Fortunately, Sprint grandfathered its "Fair and Flexible" plans (the one referenced in the write-up) if you had one before they discontinued them. Don't know if it's indefinite, but I still have mine after two handset upgrades since the discontinuation. Unfortunately, there's no way to get their "Power Vision," which includes Sprint Navigation, without signing up for one of the newer plans. Sprint Nav is $10/month extra (or $3/day) if you want to get it on their regular data plan.
Slightly off-topic, but Sprint is now offering $150 upgrade discount annually, instead of biennially as they used to do. Or maybe they're only doing it for customers that have been around for awhile, but either way I appreciate the change. Even if I do have to commit to another two-year contract every time I upgrade. #wireless
America this, America that. I take it, Chris, that when you refer to America you're doing so in comparison with other countries, namely the ones in Europe and Asia. What I took away from that NYT article is completely different from what you did: yes, we pay a bit more in the U.S. but it's far less when compared to the rest of the world because we get more minutes and more text messages. And we have unlimited, all-you-can-eat data plans. Those points were explicitly mentioned in the Times. #wireless
Ugh. And prepaid still bends you over. For example... Page Plus, a Verizon MVNO.
1200 minutes, 1200 text messages, $29/mo. Sounds reasonable. But they only give you all of 50 megabytes of data. OR pay $39/mo for unlimited voice/text... and 20 MB. WTF, prepaid companies?
I'd die for just straight-up prepaid data - be able to plunk down, say, $25/mo for unlimited data barring voice. I can sure as hell do it on a 2-year with AT&T via a Premier discount ($26/mo before taxes), but I'm locked in with the rest of my family for an out-of-date smartphone I got in June. That is... until June of 2011. (Thanks for coming out with the TP2, AT&T, right after I bought my FUZE!)#wireless
There's no incentive to charge less. Everyone "needs" a cell phone, and there's only 4 1/2 companies than can reasonably do so. Therein lies the problem. Blaming the consumer is a classic deflection tactic, but it was on the NYT so it must be true, right? #wireless
here is my other test tha's not mobilespeedtest.com
it definitely doesnt seem fast when im browsing. i dled the speedtest off of the market and here is what i got. just search for speedtest in the market.
test # 1
max dl speed 713.0 kbit/s
max ul speed 159.4 kbit/s
test#2
the program decides to stop working even after a reboot of the phone. dont know if its the program or its tmobile.
AndroidAndMe isn't entirely sure of the full rollout, they're looking for root users to tether then speedtest for full confirmation. So far no good results there. Definitely some increase in speed though, I went from 400-500 to 700-800 tonight #tmobilehspa72rollout
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Slightly off-topic, but Sprint is now offering $150 upgrade discount annually, instead of biennially as they used to do. Or maybe they're only doing it for customers that have been around for awhile, but either way I appreciate the change. Even if I do have to commit to another two-year contract every time I upgrade. #wireless
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1200 minutes, 1200 text messages, $29/mo. Sounds reasonable. But they only give you all of 50 megabytes of data. OR pay $39/mo for unlimited voice/text... and 20 MB. WTF, prepaid companies?
I'd die for just straight-up prepaid data - be able to plunk down, say, $25/mo for unlimited data barring voice. I can sure as hell do it on a 2-year with AT&T via a Premier discount ($26/mo before taxes), but I'm locked in with the rest of my family for an out-of-date smartphone I got in June. That is... until June of 2011. (Thanks for coming out with the TP2, AT&T, right after I bought my FUZE!) #wireless
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it definitely doesnt seem fast when im browsing. i dled the speedtest off of the market and here is what i got. just search for speedtest in the market.
test # 1
max dl speed 713.0 kbit/s
max ul speed 159.4 kbit/s
test#2
the program decides to stop working even after a reboot of the phone. dont know if its the program or its tmobile.
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3960.4 kbps on the 2MB test
I'm in the metro Atlanta area. Pretty far outside the perimeter, so my speeds may not be an indication of the city as a whole.
Oh, and lest we forget, #RosaRocks #tmobilehspa72rollout
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I got over 4.5mbps on the mobile site, [i36.tinypic.com] when using the 1000kb file, tried the other file sizes and all results were at least 3mbps.
When testing with speedtest app, got .3 mbps which is slower than what i get on my pc when tethering, usually get around 2mbps
I retethered, and only got 1mbps
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but swear, yesterday was getting at least 2mbps tethering
I am in Austin, TX #tmobilehspa72rollout
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