dan@sprint.com response I got

[ajac]

Originally Posted by WarChild

Its a load of crap. so are we allowed to surpass the soft cap with no worries because we pay more?....lol




CW

funny thing is thier isnt a 3g cap at all and 4g never has a cap... so in all honesty its just for the 4g access we werent suppose to be charged for... funny how all the forums including sprints forum and thier face book page are exploding with anger and the amount of emails thier probobly getting.

[Ticklemepinks]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

The Evo is better than the TP2, no doubt. But all of the features you just mentioned don't have anything to do with using more data. The Evo does everything better, but the TP2 still does everything the Evo does. The only thing the Evo does that the TP2 doesn't as far as data is concerned is the video chat. And even then, I have been using Qik for years (and use it all the time on my TP2).

I agree that the Evo is this year's sports car, no question. But when the TP2 came out last year, it was a sports car, not a sedan.

i thought they was just chargin the 10 bucks cuz the fone was the shat and the urine lol

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by Ticklemepinks

i thought they was just chargin the 10 bucks cuz the fone was the shat and the urine lol

I was reading on buzz about wireless (Sprint's official message board) and there are a lot of people upset about the $10 fee. Anyway, someone posted that Sprint has a meeting next week to decide if they should just include the hotspot for free as part of that $10.

Doing that would certainly make it easier to swallow the fee.

I think they're charging the fee because the phone is 4G though. They can't come out and say that since not very many people have 4G, and especially not after the CEO's comments at CTIA, so they are just saying the fee is for enhanced media services or whatever. But I think it's pretty obvious they're charging for 4G.

[tx_dbs_tx]

It is completely true that the $10 add on for the HTC EVO is NOT fair for those who do not have 4G in their area. But 4G is very rapidly becoming available in many places so it won't be long until everybody with a 3G signal will have 4G as well. The data consumption of the EVO will be quite a bit more for those who do have 4G simply because 4G has a much higher data cap than 3G and the EVO itself does as well. You will use much more data with the EVO doing what you typically do on your current 3G smartphone plus the new data intensive features on the EVO will increase it even more.

I assume Sprint made the decision to make the $10 add on fee for the EVO reguardless of where you live because 4G will be available everywhere pretty soon anyways. This makes many of you without 4G feel that you are paying "extra" for nothing and it's true. BUT it makes sense to make the fee mandatory for a 4G phone reguardless of 3G/4G service rather than try to "monitor" who has and does not have 4G service even if you're traveling. 4G WiMAX will be available everywhere soon enough.

For those who smoke, you pay more than $10 on cigs in one week.
For those who like to drink alcohol, you pay more than $10 in one week.
For those who wear cosmetics, you pay more than $10 in one week.
For those who like to eat out, you pay more than $10 in one week.

For those who buy gas for your vehicles and travel 2 to 5 miles out of the way to save .5 cents, you save nothing by burning more fuel than you are attempting to save by driving to a cheaper service station. (if it takes 1/4 gallon to travel to a cheaper service station, you spent at least .66 cents depending on your local fuel prices).
If you do this regularly each month, then you likely pay more than $10 in one month.

All in all it's a fair price to pay for 4G WiMAX for those who already have 4G in their area. For those who don't, relax it's coming soon!

[saibot]

It's not like it's hidden and not advertised everywhere. If you don't want the $10 extra a month, don't get the EVO. Problem solved. However I suspect that this thread will continue full of complaints about the $10 you won't pay.

Gotta love the internet.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by tx_dbs_tx

For those who smoke, you pay more than $10 on cigs in one week.

Don't smoke

For those who like to drink alcohol, you pay more than $10 in one week.

Don't drink

For those who wear cosmetics, you pay more than $10 in one week.

Yeah I'll pass..seriously..

For those who like to eat out, you pay more than $10 in one week.

Home food > 5 star restaurant food any day..

For those who buy gas for your vehicles and travel 2 to 5 miles out of the way to save .5 cents, you save nothing by burning more fuel than you are attempting to save by driving to a cheaper service station. (if it takes 1/4 gallon to travel to a cheaper service station, you spent at least .66 cents depending on your local fuel prices).
If you do this regularly each month, then you likely pay more than $10 in one month.

If it is 2 miles or so I'd walk...and there is transportation system...

So what do I win?

[nate.spangler]

congrats! you win the chance to give sprint $10 a month! lol

[tx_dbs_tx]

LOL. That's correct!!! And I don't smoke or drink either so I can afford the $10 bucks. Like has been said already... if you don't like the $10 fee don't buy the HTC EVO. Problem solved.

[nate.spangler]

Originally Posted by tx_dbs_tx

LOL. That's correct!!! And I don't smoke or drink either so I can afford the $10 bucks. Like has been said already... if you don't like the $10 fee don't buy the HTC EVO. Problem solved.

no smoking or drinking here either, but i live in michigan so i cant afford the $10. I dont like the fee but ill pay it anyway.

[Boo Boo]

the only thing dan@sprint is for is to get ones self screwed over