Class Action Lawsuit Against Sprint for the 10$ Fee!

[BenC]

Goodness, we have another Verizon in the making. As others have said, no other company provides what Sprint does at the cost it charges. I frankly have no problem with the additional charge. Change the wording? Sure, but quit the whining, just go to Verizon or one of the other companies.

[acerati50]

I am paying for this and dont even get 4g where I am at. I have always complained about the fee but they (sprint) really does not care about my complaints.

[Compusmurf]

This is not a premium data fee, premium experience fee, or anything else. Sprint has to pay CLEAR $10 for every 4G capable device and they are passing along the cost to the customer.

Now here's the issue.

Sprint is suing Clear for this $10 fee because THEY do not want to pay for it for phones in a non 4G area. (Imagine that)

Now this CAL by the users to Sprint hinges off the same lawsuit by Sprint. If they win their case then they should drop the fee from customers lines as well.

[subprime]

I'm having trouble understanding this...

Sprint says if you want to purchase this phone you will need to pay an additional $10 fee.

You agree to pay the fee.

You believe the fee is for 4g service. After you have already agreed to pay the fee you believe you should not have to pay it since 4g is not offered in your area.

What I don't understand is why you would buy a 4g phone knowing that you will not be able to use the 4g service, and agree to pay a fee that you believe is for a service that you know you will not be able to use? That makes no sense. If you didn't want to pay the fee you should not have purchased the phone.

[gullzway]

Originally Posted by subprime

What I don't understand is why you would buy a 4g phone knowing that you will not be able to use the 4g service, and agree to pay a fee that you believe is for a service that you know you will not be able to use? That makes no sense. If you didn't want to pay the fee you should not have purchased the phone.

The Epic, followed by the Evo, are the best phones Sprint has right now. Why should you have to suffer with Sub-par phones because you're not in a 4G area?

Why not release a non 4g version instead of releasing a Dumbed down Transform? Because they know those that want the best will bend over and pay the fee, they could care less if you complain about it later(most of what this thread is about.) I don't have 4G nor do I pay the fee so I could care less at the moment.

[yankees45us]

Speaking for myself, the reason I purchased this phone knowing 4g wasn't available to me was and still is, that sprint doesn't have a 3g only phone that gets even close to the specs that the evo has. They were going to have the nexxus but that was nixxed and they recommended the evo instead. That is the reason why I purchased the evo. So if anyone can find a cdma sprint phone that has 1ghz processor and android 2.2, is htc with htc sense and is only 3g then let me know. Otherwise I'll stick with this lawsuit and agree with it all the way.

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[yankees45us]

Originally Posted by tx_dbs_tx

This case will go nowhere so don't bother. The fact is that we all had to sign a new contract as well as anew plan for the EVO/epic. The premium data add-on is part of the plan for the 4g devices and we all agreed to it for the next two years. Most people fail to understand the reasoning behind the $10 fee. Regardless weather you have and/or use 4g or 3g, the HTC EVO and Samsung epic are full feature smartphones capable of sending/receiving much more data than other smartphones out there due to the built-in features of the phones... streaming video, much faster downloading, full website support, etc. The $10 fee is more than fair and as others already said, still cheaper than the other carriers.

We were all informed of the additional fee when purchasing our awesome phones and signed a contract agreeing to it as well. True unlimited data is only available on Sprint "The Now Network"

This is a dead subject. I don't want a refund nor do I want to peruse any stupid lawsuit!

How do the epic and evo use more data then say the hero, lg optimus or samsung transform? They all use the same os. Only difference is processor and memory, and os version. You sound like a sprint employee, "you pay $10 because phone has more features than other phones". Give me a break. I use the same amount of data as I did with my tp2. I have no problem with $10 fee if I get 4g. Until then it is completely invalid and am looking forward for this lawsuit to continue.
And for those who say quit complaining then you can let people keep telling you what to do and believe. I and many others will stand up for what we believe in. If you want to pay whatever someone tells you to pay then be my guest.

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[cruise350]

I live in Memphis and I don't have 4g there, yet, supposedly coming. But right now I'm sitting in my hotel room in Dallas connected to 4g getting a blazing 8.4mbs download speed compared to the hotels anemic wifi of 400kbs. I am sure glad I'm paying the $10 so I can use my speed when I can, where I can and how I want, thanks free tether. Guess I'll be watching some netflix and slingplayer later. Sprint can't be beat. And for the guy paying $500 for 4 phone, have you ever heard of a share plan. Maybe you need to evaluate your plan.

[yankees45us]

Originally Posted by cruise350

I live in Memphis and I don't have 4g there, yet, supposedly coming. But right now I'm sitting in my hotel room in Dallas connected to 4g getting a blazing 8.4mbs download speed compared to the hotels anemic wifi of 400kbs. I am sure glad I'm paying the $10 so I can use my speed when I can, where I can and how I want, thanks free tether. Guess I'll be watching some netflix and slingplayer later. Sprint can't be beat. And for the guy paying $500 for 4 phone, have you ever heard of a share plan. Maybe you need to evaluate your plan.

I don't travel to an area that has 4g on a regular basis. So it does me no good. If I did, then yes I would have no problem paying the $10 but I don't. Also if you have a family plan you still pay the $10 for each 4g phone you have.

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[yankees45us]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

If you dont wanna pay it... dont get a phone that requires it or switch to another carrier and pay more. I hate people that complain for no reason. Let Sprint not charge money they obviously NEED to stay in business and get bought out by Verizon so people can see how inconvenient $10 is compared to $30 or $40 more for the same features.

Like I said before, only reason I'm paying is because there is no other phone that has the specs of the evo. I wish the new nexxus s was cdma. I would get that phone. Plus right now for me the fee isnt too bad since I have a family plan and get $10 off my bill for the next 2 years. I also don't think that complaining about this is for no reason. If this was a no reason complaint then the lawsuit wouldn't be happening right now.

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