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, 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.

02-29-2008, 02:41 PM

On 2008-02-29, TeddeLI <Spam@nospam.neat> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
> If Sprint's coverage was adequate you would not have to force roam.

I have Verizon service, but would pay a premium for a Verizon phone
with that option. When you are in a place which no native Verizon
service (look at Verizon's prepaid coverage map, that's most of the
country's land area) with extended network roaming service, but close
enough to a Verizon tower that the phone can hear it, the phone will
stick with the Verizon tower even if that service is useless and you
are sitting right beside a tower belonging to the extended network
partner.

This happens to me all the time in Toronto, where my phone attaches
itself to a Verizon tower it can hear across the lake but which is
too far away to use to receive or make calls despite the fact that
the extended network service there is all-bars everywhere in the city.

Dennis Ferguson

02-29-2008, 07:28 PM

"TeddeLI" <Spam@nospam.neat> wrote in message
news:mn.ebaa7d82be04490f.69402@nospam.neat...
> 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.
Sprint's coverage, it's a comparatively good price.
>
> If Sprint's coverage was adequate you would not have to force roam.
>
>

No, you are missing the point! There are areas in which Sprint coverage is
better than Verizon coverage and I happen to live in one of those areas. No
cell phone service provider is the best in every area. Wouldn't it be nice
if you had the option of choosing between two cell phone service providers?
This is a significant advantage reglardless of who the two cell service
providers are.

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.