Sprint to impose 5 GB limit

Following in the footsteps of the mighty Verizon...

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/

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Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net> wrote:

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Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net> wrote in
news:tb39341iisho9hplevgid0m8jdkpsn7l8k@4ax.com:

> Following in the footsteps of the mighty Verizon...
>
> http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/
>

I wonder how much this story is related to your story?

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080521/tech_...flix.html?.v=2

Comcrap is also actively trashing downloading and threatening to impose
monthly limits.....

On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:46 -0700, Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net>
wrote:

>Following in the footsteps of the mighty Verizon...
>
>http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/

I guess the realities of maintaining a wireless data network finally
kicked in.

A_C

On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:46 -0700, Dave Rudisill wrote:

> Following in the footsteps of the mighty Verizon...
>
> http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/

Thanks to all those who download large files via their cell phone rather
than using their home computers.

Agent_C wrote:
> I guess the realities of maintaining a wireless data network finally
> kicked in.

I agree...its not about Net Neutrality, blocking competing services,
or not being able to make a profit from value added services. Its all
about the network.

For those that insinuate the carrier needs to increase its capacity,
that's often not an option.

CellGuy <cellguy@seemessagebody.com> wrote in
news:133cgjl57svh6.1hkbrt8y44x0w.dlg@40tude.net:

> http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/

"For now, the only 'unlimited' broadband cellular plan is offered by
Alltel. 3Gstore recently signed a contract to become an Alltel agent, and
we will begin to sell and support Alltel EVDO service in the coming
weeks."

Yep. Costs me $25/mo tethered via BT DUN from my Nokia N800 Linux tablet
to the MotoROKR Z6m bought specifically for the purpose.

Alltel's country club is fine! Come on over! If you're gonna jump ship,
lemme know and I'll split the $25 finders fee with ya...(c;

EVDO unlimited.....even in the South Carolina boondocks! Speed is pretty
stable at 700-800Kbps days and 900-1100Kbps nights after business quits
chasing the dollars.... My tablet tells me the IP and the connect is PPP
like DSL. It dumps you if you don't do anything for about 3 minutes and
must reconnect when there's a call for it, again....10 seconds.

Hmm...just got my bill, lemme look....

Ah, here 'tiz. "Wireless Data Home Usage" - 21,591,929 KB last
month....and noone bitched.

I stream audio/video in my vehicles a lot, even in the countryside.
Works great and rarely drops, except when I pass from this system to that
system. It doesn't hand off the IP so you get a new one, very fast, but
of course the streaming server can't find you when it dropped so you have
to press PLAY again to retrieve the stream to the new IP.

Wonder what Sprint's WiMax is gonna be strapped at??

DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote in news:yKBZj.1628$co7.546
@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com:

> I agree...its not about Net Neutrality, blocking competing services,
> or not being able to make a profit from value added services. Its all
> about the network.
>
>

I really don't blame them for trashing any outside service they're trying
to retail for much more money. Why should I let you watch free TV and
listen to free radio streams when I'm selling those stupid TV clips on 700
Mhz for more or some radio subscription service? They are reacting just
like corporations always react when threatened.

Network my ass. When's the last time you got refused a connection because
the network was busy? They're only selling the network cheap to
individuals because they have lots of surplus bandwidth business refuses to
pay through the nose for and they want to recover some of the lost revenues
letting you have 5GB/month/individual for cheap.

Bandwidth went unsold when we tried to sell it by the KB, so when that
didn't work we tried other schemes to unload something that cannot be
stored, for less....same as any business would, not just sellular.

On Fri, 23 May 2008 16:41:41 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:

>CellGuy <cellguy@seemessagebody.com> wrote in
>news:133cgjl57svh6.1hkbrt8y44x0w.dlg@40tude.net :
>
>> http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/
>
>"For now, the only 'unlimited' broadband cellular plan is offered by
>Alltel. 3Gstore recently signed a contract to become an Alltel agent, and
>we will begin to sell and support Alltel EVDO service in the coming
>weeks."
>
>Yep. Costs me $25/mo tethered via BT DUN from my Nokia N800 Linux tablet
>to the MotoROKR Z6m bought specifically for the purpose.
>
>Alltel's country club is fine! Come on over! If you're gonna jump ship,
>lemme know and I'll split the $25 finders fee with ya...(c;
>
>EVDO unlimited.....even in the South Carolina boondocks! Speed is pretty
>stable at 700-800Kbps days and 900-1100Kbps nights after business quits
>chasing the dollars.... My tablet tells me the IP and the connect is PPP
>like DSL. It dumps you if you don't do anything for about 3 minutes and
>must reconnect when there's a call for it, again....10 seconds.
>
>Hmm...just got my bill, lemme look....
>
>Ah, here 'tiz. "Wireless Data Home Usage" - 21,591,929 KB last
>month....and noone bitched.

I really, really, really hope Alltel starts imposing a bandwidth cap
if for no other reason than to piss you off.

>I stream audio/video in my vehicles a lot, even in the countryside.
>Works great and rarely drops, except when I pass from this system to that
>system. It doesn't hand off the IP so you get a new one, very fast, but
>of course the streaming server can't find you when it dropped so you have
>to press PLAY again to retrieve the stream to the new IP.

I trust you realize watching television while driving in SC is illegal
(SC Code of Laws 56-5-4440).

"Dave Rudisill" <denali@alaska.net> wrote in message
news:tb39341iisho9hplevgid0m8jdkpsn7l8k@4ax.com...
> Following in the footsteps of the mighty Verizon...
>
> http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2343/64/

Not quite. If Sprint wanted to "follow" Verizon they would also remove
Bluetooth PAN from their phones and then charge $20.00 a month more than
they are now for their "unlimited" data plan.