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Sprint to begin throttling data this summer?
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cooper1010
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yeah; take it easy, fellas. plus, i'm pretty sure it says "later this sentury..."
Oh good! Thank the Sprint Gods.
There is one standard rule in marketing... when someone asks you a tough question for which you have no answers... fall back to the marketing mumbo-jumbo. If the customer asks the question again, repeat the same stuff.
I don't think $print means that throttling will cap the amount of data you can use, it will mean capping the speed at which you get the data. An analogy would be travelling around the country; one can do it pretty fast using a Ferrari or take much longer using a bicycle.
Not to mention those who left plans like the old SERO for the EVO, just to find now that their data is either capped for quantity or capped in speed. I hope $print does not do this cap stuff for consumers.
This would be a form of the "bait and switch" tactic, though much more refined.
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I would imagine that this wouldn't apply to us. We pay a $10 Premium Data fee on top of our regular data/voice/msg fee. How do they determine how to throttle when we're supposed to have truly unlimited data? If, for instance, they decide to throttle EVO users who go over 5GB then that is effectively a limit. Also, how would this affect users who pay for the Hot Spot. The whole point of that service is to allow access to computing devices, among other things, which will use a lot of data. Not only that, but they've touted the ability to stream HD content on the EVO which requires high speed. If Sprint does decide to throttle I doubt it will be EVO users who are targeted, and if we are they will find themselves up shit creek. The bad PR from that fallout would be almost unrecoverable.
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$print has recovered before. Look at the interest EVO has caused. If they had continued to provide lousy phones (not the TP2 though
) and the bad customer service, even more people would have left them. Now, with the EVO, they might actually be getting back customers.
I would imagine that this wouldn't apply to us. We pay a $10 Premium Data fee on top of our regular data/voice/msg fee. How do they determine how to throttle when we're supposed to have truly unlimited data? If, for instance, they decide to throttle EVO users who go over 5GB then that is effectively a limit. Also, how would this affect users who pay for the Hot Spot. The whole point of that service is to allow access to computing devices, among other things, which will use a lot of data. Not only that, but they've touted the ability to stream HD content on the EVO which requires high speed. If Sprint does decide to throttle I doubt it will be EVO users who are targeted, and if we are they will find themselves up shit creek. The bad PR from that fallout would be almost unrecoverable.
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$print has recovered before. Look at the interest EVO has caused. If they had continued to provide lousy phones (not the TP2 though
) and the bad customer service, even more people would have left them. Now, with the EVO, they might actually be getting back customers.I have used a grandfathered "Phone as Modem" with unlimited data plan for years. It took the Evo to make me want to switch to a new plan.
I imagine that the throttling will resemble a little what I experienced during my heavy data-usage months.
If I went well over 5gb in a month, I'd lose EVDO service for a day or so.
If I downloaded large amounts at one time I would see my internet speed slow to a crawl. Disconnecting and reconnecting would work initially... maybe even for a few tries... but too much data in a day would eventually slow service to a crawl for a few hours.
Granted, I have no hard data that they did this... I just seemed to notice that I'd usually get great speeds on low data-usage months and slow speeds on data heavy ones.
I imagine that the throttling will resemble a little what I experienced during my heavy data-usage months.
If I went well over 5gb in a month, I'd lose EVDO service for a day or so.
If I downloaded large amounts at one time I would see my internet speed slow to a crawl. Disconnecting and reconnecting would work initially... maybe even for a few tries... but too much data in a day would eventually slow service to a crawl for a few hours.
Granted, I have no hard data that they did this... I just seemed to notice that I'd usually get great speeds on low data-usage months and slow speeds on data heavy ones.
Oh, and I'd like to add that I have no problem with Sprint throttling back speeds. Torrent downloaders are a massive drain on bandwidth and slows the network for everyone else. Yeah, we get unlimited data... but if you're too much of a hog, I can see why Sprint would want to better allocate their resources.
Glad to see it was a misunderstanding, but seriously, what...was sprint going to throttle my AMAZING 700k connections 
I'm shocked Sprint thinks our 300-700k connection is just fine. I disagree, we get 1.4-3.5mb every day with our 3GS's. Minneapolis just has shitty Sprint 3g speeds.
I'm shocked Sprint thinks our 300-700k connection is just fine. I disagree, we get 1.4-3.5mb every day with our 3GS's. Minneapolis just has shitty Sprint 3g speeds.
Smiles
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Those concerned with data throttling may be interested in this article:
Sprint: We won't throttle wireless data speeds on our network - FierceWireless
Sprint: We won't throttle wireless data speeds on our network - FierceWireless
QuickDraw
Android Enthusiast
UNLESS of course you were unlucky enough to go for the very first iPhone, which cost well over $600 when it first came out. Then Apple decided to screw their early adopters and lower the price to around $200 in less than 45 days.
NOW it seems that they will not even support the phone anymore. As far as I'm concerned, Steve, and the company he runs, can go screw themselves. I truely think Steve has a GOD complex, but that's my opinion.
Sketchr
Android Enthusiast
Glad to see it was a misunderstanding, but seriously, what...was sprint going to throttle my AMAZING 700k connections
I'm shocked Sprint thinks our 300-700k connection is just fine. I disagree, we get 1.4-3.5mb every day with our 3GS's. Minneapolis just has shitty Sprint 3g speeds.
Twin Cities west burbs are excellent - st. louis park to minnetonka.
nick325i
Android Enthusiast
You know the fine print of your EVO 4G contract that gives Sprint the right to limit throughput speeds without notice? Skipped past that part? Well, consider this your unofficial notice. If what we're reading above is accurate, then Sprint appears ready to introduce data throttling this summer. Where and how are the big questions. The image above received from a tipster appears to have been grabbed from Sprint's own "The Playbook," though we have no way of confirming that at this time. It certainly make sense though given T-Mobile USA's recent move away from overage charges in favor of throttling.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/s...a-this-summer/
I just left AT&T because of their bullshit...
Isn't that picture a shot of the air-card brochure? That service is different.
this ad is targeted to broadband card/dongle users....
This is from Sprint's EVO 4G plan website: Voice/Data Usage Limitation: Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to limit throughput speeds, and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service if off-network usage in a month exceeds: (1) voice: 800 min. or a majority of minutes; or (2) data: 300 megabytes or a majority of kilobytes. Prohibited network use rules apply. See in-store materials or sprint.com/termsandconditions for specific prohibited uses.
According to Sprint, West Hollywood is the only city in the LA area at this time.
IOWA
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If you are roaming, yes they can. Usually they only do so if you do it for an extended period of time.
That's not true, I have a thread about 4G signals in LA. I myself get a signal in Westwood in addition to Hollywood. Other people have also reported signals all around.
Again to clarify, this applies to off-network usage. Sprint doesn't want customers using a ton of voice or data while roaming on another carrier's network. I.E., Verizon... Sprint has to reimburse Verizon for minutes and data that YOU use on their network... at a negotiated premium rate.
That clause has absolutely nothing to do with usage while on the Sprint network.