[ChrisH09]

I don't play with the TEP....It's a must on all my devices...you never know what might happen. When I pay a lot of money for a device I like to know if something happens, I can either pay the deductable or take it into a Sprint Repair Center and have them fix it at no charge. With all the new technology in these phones chances are something might go wrong and without the TEP your stuck with a 4.3inch Evo paperweight. Yeah, $199 with contract...but full retail for this phone is right around $500...do you really want to take the risk of not having TEP and be stuck in that situation? I surly don't.

I can't go down to the $70 plan, I have 4 lines and am using the 1500min Everything Data plan. This day in age you would think plans would be cheaper...hell I had 1000min and unlimited text messaging 6 years ago with Verizon for $60 a month...now I'm paying double that....well it seems with all the advancements in service you pay for what you get. I also have the 27% discount applied to my account...which is nice..but uncle sam and the state take that right back...ehhe...

The maditory $10 charge people are gripping about....it's actually understandable. See, the $10 actually goes towards the Evo for a few reasons...(1) It's the only 4G phone on the market at this time, (2) Having the ability to download at 4G speeds and accur the mass amounts of data you will be downloading with it. (3) It does 720p video. If you were Sprint do you think you would charge a small fee for the amount of pure data going through your network...Just think right now what your using on 3G, now double that or even triple that...thats what your really paying for. Like I've said in other posts...I would quit bitching about this small $10 charge, and worry more about how many times your being double or triple taxed by the state....figure, city, county (thats double taxing), 911, state tax, and a few other small ones....on my bill that comes to just under $30 a month....to me thats highway murder for tax....crap my Comcast HD, and HSI has only like $4 in taxes....We the people who use these carriers for cell service should stop taking the blunt of the taxes, and try to get something passed to lower them...like me...I can't stand being double taxed...it's stupid...

Personally, I have 4 lines of service, and one of them hasn't paid me for service since we signed up with Sprint....guess what...that line is being terminated...and that $10 fee will take its place, actually saving me around $27 a month...(29.99 added line, plus $7 TEP - $10 evo charge)...I'll be happy with it...just knowing I will be using a phone that is far superior to the Iphone...and can download at way higher speeds than any other network.