Sprint also has unlimited texting, and a handful of people have, in an effort to "test" the limits, found out that there is a practical limit, because if your account shows several thousand texts per day, it raises a red flag somewhere in their system, and they manually intervene. You get a "hey, we know that we said unlimited, but you are clearly trying to abuse the system. Please stop or we're going to cut you off and refund your money" text from Sprint.
Yet, do you see advertisements that leave out this information about texts? False advertising is false advertising. If there is "fine print", they have to disclose it, in some way, in the ad.
For example, look at this random Jenny Craig commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSMOrnd59h0
You'll see fine print saying "results not typical" and a statement limiting the deal to 10 weeks, that the claimed deal is based on customers that "average 1-2 lbs weight loss per week", as well as that other restrictions apply.
Whether the rule or limitation on Sprint's part is practical or reasonable is completely beside the point.
The truth is that those of you complaining the loudest are ATT and Verizon customers who are disappointed/angry that Sprint users have unlimited data and you don't, and that they are paying less for it, to boot.
I understand your frustration, but in looking for ways to make yourselves feel better about the situation, you've all jumped to some conclusions that are quite frankly erroneous, and that make you look like whiny children.
The truth is, you're now just attacking individuals whom you disagree with, not the ideas you actually disagree with. THAT is behavior of children.
I moved from ATT to Sprint about 6 months ago, and aside from having an extra 70 dollars a month in our bank account, and a couple of new phones, I haven't noticed a difference at all.
I feel stupid for having paid ATT so much money for so many years for no personal benefit to myself at all. In my house, ATT was actually slower than Sprint.
That's great for you, and it would be smart if consumers checked the various carrier's speed in their local area before making a decision. However, current information on that is often hard to come by and all evidence is showing sprint just can't keep up with their customers. Maybe you live in an area without a lot of sprint 3G users? What ever, good for you. In my home I average just under 1 Mbps with ATT. At work, probably because its a crowded area, its more like .5 Mbps. But both places have wifi. I recently made a long road trip and ATT 3G was there almost every time I look, except when crossing a couple of passes. And while I never checked, speeds generally seem perfectly fine. While on this trip I felt like I used 3G a lot, but only actually used about 800 MB that month.
So, here you are, one totally satisfied ATT customer that believes Sprint engaged in false advertising.... Did you have another point to make?
