PPC-6700 $250 more than Verizon?!?!?!? WHY?
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I used to manage a couple of wireless stores so I have a little knowledge but why in the hell is basically the same phone (PPC-6700) $250 less from Verizon? I am a current Sprint customer, on the Nextel side, and I am thinking of upgrading my handset to the PPC-6700. I realize that my upgrade price may not be the new customer price but why is there such a “BIG” difference in price for pretty much the same phone? I have also priced the phone at Cingular and T-Mobile they are $250 and $200. What is the deal with Sprint?! Will Sprint work with me at all? There was no subsidized price in the beginning (approximately 1 year ago) since I walked into the store with an i860. I spend around $100 a month and I signed up at a Sprint direct store ...
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I used to manage a couple of wireless stores so I have a little knowledge but why in the hell is basically the same phone (PPC-6700) $250 less from Verizon? I am a current Sprint customer, on the Nextel side, and I am thinking of upgrading my handset to the PPC-6700. I realize that my upgrade price may not be the new customer price but why is there such a “BIG” difference in price for pretty much the same phone? I have also priced the phone at Cingular and T-Mobile they are $250 and $200. What is the deal with Sprint?! Will Sprint work with me at all? There was no subsidized price in the beginning (approximately 1 year ago) since I walked into the store with an i860. I spend around $100 a month and I signed up at a Sprint direct store ...
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Nevermind….I just got a guy from retention to credit me 200 bucks so I am happy.
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The money you can save per month tethering this device with a standard $15 data plan for unlimited data versus the $40 some you pay with Cing/VZW quickly makes up the price difference if you look at it that way...
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Not true. The unlimited tethering option w/ Sprint is $39.99/month. The data packages are quite a bit cheaper though.
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Humdizzle said:
Not true. The unlimited tethering option w/ Sprint is $39.99/month. The data packages are quite a bit cheaper though.
The listed tethering (phone as modem) plan is that amount, however this particular phone on Sprint's network is not tracked by the NAI used in other current Sprint phones, and as such, simply being on the $15/month Vision plan will allow unlimited tethering data as well as standard handset only data without incurring overage.
Whether or not this is legal, different Sprint reps will tell it differently. Some argue that the inabliity of the 6700 to utilize all of the standard features of the power vision network which come with the non-pda handsets justify the free tethe...
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You don't really think they can't tell the difference between "real" internet use and "condensed" internet use?
I guess for very minimal usage, it would work though...
I just wouldn't want to be the guy who gets charged per kb because I tried a loophole technique that backfired.
I guess for very minimal usage, it would work though...
I just wouldn't want to be the guy who gets charged per kb because I tried a loophole technique that backfired.
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The difference in data can be seen if someone wishes to examine the packets actually transferred, due to the fact that the headers would contain information/sizing showing the request source to be IE6 / Mozilla / Netscape versus pocket IE or a phone app, but only if someone wants to take enough trouble to do that.
Even for large amounts of usage, it would take some examination of the actual packets to see that it was coming fom an outside source rather than a phone app which uses mass amounts of data -- apps like streaming radio or slingboxing home TV all day are within the phone only and can easily use data in the terabyte levels in a day...
I tethered my 6700 regularly every month since getting it back in October, and have never rece...
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Even for large amounts of usage, it would take some examination of the actual packets to see that it was coming fom an outside source rather than a phone app which uses mass amounts of data -- apps like streaming radio or slingboxing home TV all day are within the phone only and can easily use data in the terabyte levels in a day...
I tethered my 6700 regularly every month since getting it back in October, and have never rece...
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