I fall into the same category as many posting - Divorce screwed up my credit, signed up with sprint almost 8 years ago, got an ASL. I never paid attention to the thing till I saw this thread, but I never thought to have it removed... it hasnt interfered with my service so, meh. But I can feel were the OP is coming from I'd be pissed too. I have been over charged several times by Sprint and been part of one or two class actions because of it.
So if I was ever asked to do this or go, I probably would go too cause I am sure they would do it again - dont trust'em. I travel to Canada alot too, but not so frequent to add it to my plan, so the amount of my bill varies and I would not feel comfortable with some unknow amount comming out. I mean its not like I make anything close to $90,000.00... I am just a social worker
But this thread has been useful, I will probably call to have the asl removed now.... probably.