Do Corporate Discounts Apply to Sprint's 5GB Plan?

jheywood · EVDO Newbie Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

I have received conflicting information from Sprint as to whether a business can receive a corporate discount on the 5GB mobile broadband plan. The website says no discounts but a rep said yes discounts. Does anyone know if and after how many committed lines this would apply? Both VZ and AT&T look like they do allow discounts which is a plus in their favor.

Levrionn · EVDO User Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 33

No.
Discounts on data ONLY applies to phone plans (like Verizon's VCast).
If you're company gets 10% off data and Verizon is $15 a month, then your data plan, on your phone, would be $13.50.
Discounts DO NOT apply to data plans (aka broadband cards)

3Gstore · EVDO Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 3171

Dwayne · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:

I work in government, so it's a little different. But our discounts apply across the board for Sprint. I was unaware of a different policy for businesses.

Dwayne

Albert123 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 12

I went through this 2 years ago at a Sprint corporate store. The salesperson said I would get a 20+ percent discount (I forgot the exact number) and then called Sprint and submitted the information for me. Needless to say, I didn't get the discount so I called Sprint and they said there was no discount. I told them what the saleperson said, gave them the ticket number, etc, and also gave them a piece of my mind for not having their stories straight. They ended up giving me 15% off. This lasted until a few weeks ago when I switched modems and the discount magically disappeared. But I have since switched to Cricket so I never tried to get the discount restored.

AMA · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 25

i work for a large Fortune 100 company and they
have a discount plan w/Sprint(also w/VZ & ATT).

I signed up for Spring mobile broadband two or
three years ago and got the discount.

Don't know about 5G stuff, as that didn't apply
when I signed up, and as far as I know, doesn't
apply to me.

Could be you need to go through your company
first to find a contact w/Sprint or dedicated web
page, vs. contacting Spring first. That's how
my company's plan works.

mwil · EVDO Newbie Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 8

I work for a large company also. I also heard conflicting stories for a long time. it took me over a year of numerous phone calls before I finally received a discount. But I finally got t the right people. I get a 25% discount. My current bill is $47.94 including all taxes & surcharges. I get a $15.00 month discount off the regular $59.99 data plan. I have only a data plan with sprint because my cell phone plan is with Verizon. Verizon gives me 22% off my cell phone base plan.

The best part is I have gone over the 5GB limit every month for the past several months. I consistently use between 6-8GB a month. I have not heard one thing from Sprint about going over! I would really be up a creek if I had to live within the 5GB as EVDO is my only internet option other than satellite which does not work for me. I live out in the boonies and work from home full time. Before I got the corporate discount, I had to activate broadband on my cellphone and use it as a modem whenever I would get close to the 5GB limit, so I was paying double.