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xenophon
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phxphun1
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 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Sprint's EVDO pricing |
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| xenophon wrote: | | Sprint came out with a new pricing model with the Nextel branding and apparently did not drop the EVDO rates to match Verizon. Maybe they haven't updated yet but the website still shows $80/month. |
Hopefully they'll follow suit quickly, and let those of us already on the $80 plan have the lower rate, too. I asked when I signed up "what if the price goes down... am I stuck at $80/month for two years?" and was told I'd be able to change my plan if the price goes down, but would have to take a contract extension. Hopefully we'll see what happens very soon.
OTOH, if Sprint doesn't drop their prices, maybe it'll keep new subscribers away and leave more bandwidth for us  |
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dannick
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:59 am Post subject: Sprint EVDO Pricing |
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I found an article on Reuters that says Sprint is considering dropping its pricing on EVDO to match Verizon's.
| Quote: | Wed Aug 31, 3:37 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp. could cut the price of its high-speed wireless service after bigger rival Verizon Wireless slashed its price by 25 percent, a top Sprint executive suggested on Wednesday.
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Full story at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050831/wr_nm/telecoms_sprint_data_dc
Lets hope they do drop the price. |
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xenophon
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Good find. Of course for corporate customers, anything is negotiable in bulk. At our company, we have about 80 Sprint 1xRTT laptop card users that we're converting to EVDO cards (several Verizon too) even if EVDO not in their market yet. We intend to negotiate the $60/month rate along with card swaps for the Merlin 620 card.
Of some we've already swapped, most are reporting EVDO works even though not officially in their market.
Would be interesting if at the consumer level the $60 rate could be negotiated. Anyone with a Sprint 1xRTT card try yet? |
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vwarker
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject: New Sprint EVDO Pricing |
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Sprint Did match Verizon's EVDO pricing as of yesterday. They are also offering a free card......sweet  |
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phxphun1
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: New Sprint EVDO Pricing |
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| vwarker wrote: | | Sprint Did match Verizon's EVDO pricing as of yesterday. They are also offering a free card......sweet |
I didn't see that on their website when I looked yesterday, but I guess I'll have to give them a call and see if they'll lower my price for me.
Ya... I got the card free (with two-year contract) as a business account. Are they now offering the card free on consumer accounts too? |
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phxphun1
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: New Sprint EVDO Pricing |
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| phxphun1 wrote: | | vwarker wrote: | | Sprint Did match Verizon's EVDO pricing as of yesterday. They are also offering a free card......sweet |
I didn't see that on their website when I looked yesterday, but I guess I'll have to give them a call and see if they'll lower my price for me.
Ya... I got the card free (with two-year contract) as a business account. Are they now offering the card free on consumer accounts too? |
Just checked their website - it's still showing $79.99 for unlimited, or $39.99 for 40MB (with overage capped at $89.99). |
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boater805
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| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: New Sprint EVDO Pricing |
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| phxphun1 wrote: | | phxphun1 wrote: | | vwarker wrote: | | Sprint Did match Verizon's EVDO pricing as of yesterday. They are also offering a free card......sweet |
I didn't see that on their website when I looked yesterday, but I guess I'll have to give them a call and see if they'll lower my price for me.
Ya... I got the card free (with two-year contract) as a business account. Are they now offering the card free on consumer accounts too? |
Just checked their website - it's still showing $79.99 for unlimited, or $39.99 for 40MB (with overage capped at $89.99). |
Beware of sprint. I signed up for the 80/mo unlimited plan 2 years ago and they kept shutting off my access within 12 hours and I'd call and ask what happened. They'd say it was a mistake, that they misconfigured my account for metered use and shut it down when charges got to $300. They'd fix it and same would happen again. After 4 days of that repeatedly I cancelled my account (well within the 14 day cancel period allowed) and then they tried to stick me with a bill for $1500 for the metered use that I never ordered and they assured me each time was their mistake. 2 years later we're still fighting about it (actually they are fighting, i just ignore them now). Personally, I'd never deal with sprint again.
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xchpstang
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phxphun1
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: |
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Looks good, anyway. Dunno where he got that graphic from; I still see the old prices on both the consumer and business sections of the website.
Of course, we know it'll happen, probably sooner than later. The real question is what they'll do with folks already signed on at the $80 rate. I see three options: 1- Automatically lower them. 2- Lower them on request, possibly requiring a contract extension. 3- Tough $#!+ - stay at the old price or pay the early cancellation penalty. |
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xchpstang
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| phxphun1 wrote: |
Looks good, anyway. Dunno where he got that graphic from; I still see the old prices on both the consumer and business sections of the website.
Of course, we know it'll happen, probably sooner than later. The real question is what they'll do with folks already signed on at the $80 rate. I see three options: 1- Automatically lower them. 2- Lower them on request, possibly requiring a contract extension. 3- Tough $#!+ - stay at the old price or pay the early cancellation penalty. |
Option 1 probably won't happen. Option 2 is the most likely scenario. Option 3 is not likely since Sprint will let you change to any plan you want as long as you renew a contract which loops back to option 2. |
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xenophon
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Bummer about smartphone pricing. I've heard $30/month unlimited was considered.
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phxphun1
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| Did you notice where government customers only need a one-year contract to get the free card, while the rest of us have to take two years? What the heck is that? |
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Weightlifter
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:23 am Post subject: What Phone # to call 4 National Acct 1XRTT cust for upgrd |
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Any ideas on the correct phone number for an over 2 yr customer to get EVDO vs current 1xRTT at the new price and free or reduced evdo card? Any clues on what to say that will guide the cust svc reps in the right (non clueless) direction?\
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brendanhoar
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| phxphun1 wrote: | | Did you notice where government customers only need a one-year contract to get the free card, while the rest of us have to take two years? What the heck is that? |
I'd bet that's related to local/state/federal laws about limits on the length of contracts that lower-level officials are authorized to sign.
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