| John Navas 2008-02-20, 10:33 am |
| On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:56:03 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in < 47bc3ed0$0$36411$742
ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:
>4phun wrote:
>
>It's unlimited voice and messaging, not voice and data. You need to
>understand the difference.
>
>T-Mobile offers unlimited "voice and messaging" not data. Since they
>don't have a data network in the U.S., they don't have to worry about
>their network being overwhelmed.
T-Mobile most certainly does have a data network in the USA.
>Sprint is now the only carrier without an unlimited plan.
Sprint actually has an unlimited plan in trial.
>If they really
>want to trump the competition then they could offer a true unlimited
>voice _and_ data plan. Unlikely since the reason AT&T and Verizon have
>capped their data plans is because the 3G networks don't have sufficient
>capacity for such plans.
Total nonsense.
>At $60/month for true unlimited data, a lot of
>DSL users might be tempted to use 3G as their primary Internet connection.
Such abuse is the reason for capping.
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