Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES

[boredandtattooed]

ive got 5 lines and a netbook... itd be tough to move to VZW.. but the Bonic, Revolution, and Thunderbolt all look pretty nice... i could care less about the i4..

[ppcgpirate]

while this sucks, sprint is still the best deal around*, now you just get less of the best deal around*.

*(for unlimited data & mobile to mobile out of the 4 major carriers). the best deal around would probably be those discount carriers like rocket or cricket. even us cellular would probably be cheaper.

wonder what that announcement is in february...

[Dr.8820]

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

ive got 5 lines and a netbook... itd be tough to move to VZW.. but the Bonic, Revolution, and Thunderbolt all look pretty nice... i could care less about the i4..

i have a couple different ways to handle this, one being canceling my insurance for the tp2 and when it breaks, just cancel service then (i'm out of contract). but them doing this really bothers me, so canceling all together works for me. the sprint # i've had for the last 11 years will be ported to a t-mobile prepaid sim, which will still be used in the sprint tp2....they will lose my $70/month over $10!

[gullzway]

Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

Courtney - this deserves a write up, dont ya think??? alot of people wont see this here tucked away in C.D. and the site is mostly Sprint Users anyways..

It's been on the front page since this morning, and that info in your Edit. Is linked in the 3rd post!

Sent from my Epic 3G on SERO.

[fixxxer2012]

does the premier upgrade change constitute a contract change that could waive eft's? if so im done with sprint.

[WanderingMinstrel]

I'm with Darren on this. I've never been screwed by Sprint in the 6 years I've used them and always been fairly compensated when problems came up. Sometimes the service has been a little lame and the solution (like Dell service) has been to try an unnecessary hard reset, but that's what MyBackup is for.

When I started paying the $10/mo extra for my upgrade from TP to Epic last November, I told them that I had never been able to get better than 1X data networking in my home-office, and sometimes not even that. They sent me a free Air Rave the next day. And my boosted signal strength is now easily worth the extra monthly $$.

Also, Sprint, I believe, was the only large wireless company that would not let the government hack into their user base in the Bush/Cheny years. They get points from me for that.

I've been paying the extra $10 all along anyway so I have a strong WTH feeling.

[austin420]

solid truth right above me.

[Dr.8820]

the android folks waved the white flag for the fee, i will not...point blank. paying the extra $10 doesn't make your device faster, so people just thinks it does and sprint is right there to help them feel better for spending extra for something i get free. my wife has an evo with 4g turned on, my hd7 with 3g smokes it.

[austin420]

Originally Posted by Dr.8820

the android folks waved the white flag for the fee, i will not...point blank. paying the extra $10 doesn't make your device faster, so people just thinks it does and sprint is right there to help them feel better for spending extra for something i get free. my wife has an evo with 4g turned on, my hd7 with 3g smokes it.

we all know it doesnt make your phone faster. and to be fair to sprint, t-mo has a just as powerful network as sprint, but with half the users. to be fair to mo, can you really call thier network "3g". it has been certified as "4g", so you shouldnt make it look like a lesser network by comparing their hspa+ to sprint wi max as 3 or 4 g.
to be real though, we all know that the certifications dont really matter after the fact. they were both ruled 3g and then everyone threw a fit, so the itu were pressured into calling them 4g.
check my links doc.

[Dr.8820]

Originally Posted by austin420

we all know it doesnt make your phone faster. and to be fair to sprint, t-mo has a just as powerful network as sprint, but with half the users. to be fair to mo, can you really call thier network "3g". it has been certified as "4g", so you shouldnt make it look like a lesser network by comparing their hspa+ to sprint wi max as 3 or 4 g.
to be real though, we all know that the certifications dont really matter after the fact. they were both ruled 3g and then everyone threw a fit, so the itu were pressured into calling them 4g.
check my links doc.

tmobile does have 4g, they're not charging for it either! i say 3g because the hd7 isn't hspa+, so i'll only get 3g.