http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/ Engadget Comments for Sprint drops Phone-as-Modem plan to $15 per month, adds stipulations http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/
The only negative effect of setting bandwidth caps may be to frustrate your few power users, but remember one thing .. we're also the most vocal.
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The majority of the data plan users in the US are doing for work related purposes. The iPhone on some level started changing that, but its users pale in comparison to business data users on other devices.]]>Aug 21st 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 22nd 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/2) 5GB/month? Come on. ]]>Aug 21st 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/]]>Aug 21st 2008 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 21st 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/
They finally blocked it on the touch, but one registry entry change and "whallah" its there again.

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I tether with my Motorola Q - with USB or wireless with bluetooth

But an Aircard is still generally faster.]]>Aug 21st 2008 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Blackberry personal is more expensive because... its through RIM.
$30 for BB personal is an industry standard.
The $40 tethering plan also included data on the device, aswell as tethered to a PC..
So it all pans out, no real change.

But lets bash sprint, and not talk about how AT&T's tethering service is $60 a month.. Along with Verizon's.
Which both other major national service providers are capped at 5gigs aswell.

Sprint's cap is also a 'soft cap'... meaning? You will only be contacted about the limit if you are a habitual offender.

Pete - reason being is most air cards are the fasted 'revision.' I run a PDA phone that is Rev A.. just as fast as the 597 sprint dongle I have access to.

Kevin - you're using the 'internet sharing' program thats built into the 6700 (whatever means you go to acquire it.) Hence why it doesn't cost you anything. Doesn't cost me anything either =D

Stephen - see above. I have never been charged either.

Talmadge - every provider has additional costs for tethering (except for possibly Tmobile, not fully educated on it. along with rumors I have heard.) But no, its not the same. A full browser is just that, there isnt a mobile browser that gives you the access that a tethered browser does. Add to the addition bandwidth it takes to run other apps, like Im and such.. and you're looking at a whole lot more bandwidth gobbled tethered than a phone can take.

Btw, Im willing to bet this is on the simply everything plan... a lot of stink was made about the lack of tethering service offered, and no 'cut' for customers to achieve the same '$40' cost you would see out of a standard consumer plan. Power vision is $25.. plus $15 is... the same as offering 'PAM' .. which gets you data on the device, and tethered.]]>Aug 21st 2008 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/
TO be able to tether your phone to your Computer, on top of an already existing plan, you have to pay 15 bucks.


No thanks ^_^. Have a Mogul, and since its a WinMo phone, I can just use the Internet Connection Sharing.

Guess this is more for the non-winmo phones.]]>Aug 21st 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 22nd 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 22nd 2008 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/21/sprint-drops-phone-as-modem-plan-to-15-per-month-adds-stipulat/Aug 22nd 2008 2:34AM