Sprint Letter - "UNUSUALLY HIGH DATA USAGE"

[buddywiser]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

The link is not working here... blonde moment, or??

It's still working for me, but here's the text:

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sprint (NYSE:S - News) aims to set the record straight on what “unlimited” means in a new TV ad that once again features CEO Dan Hesse.

Building on previous successful campaigns featuring Hesse, the Sprint CEO appears for the 10th time in a TV spot that reinforces simplicity, value and Sprint’s commitment to the customer experience. The new advertisement highlights that Sprint customers on Simply Everything® data plans don’t have to worry about surprises on their monthly bills due to data overage charges on phones like they might with AT&T’s tiered data plans. Nor do they have to limit their data usage on phones to avoid throttling, like they might with Verizon’s new policy of slowing down speeds for heavy users or T-Mobile’s policy of limiting speeds once customers reach 5 GB of data usage.

In the ad Hesse says: “The other day, I looked up the word unlimited in the dictionary. Nowhere in the definition did I see words like metering, overage, or throttling, which is code for slowing you down. Only Sprint gives you true unlimited calling, texting, surfing, TV and navigation on all phones.”

He concludes with the question: “Why limit yourself?”

“Some of our competitors continually attempt to create confusion in the mind of the consumer by talking about ‘unlimited’ plans that are not truly unlimited on their networks,” said Bill Morgan, Sprint senior vice president-Corporate Marketing. “If you have to worry about additional charges appearing on your bill based on usage, that’s not an unlimited plan. We chose to use Mr. Hesse to deliver that message because he’s become a trusted voice.”

Sprint’s Simply Everything Plan offers more value and simplicity than other wireless carriers, and is the only plan from a national carrier to offer true unlimited service while on the Sprint network for every phone without the worry of throttling or overage. The Simply Everything Plan delivers unlimited calling, text and Web, including email, social networking, GPS navigation, TV and radio while on the Sprint 3G and 4G networks for $99.99 per month, plus a required $10 Premium Data add-on charge for smartphones.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse defines

[Tinkerbell]

Whew... it is working here now too!! Thank you for the information! Sorry to have troubled you...

[krnfrk6663]

To enlighten me.. How does one use 30 gigs of data on their phone...? I've teathered net, xbox, torrents, etc and never went over 15 gigs. Are there any phone calling on these phones? lol

[DaveTN]

y'all probably want to watch this then... Is it unlimited or not Sprint. Get it straight. Even their CEO doesn't get it then.

Sprint's Dan Hesse differentiates between unlimited and 'unlimited' in latest TV spot -- Engadget

David

oops... looka likw buddyweiser beat me to it.

[matchstickredgti]

Originally Posted by krnfrk6663

To enlighten me.. How does one use 30 gigs of data on their phone...? I've teathered net, xbox, torrents, etc and never went over 15 gigs. Are there any phone calling on these phones? lol

I don't have an internet connection at my apartment, so I have to solely rely on my phone for internet. Mostly Xbox live (streaming Netflix and gameplay) and torrents (movies, band discographies). Those two alone use a lot of data.

And no phone calls here really, I cannot stand being on the phone since I'm on the phone all day at work. I think on my line I use less than 100 minutes every month lol.

[boredandtattooed]

Originally Posted by chardog

why would anyone use so much data on your phones? I recall tethering speeds to be 50KB/s.... That would take 27.8 hours of nonstop downloading to achieve 5GB. it would take 7 days with an average use of 4 hours hardcore download per day to achieve this much usage. I figure most people use like 1 hour of total streaming per day, which would make it 28 days to acheive 5GB.

Better off just connecting to wifi.... shit is available almost everywhere. 3g speeds are too slow to even deal with this much data.

I use 5GB a day/avg... so your theory here is almost close... I can "backup" about 3 movies in a 24 period..

Originally Posted by brack21

bored and darren, do you guys have the stealth tethering hack on the phones. I'm currently using a virgin mobile mifi device for internet but it keeps going to 1x which sucks. I use my tp2 with 3g locked on so stays in 3g mode and I get about 150kbs actual download speeds so that approximately 1.2mb speeds. I was thinking of purchasing another tp2 and use like bored just for wife tethering. Maybe I should get a TP1 since it's just for tethering. Is the TP1 evdo rev a?

stealth tethering ONLY works on USB Tether.. I cant speak for Darren, but i use WifiRouter app.. so no, no Stealth here at all!

Originally Posted by krnfrk6663

To enlighten me.. How does one use 30 gigs of data on their phone...? I've teathered net, xbox, torrents, etc and never went over 15 gigs. Are there any phone calling on these phones? lol

most Ive used is 130GB or so.. i do about 80-90/100 on avg though.. doing the same things you mentioned above - just Alot More of it lol

[Tinkerbell]

Wow!! I guess it adds up quickly when you are a power user!