Sprint’s about to make its first step to distance itself from unlimited data. Starting October 2nd, mobile hotspot customers will have a 5GB cap, with a 5 cent per MB charge after that.
The cap only applies to Sprint’s $30/month mobile hotspot data plan, so your unlimited handset data is safe—for now. Still, it’s a bit distressing that any of Sprint’s unlimited plans are under fire, since other changes, like axing its Premiere plan and nearly doubling its early termination fee, have been ostensibly in the service of protecting unlimited. [Sprintfeed via Engadget]
https://gizmodo.com/sprint-changes-upgrade-policy-before-maybe-probably-g-5840630
Update: Sprint has confirmed to BGR that they are indeed capping tethered data on Oct. 2nd.
