Sprint removing Unlimited 4G November 2011

I agree with what you are saying there are abusers that ruin it for the many with these unlimited plans. The folks that like to download large GB files and movies should be able to do so. But they should pay more for their service(MUCH MORE) that's why I like the teared plans. You can buy all you want and use it to your hearts content with no throttling or termination threats but at the same time in the back of your mind you know the costs to do so. I don't believe cell based internet was ever designed to take the place of your home internet. It was designed for business use and some communication. Large movies or X Box is not what it was built for. For large file download ALLWAYS use land based DSL or WYFI its almost EVERYWHERE these days. The new LTE network is like nothing I have ever seen before! The speeds are even better than my home internet. Here is my last speed test with my xoom tablet on the LTE network- THATS FAST and it has remained so to this very day. I recommend other drivers try the LTE network for themselves!. No stuttering when using video chat and none of the problems 3G had experienced. I hope by eliminating the "UNLIMITED" plans that cell based internet will be a much better and more productive experience for the masses!. If you want to play games or watch movies you should pay more for the privilege or use land based WYFI or DSL for your large downloads.JMO By the way, I noticed Verizons 4G LTE service is now selling twice the GBs for the same price limited time special Buy 2 GBs get 2GBs free etc.

 

80-90GIGS every month!! This is why others are loosing their UNLIMITED Internet. ABUSE of cell Internet makes others pay the price with slow Internet. Cell based Internet was NEVER designed for this kind of use! There will NEVER be ANY unlimited plans on the fast and reliable 4G LTE network. Once your 3G device breaks and you have to replace it you wont have UNLIMITED any more.

 

That'd all be fine if they weren't already charging more for increasingly worse service than you pay for home internet which is several times faster. It's gotten to the point that I'm having problems making phone calls when the signal is full on the phone. As soon as I hit the call button, signal drops to zero, soon as I hang it up, back to full. Internet works so I really do have signal.

They told me before that the towers drop calls on purpose to regulate the total bandwidth.

 

From my experience I can tell you that the new 4G network is MUCH faster than home Internet!

 

1. I can still download as much as I want, whenever I want on home internet (and on 3g, actually).

2. 4g is pointless if you hit your cap in five minutes and get hit with $10,000 in overage fees.

3. 4g is still only in major cities, which I avoid.

4. It's still more expensive for no real reason.

Funny thing, they also said that about broadband when it came out. Remember when they charged by the minute for dialup?

 

( With all due respect for your opinion) I don't even use half my paid for GBs on 4G each month using every day. But then I NEVER download massive 80-90 GB of movies or other files. I check my E Mail, send a few E Mails, maby surf a few web pages and have a 5-10 min. Video chat with my wife and kids. 4 G is in many places other than large cities I live 40 miles from the nearest city on farm land and yet I get 4G. And the other guy was right they will put a cap on your 3G home service although it will be higher than on your computer when trucking on the road. My 4G teared plan is the same cost as their 3G teared plan $30.00 a month my bill has not changed only my device and the download and upload speeds has changed it is MUCH faster now so it is NOT more expencive. And NO surprise overage charges I see my usage in real time on my tablet and if I need another GIG or two I can choose to buy them or not and for a flat fee of $10.00 a GIG No surprises there The key word is "NORMAL USER". The days of the unlimited user clogging up and slowing everyone else's cell internet bandwidth downloading the full library of Congress and 15 movies in full HD, and new 8 GB X Box games are numbered, or they WILL pay dearly for the privilege of doing so but it will be THEIR CHOICE.

 

Well at a download rate of 50 mb/s It would take you 102 secounds to reach your 5 gig limit. Lets say 2 minutes. There is about 43,000 minutes in a month. That means for your $30 a month you can only use your full potential for 0.4 percent of the pay period.

Thats like buying a hotel for the day, And then only being allowed to stay in it for 6 minutes.

 

That's my problem with it, and I pay $80 a month for data alone. I don't abuse it, but I will download a 450mb tv episode every once in a while. The fact that it's stacked on top of an $80 a month phone bill just leaves me feeling ripped off, especially when I can't make normal calls for sometimes hours at a time.

 

That's not new. They've been doing that for over a decade now. They set up caps, they loose customers, they take the caps back off. They never learn. They've got their heads so far up their collective ### that their job application is over an inch thick.