that or it gives competitors an excuse to charge 10-15 for their 4g services as well, sprint set the wrong model here, im dissapointed
agreed, since sprint is the first to come out, they're setting a model (the wrong one) for other carriers when they release their 4g. i doubt verizon, att and tmobile will provide their 4g for free once they're out.
I still dont get how people think that these companies dont care about profits.
I dont know for sure how much is spent putting up the 4g towers and all the things needed to make it work.
It its stupid to think that they will give that for free with how much money they spent.
They are not google they dont run on advertisement giving us faster internet does not directly benefit them other then having more people wanting to get it. And i am sorry but i dont think that alone will pay the bills and also put out a profit.
I still dont get how people think that these companies dont care about profits.
I dont know for sure how much is spent putting up the 4g towers and all the things needed to make it work.
It its stupid to think that they will give that for free with how much money they spent.
They are not google they dont run on advertisement giving us faster internet does not directly benefit them other then having more people wanting to get it. And i am sorry but i dont think that alone will pay the bills and also put out a profit.
I still dont get how people think that these companies dont care about profits.
I dont know for sure how much is spent putting up the 4g towers and all the things needed to make it work.
It its stupid to think that they will give that for free with how much money they spent.
They are not google they dont run on advertisement giving us faster internet does not directly benefit them other then having more people wanting to get it. And i am sorry but i dont think that alone will pay the bills and also put out a profit.
Let me just stop you right there...Funny thing is geeks and gadget-hounds all tend to be anti-corporate anti-business and anti-profit... yet the "profit motive" (aside from war and space travel (which were both also extreme forms of competition)) has spurred every major technological innovation in the last couple hundred years .. and if we were to remove business and allow the government to take over.. we'd be stuck in the 1700's and instead of EVO's we'd be talking about the latest milk churner...
Let me just stop you right there...
It was only after the government stepped in and broke up AT&T's very profitable monopoly that we started getting innovations in the telecom industry.
We went for over 100 years with basically no advancement whatsoever in that industry. As soon as the government broke up the AT&T monopoly, we had much better phones, fax machines, dial up modems, broadband modems, caller ID, and cell phones. And these are all common devices with average citizens owning most or even all of them. And this all happened within 10 or 20 years (if even that) of the government intervention.
AT&T had plenty of profit incentive. The innovation came as a result of competition (which there is less and less competition in the American Wireless industry- see the FCC's recent report citing that over 60% of all the customers and money are split between 2 companies, AT&T and Verizon- and both are growing every year).
At first I was kinda pissed about the $10, but look at the alternatives on other carriers. It's still cheaper, faster and you can more than likely get the fee waived if you QQ enough, especially if you're a new customer within the first 30 day window.
Yes, Sprint reps have confirmed that it is a mandatory charge whether you're in 4G or not.
it's not a full media experience unless it includes the sprint premium tv channels and free hotspot.
that or it gives competitors an excuse to charge 10-15 for their 4g services as well, sprint set the wrong model here, im dissapointed
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