Sprint considering a move to tiered data plans

[MrDSL]

Originally Posted by epphllps

All I know is Dan Hesse said caps could happen and there is no defense for racking up 50gb+ of "3g" data that will even remotely make that ok with Sprint. I consider 4g data in a different realm with different restrictions from 3g. I see all the "I pay $ for unlimited, they said we could blah blah" chatter, but seriously...if they intended for this usage to be accepted would we have been warned!?!? If they continue to see more outrageous data totals by more and more users we will get capped. Says THE MAN. They will lose subscribers and they know they will, they will lose the abusers. There is NO argument that will save us. So to all the abusers, just continue on doing what you do best and don't say a word when they implement caps, just leave Sprint. When I say abusers, you guys know the few % of all users I am referring to. No need argue as the warning from them was clear. I will say I use my 3g at will and need, but haven't topped 12gb but once and this is my only internet source.

So people who bought a service as UNLIMITED and they actually use it as that are 'abusers'?

Interesting!!

[chris1683]

I think it is really a double edged sword here with Sprint.

Point one:
I think what some people are getting at here is that let's say you go to an "all you can eat" buffet and you sit down to eat. The restaurant is assuming that the average person will eat 2-3 plates of food. Then an unaverage person walks in and eats 25 plates of food. Now the people who wanted a plate or two can't get it because there is none left because the hog before them took it all. Now think of it in terms of bandwith.

Point two:
Sprint clearly advertised the Evo as able to be the sole internet "Hotspot" for any wireless device in your house which wants to use internet. Granted you pay a hefty 30.00/month for this service but then what? Is Sprint saying that the plan, plus the 10.00 surcharge, plus the 30.00 add on is not enough for them? For those on the Simply Everything Plan that is $139.00 before taxes.

Point three:
Yes, Sprint is the first to offer 4G. I, like many other do no live in a 4G area for me, paying 10.00 per month gets me nothing extra than what I had with my TP2 but we will not get into that topic here. If Sprint wants to charge more for their "premium data" with our Evo's and Epic's then we should automatically have NO cap if they decided to invoke a data cap.

Point four:
A business is a business and people always need to remember that their ultimate goal is so make money and not to make you happy. If Sprint wants to roll the dice and start sticking it to all of their customers with more and more fees or caps, then they relinquish anything that made them "special" or "better" than their competitors making it more enticing for customers to switch to other carriers. Let's remember that before the Evo came out, Sprint's big hype phones were the Touch Pro II and the Palm Pre. Not too exciting when other carriers were miles ahead. I think they have gotten a little too head strong since releasing the Evo.