Anyone think there is a chance that Sprint will back down on either the optional hotspot charge or the mandatory $10 fee? Or at least lower them?
As a sprint rep I hope so.
As a sprint rep I hope so.
I spoke to a Sprint rep today and she said the $10 is not mandatory if you are not in a 4G coverage area... can you reconfirm that?
Do you recall anything like that ever happening?
No I do not. It doesn't make sense becuase one can get a 4g aircard at the same price as a 3g card and they're both $59.99. If one has 4g they will most likely use more data as well than a 3g card, so the arguement that if you have 4g you will use more data is non sense. 4g is cheaper, and it is meant for heavy data traffic so it shouldn't put a burden on the network.
Ya all they would have to do is do the same thing they did with the aricards. Keep the 5gp cap on 3g and have unlimited on 4g for the same price. If you are going over the 3g then one can get the unlimited 3g for $10.
Exactly. Then everyone is happy. I think Sprint will get a lot more customers this way too.
Right, but with my pre I barely use more than 500MB on my heaviest of months because I am on Wifi 90% of the time, as are most tech people. Unless you travel a lot and are away from Wifi at work/school/home you aren't going to rack up that much data.
And if you do, have the option to add a $10 unlimited package onto your existing plan. It is very simple, as it is right now, I don't have access to 4G, and I don't use much data, so I am basically out $10 for no reason.
Yes, but I am going to abuse the unlimited data as much as I can. Just a matter of principle.
Let me put it to you all this way. I have been forking over money to Sprint every month since March of 2001 for their service. On June 20th of this year that will end if they don't backtrack on this. That is a promise.
You'd rather pay more elsewhere for 3g, than pay more for 4g with sprint?