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actually their is. Your quoting out of context. They can increase prices all they want. FOR NEW customers. but they are ENCOURAGED by our legal system to retain the price for CURRENT customers. this is why they are trying to FORCE people to "opt in" to this $10 increase instead of just DOING IT across the board. Because they CAN'T just do it across the board (please research out legal system just a little bit before you make blanket statements like that)

You would not believe the hell AOL went through when they tried to "cancel" a lot of their old $9 accounts in the courts. They lost badly. They got spanked. They made a deal and so long as they OFFERED dial up service they were required to honor those agreements.

We are not renting. We have an "ongoing" contract of X service for X rate.

Contrary to a landlord situation where there are ongoing and expanding costs (aging home aging hardware increased taxes etc.. etc..) this does NOT make a direct linear analog to a telecom where costs by definition GO DOWN over time not up.

NO as for the palm pixie and the rumor. What I am saying is that a palm pixie or pre will use NO MORE DATA in "my hands" than my PPC6700 or my 8830 or my 8330 or my TP2.

Sprint did not ALLOW the tp2 on sero (it was not sprints option at the time it was ALWAYS permitted)

sprint NOW is changing the rules and saying "x" phones won't be allowed unless you have Y plan. these are NEW invented rules that have nothing to do with the TP2.

they are in fact retroactively altering the rules. the BB 8530 and the Tour were both perfectly fine on the SERO plan 6-12 months ago. TODAY now they are no longer permitted.

Allowing the same mistake? this is EASY. if you buy a power vision phone OUTRIGHT they should HONOR their current agreement.

if you want SPRINT to subsidize it FINE I have no problem with them changing the rules because I CAN ELECT NOT TO CHOOSE IT.

Sprint is now telling me I don't have a choice because EVENTUALLY the only phones practically available to me with my current usage WILL BE phones that require an upgrade in service. They are effectively FORCING me to upgrade even if not "right now"

what happens in 5 years or 10 years and i can no longer get a "sero" compatible smart phone? will I not be FORCED to select either a higher price plan or discontinue service? that is not a choice that is an ultimatum and its unethical. Don't tell me I can't see that far into the future I have been with sprint for over 15 years already.

Your gas analogy is once again WRONG> its not flawed anymore its straight up intentionally wrong because once again you IGNORE the entire premise of my argument.

THEY GIVE ME NOTHING MORE FOR THE HIGHER INCREASE (and FLUFF they toss out does not count)

The new cars use the SAME damned gas and I use the same AMOUNT of gas. the only thing different is the car is newer/nicer. same gas same service provided same quantity provided.

you keep trying to TWIST this into my wanting more. NO I am not. I want what I have now just in the "newer" car which should not be any of sprints business.

The correct analogy is 2 cars. 1 old 1 new and the gas station wants to charge you more for NO OTHER REASON than you have a nicer new car. same gas same amount same service.

with the EVO and the EPIC you have a SLIGHT TINY vague consideration (but not really since 4g is VERY limited and its easily turned off)

with all the other iconic phones you have no footing to stand on. the only difference between a 8330/TP2 and a Pre is a hunk of plastic. Service wise they are NO DIFFERENT.