It appears some idiot over at Sprint is going to kill the one good thing they have going for the company. They are going to put in a 5gb transfer cap on their EVDO service. I live on my Sprint EVDO connection during the weekdays. I have no idea how much I am transferring but it has to be quite a bit.
The Sprint EVDO service has been terrific yet they are going to kill the service with these caps. No longer will we be able to do remote Ustream events and a host of other things that we could before.
After a report came out last week that AT&T EVDO is faster than Sprint I might as well bail from their service and go to a service that has a faster connection. I swear this is one more of multiple stupid moves that Sprint has made in recent weeks.
Hopefully Sprint will listen to business users like me. If they don’t then I am going to be shopping for a new company to do business with.
Comments (2)
I do not think that AT&T is EVDO, it is 3G.
Posted by Jean Moniatte | May 19, 2008 11:58 PM
Posted on May 19, 2008 23:58
Hi Todd,
Currently, I'm writing you from a 3G modem that I'm using here in Dublin, Ireland. I'm using a prepaid broadband system here from Three Mobile.
They structure it as follows:
1 Day Access: 500mb transfer - €5
7 Day Access: 2gb transfer - €10
28 Day Access: 10gb transfer - €20
So obviously the best deal is to go with the one month buy. The interesting part to note is that the cap is at 10Gb for the same period that Sprint is putting on the account.
That all said, I would investigate the repercussions of going over. Verizon will just drop your account. Now, unless you're quadrupaling that limit, my guess is that you're still worth more than the cost of the traffic. Similarly, I would bet that Sprint would be happier to keep you on the rolls rather than dropping your account.
Best,
James
Posted by James Connors | May 20, 2008 7:48 AM
Posted on May 20, 2008 07:48