Sprint 5GB internet cap

[ryanbg]

Originally Posted by Success100

ok....can we all stop crying now??

I mean come on everyone who is whining about this probably doesnt even come close to 5 gigs!

True, but this is what sets Sprint apart from other carriers. Or it did...

[Success100]

Originally Posted by ryanbg

True, but this is what sets Sprint apart from other carriers. Or it did...

yeah, I dig, but what can we do about it???

[walla]

Originally Posted by Success100

yeah, I dig, but what can we do about it???

Nothing but more importantly, people have a choice to get out of ETF and teach a lesson to companies that screwing your customers isn't always the best choice. This... my friend, is free market.

[rstoyguy]

I consider myself a pretty heavy user, downloading roms, surfing till all hours on ppcgeeks.com. I checked, my bill cycle is on the 26th, and for the month so far my data usage is 4,106,450 with 5 days to go.

5GB is not that big of a deal...Now I know how much I use on average. Tethering is my internet connection, when I have time. So I'm good with it. And it will probably affect us on the employee plan...

[Nunim]

I'll believe it when I see it for real. I don't use 5 GB's a month now, nor do most people, but it's always better to be unlimited then have a cap. It's the people who are using this as a primary internet connection at home/work (especially those doing it under the radar) that are really hurting the system, expecting to download 30GB/s a month for a $15 plan? I don't think so...

Reguardless, I'm not entirely sure how accurate the information on Sprint's website is. I've recently taken a road trip and tethered my phone to my laptop (under the radar using ICS :P) and on that trip I watched several full episodes of TV shows while in the car. Then a few days ago I downloaded approixmately 50 megs worth of data to my laptop while again tethered to my phone. Now I still use it daily for surfing, push email, occasional YouTube, and yet Sprint only reports my datausage as approximately 50 Megabytes. I know this figure can't possibly be right, I downloaded that much in data alone, forget about the Streaming video I did from Hulu.

[Baffles]

Come on, how does high data usage by a minority group of people cause "disproportionally high operating costs?" Bandwidth isn't _that_ expensive... the most expensive part is usually the pipe, the bandwidth used past that is beans.

[InvincibleLiving]

ok quick question how does this come into play for users with more than one line? is there a cap per line or a cumulative cap per device?

[inferno14u]

Originally Posted by nautica2450

ok quick question how does this come into play for users with more than one line? is there a cap per line or a cumulative cap per device?

Now that is the question I want to know the answer to. I usually use 3-4 per month, with the highest I think being 4.2, but my girlfriend has been considering upgrading her phone which is on my account which would most definitely put me over the limit.

[Scrufdog]

According to my laptop's data tracker, I've used 193 megs in the past 3 days. Working out of town in a hotel that doesnt have free internet. I doubt I would hit the cap, although sometimes I'll orb it up for awhile, listen to Sirius at work all day. The highest I've had that I can remember is like 3GB in a month.

[MightyM0use]

I know this is a sprint topic but for comparison I asked my ATT rep today(I am a Radio Shack store manager) about their 5 gig cap and he told me that they won't charge you if you go over. If you are abusing the cap then they will cancel your contract. No extra charges. I wonder what sprint would do? I am guessing they would charge you and further complicate their already messed up billing situation. I can say that nobody from sprint, who we carry as well, has told us anything about a new cap. I don't question the truth of this topic but I find it odd that, considering the fact that they have already sent out letters to existing users, they have not said anything to those of us who sell their product.