Sprint offers $90 unlimited voice, $100 including text messaging

02-28-2008, 09:41 AM

"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."

02-28-2008, 11:02 AM

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>"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!

02-28-2008, 01:01 PM

Anon E. Muss <anonymous@example.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"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!

If it does include BIS than it IS a good deal? yes?

02-28-2008, 01:06 PM

me@privacy.net wrote:
> Anon E. Muss <anonymous@example.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "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!
>
> 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

02-28-2008, 04:47 PM

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote:

>"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."

And if you have multiple phones, all wanting unlimited minutes, you
are talking about 99.99 PER LINE. Not a good deal at all.

02-28-2008, 06:12 PM

PaulMaudib wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> "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."
>
> And if you have multiple phones, all wanting unlimited minutes, you
> are talking about 99.99 PER LINE. Not a good deal at all.

AMEN!

[quote]
"Simply Everything" is available today to both CDMA and iDEN customers,
and is open to existing and new subscribers. If you've got a family
plan, it's $5 less for every line you add ($99 + $94 + $89 and so on).

02-28-2008, 09:22 PM

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <47c6e38c$0$36351$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> "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.
>

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.

02-29-2008, 01:14 PM

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.

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:47c787d1$0$36356$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>> In article <47c6e38c$0$36351$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
>> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "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.
>>
>
> 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.

02-29-2008, 01:38 PM

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
> gives you that capability.
>
> "SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
> news:47c787d1$0$36356$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>> In article <47c6e38c$0$36351$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
>>> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "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.
>>>
>>
>> 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.

03-01-2008, 11:30 AM

Anon E. Muss <anonymous@example.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:41:39 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"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!

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

03-01-2008, 03:02 PM

William H. Bowen <wh_bowen@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:lu7js3t6l1s1kgqjjm4a4shj8a2a7fjge8@4ax.com:

> 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.

03-01-2008, 04:49 PM

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:47c6e38c$0$36351$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> "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.

03-01-2008, 08:13 PM

Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote in
news

pujs3tdrmd8htpa0kd8s5fc77cgicdqnu@4ax.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
> like Cingular did a few years back with their $19.95/month Media Works
> plan...
>
>

Dream on...(c;

03-01-2008, 08:16 PM

Scott in SoCal wrote:
>
> 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

03-02-2008, 10:30 AM

Bill T <wctom1@pacbell.net> wrote in news:47ca1727$0$19527
$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com:

> Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
>

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.