[Biker1]

I found this >
http://investors.sprint.com/phoenix....7394&highlight

And read this paragraph >
=HTC Hero requires activation on a pricing plan offering unlimited data. Sprint’s Simply EverythingSM plan provides unlimited nationwide calling, texting, e-mail, social networking, Web browsing, GPS navigation, Sprint TV, streaming music, NFL Mobile Live, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile and much more for only $99.99 per month. That’s a savings of $1,200 over two years vs. a comparable AT&T iPhone® plan2. Sprint Everything Data plans with unlimited messaging and data start at just $69.99 for 450 minutes with unlimited night and weekend calling starting at 7 p.m. (All price plans exclude Sprint surcharges and taxes.)

I have a 2000 A/T Minute Plan with UNLIMITED DATA that I pay over $100.00 for.
I have 2 lines. One line is for my Mom who uses only 50 minutes per month ( even though I tell her to use the phone as much as she wants to.)
If the Hero requires an EP, I think it is quite unfair of Sprint to, in effect, bully me into switching to a plan that will cost me alot more money over a 2 year contract period.
The initial reasoning from the introduction of the Instinct, to require these EP, was for the Benefit of the Customer so he/she would not have any Data Overages. Well, this is not quite the Truth. As many of us already have plans that include Unlimited Data. And the EP would not benefit us. In fact, changing plans would be detrimental to our "pocketbooks."
The additional costs that WE The Customers would incurr over the 2 year period could well approach $1000.00 and more!!

I feel that Sprint, while not holding a gun to our heads, is forcing many of us to change plans in order to purchase certain devices. And that list of devices is getting longer. There will come a time where many of us will have to resort to using a paper cup and string if we want to keep our current plans.
In closing, Sprint's reasoning for these required plans does not hold water in many cases. The Data Overage reasoning is getting Old.
If Sprint really means what they say, let those of us who have Unlimited Data as part of our current plans, keep our current plans, and let us activate some of these new devices that are currently being made available.
Hopefully, according to what I am reading in the above paragraph from Sprint, The Hero will only require a plan with Unlimited Data, and not an EP. That being said, many new customers will not have a choice but to purchase an EP, which have alot to offer. But for existing Customers with some of the Older Plans, The EP don't have much to offer us except added expenses and Restrictions.