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Sprint's New Unlimited Plan Adds HD Streaming, Four Lines For $90 (zdnet.com)

Take that, Verizon! Sprint's unlimited data plan now has HD video too. From a report: On February 16, Sprint upped its unlimited plan, launching the "best unlimited HD plan ever", according to its press release. The new plan matches Verizon Wireless' new unlimited plan by offering unlimited calls, text, data, HD video streaming, and 10 GB of mobile hotspot for $22.50 per line, for four lines. That equates to $90 per month for four lines, or half of what Verizon Wireless is charging. Sprint's plan requires the account owner to enable AutoPay, ensuring the bill is paid on time each month. For those who don't need four lines, the first line will set you back $50 per month, two lines of service will bump it $90 per month.

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  1. Competition is good! by rsborg · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thanks TMobile and Sprint for keeping the majors in line :)

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    1. Re:Competition is good! by Jhon · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Thanks TMobile and Sprint for keeping the majors in line :)"

      Yeah... it's a great price! But... it's Sprint.

    2. Re:Competition is good! by butchersong · · Score: 4, Informative

      I'm sure this wasn't a paid posting... but ignoring that, this is just a promotional rate. "until the promotional pricing expires on March 31, 2018. After which pricing goes up to $160". Personally, I'd rather go with a straight forward tmobile plan.

    3. Re:Competition is good! by Highdude702 · · Score: 2

      In Las Vegas in the early 2000's Sprint was decent, They merged with Nexttel and turned to garbage. As of the last 3 years or so they have become the best here.

  2. Promotional Pricing by MiniMike · · Score: 3, Informative

    From TFA:

    ... until the promotional pricing expires on March 31, 2018. After which pricing goes up to $160 a month for the same four lines.

    Still not bad pricing for a year. Was just looking into switching away, this adds more weight to staying. Hope they improve their network soon, otherwise it won't be a price-based decision.

  3. Great Deal, Crappy Network by Zaphon · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately it's still on Sprint's CRAPPY network. What good is having all that unlimited bandwidth when you can't use it. The city I live in (a suburb of Los Angeles) the service is so terrible I couldn't even make a call. And the funny thing is they have a Sprint store there (where they have one of those mobile hot spots, so your phone works inside the store, but walk 50 feet down the street and you're met with reality.

  4. Verizon? by John+Napkintosh · · Score: 2

    I don't see this option on Verizon's site at all. They're still pushing 45/line/mo for each of four lines.. $180/mo is very different to $90/mo.

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  5. Re:Uses CDMA. Do not want. by ryanmetcalf · · Score: 2

    I bought a Craigslist Nexus 5X to replace the Google Store 5X I killed. The CL one had been used on T-Mobile last, but after a 1-2 day wait (while still using backup phone), Sprint was able to provision it for service on their network again. Not painless, but they did do it, and willingly.

  6. Re:Uses CDMA. Do not want. by dj245 · · Score: 2

    Maybe things have changed but Sprint at least used to make it impossible to bring non-sprint phones to their network.

    If that's still the case, change your "Psst" to "Pffft" and keep walking.

    This could be because Spring uses LTE bands that basically nobody else uses. It then depends on your phone model supporting those bands. It may have nothing to do with Sprint being evil, and more to do with the fact that their frequency allocation is different from everyone else.

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  7. Re:So the cost with two to four lines is the same. by bobbied · · Score: 2

    It's amazing how much this country hates normal people that refuse to become breeders. Sprint is screwing us for not having the American-expected hateful two parents and two children. It is hate that drives corporations to screw us like this. Pure hate. Dealing with things like this every day as a nonbreeder just makes me want to die. Everyone that rules our lives hates us.

    Nobody hates you for not having kids. You must be from the shallow end of the gene pool with an attitude like that. However, Please keep genes out of the pool going forward if you don't mind...

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  8. HD Streaming, oh cool! by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 2

    That totally works when I host the HD video on my home server, right?