Important notice about data usage

IOWA · Aug 23, 2012

ironbrewer said:
Are you talking about Jefboyardee?? If so I think a max of 7.8 gb's of data in a month is more than reasonable for an unlimited data plan. I use more like 10 gb a month, I do not tether, and I don't really think of myself as a power user. Now the OP used a bit more than me I believe.

If I didn't have WiFi at work now I'd be using tons of data. Before wifi was installed, an easy 10-12 gigs a month without tethering.

Mr. Ed · Aug 26, 2012

IOWA said:
If I didn't have WiFi at work now I'd be using tons of data. Before wifi was installed, an easy 10-12 gigs a month without tethering.

I think my Max on my att line was 15. I still use about 5 on it (and then get throttled) and 7-10 on my sprint line.

I will have to check my sprint line. I don't tether on it...its rumored to be grounds for termination. J quit tethering on the att line after letters and texts threatening to change my plan.

At this point I am pretty certain we are going to take that line down to a non feature phone for the remainder of its contract anyway.

chrlswltrs · Aug 27, 2012

IOWA said:
If I didn't have WiFi at work now I'd be using tons of data. Before wifi was installed, an easy 10-12 gigs a month without tethering.

Some places I work I have WiFi, some I don't. When I work a lot of places without WiFi I can go through a lot of data (2+ GB per shift streaming video). As much shift as there is to streaming content and cloud storage/services, there are going to be people that use a lot of data.

JAJameson2010 · Aug 28, 2012

I don't have Wifi at work. Just finally calculated how much data I've used in the past 18 months and I average about 13-19 Gigs a month. No tethering, just books through the kindle app, podcasts, tmz live, and email. Rarely do I stream music anymore. I play off cached stuff

Mr. Ed · Aug 28, 2012

Not singling you out by any means....but we at some point have to realize temporary outages while upgrades are performed is not singular to sprint.

Att is still going through the same thing, they had less than a year head start on Sprint

Verizon, though the biggest start, is still performing upgrades

T-Mobile....doesn't even have LTE or a public plan on what it will do

Metro (where applicable, as they are not nationwide) is going through even more with the switch to voice over LTE....

Everyone is in some shape or form going through growing pains as the quest for more data continues

dan330 · Aug 28, 2012

agreed .. all are going through some upgrade or improvements. it could be said it is a continuous process.

but... Sprint is just doing a really bad implementation for the customers..data / service are not OK. Customer should not feel the pain so much and so long.

simcha · Aug 28, 2012

I just want to say that the speeds in Oakland, CA have gone down to around 29kbps down and 100kbps up. I don't see anything on S4GRU to indicate that there is an upgrade happening right now. I hope that this is a sign that Network Vision is arriving and that soon I'll be enjoying ridiculously fast 3G speeds very soon. These current data speeds are intolerable. Even Wimax is letting me down lately even though it's always been spotty. Now I can't even access it at all most times.

I could get better speeds on a dialup modem running Windows '95.

If Sprint doesn't do something soon here, they will lose customers. This is ridiculous. It's easy to offer unlimited data when you cripple your network and your customer's ability to access that network.

Mr. Ed · Aug 28, 2012

Its easier for me to understand because I carry devices on multiple carriers.

droidcentric · Aug 30, 2012

Mr. Ed said:
Everyone is in some shape or form going through growing pains as the quest for more data continues

The difference is Sprint is also flat broke and eating away at profits just to stay afloat at this point.

ScandaLeX · Aug 30, 2012

Mr. Ed said:
.....
Everyone is in some shape or form going through growing pains as the quest for more data continues

Yea....but you gotta admit when you're barely getting data it's hard to feel for the people who want more....I just want some. My 3G speeds are abysmal so if I'm not connected to wifi I cant browse at all.

Jceinc · Aug 30, 2012

Wish they would cancel my contract.....

Mr. Ed · Aug 31, 2012

droidcentric said:
The difference is Sprint is also flat broke and eating away at profits just to stay afloat at this point.

where do you get this stuff lol. Sprint is nowhere near flat broke, and more than one online report has them looking good for the future. LTE and ditching iden is the turning point they needed. (Insert again...matter of my own opinion)

ScandaLeX said:
Yea....but you gotta admit when you're barely getting data it's hard to feel for the people who want more....I just want some. My 3G speeds are abysmal so if I'm not connected to wifi I cant browse at all.

Trust me I know. Hang in there though, if you have yet to see the results of network vision, it is well worth the wait.
EVO lte

s3

I do encourage anyone having issues to call in and create a network trouble ticket. There are occasional issues they are not aware of. Reminds me of the time I called the power company a few hours after an outage, nearly all day from what neighbors told us. I was informed no one had reported it haha

Mr. Ed · Aug 31, 2012

Jceinc said:
Wish they would cancel my contract.....

Can I have your s3 lol. I got to play with one for an extended bit...this thing is a beast.

wuyiL · Sep 6, 2014

I got the same letter in 09/02/2014. My data usage is 6gb and 72mb on roaming. I don't care that Sprint terminate my service if they give me time to port out my number.
However, in the letter, Sprint stated they reserved the right to terminate service without additional notice.

Timshow72 · Feb 24, 2015

Can I take my sim card out of my S5 and put it in my 341U for unlimited data?

EarlyMon · Feb 24, 2015

Timshow72 said:
Can I take my sim card out of my S5 and put it in my 341U for unlimited data?

Probably not but here's how to try -

http://eguides.sprint.com/support/e...html#netgear_341u_usb_modem_ug/micro_sim.html

dvjimatt · Oct 22, 2015

falconey said:
I'm pretty sure they can't be certain you are tethering unless they focus in on your usage. Maybe there is a way to access a mac address, but I'm not sure. Whatever the case unless you want to get out of ETF free and have to find another carrier I would reduce your usuage. Using 88GB of data in a month is quite excessive.

No they can not tell for sure. It's an FCC law. Check out the electronic communications device privacy act of 2001. It states that a carrier is not allowed to monitor the content, apks, or activity on a device. Only the amount of data used for billing. For them to be able to tell for sure they would have to break an FCC law and monitor the content that you have viewed and from what source to what source it was viewed on. That's illegal and invasion of privacy. The FCC would have a field day with this.

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