Sprint terms of service:
Prohibited Network Uses. To ensure the activities of some users do not impair the ability of our customers to have access to reliable services provided at reasonable costs, you may not use our services in a manner that is unlawful, infringes on intellectual property rights, or harms or unduly interferes with the use of Sprint's network or systems. Sprint reserves the right, without notice or limitation, to limit data throughput speeds or quantities or to deny, terminate, end, modify, disconnect, or suspend service if an individual engages in any of the prohibited voice or data uses detailed below or if Sprint, in its sole discretion, determines action is necessary to protect its wireless networks from harm or degradation. Examples of prohibited voice uses: Sprint voice services are provided solely for live dialogue between, and initiated by, individuals for personal use and as otherwise described in this policy. Sprint services may not be used for any other purposes, including, but not limited to: monitoring services, transmission of broadcasts, transmission of recorded material, telemarketing, autodialed calls, other commercial uses, or other connections that do not consist of uninterrupted live dialogue between individuals. Examples of prohibited data uses: Sprint data services are provided solely for purposes of web surfing, sending and receiving email, photographs and other similar messaging activities, and the non-continuous streaming of videos, downloading of files or on line gaming. Our data services may not be used:
generate excessive amounts of Internet traffic through the continuous, unattended streaming, downloading or uploading of videos or other files or to operate hosting services including, but not limited to, web or gaming hosting; (ii) to maintain continuous active network connections to the Internet such as through a web camera or machine-to-machine connections that do not involve active participation by a person; (iii) to disrupt email use by others using automated or manual routines, including, but not limited to "auto-responders" or cancel bots or other similar routines; (iv) to transmit or facilitate any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, telemarketing, promotional materials, "junk mail", unsolicited commercial or bulk email, or fax; (v) for activities adversely affecting the ability of other people or systems to use either Sprint's wireless services or other parties' Internet-based resources, including, but not limited to, "denial of service" (DoS) attacks against another network host or individual user; (vi) for an activity that connects any device to Personal Computers (including without limitation, laptops), or other equipment for the purpose of transmitting wireless data over the network (unless customer is using a plan designated for such usage); or (vi) for any other reason that, in our sole discretion violates our policy of providing service for individual use. Unlimited Use Plans. If you subscribe to rate plans, services or features that are described as unlimited, you should be aware that such "unlimited" plans are subject to these Sprint Prohibited Network Uses.
No it's called QoS, air interfaces aren't designed or capable of supporting large numbers of constant, continuous connections, remember everyone bitching when AT&T first released the iPhone?Makes me wonder why they even bother. Greed and because they can, I guess.
My buddy uses his nexus 4 (he actually signed the contract but bought from Google) and pays about 60 a month after discount, he has indeed replaced his home Internet with it. I would encourage you guys to do the same, at worst they cut your service and you go buy another Internet service. At best you have unlimited calling/home Internet for a small monthly cost.
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My buddy uses his nexus 4 (he actually signed the contract but bought from Google) and pays about 60 a month after discount, he has indeed replaced his home Internet with it. I would encourage you guys to do the same, at worst they cut your service and you go buy another Internet service. At best you have unlimited calling/home Internet for a small monthly cost.
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Greedy people like your friend have created the current mobile market of internet caps. Thanks for doing your part to screw everyone else over.
People that think high data users are greedy must not realize that companies are in business to make money, data caps are a way to make cash.
One person using 150 a month or ten people using 15 a month is the same thing, by some of your logic T-Mobile better not activate anymore smartphones in his area or it might crash the towers in the next 30 sales.
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Has anyone found anything truly free? How about truly unlimited? I have only found one thing, and it is both free and unlimited, everything else has a cost, tradeoff, limit or impairment.
Yeah.... Good point, maybe ill just threaten to cancel my cable and see if they lower my cost... If not maybe ill try the tethering route.
Just as an update: i have been using my Verizon lte phone as a home internet replacement for a few days. I could see how this could be challenging to do so full time, but for those of you/us who don't want to pay crazy prices for broadband, it's definitely viable .
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Just as an update: i have been using my Verizon lte phone as a home internet replacement for a few days. I could see how this could be challenging to do so full time, but for those of you/us who don't want to pay crazy prices for broadband, it's definitely viable .
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Enjoy your 2 gb of data.
T3 Line?
What is T3? I'd bet very, very expensive whatever it is.
30gb and so far so good, i may just cancel home internet and save the 60 a month.
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Good for you?
For $30/mth I can get 784kb/sec DSL, or $50/mth gets me 16 - 20Mb/sec plus digital tv. Cable company is even promoting it as a way to connect everything wirelesly in your own home. They are admitting now days that the internet is not for just one computer and person in the house, it is something for the whole household. They still have in the contract that you can't host your own web site, or abuse the service, yet they are a bit more understanding.
I have not even tried to see what my own use is, yet I can assure you it is a bit high - I am sharing a house with 5 other people, and I am the only one that works outside the house full-time. Two of the people stream music while surfing the net, a third uses it just to conduct business (check bank statements and the like), #4 streams movies (Netflix), #5 plays FPSs, and me, well, a little bit of everything. The nice thing is I don't have to worry that when I leave for work in the morning that I take the only internet connection for the house with me.
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