Sprint EVDO @ $39.99/mo for business: 500/mb allowance

SlyFerret · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 127

Man, they're going he wrong direction with these plans!

500MB /month is a joke! These days, even just checking email can burn through a few hundred K at a time.

-SF

Jayson · Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

yea I agree with you ferret, what business would want to have that little of consumption of bandwith a month. If it were a business acount you would think sprint would have enough smarts to offer something better than a 5 gb cap since thats what it is advertised as?

expert007 · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

500MB???? That's ludicrous!! Perhaps 500MB in a 24 hr period!

Corporate accounts mean high volume, steady revenue. They are indeed going backwards with these plans. At this rate, I'm tempted to become a WISP with a 56K data backhaul and oversell it to 150-200 people. I'll just give them ridiculously small caps and a FAP which restricts everyone to nothing more than checking their email once a week.

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james_the_composer · EVDO User Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 33

50GB a month sounds fair for $40.

colebert · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 170

I, as a corporate IT project manager, would consider this plan. We have remote sites that have generally reliable primary connectivity but we still require 24/7 uptime so we maintain 3G failover options. At 500MB, that's 3-5 days of bandwidth per month, which is way more than we currently use on a 59.99/mo plan.

So, to answer your question, I can see how a corporate user might get value from this. Also, I support small business users who go out of town on business trips maybe once a month but the rest of the time are marooned in the office. 500MB is more than enough for that person as well.

Alex · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:28 am Post subject:

machine to machine applications galore.
we've set up many of those, and 500mb/mo allows even many more.
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GTO_VR4 · EVDO User Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 57

Obviously the type of business also plays a large role in the type of plan you choose, if you were to go the EVDO route. My mother has a online business in which she is constantly emailing large photos and videos. Where she lives, hughesnet is the only option for her. I wish I had gotten her into the unlimited DATA plan sprint used to offer for her business needs.
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