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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / March 2008Sprint offers $90 unlimited voice, $100 including text messaging
"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" "Sprint Nextel said it would begin offering unlimited voice and data service usage for $99.99 per month." >"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" > >"Sprint Nextel said it would begin offering unlimited voice and data >service usage for $99.99 per month." This also reportedly includes BIS (<http://tinyurl.com/235py3>)! This is huge! >>"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >This also reportedly includes BIS (<http://tinyurl.com/235py3>)! This >is huge! If it does include BIS than it IS a good deal? yes? >>> "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > If it does include BIS than it IS a good deal? yes? Maybe - maybe not - have you been watching their subscriber retention lately?? They are bleeding worse than a stuck hog!! Tom J >>"http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >This also reportedly includes BIS (<http://tinyurl.com/235py3>)! This >is huge! According to the conversation I had with Sprint Customer Service yesterday (2/29) the only thing NOT included is "Phone as Modem". The young lady I talked with in CS yesterday told me management has told them to expect the rollout of a number of blockbuster service offerings in the next 30~45 days. Regards, Bill Bowen Sacramento, CA > According to the conversation I had with Sprint Customer Service > yesterday (2/29) the only thing NOT included is "Phone as Modem". Makes sense. Unlimited data to the PHONE is damned near useless because the PHONE can't do anything but the simplest of webpages and email. If they turn the MODEM function off, they don't have to worry about you actually USING all that "unlimited" bandwidth for a real computer....streaming, sharing, downloading, uploading, and all those nasty computer things that use BANDWIDTH that PHONES are designed NOT to do. How many gigs/month does WAP or some phone browser lacking javascript, Flash, Java, media players and codecs, file transfers, etc. use, anyways? 100MB? 200? My N800 tablet Bluetoothed to the MotoROKR Z6m DUN used 94GB last month, according to the detailed bill from Alltel.....and noone complained for $25. >> According to the conversation I had with Sprint Customer Service >> yesterday (2/29) the only thing NOT included is "Phone as Modem". [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >computer....streaming, sharing, downloading, uploading, and all those nasty >computer things that use BANDWIDTH that PHONES are designed NOT to do. Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works plan... >Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to >the system? It's correctly identified as a data card, not a handset. >If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole >like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works >plan...  SignaturePaul Miner > Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to > the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole > like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works > plan... Dream on...(c; > Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to > the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole > like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works > plan... Sprint charges $60 for unlimited WWAN access (e.g. with an Aircard), so there is no reason to pay $100 for it. Since the unlimited plan is locked to one cellphone number, it's not possible to game the system by using the Card and a phone on the same plan. Bill Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote in news:47ca1727$0$19527 $9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com: >> Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to >> the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bill Wow...That's kinda high! I'm paying Verizon $25/mo for EVDO to my Nokia N800 from the ROKR Z6m as a BT modem. $60 is over DOUBLE! The trouble with Aircards is you have to buy another phone number you can't use for anything plus pay for broadband. It's a scam. Plug your sellphone into your laptop or bluetooth it....much cheaper! Just buy unlimited data service, which I think Sprint also sells for around $25/mo more than the sellphone bill. You can also use it for the crappy stuff on the phone, if you like. > Wow...That's kinda high! I'm paying Verizon $25/mo for EVDO to my Nokia > N800 from the ROKR Z6m as a BT modem. $60 is over DOUBLE! > > The trouble with Aircards is you have to buy another phone number you can't > use for anything plus pay for broadband. It's a scam. If you could replace the aircard with a tethered phone and still maintain same functionality, then it may be a scam. But you can't so it isn't. > Plug your sellphone into your laptop or bluetooth it....much cheaper! Just > buy unlimited data service, which I think Sprint also sells for around > $25/mo more than the sellphone bill. You're thinking of the Sprint data plan that is $59 per month and the plan is expressly designed for laptop access. Tethering a phone is against the TOS. DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:QcJyj.10828$Mw.364 @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com: > If you could replace the aircard with a tethered phone and still > maintain same functionality, then it may be a scam. But you can't so > it isn't. I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop plugged into a sellphone can't? Please don't tell me you can use the aircard as a sellphone if you plug a headset into the side of your computer....please. That's a joke! > DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:QcJyj.10828$Mw.364 > @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop > plugged into a sellphone can't? How many Verizon and Sprint phones are running CDMA Rev A at the moment? > > DTC <m...@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:QcJyj.10828$Mw.364 > > @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > How many Verizon and Sprint phones are running CDMA Rev A at the moment? BTW Blackberry users must pay $20 more to Sprint each month for this 'unlimited' feature since it costs Sprint if they use the Blackberry servers, ie unlimited BB is $119 at Sprint. > DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:QcJyj.10828$Mw.364 > @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop > plugged into a sellphone can't? Operate within the TOS on the Sprint network. > Please don't tell me you can use the aircard as a sellphone if you > plug a headset into the side of your computer....please. That's a > joke! And why would it be a joke? >> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop >> plugged into a sellphone can't? > > Operate within the TOS on the Sprint network. What the hell kind of answer is that? Sprint doesn't allow tethering? You need a new carrier! >>> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a >>> laptop plugged into a sellphone can't? >> >> Operate within the TOS on the Sprint network. > > What the hell kind of answer is that? The correct one. > Sprint doesn't allow tethering? A well documented scenario. > You need a new carrier! Why? Where did I say that I carry a Sprint phone? >>> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop >>> plugged into a sellphone can't? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >What the hell kind of answer is that? Sprint doesn't allow tethering? You >need a new carrier! Yes, they do. You just have to pay for it. They call it Phone As Modem (PAM). >>>> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a >>>> laptop plugged into a sellphone can't? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Yes, they do. You just have to pay for it. They call it Phone As > Modem (PAM). That would be correct. I stand corrected in my statement, >>>> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop >>>> plugged into a sellphone can't? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yes, they do. You just have to pay for it. They call it Phone As > Modem (PAM). $39.99 PAM Plan which is unlimited, but they don't have any Rev A phones, so a data card is better (with a $59.99 plan). While dumping the alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard DTC say: >>>>> I'll bite. What can an Aircard plugged into a laptop do that a laptop >>>>> plugged into a sellphone can't? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > $39.99 PAM Plan which is unlimited, but they don't have any Rev A > phones, so a data card is better (with a $59.99 plan). On the other hand, the PAM plan can be started and stopped at will, while the data card commits you to 2-year contract. The value of the trade-offs either way would depend on your own usage of course. SignatureDutch > On the other hand, the PAM plan can be started and stopped at will, > while the data card commits you to 2-year contract. The value of the > trade-offs either way would depend on your own usage of course. Good point, I forgot about that. When I do add that kind of "feature" (depending on what carrier calls such an add-on), I state or ask very clearly that I can use it month to month. With all the stories floating around with people getting their contract extended for the smallest things... While dumping the alt.cellular.attws,alt.cellular.sprintpcs bit bucket, I heard DTC say: >> On the other hand, the PAM plan can be started and stopped at will, >> while the data card commits you to 2-year contract. The value of the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > With all the stories floating around with people getting > their contract extended for the smallest things... Yep, that's definitely something you want to make clear up front. I think some of the data card plans allow for a suspension of service for some period of time, but it gets added on the other end. SignatureDutch >> Please don't tell me you can use the aircard as a sellphone if you >> plug a headset into the side of your computer....please. That's a >> joke! > > And why would it be a joke? What is a "Sellphone"? Is that like when you go into a cellular phone store and they sell you a phone? Jar-Jar > What is a "Sellphone"? Is that like when you go into a cellular phone > store and they sell you a phone? > > Jar-Jar That would be the wireless phone in your pocket that nickel and dimes you to death, charging you by the month for the simplest of applications like copying your pictures to your PC or transferring the tiniest messages on the planet for $900,000 per gigabyte. Everything a SELLphone does is to SELL you something more.....TV, music, messages, internet, ad nauseum..... It's like a goddamned box office in your pocket! > > What is a "Sellphone"? Is that like when you go into a cellular phone > > store and they sell you a phone? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > That would be the wireless phone in your pocket that nickel and dimes you > to death, Just like the one you carry--eh, Larry? > > Please don't tell me you can use the aircard as a sellphone if you > > plug a headset into the side of your computer....please. That's a > > joke! > > And why would it be a joke? Because Larry's never seen it happen at the Waffle House. I thought you had service with with Alltel but you get billed from Verizon, Do you even know what you have? Al > Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote in news:47ca1727$0$19527 > $9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > You can also use it for the crappy stuff on the phone, if you like. >> Hmm... I wonder how something like a Sierra Wireless AirCard looks to >> the system? If it looks like a phone, perhaps they left a loophole [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >locked to one cellphone number, it's not possible to game the system by >using the Card and a phone on the same plan. In that case, they had better tell Sierra Wireless to stop putting those headset jacks into their AirCards. The one I have is capable of making voice calls just like a regular voice handset. > "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" > > "Sprint Nextel said it would begin offering unlimited voice and data > service usage for $99.99 per month." plus taxes and garbage fees, right up to $120/month. Whoopee. >> "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Whoopee. But a bit less than Verizon and AT&T charge for the same thing. If you can live with Sprint's coverage, it's a comparatively good price. Sprint actually has very good coverage because you can force your phone to roam on Verizon anytime that you like. NO other cell phone service provider gives you that capability. >>> "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > But a bit less than Verizon and AT&T charge for the same thing. If you can > live with Sprint's coverage, it's a comparatively good price. Jar-Jar Binks brought next idea : > Sprint actually has very good coverage because you can force your phone to > roam on Verizon anytime that you like. NO other cell phone service provider [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> But a bit less than Verizon and AT&T charge for the same thing. If you can >> live with Sprint's coverage, it's a comparatively good price. If Sprint's coverage was adequate you would not have to force roam. > "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" > > "Sprint Nextel said it would begin offering unlimited voice and data > service usage for $99.99 per month." Well since Sprint is the worst carrier on Earth, by far, this won't help them much. >> "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Well since Sprint is the worst carrier on Earth, by far, this won't help >them much. And on what do you base that statement? Your own experience, coverage, customer service or ?? Worst compared to?? I'll grant you that the coverage by each carrier in a particular area may not be as good as another carrier, and I'll also inform you that AT&T and Verizon, as the older carriers going back to the AMPS days of the '80s, have an advantage in that they where able to nail down sites before the NIMBY opposition and the "we'll all die from radio waves" scare mongering started up in the '90s. The 1800/1900 MHz PCS spectrum auction (the spectrum T-Mobile & Sprint use) did not happen until 1995 and the systems where not sited until a couple of years later. I know - I was working for Bell South in those days. All that having been said, I've been in many areas where my Sprint phone works and my girlfriend's Verizon phone is in Roam. Be careful when you make branket statements - some might light that blanket up :)) Regards, Bill Bowen Sacramento, CA > "http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jozneUnB0QkRuil3m5wj0ujr0_ZQD8V3DFE01" > > "Sprint Nextel said it would begin offering unlimited voice and data > service usage for $99.99 per month." We are offering 40 USD flat fee all you can call and SMS www.xgtechnology.com SHECLabs <mdandml@hotmail.com> wrote in news:868fc44a-b4dc-45c1-b961- 6d6a6941016f@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com: > We are offering 40 USD flat fee all you can call and SMS > www.xgtechnology.com Where does it say that? There's not a single mention of PRICE anywhere on those webpages..... It is a SCAM and a SPAMMER. I removed the URL of the spammer as to not proliferate the spam. > SHECLabs <mdandml@hotmail.com> wrote in news:868fc44a-b4dc-45c1-b961- > 6d6a6941016f@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com: > >> We are offering 40 USD flat fee all you can call and SMS > Where does it say that? There's not a single mention of PRICE anywhere on > those webpages..... |
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