I wrote before about carriers in general and Sprint specifically nickel and diming their customers to death. Just got my bill for the 4G internet. It seems as though their administrative charge is going from $0.99 to $1.50. It's a free out of contract, but what's the point of constantly adding to these fees?
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I think it's called P-R-O-F-I-T.
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When you go to McDonald's and they have a menu price, what would you say if the cashier told you there is a $1.50 administrative charge for her to take your order?
Profit is fine. Calling a rate plan $69.99 while actually charging $72.29 is obnoxious.
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if you check the page under the one that spells out taxes and surcharges, it defines surcharges as the cost of doing business based on government regulation...look who runs the government now, a regulation heavy pres.
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That's what the plan price is for. See my McDonald's comparison. If you're not making enough, wait until my contract is up and raise the price of my plan. Simple isn't it?
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all carriers have surcharges, for Accounting practices it ahs to be done that way, just like sales tax on equipment is not lumped with the plan's taxes, state and federal regulation makes it different per locality.
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But they don't have to violate the contract to accomplish increases. It wasn't always this way either. This all started right around 2004.
Metro includes all of their nonsense in the monthly fee. That's one of the many reasons I like them.
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but they are limited on data speed and footprint, they are an MVNO of sprint's
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Metro PCS IS NOT an MVNO. They are a stand alone wireless carrier with their own network. They have a roaming agreement with Sprint.
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thats right, my fault thinking of someone else.....they are a good alternative but in the end subpar.
Once again all major carriers do the billing the same way. You get what you pay for
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I thought their whole network was sprint/nextel
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No. You can get a summary on the carrier page of this site.
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MetroPCS offers wireless phone service to customers in select metro areas across the US. MetroPCS provides plans with one flat monthly cost for unlimited service, with no contract. Metro's newer networks in major cities use the 1700 MHz (AWS) frequency band, while original networks in regional areas use 1900 MHz (PCS) frequency band. The MetroPCS network was built from the ground up using CDMA technology.
The 1700 is theirs or someone elses, the 1900 is sprint pcs I believe.
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NO! It's ALL THEIR SPECTRUM! 😳
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Dont think so, buddy. How come you can get nextel phones on boost then?
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Heres a question for you guys: I recently bought a used blackberry style sprint phone from a guy who said he was terminating his contract w/ sprint for what-ever reason. So, I called sprint to have them check to #s so I could switch phones on my account. Sprint says I can't because it activated to another account and the account holder still owes them money so they couldnt have it deactivated until they paid off the balance. Is there any way I can get the blackberry to work on my account?
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Not until the account holder pays their charges.and even then it can sometimes be 30 days from the date of payment processing before the esn is released.No manager or anyone else will be able to change that either.
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Thanks for the info, elderado! Just wish it was better news ☹️
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I think you're referring to Boost while I'm referring to Metro PCS.
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