jrstinkfish
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Is it really $10 extra a month for 4g?
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you know.. the little secret...
after ROOTING the phone...
you can install a free app...
to do Wifi-tethering... for FREE!!!
I am doint this on my HERO.. works great!!! my friend surfs the internet on his iPad with my HERO! I surf the net with my laptop.. all tethered to my Hero.
I'm coming from AT&T, and here's my take on the $10 extra per month:
With AT&T I've got a shared family plan that I split between two iPhones (one 2G and one 3G). The plan costs be about $110 a month, but that only covers phone calls. After adding on $20 for unlimited texting, $20 for the iPhone 2G data, and $30 for the iPhone 3G data, my cell phone bill comes out to almost $200 a month after tax. The same plan with Sprint is $120 a month for 1500 minutes shared between two lines and it also includes unlimited messaging and data for all phones on the plan. Of course there's the $10 per Evo charge, so I'm going to come in around $160-ish after taxes which will save the about $40 a month on my cell coverage, and I'm down with that. I can see how some of you are upset since you're paying more, but I'll be paying quite a bit less and that OK by me!
With AT&T I've got a shared family plan that I split between two iPhones (one 2G and one 3G). The plan costs be about $110 a month, but that only covers phone calls. After adding on $20 for unlimited texting, $20 for the iPhone 2G data, and $30 for the iPhone 3G data, my cell phone bill comes out to almost $200 a month after tax. The same plan with Sprint is $120 a month for 1500 minutes shared between two lines and it also includes unlimited messaging and data for all phones on the plan. Of course there's the $10 per Evo charge, so I'm going to come in around $160-ish after taxes which will save the about $40 a month on my cell coverage, and I'm down with that. I can see how some of you are upset since you're paying more, but I'll be paying quite a bit less and that OK by me!
exempli_gratia
Newbie
Exactly. I wish Sprint would double their price!
Would keep out the riff-raff. Right?
Plus, it would give me the chance to prove my loyalty to Sprint.
isaemm
Android Enthusiast
I dont have a problem with paying the $10 also, IF and only IF, 4g is available in my home calling area. But the fact of the matter is, where I live, 4g wont be available for at least 1 to 2 more years. I uderstand I could potentially visit an area with 4g but that is what it would be, a visit. And about it being uncapped, big wow, I only use about between 1 - 2 gigs a month anyway. So that doesnt help me out any at all. Charge me when 4g is up and running in my home area. Until then I think its a bunch of bull to pay for something I cant even use yet.
Tre Lawrence
Android Expert
Funny.
When folks make a complaint about this issue, it is not a sign of financial trouble. Plenty of people could afford $500 a month for phone if they need to.
At the price I am paying, an extra $10 is still cheap. I don't have a problem paying it. But I don't think it justifies me (or anyone else) telling folks that do have an issue with what they consider to be an unjustified charge that they are unreasonable or financially insolvent.
And, $2.50 does pay food for people in some places.
There isn't a carrier in the US with caps in place for "Unlimited" smartphone plans. 5 GB cap applies to data-cards and other devices with integrated WWAN only.
Absolutely untrue.
As a sprint user of 9 years:
You are capped at 5GB DATA PER MONTH
If you exceed this with yoru 3g or 4g or whatever phone sprint MAY flag your account and contact you.
Again - I have had sprint for 9 years, I know how this works.
IF YOU DONT EXEED 5GB you are okay. if you do, be prepared to have services halted immediately.
Edricflo
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How easy is it to pass the 5 GB?
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I've been a Sprint customer for 11 years and telling you that what you say is NOT true. There has NOT been any 3g cap for phone use. For broadband mobile cards and when tethering, then yes there is, but not for data used by a phone. What the others are saying is correct.
Check out the fine print:
http://shop.sprint.com/NASApp/onlin...terStringParamName=&newZipCode=14623&x=45&y=4
Dracostian
Newbie
According to four different Sprint reps now, if you have the 10 dollar EVO fee, you are NOT capped on the Smartphone on 4G _or_ 3G, unless you are tethering or attempting to share the connection as Wifi. Then, if you have the $30 hotspot, you are NOT capped no matter what.
I encourage you to call in and ask. Get the names of the people you spoke to, and note the times. See if you get the same response.
The poster above is correct, by the way, outside of these considerations, on the 5 GB fee. Sprint will lock you in a heartbeat if you cross 5 GB on an "unlimited plan." I manage a few hundred Sprint phones, and I've seen them do it more than once for people who were clearly "abusing" the system.
Dracostian
Newbie
That's really not a fair statement. I can afford virtually any fee they would want to throw at me, and it's precisely because I don't spend money on other things in life that I find have no value. An extra $120 a year is a decent chunk of change for many people, especially those on fixed incomes.
That said, I don't have any problem with this fee and am paying it without complaining to Sprint, so don't take the above wrong.
Dracostian
Newbie
I think you may be having a minor confusion between a hard data cap (you hit 5gb and they shut you off) and Sprint's right to limit you at any point beyond 5gb.
Sprint definitely has done the latter in many cases. I've had to deal with them for end users when they've done it. And it's not always in regards to tethering (granted, in some cases it's because Sprint thinks they are tethering when they aren't).
You're technically correct, I believe, that there ISN'T a hard cap there, but it still has been applied to people in the past, which is why you will hear people saying it.
Since they have an unlimited data plan what is this cap of which you speak? This is a 4g tax. The odd thing is I live in FL and there isn't a hint of 4g around here and I don't travel. So why would I want to pay 120.00 extra for NOTHING? sorry No Sale "end of story".
LOL more likely he wasn't brain washed by all the meetings. "PREMIUM DATA not specifically 4G", really ? Then can I buy the PREMIUM DATA on my non 4g phone?
Their plan is already unlimited data.
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Yes, you are correct. Sprint will do that on a case by case if they believe there is abuse on the account. I was responding to the OP post of being a 5gig cap on 3g which really isn't the case. I and others have exceeded that with phone usage and no repercussions but they can say something if they consider there is abuse (i.e. unauthorized tethering).
Hmmm, about tethering, according the manual:
If this is true, and not dependent on WiFi, VERY cool, and worth the $10 extra a month just to not have to do it by nefarious means
What about for 29.99? That's what they want to charge for tethering. the 10.00 is a 4g phone tax that Sprint is trying to spin as something else. I call it a phone tax becasue must don't have access to the 4g yet so it can't be a 4g tax.
only for a data card, not for a phone... been covered, before, too. Maybe there are certain plans that did limit data, but mine doesn't and the newer plans don't. Reports of meing shut down for 5G+ on a phone should be looked at on a case-by-case basis. Oh, and 5G/mo is about 166 MB/day so 99%+ of people (even with 4G) will have a hard time consuming that.
$10/mo is NOT for unlimited data, and not for 4G (if you read the fine print). What's it for, then?
Officially, it's on the Sprint site (big screen, fast processor, etc.) but what's it really for? A tax on "high data users" AKA paying an additional charge for using more data... and you thought AT&T was the first to start that, huh?