is a helluva drug