Sprint joins $99 unlimited plan party, includes data services and more
This news ought to add to the debate we just started on the value of expensive 3G data services. Sprint has just followed the other major U.S. cellular carriers by announcing their own $99 unlimited plan. Only they did it right in my opinion. It’s not just unlimited voice, but if I’m reading the press release correctly, it also includes unlimited “data, text, e-mail, Web-surfing, Sprint TVSM, Sprint Music, GPS Navigation, Direct Connect® and Group Connect®”. Aptly, Sprint calls it the $99.99 “Simply Everything” plan.I tend to stick with 3G modem cards for my connectivity, but at this rate, it’s very attractive to go with a 3G-enabled phone on Sprint’s network and use it for tethering, no?
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It does NOT include using it as a modem, but even so, this is fantastic news! :) Besides the Phone-as-Modem service is $25-30 which is nothing in the grand scheme of things.
Incidentally, the plan was originally announced a few weeks ago for limited areas at $120. When AT&T and Verizon announced their plans, obviously Sprint felt a need to one-up them.
Mmmmm, the sweet smell and taste of competition! :)
I joined with Sprint last year because of their unlimited plan – I saw the price as a direct reflection of the quality of the network and accepted the contract. I’m kicking myself a year later at finding that Boost Mobile, also on the Sprint network, offers the same plan without a contract and for $50. I don’t know much about the quality of the Boost network versus Sprint, but the potential savings are reason alone to question the difference. Why would a company offer such a drastically different price plan on their own network and not expect customers to notice and complan? Feeling left out as a customer, then email Sprint’s president and let him know how you feel about such unfair practices -sites.google.com/site/sprintcustomersunite