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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ccline84:
In all seriousness though, just get an ISP. Can't be more that $50-60 for speeds over 20 megs and at least a 250 gb limit.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mattykinsx:
Stupid cops!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
Are people upset that he violated the TOS by tethering (supposedly) or the fact that he used 100gb of tethered data in a month?

All I'm saying is that one can't cry foul against him for using 100gb of tethered wifi & then do it themselves but say it's okay because they use less.

Lets be honest here: If you tether without paying for the Hot Spot service you're still violating the TOS no matter how much data you use.

I do find 100gb to be way excessive but all I can really say in the matter, is use less dude. If you like the service provided by Sprint as well as the monthly charges then listen to their request (at least they warned you), ask them what's considered reasonable & stay within those limits. Simple as that.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nabbed:
This must be a joke.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] smashpunks:
Agree with this dude
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kevin_Q:
Really!?

No, really? The one voice of reason, the one person taking the middle ground, who is saying nothing of real harm or condemnation is a joke?

In all seriousness, both my wife and I, aside from using our phones as actual phones (no home phone/land line) use our phones to play games, watch Netflix, and social networking (Facebook). On a regular night at work, yes work, I can watch up to 5 hours of Netflix on just a 3G connection. The picture clearity, even with 2 or less bars of signal, is actually nice. Then when I get home, I might smoke a bowl and watch some more on a 4G/WiMax connection. But I digress.

My wife and I manage something like 15gb a month if we really try. And 12gb is usually me because I may make a few rom downloads at work to the tune of 300mb per download.

Yes, what you did violated the ToS. Not solely because of the amount but because of what you were doing (MW3? For f*cks sake, really?) We could get on you for the wireless tethering but most of us have done or do it on a regular basis but that would make us hypocrites...but the same can be said for those who chastise others for causing accidents or getting caught speeding when we all know we all speed in our vehicles. Hell, I was doing 80-85mph on my way to work today and passed a cop sitting on the side of the road without getting pulled over. Do you know why? I was going with the flow of traffic. While I was in excess of the posted limit, I was doing no harm or causing any danger.

When average Joe's like myself pull something like 20gb of data a month, no one takes notice. We are like those guys on the highway doing 10mph above the limit. When guys like you pull 100gb+, you are like that guy you read about in the news papers who got pulled over for doing 170mph, in a construction zone, in your possibly street-illegal Camaro, complaining about why you don't understand why you got a ticket, an enormous fine, incarcerated, and your car impounded.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
Lololol I use 4GB a month if that..... I feel like anything over 10GB warrants a letter imho... Stop tethering or streaming on a 4.5in screen and buy a TV/ISP..

But hell who am I to tell you or anyone is wrong... Sprint/God will be the judge of that ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nellycruzz:
dude u said u got a letter....many have asked for a picture of the letter. Yet you fail to provide a picture. Show the proof, and second, i stream netflix at home everyday when i off work and i hit 50gigs a month but is unlimited internet. If you use netflix that much, you musy be sleeping with it on and waking to a episode of barney and friends. Doesnt add up little buddy. Quit being dumb and and take $50 of thay $200 and get uverse or anything....

Sent By EpicNess
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wizky911:
i'm calling BS.

When I first got my own place all I had was a couch a tv and an xbox and my phone.

The only entertainment I had was using my phone to tether internet to my xbox. I watched pretty much everything on netflix and played a bunch of laggy call of duty for 4 months.... I have never gotten a letter from Sprint. I was using data like it was going out of style. I even had to make an ice pack to sit my phone on because it was getting really hot tethering and constantly being connected to the charger.

Let's see some proof of this letter
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
Not a joke at all. I think my reply says it all & quite fairly to be honest.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
I don't see how its abuse and its unlimited. Sprint could easily say 50gb is the cap and everyone would be fine. **** sprint they want top dollar for sub par service.

I use 300gb month with att at home and around 400 a month with Comcast none of them are complaining. Been doing this for years. I stream all day sling box download torrents Netflix hulu etc.

Most times when I work in data centers 4g is all that works so I have to use it to get online.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I honesty hope sprint ends your contract and you find a new wireless carrier. It's users like you that hog all the bandwidth and slow down the network for the rest of us that are paying the same amount as you do every month.

I don't even think I could ever imagine using anything over 20GB on a phone even with tethering when you really need to get on a computer for the internet, which you are using from your phone...

First thing you need to do is put down the controller and take a break from video games and netflix, second get a job... And go get laid, seriously that's all you need.

Sent from The iPhone killer, Epic 4G Touch using XDA premium.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
Those are internet service providers that can handle high bandwith and heavy users... Google the differences
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bondosho:
How many movies do you watch a day? 5, 10? Even to download a 1080p blu-ray rip us just a couple gigs, and if you are watching it on your phone, it's probably dumbed down to 480p, so it's just a couple hundred megs. Do you have wifi at home? If so, start using it. If not, it's time to get a job that doesn't allow you to watch 10 movies a day, lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
doesn't anyone verbally interact with other people any more, or are we so self centered that our lives just revolve around game playing and streaming movies?

get out of the house, take a walk, call a friend, go to a club, go to your friends house, read a book, just do SOMETHING...Turning your brains to mush by watching fricken movies and playing games on a 4 inch screen all day and night will slowly kill you...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Oh shut up and cry me a river. Stop making excuses for sprint, maybe sprint is trying to cut cost and that's why your data sucks you ever think about that.

SPRINT WANTS 80 DOLLARS PLUS FEES A FREAKIN MONTH AND I PAY ATT 19 DOLARS A MONTH AND USE OVER 300gb.

God you guys are a bunch of suckers sprint needs more like you. How does att have better data, magic maybe. So when sprint cancels unlimited data you will blame guys like me.

So if 1 percent of all of their customers are abusing data tells me they never factored in what unlimited means. This is so retarded.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nellycruzz:
If u get that much time to honestly to do all that...u need a job or a girlfriend...seriously dude lmao
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] :
I find it hard to go over 2gb of data a month provided I don't tether or use hotspot often this foool uses 50timessss me god deaaaaaaaaam do you ever give your phone a rest I hope your phone goes haywire and just breaksss lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] superbeast0:
Excessive utilization of network resources.. read up buttercup.

http://www.sprint.com/legal/agreement.html?INTNAV=MSM:LGL:AUP

You signed that agreement... now live with it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
I still wanna see pics of the letter. Upload some pics.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Do you know what a sling box is. Just imagine if a person does not pay for cable. Use his phone for internet. And downloads whatever he wants. That's about 50gb a month. And my gf does about 40 also. Sprint doesn't care when they raise my bill so why am I looking out for them.

Maybe if you guys use it more sprint would see how crappy there speeds are. What the hell is the point of a fast network that nobody uses.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
well, even though he hasn't shown us a letter, it would not surprise me if he did get one..

I feel sort of bad for the guy; he may be a shut in, with no friends, and no outside life, and the phone is all he has...

But yes, he really needs to get a real ISP that gives him 250 gigs a month without any hassle; and, as many folks have posted here, Sprints "legal team" has made sure that there are LOTS of fine print they can invoke if someone streams video/games to their phones all the time..It appears to me that Sprints definition of "unlimited" is probably less than 5 gigs a month, so folks need to keep that in mind, if they want to stay with Sprint
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IRatchett:
100 gb in a month, YEAH RIGHT.. Keep dreaming they would have just turned your **** off with no letter... Lets see this letter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
I don't think most folks here are "looking out" for Sprint; many feel that people like you and the OP, who suck up bandwidth, using their phones like most of us use our home networks, are a big part of why the network speeds suck as bad as they do..

And, there is no doubt sprint knows how crappy their network speeds are, or, they wouldn't be going through what they are now, with their Network Vision upgrade plans..

I agree with most others, the days of truly "unlimited" data is going away really soon; since all the other competitors only give 2-4 gigs of data a month as part of their "plan" without charging you more, sprint could just give us 5 gigs a month as part of the plan, charge you more for every gig over, and still be a better deal than the rest...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Damn! That phone has more mileage on it than Lindsay Lohan!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
I used the employee discount change to get out etf free. Verizon Is limited data but there is wifi almost wherever I go.

Miui powered Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
OP said that Sprint referenced his online gaming. THAT is what got him. Some network management software probably flagged his account as "WTF?!?!?" and a network Tech was tasked to take a look at it, and by his data use, probably got caught in the act of tethering while the network tech looked at his account.

---------- Post added at 08:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 AM ----------

Seriously? You are comparing a landline internet connection to a cellular connection?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kthejoker20:
These problems are generally self correcting.

These types of people that sit in the house all day and do nothing generally never amount to anything. As soon as his mom and dads money stream go away, he won't be able to afford the monthly phone bill.

Thus, forcing him to get a job. Where might a person like this find a job? Well, you'll find them usually at your local fast food restuarant or eatery as a dishwasher or in the welfare line. The point is, he will make little to no money. He will be working all the time just to "make it by" not have any friends since he is working all the time, or standing on the street corner asking for change just to buy alcohol or drugs, in which case he will eventually end up in jail.

So all that free time and laziness now, is only setting him up to work for peanuts 16 hrs a day, just to pay rent, or end up in prison. Not having any money to buy anything, nonetheless a cell phone. You'll probably end up driving a '77 Pacer station wagon, Green with wood grain siding and an 8-track player since that is all you will be able to afford from the junk yard.

Then there is Sprint, laughing at him when they see his job application. Qualifications: sat in my parent basement all day, and used over 100gb a month on your network, i know the inner workings of your network so hire me.

Or the parole board asking him how he benefits society: I run a MW3 server on my cell phone, using sprints network.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wphend00:
OK... I do netflix every day... via 3g...

I have been watching maybe 2-4 episodes of the Old Xmen Cartoon series (1992) via 3g. That adds up to about 200 gigs a day, because of how well it compresses across lower bit rates provided by the 3g connection.

His problem is that he is tethering a computer or TV, or PS3 (More and likely a PS3 or XBOX360) to a Wimax connection, which means less compression... which means higher quality stuff... which will eat up the data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
Wow wow wow. People like u is why companies put a cap on data usage. I maybe hit 7gb tops. I dont blame sprint. You probably broke a world data record. Personally i hope sprint gives u the boot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] crzchn:
Just wanted to add my 10 char.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squiggie:
Fine, go to verizon and pay double that plus the extra $10 for every GB over that you use. I'm sure you are going to love that bill. Idiot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
wow.

this thread has been the best read I've had all week.

:rolleyes:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tech7:
I call this bull **** i use to use over 70 gig and nothing now in the last 7 month i cut down to 15 gig to 22 gig a month on each net work sometimes even if i dont use it my usage show alot and im like wow where did that came from but i do use more 4g then 3g now since i got this phone
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GailARC:
Wowow 100 gigs this must be why our phone bills keep rising.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JBTY:
His account was most likely flagged due to tethering and MW3 and streaming Netflix on a CONSOLE which plays HD video and most likely on a 4g connection you could easily get up to 100 gb per month that way.. Here's why:

FPS shooters like MW3 use the players as hosts for the game. the players use a"Network" hosted by one Player. that is why connection can become laggy etc depends on the hosts connection. I this uses alot of Bandwidth especially If Your the host.

And streaming Netflix on your phone vs a console is very different and uses bandwidth differently That is probably how he got So high so "easy"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Obviously this guy is BS'ing us, he's using free tether for his main internet connection, probably downloading, streaming and yea xbox. He's got multiple devices running 24/7 off his phone. That's the only explanation, he's not telling us the whole story. Sprint is pretty tolerant with high data users, they just don't drop people unless they have a breach of contract/abuse of service. He had what was coming to him.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DutchDogg54:
I think this is the culprit: http://shop2.sprint.com/en/legal/legal_terms_privacy_popup.shtml?ECID=vanity:termsandconditions/

See this area of the data section: "Services are not available for use in connection with server devices or host computer applications, other systems that drive continuous heavy traffic or data sessions, or as substitutes for private lines or frame relay connections. Except with Phone-as-Modem add-on, you may not use a phone (including a Bluetooth phone) as a modem in connection with a computer, PDA, or similar device. We reserve the right to deny or terminate service without notice for any misuse or any use that adversely affects network performance."

I have a feeling your usage falls under that sentence referring to "continuous heavy traffic or data sessions"...and, forgive me if I missed a post clarifying this, possible tethering via a hack.

I, as a consumer, definitely like that I have "unlimited data" and DO NOT want that infringed upon in any way, but I, as a business owner, also can see their perspective (Sprint's) in that this one customer is costing them a lot of money. I fire customers from my business with some regularity that are not profitable...and I would have to say that this situation is far from profitable for them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] apatcas:
I really hope they kick you... moron. Side note: I live in Atlanta midtown and still get ****ty speeds. But if they kick you, whoever is in your surrounding area should be really happy.

Again, I cannot press this enough... I hope they start kicking people like you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AwesomeTurtle:
Oh look, another Spring Whining Thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Ok since you know it all tell me what you would do. I live in miami and live all the way out west. In my area there is only att as an isp and direct TV for cable. ATT ONLY OFFERS 1.5mbs which your lucky if you get half that. Then DIRECT TV MAKES YOU PAY DOUBLE FOR CABLE THAN A NORMAL CUSTOMER BECAUSE IT'S SOME DEAL THEY HAVE WITH THE APT'S.

So TWO PEOPLE, WHO WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS a WEEK, GO OUT, ETC sometimes watch tv ON A SLINGBOX on two seperate tv's with two seperate internet connections. I'm SO SORRY FOR THE 200 A MONTH A PAY SPRINT THAT I ACTULLY USE IT HOW THEY SAID I COULD. Please forgive me and the other 1% for TAKING DOWN SPRINT'S KNOWN FASTEST NETWORK AND REDUCING IT TO A MERE 200K AVERAGE DATA SPEED.

DON'T YOU THINK IF SOMEONE WAS NEAR FASTER WIFI THEY WOULD FREAKIN USE IT, SPRINTS 4G SUCKS, ATT 3G IS FASTER MOST TIMES.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdsnyder:
On a side note, if you are booted from Sprint, say, in month 3 of a 2 year contract how does that work? Do they bill you the ETF because you violated the agreement or are they just happy to be rid of someone eating up 100GB of data in a month?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
Wow, you are completely taking advantage of the unlimited data. It is people like you that make carriers switch to tiered plans. You should be proud.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
If high speed, high throughput internet is so important to you, then move to a different area where you can get what you crave..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Eric1985:
Oh look someone from a different carrier talking **** about Sprint but yet u are in a Sprint forum. It never amazes me how ppl get so pissed and mr know it alls over cell phone companies. WHY YOU MAD BRO!?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rdsnyder:
I'm paying $29.99 /month for Fairpoint DSL. Its 3M/768k which isn't the greatest but it works for me, it's the cheapest option. It's $1 per day, I spend more than that on coffee and never have to worry about excessive data usage.

Nothing advertised as "unlimited" is actually unlimited. Sure, use as much as you want but I guarantee nobody at Sprint is sitting there saying "Oh sure we are bleeding money keeping this guy around but damnit, we said unlimited and me mean it!". If you have VOIP phone service they take notice if you use it too much. Bandwidth is not free.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tubasteve:
You smell that? I do, its a troll...

Picture, or it didn't happen.

...just saying.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Sometimes I think people on the internet are not real like just some random spam bot is writing these things. Like no real adult would say these things.

So lets say I bought a condo I should now sell it for faster internet speed. Wow

Hey BRO seeing how you probably didn't read what I posted I have been with sprint for 11 years, the data was always slow. Second I'm not MAD BRO because I do whatever I want on my sprint phone and sprint is not gonna send me a letter.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] naripsta:
Should take note of your sig, Keep calm and carry on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Hey I'm not complaining sprint wants my money which I give them and I want to use "unlimited data which I do" no problems here. But I would like to inform you people that fell into the hype that sprints data sucks because of the top 1%. I mean how does even sound to you 1% can reduce a whole network. To me it sounds like the network was never designed to scale in the first place. ATT had way more business with the iphone and unlimited data and there speeds where not as bad and they are on gsm.

This is always a case of people don't know so they blame what they can understand the most. Can't be that sprint cuts corners and can't afford to compete with the big two. Sprint is dead and has been, I wish you guys the best in your dreams of sprint with the fast data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] droiddamon:
Wait a sec you guys are knocking him for using 100gb in a month? What is your typical usage around here? I hit over a TB of data on comcast monthly and in the 40+gb range for my phone alone on sprint or verizon... And my wife whos casual at best is around 10gb a month on her phone... 100 gb seems a bit low to all havw your heads spin and stuff...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] danielddube:
chump stock holder
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ayesuku:
There's a reason that 10g is the highest, most expensive amount of data you can pay for on Verizon, and other carriers.

In a word, YES. 100gb is a LOT. So is 40gb.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRick10:
You use that on Comcast. An ISP that can handle your usage. This is a cell phone provider lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iSaint:
I've never went over 4GB

:eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
You're connecting and hosting mw3 servers (yes the game picks a host) both are wrong as you're tethering and I don't think you're allowed to host servers on sprints network so that's the likely reason they should boot you.

If you're so wealthy get a home internet connection.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tt281gt:
ummmm you do know you can stream on you're phone but through the magic of a little thing called hdmi you can watch on TV right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
They won't make an exception for anyone. You, sir should be ashamed for being a stockholder with a company that lies, lies, and lies again to their customers.

"Sir, I haven't heard anything about LoS with your device." This statement coming from a customer service rep after the E4GT has been on the market for 4 months!

Have you ever checked the sprint forums and comments from loyal, long time customers? Post after post, customers are outraged.

You should, if anyone, be reported for investing in the untruths behind sprint's closed doors.

Thread reported? Reported for what?!!?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AndroidBotx:
I agree.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 1brainsurgeon:
I think that you should step back momentarily and think about what the OP's history with sprint may be. Long time customers have been, as you subtly stated, screwed. This may have sent the OP over the edge. Where better to rant than here? I agree that his language could be better controlled, but maybe his vocabulary isn't as extensive as yours.

I guess my point is; Try not to oust the OP because you're offended by his foul mouth. Rather, maybe try and be a bit more sympathetic. He's angry and is ranting about something that makes, at the very least, a bit of sense.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tubasteve:
my penis is bigger than your penis......
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gibsonusa:
^ lol at that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Gibsonusa:
That was the lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
All you guys bragging how low of data you use every month sprint is laughing at you.

You pay $90 dollars a month to use a phone that is pretty much a computer to and sprint gets the same data that every other isp gets (it's not like cell phone data comes from somewhere else it's all starting somewhere).

Sprint loves you guys, and when they raise your bill hey look over there that guy is using 100gb a month while they rape you from behind.

You guys who claim to have lives and your so busy and how could you ever use that much data maybe you forget not everybody lives your same life. I happen to have a job where I can watch tv all day or whatever I want to do that my phone can do. Don't hate we are not breaking the law.