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- 01-17-2007, 11:29 PM #1rayindesmoinesGuest
I no longer see the Fair and Flexible plans offered for our area. The
new plans stink!
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- 01-18-2007, 12:08 AM #2rayindesmoinesGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
rayindesmoines wrote:
> I no longer see the Fair and Flexible plans offered for our area. The
> new plans stink!
Here's a link that explains the change:
http://www.mobilitywatch.com/news/sp...air-inflexible
- 01-19-2007, 01:47 PM #3Isaiah BeardGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
rayindesmoines wrote:
> I no longer see the Fair and Flexible plans offered for our area. The
> new plans stink!
In what way?
The price points are the same; the only difference is that they did away
with the $29.99 plan. And while the automatic minute increases are done
away with, you can call up and "buy" $5 packs of 50 minutes if you think
you'll go over that month. Even though it takes a phone call to add,
it's still a better deal than $5 for 30 minutes, as was the last
incarnation of F&F. 6PM N&W are now $5 as well, instead of $10.
Don't get me wrong, I see no reason right now for me to change over to
the current plans. But I wouldn't exactly call this a price increase
either.
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- 01-20-2007, 07:00 AM #4rayindesmoinesGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
I was lucky and switched to one of the F & F plans while they were
still offering more minutes for the dollar and the 50 minutes for $5
and just after they added the 7PM nights. Shortly afterwards, they
tigntened things up.
The current Sprint plans look similar to what Verizon has to offer and
one of the main reason's I've stayed away from them is that I have
never been impressed with their plans.
- 01-20-2007, 03:42 PM #5SMSGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
rayindesmoines wrote:
> I no longer see the Fair and Flexible plans offered for our area. The
> new plans stink!
They discontinued F&F, and apparently dropped the "To Home" option which
enabled users to set up a system with Voicestick for unlimited incoming
and outgoing calling for $55/month.
Sprint seems to be in a downward spiral that they are determined not to
stop. They had a net loss of over 300,000 post-paid subscribers for
4Q2006. They are losing market share, their ARPU is falling as iDEN use
declines, and their churn is still higher than Verizon or Cingular.
The problem with F&F is that it encouraged users to sign up for less
expensive calling plans, since they knew that occasional overages
wouldn't cost them much.
- 01-22-2007, 07:41 PM #6Joel KolstadGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> They discontinued F&F, and apparently dropped the "To Home" option which
> enabled users to set up a system with Voicestick for unlimited incoming and
> outgoing calling for $55/month.
>
> Sprint seems to be in a downward spiral that they are determined not to
> stop.
Given how many people on here you saw promoting using "To Home" as a means of
getting very inexpensive, unlimited air time, I suspect it's unlikely that
cutting it will cause a revenue drop.
- 01-23-2007, 09:06 AM #7rayindesmoinesGuest
Re: Fair and Flexible Plans Gone?
Joel wrote:
> nolife <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > But if you're a current 'Fair & Flexible' customer you'll get to hang
> > > onto your plan as long as you don't do anything to trigger a change
> > > in your contract status, such as buying a new handset or changing to
> > > a different calling plan.
> >
> > I am still on my old plan (circa 2003) and I've changed phones and made
> > basic modifications quite a few times. They normally do not make you
> > change plans for that stuff. They seem to encourage you to switch but
> > you are not forced too. I was even able to add a forth line onto that
> >
> > It is a base of $140 +tax +20% corporate discount. I actually pay about
> > $140 total per month after all fees, funds, and taxes.
> > Maybe there are better plans or were at one time or another out there
> > somewhere but I have not found them and I'd hate to lose this one..
I doubt that they will take it away from you, but ask about the
consequences for any changes you make. In the past, they have been
good about adding or removing add-on services, but it would still pay
to ask. I've never had a problem when changing phones, but usually get
stuck with a new contract.
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