"Internet access at no charge" -- means ???

My five accounts have been paid automatically for the last ten
years, so we're viewed as good customers. My own line is long
out of contract.

Sprint is sending me a new Palm-OS 755P, and giving me two years
of Internet access at no charge. Here's my question. When the
CSR said "no charge", did that mean unlimited access?

Or... what?

notaguru <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> wrote in news:f78tq4$aat$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

> Here's my question. When the
> CSR said "no charge", did that mean unlimited access?

No, they meant no charge when they stick it up your rear. Whatever they
promise you means nothing unless you get it in writing.

JD in TX wrote:
> notaguru <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> wrote in news:f78tq4$aat$1
> @registered.motzarella.org:
>
>> Here's my question. When the
>> CSR said "no charge", did that mean unlimited access?
>
> No, they meant no charge when they stick it up your rear. Whatever they
> promise you means nothing unless you get it in writing.


That's not helpful. We have a lot of lines and pay our bills.
Even with a new contract on this phone, I have no problem
reducing it to minimum use and switching every other line to
another provider. They surely know that and seek my satisfaction.

My question: what does "no charge" mean?

notaguru wrote:
> JD in TX wrote:
>> notaguru <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> wrote in news:f78tq4$aat$1
>> @registered.motzarella.org:
>>
>>> Here's my question. When the CSR said "no charge", did that mean
>>> unlimited access?
>>
>> No, they meant no charge when they stick it up your rear. Whatever
>> they promise you means nothing unless you get it in writing.
>
>
> That's not helpful. We have a lot of lines and pay our bills. Even with
> a new contract on this phone, I have no problem reducing it to minimum
> use and switching every other line to another provider. They surely know
> that and seek my satisfaction.
>
> My question: what does "no charge" mean?

It's probably "Power Vision", and it probably really does mean "no
charge", all you can eat.

The SERO deal includes Power Vision at no additional charge. I pay
$30/month for 500 anytime minutes and Power Vision. That's the
equivalent of the SERO deal, which I negotiated when my contract was up
(along with a free swap of my Treo 600 for a refurb -- or new, I can't
tell -- 650).

Thanks for the input.

I just talked with Sprint (second call in a year!) and learned
that my line now has "Power Vision" as suggested by a poster,
which apparently is unlimited online access. No charge for the
minutes used.

Seems quite good. I plan to use the phone as a modem for my
laptop, which has Bluetooth in it. That may permit terminating
my home internet account... No?

notaguru wrote:
> Seems quite good. I plan to use the phone as a modem for my laptop,
> which has Bluetooth in it. That may permit terminating my home internet
> account... No?

Yes you could terminated your home internet connection. But keep in mind,
if you ever want to do something like, live home security camera monitoring
- you can't do it with a Sprint connection.

At 14 Jul 2007 11:30:44 -0700 notaguru wrote:

> I just talked with Sprint (second call in a year!) and learned that
> my line now has "Power Vision" as suggested by a poster, which
> apparently is unlimited online access. No charge for the minutes used.
>
> Seems quite good. I plan to use the phone as a modem for my laptop,
> which has Bluetooth in it. That may permit terminating my home
> internet account... No?

Probably no. IIRC, Powervision does NOT allow tethering unless you add a
"PAM" (Phone As Modem) option for an additional monthly fee.

Sprint reserves the right to shut off your PowerVision if they catch you
tethering. From what I understand they use usage patterns to deduce
whether or not you tether- i.e. someone with a low-end phone is unlikely
to download 10GB of data in a month, etc.

IIRC, adding PAM is a fairly reasonably pried option.


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Geez, why not call them and find out!!!

On 2007-07-13 20:25:17 -0400, notaguru <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> said:

> JD in TX wrote:
>> notaguru <notaguru-obvious@gmail.com> wrote in news:f78tq4$aat$1
>> @registered.motzarella.org:
>>
>>> Here's my question. When the CSR said "no charge", did that mean
>>> unlimited access?
>>
>> No, they meant no charge when they stick it up your rear. Whatever they
>> promise you means nothing unless you get it in writing.
>
>
> That's not helpful. We have a lot of lines and pay our bills. Even with
> a new contract on this phone, I have no problem reducing it to minimum
> use and switching every other line to another provider. They surely
> know that and seek my satisfaction.
>
> My question: what does "no charge" mean?

DerMerovingian wrote:
> Geez, why not call them and find out!!!

I didn't want to go through that hassle, but when the freebie
didn't appear on my website account I did call. It is "Power
Vision", which seems like a great deal if I can use it to go online.

notaguru wrote:
> DerMerovingian wrote:
>> Geez, why not call them and find out!!!
>
> I didn't want to go through that hassle, but when the freebie didn't
> appear on my website account I did call. It is "Power Vision", which
> seems like a great deal if I can use it to go online.

No, sorry, you can't -- at least, not for long. You can use it for
Internet access ON YOUR PHONE. As someone else indicated, if you try
"tethering", i.e., hooking up a PC *through* your phone, they will
probably eventually detect it and shut you down -- and possibly charge
you and exorbitant rate.

If you want to tether, you'll need a PAM (phone-as-modem) feature added
to your account. And your data rates will probably not be as good as
landline broadband.