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08 December 2009 ~ 48 Comments

Avoid Sprint ETF – Sprint Raising Fees January 2010

Need to leave Sprint mid-contract without incurring an expensive early termination fee (ETF)? According to web site Phonenews.com you’ll have a chance. On January 10, 2010 Sprint’s raising their per-line regulatory fee to .40 and will also begin assessing a $4.99 monthly fee for spending limit regulations. Since this appears to constitute a material change [...]

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30 November 2009 ~ Comments Off

Sprint QChat Discontinued

Sprint Nextel has announced that they will no longer sell phones based on Qualcomm’s QChat technology. Instead the carrier will re-focus efforts on the iDEN network which it acquired in a $35 billion deal when it purchased Nextel in 02005. QChat was first launced in 2008 and represented an EVDO Rev A means to carry [...]

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21 November 2009 ~ Comments Off

Sprint’s $42.50 Plan Offer Unmasked – Still A Good Deal

Sprint’s been running promotions on TV that advertise what at first seems confusingly like a $42.50 unlimited phone plan. As the “if it’s too good to be true” saying goes – the Sprint offer really is too good to be true. That is unless you’re willing to pony up for four phones on a family [...]

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