*disclaimer* I work at Sprint in Retention.
Unlimited data is unlimited data. No time restrictions on it, and there never have been even back on the unit pricing.
Data is just the non PR term for "Vision". They're one and the same.
*typical disclaimer* I work at Sprint in retention.
Okay the deal with the plan is that at first it was going to be charged per kb and plans were going to have mb included in them. For a variety of reasons, including the slow burn take off of vision and it's still almost impossible for us to get an accurate measure of data used, they switched to unlimited.
The plans will be available at least until the 31st of Jan but more than likely they will be renewed as they are extremely popular. If you're on the plan it's grandfathered in and unless you change the plan yourself or change your area code (which causes the original area code subscription to be cancelled) you'll keep it. There are still some people who have plans back from 98 and 99 that work just as they always have.
I wouldn't look for that to change any time soon either. I work for Sprint and we just got out of a meeting with the V.P. of customer relations. Seems that Sprint did spend 6 billion (yes, billion) on upgrading the network but only in existing areas. The focus has shifted from adding new territories to filling in smaller coverage holes.
As the post says, pretty much all of them starting from October 18th on. Big holiday push for our plans. Vision is either free on the higher end plans (2000 Anytime minutes at 79.99) or it's a 10 dollar a month additional option.
Which is good because the majority of people out there have no idea how to measure kilobytes and megabytes.
A little out of date as manufacturing costs have gone down but still.
Microsoft started off selling the Xbox six months ago at a $299 price point in order to stay level with Sony's market-leading PlayStation 2 console, which had already been on the market for more than a year. At the time, analysts estimated the Xbox -- costlier to produce than the PlayStation 2 because of its many PC components -- cost the company about $450 per box to produce
The main reason why it's security is to try to cut back on the pirating of the games that go along with having a modded X-Box so they can start to make back the initial investment of the hardware. They do this so they can stay competitive in the console market with their pricing since all hardware is sold at a loss. If people don't buy the software the money is never made back up. All companies do this, MS just gets more coverage because it's "evil".
Yes it's your product you bought, but when it's being used to screw with another market, i.e. console prices, then steps should be taken to prevent this as much as possible. I don't want to buy a 500 dollar console just because someone decided they wanted to run Linux on the Box as it's only use.
Isn't that what the internet was invented for?
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So you wouldn't have to drag your monitor up to your buddy's 3rd floor apartment and hoping you don't drop it and watch it roll down the flight of stairs?
But of course I may be bitter so don't mind me.
Am I the only one who doesn't think the guy who made games about demons coming from a space base should be the one helping to fund tourist space shuttle trips?
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Either way it's still unlimited in the amount that can be used. It just depends on what device is being used the price it takes to get to unlimited.
*disclaimer* I work at Sprint in Retention. Unlimited data is unlimited data. No time restrictions on it, and there never have been even back on the unit pricing. Data is just the non PR term for "Vision". They're one and the same.
*typical disclaimer* I work at Sprint in retention. Okay the deal with the plan is that at first it was going to be charged per kb and plans were going to have mb included in them. For a variety of reasons, including the slow burn take off of vision and it's still almost impossible for us to get an accurate measure of data used, they switched to unlimited. The plans will be available at least until the 31st of Jan but more than likely they will be renewed as they are extremely popular. If you're on the plan it's grandfathered in and unless you change the plan yourself or change your area code (which causes the original area code subscription to be cancelled) you'll keep it. There are still some people who have plans back from 98 and 99 that work just as they always have.
I wouldn't look for that to change any time soon either. I work for Sprint and we just got out of a meeting with the V.P. of customer relations. Seems that Sprint did spend 6 billion (yes, billion) on upgrading the network but only in existing areas. The focus has shifted from adding new territories to filling in smaller coverage holes.
As the post says, pretty much all of them starting from October 18th on. Big holiday push for our plans. Vision is either free on the higher end plans (2000 Anytime minutes at 79.99) or it's a 10 dollar a month additional option.
Which is good because the majority of people out there have no idea how to measure kilobytes and megabytes.
If you notice, this didn't exactly help them out. Yes it sold more systems, but without the games being bought as well it just cost them more money.
The main reason why it's security is to try to cut back on the pirating of the games that go along with having a modded X-Box so they can start to make back the initial investment of the hardware. They do this so they can stay competitive in the console market with their pricing since all hardware is sold at a loss. If people don't buy the software the money is never made back up. All companies do this, MS just gets more coverage because it's "evil".
Yes it's your product you bought, but when it's being used to screw with another market, i.e. console prices, then steps should be taken to prevent this as much as possible. I don't want to buy a 500 dollar console just because someone decided they wanted to run Linux on the Box as it's only use.
So you wouldn't have to drag your monitor up to your buddy's 3rd floor apartment and hoping you don't drop it and watch it roll down the flight of stairs? But of course I may be bitter so don't mind me.
Am I the only one who doesn't think the guy who made games about demons coming from a space base should be the one helping to fund tourist space shuttle trips?