Say goodbye to your unlimited data plan!
Sprint used to have a $59.99 Mobile Broadband plan that was "unlimited" and not capped at 5GB as VZW does.
Not any more! Just as I started digging to see if I wanted to switch my data card from VZW to Sprint, they changed their plan. I can hear "You snooze, you
lose!" echoing in my head! I mostly use my VZW plan to get email pushed from my Exchange server and some browsing, but sometimes I fire up AOL Radio on a long job.
I doubt I could ever hit 5GB, but the claimed superiority of having truly unlimited data just took a hit.
From the web site describing the $59.99 plan:
"This plan includes
* Internet access on the largest national Mobile Broadband network.
* 5 GB/mo. in total or 300 MB/mo. while off-network ro...
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Not any more! Just as I started digging to see if I wanted to switch my data card from VZW to Sprint, they changed their plan. I can hear "You snooze, you
lose!" echoing in my head! I mostly use my VZW plan to get email pushed from my Exchange server and some browsing, but sometimes I fire up AOL Radio on a long job.
I doubt I could ever hit 5GB, but the claimed superiority of having truly unlimited data just took a hit.
From the web site describing the $59.99 plan:
"This plan includes
* Internet access on the largest national Mobile Broadband network.
* 5 GB/mo. in total or 300 MB/mo. while off-network ro...
(continues)
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Well, at least now I have a time frame of when it happened!
As I mentioned, I just started thinking of jumping to Sprint, so it is still shiny new news to me!
Gregg
As I mentioned, I just started thinking of jumping to Sprint, so it is still shiny new news to me!
Gregg
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this complaint should be logged as #32978-b sec 2
as to why I am looking for a new job
...I doubt I could ever hit 5GB,... then why complain i stream 15 second updates to my cell phone for baseball games read the news and listen to the radio daily and just after 20 days exceeded 50 mb total use (not counting the 20 mb additional in dc with sanyo pro 700) ...
i just need to take some drugs and go sit down
as to why I am looking for a new job
...I doubt I could ever hit 5GB,... then why complain i stream 15 second updates to my cell phone for baseball games read the news and listen to the radio daily and just after 20 days exceeded 50 mb total use (not counting the 20 mb additional in dc with sanyo pro 700) ...
i just need to take some drugs and go sit down
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If I read it right that cap is for roaming not while on the sprint network.
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I think you read it wrong. It states "5 GB/mo. in total" or "300 MB/mo. while off-network roaming."
Gregg
Gregg
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