[Genjinaro]

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

and your the all seeing, all knowing sprint guy huh.... theres no real unlimited data... yes plans/rates... i had an old plan where i got 4 free downloads a month for sprint music.. had it well after the plan was gone...

and since they offically AND legally changed the TOS, which you wouldve agreed to by paying the next bill after july 31st 2008, hence losing your so called "grandfather status" on your "unlimited data"... read the fine print.. "sprint may change plan details without notice, for any reason and at any time"....

No, I'm not a know-it-all or genius. I just happen to be one of many who know how grandfathering works & how it STILL works. Until the bomb drops, it still exists.
Again unless you have seen it 1st hand or have it, you have no room to assume facts.

Name an instance where you've had action taken...

without tethering and extreme amounts of streaming, it would be near impossible to go over 5gb on a device.. again, your using "phone as modem" and/or usb modem(ics) even without the plan... so guess what, sprint COULD(being the operative word there) still charge you, notify you that you need a PAM plan, or cancel you altogether...

With a smartphone, I've never heard of any action being taken against someone* with an unlimited data package, using ICS or just the phone in general going over 5GB.

*Grandfathered

and Asurion doesnt have to be sprint, its a contract you entered at a previous time, under different terms, and guess what genius, it got changed... "grandfathering" is exactly that when we talk about phone plans... entering into a legally binded contract under one set of terms, the new terms change, and they allow your previous terms to hold true....

same thing with asurion, that contract you entered into legally and willfully, was changed... yet no grandfather status... but why not, its the same principal as sprint cap change....

You are also failing to understand the Asurion thing, Asurion terms are not contractual the only documentation you file with Asurion is the claim itself, you pay Sprint who inturn pays Asurion to whom you'll pay a deductible on their terms either via Sprint or direct.

Sprint is an CUSTOMER of Asurion, you have to remember that.

You can get any grandfathered status from then as they are NOT your carrier, Asurion's terms can change regardless, we did not sign a contract with them. You can't leave Sprint scott free if Asurion makes ANY price changes because it breaches nothing we signed.

Asurion is NOT SPRINT, that simple.

since were talking about grandfathered contracts.... what about someone who has had the same plan for say 9yrs... VOIP was not even out then for mobile devices.. so does that mean you can use VoIP on that old contract, since the TOS you signed up with wouldnt of listed that as a big no no??? absolutely NOT!!!! and that would be a perfect example of something that Could be grandfathered in, since its a difference in 2 TOS'...

Dude VOIP, come'on we can use that TOS or no TOS they can't monitor or win against that... :/
A lost battle for carriers...

Sero, F&F, Sprint Pick 5, Unlimited data, Roaming perks, etc. are examples of what you can grandfather into your plan, even if Sprint no longer offers it.

Sprint only targets abusers of the service and still no one has been charge in penalty to date...

when they update TOS, the next time you pay the bill, you agree to the new TOS, no matter what it said b4, your liable under the new terms.... thats why u can keep an old rate plan for yrs and yrs, it has nothing to do with the TOS

Ok this last thing you said is confusing, call me crazy but you pretty much agree that you can grandfather. This is the basic example of grandfathering... This is the reason why people can got 8GB a month on a broadband plan/cell phone plan without getting charges overages y'know.

Or are you just stating caution to the TOS you fear so much that you expect to blow up one day to the "grandfathered" people?

I can vouch that I have NEVER seen ANY form of notice or retaliation or anything remotely similar.

This is another reason why we say grandfathered, we have not been touched by the TOS penalties, EVER.

The 1st time I have EVER seen them is when one changed their plan and at the 1st toe over 5GB they were charged for doing so. These people did not have the "grandfathered" status, they were in a new plan & agreement.

Can you see the pattern there, there is such a thing as "grandfathering", it is an unofficial term but till this date, it has been true.