Sprint 5GB internet cap

[foxnews]

Originally Posted by neodorian

Why? We signed up for the unlimited data package. If the network can't handle someone doing more than 5gb of transfer then why advertise as unlimited? Anyway the cap is to get people onto Xohm anyway (which will be unlimited).

Originally Posted by Negrito

I concur. Since i found out i could use my touch as a modem i canceled the cable modem in my house. thats an extra $60/month in my pocket. btw, i would say i average about 6-7gb a month. I have stopped using my tether to d/l movies, it seems to make my touch 'overheat'. but albums i can do all day as well as stream pandora for god knows how many hours a month.

you pay $15 for your data and download movies? or $40 for PAM and download movies?

Get real, man. Even Comcast have a new policy to cap those who use bittorrent. long gone unlimited. people like you screw up good things.

imagine if everyone does the same thing as you, sprint data network just got overloaded and everyone will scream and call in to complain.

[Negrito]

Originally Posted by foxnews

you pay $15 for your data and download movies? or $40 for PAM and download movies?

Get real, man. Even Comcast have a new policy to cap those who use bittorrent. long gone unlimited. people like you screw up good things.

imagine if everyone does the same thing as you, sprint data network just got overloaded and everyone will scream and call in to complain.

I actually dont pay for either. My plans includes "unlimited" data. I used to dl movies, but my poor touch cant handle the constant data for the length of time it takes to dl one. So i stopped. I am still around 5GB+/month...


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[parkjam]

Originally Posted by Negrito

I actually dont pay for either. My plans includes "unlimited" data. I used to dl movies, but my poor touch cant handle the constant data for the length of time it takes to dl one. So i stopped. I am still around 5GB+/month...

That is exactly what people are talking about. Your plan entitles you to unlimited data on your PHONE! When you tether without a PAM add-on, you are violating the TOS. I am not trying to be the moral police, as many of us have and continue to tether without a PAM add-on. The problem arises when people, like yourself, abuse the privelage and think that they should make tethering their primary internet connection, and essentially steal internet from Sprint. In the end, it is people who do that who are going to ruin it for the rest of us!

[neodorian]

Originally Posted by foxnews

you pay $15 for your data and download movies? or $40 for PAM and download movies?

Get real, man. Even Comcast have a new policy to cap those who use bittorrent. long gone unlimited. people like you screw up good things.

imagine if everyone does the same thing as you, sprint data network just got overloaded and everyone will scream and call in to complain.

I stream internet radio as well as watch TV and movies via Orb. This is a legit service and it is the reason I purchased an unlimited data package. Sprint's cheap, fast unlimited data is the main reason I stay with them. Take that away and I am not as likely to stay with them.

[parkjam]

Originally Posted by neodorian

I stream internet radio as well as watch TV and movies via Orb. This is a legit service and it is the reason I purchased an unlimited data package. Sprint's cheap, fast unlimited data is the main reason I stay with them. Take that away and I am not as likely to stay with them.

So YOU should be especially irked when people take advantage of the service, threatening the ability of the rest of us to use it legitimately.

[neodorian]

Originally Posted by parkjam

So YOU should be especially irked when people take advantage of the service, threatening the ability of the rest of us to use it legitimately.

The point is that 5GB is easy to hit with "legitimate" use. If a network cannot handle the "unlimited" data transfer advertised then it ought not to be advertised as unlimited. I say this as a regular supporter of Sprint and a long time customer. They have consistently kept their unlimited data rates much lower than their competitors and I applaud them for that. I just would like them to make good on their advertised promise as I have always made good on my monthly payment.

Whether the carriers like it or not, one of the biggest selling services over the past few years has been data service. Before the iPhone craze brought it to the masses, there have been plenty of us who have sought to do with our mobile devices the same things that we had been doing with our desktops and laptops. I've been a frequent user and sometimes broadcaster over internet radio. In addition, I can't imagine I am the only geek out there who has seen the promise of mobile computing. In this day and age, a huge part of this mobile computing involves an unlimited pipe to the internet at large. I can understand speed limitations as networks evolve but I do not agree with the advertising of a service as unlimited when the term comes with an asterisk that none of us saw during the sign-up process.

Sprint still serves me with the cheapest and fastest data plan in the area and I hope that as something of an underdog in need of a chance to prove themselves they can find a fair way to monetize the kind of service that many of us are looking for -- namely a mobile connection to the internet without restrictions and bandwidth caps. If they have to keep a speed cap to do this then that is fine. I just don't want to choose a carrier based on speed only to find hidden bandwidth caps. If there is a cap on the unlimited service then I have to reevaluate the competition and take into consideration any more expensive or slower service that is truly unlimited.

[parkjam]

I understand completely where you are coming from and what you are saying. I agree that it is not impossible to exceed 5gb a month from the mobile, but I would not say that is something that is easy to do. I browse and stream alot from my phone, and have never exceeded 4gb. I don't have a problem with people doing that. My problem is with people who cancel the cable service and replace their home internet with tethered service from the mogul, especially when they are not even paying for tethering. It is practices like these that force carriers to re-evaluate their "unlimited" data policies and change them to 5gb caps.

If I remember correctly, Verizon was the first to put a cap on unlimited data service, and I sincerely doubt that they just decided, "Why don't we make our unlimited service, limited to 5gb, just for grins!" It was most likely becoming more and more of an issue of just a few users racking up huge data transfer amounts, and killing the bandwidth for everyone else....