Big Changes at Sprint PCS


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This is a couple of days old but I havent seen it here yet so I decided to post it.

Update: Sources have sent in a few clarifications we fell worth passing on. First, SMS is no longer bundled with Vision. On the new Vision offerings it will be $5 for 100 messages and $10 for unlimited. Grandfathered customers with 100 message buckets in their Vision packs will still be able to upgrade to unlimited for only $5.

In addition, ReadyLink prices will drop. The new rate is $10/month for the primary line, and $5/month for shared lines.

On July 7th, just before Sprint?s shareholder meeting to vote on the Sprint Nextel merger, Sprint will make major changes to their consumer offerings. Read more for a complete rundown?Good Bye F&C. The first major change is the death of Free & Clear nationwide plans. While Sprint will still offer F&C Area-wide plans, Sprint will only offer Fair & Flexible nationally. This is a major change for Sprint and for the wireless industry. In contrast, Cingular?s rollover is only available on mid-to-high range minute plans.

However, the devil is in the details. Fair & Flexible will continue to require a two-year agreement. That?s right, if you want a nationwide plan, you now have no choice but to sign a two-year agreemight & Weekend Minutes.<es. Something a lot of people talk about frequently is a pushback even further from the existing 7 PM option. While Sprint has tested a 5 PM option as well, on the 7th Sprint will strike a balance between the two and launch a 6 PM option. This add-on will be $10/month, and will be in addition to the 7 PM optalifornia.<ia. The state?s courts have thrown out the cell phone ?bill of rights? passed into law, so Sprint will revert to the 14-day return policy. Sprint declined to comment when we requested details in regards to thision Packs.<on Packs. Vision packs will be changing too. The Premium Pack will drop to $10/month, returning the $10/monthly option to plan brochures ($10 Vision was also available in a ?classic pack? which included Web-only access). However, Premium Pack will reduce the download credit to $5 to new users.

Pictures Pack will now include Video Mail at no additional charge, and will otherwise remain the same.

The re-introduced Multimedia Pack will build on the new Pictures Pack, include Sprint TV, and cost &dd-a-phone Add-on Pricing.<d-on Pricing. Sprint will radically change how add-a-phone lines handle plan add-ons. New accounts will follow a simple rule: add-a-phone plan add-ons cost half the price of what the main line would normally pay. For example, the Pictures Pack would cost $7.50/month, and the Multimedia Pack would cost $10/month. Plan-wide addons, such as Free & Clear/Flexible America will continue to only be a one-line charge, yet apply toCPE.<s.

BCPE. Business Connection Personal Edition will be reduced in cost to $10/month from the previous &ebates/Upgrades.<tes/Upgrades. This is another area of major change to Sprint. Sprint will increase the 18-month timeframe to 24-months for the full $150 rebate. However, Sprint will implement a rebate tiering to allow for anyone with a phone that has lasted through its 12-month warranty to upgrade as follows:

24 Months+: $150 Rebate on 2-Year, $75 Rebate on 1-Year 12 ? 23 Months: $75 Rebate on 2-Year, $25 Rebate on 1-Year

Sprint also noted that the ability to provide instant application of handset upgrade rebates for existing customers to an account/purchase will be made available V-DO.<ar.

EV-DO. Sprint Stores will begin to promote EV-DO to data card customers, especially in areas that will have existing EV-DO coverage. Sprint has hinted that the consumer product name for EV-DO will not be Vision, or will at the very least build on Vision, and that it is not ?Wireless High-Speed Data? as many have speculated, it is a name in plan/service, and not product usage.

Sprint has also hinted that data rates do have the potential to change. Sprint cautioned employees that attempting to add a Vision plan to an EV-DO device will trigger an error, and hinted that there will be special EV Casual Rate plans.

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I'm on a local F&C plan.... I always felt comfortable knowing I could switch to nationwide if need be... this is gonna suck. I hope they lower incoming text prices! 10cents in and out is crazy.

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I'm on a local F&C plan.... I always felt comfortable knowing I could switch to nationwide if need be... this is gonna suck.  I hope they lower incoming text prices!  10cents in and out is crazy.

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Update: Sources have sent in a few clarifications we fell worth passing on. First, SMS is no longer bundled with Vision. On the new Vision offerings it will be $5 for 100 messages and $10 for unlimited. Grandfathered customers with 100 message buckets in their Vision packs will still be able to upgrade to unlimited for only $5.
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As a Nextel subscriber, I hope these two companies will do a successful merge that will benefit their customers. One thing is for sure, Sprint's customer service is notorious for bad support, so expect Nextel to take over that aspect once they fully merge.

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I don't have a vision or text plan, I pay for them as I use em.

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First, SMS is no longer bundled with Vision. On the new Vision offerings it will be $5 for 100 messages and $10 for unlimited. Grandfathered customers with 100 message buckets in their Vision packs will still be able to upgrade to unlimited for only $5.

Wait, this doesn't make sence?

I have an old old $10 vision with unlimited sms txt msgs right now. I don't believe they can just charge me $5 a month for that right now, my contract was for a certain price and if they break the contract by suddenly charging me for txt msgs then technically I'm free of my contract (because they broke it!)

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Wait, this doesn't make sence?

I have an old old $10 vision with unlimited sms txt msgs right now. I don't believe they can just charge me $5 a month for that right now, my contract was for a certain price and if they break the contract by suddenly charging me for txt msgs then technically I'm free of my contract (because they broke it!)

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They cannot change a grandfathered plan. Only you can change out of that plan, but once you do, you cannot go back.

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Wait, this doesn't make sence?

I have an old old $10 vision with unlimited sms txt msgs right now. I don't believe they can just charge me $5 a month for that right now, my contract was for a certain price and if they break the contract by suddenly charging me for txt msgs then technically I'm free of my contract (because they broke it!)

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Yes, you are correct. If they change your rates while under contract, you can legally cancel the contract without fee as long as you didn't pay the first month's bill after the changes occured. If they changed your plan prices and you pay the bill when it first appears, you are legally telling them you are accepting the changes, therefore you can't cancel the contract without fee.

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