Sprint Jacks Up the Cost of 3G Data Plans by $10

[dark_knight33]

....This is why utilities should be regulated. Yes, Cellphones *are* utilities now. At one point, people considered wired phones, electricity, etc. just a luxury. When a services gets such penetration into widespread use that the daily life of hundreds of millions of people would be affected, well, that is a utility. Splitting hairs about the service level is pointless.

It's not growing data consumption that is the problem, it's profits that just aren't growing fast enough.

It's not enough anymore just to be profitable, if you don't have record breaking quarters and massive year over year growth, you're considered a failure. The solution? It used to be cost cutting; now that just about every corner has been cut, and costs are mostly fixed, the only solution is to charge more. When was the last time you paid less for *any* service over the long term? Inflation is the real culprit here.

 

[choirbass]

hm. i wonder how much it would 'cost' for them to show where all the expenses theyre getting, are being spent. sure, everyone speculating solves that problem. but still doesnt answer the question at all.. how much to the nearest penny even, is being spent, and where? sure, theyre a business, they have a right to secrecy, even complete secrecy, but as a consumer, dont i have a right to know? and if i dont? at least i can take comfort in not knowing at all hm, lol.

 

[silky salamandr]

So if I already pay an extra 10 dollars a month just to have my Evo, there gonna charge me 10 dollars more? If thats the case, Ill be switching phone companies.

 

[drapsag]

So, they are increasing 3G pricing just a few weeks before they are to have a big announcement on February 7th. Since this doesn't affect 4G, it would follow that maybe they are going to announce something that uses a ton of 3G data. Now, what device that Sprint doesn't already have that uses a ton of data but has no 4G capability? Hmm. I wonder. A new tablet, perhaps? Or, maybe something different. In white?

 

[mayankleoboy1]

[citation][nom]mikem_90[/nom]Seems the Sprint Executives need a new solid gold yacht.Those Yachts aren't going to buy themselves![/citation]

lol

 

[eddieroolz]

More ways to charge people for nothing. "Premium Data add-on charge?" Hilarious.