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So after ten years of SERO and holding out through the whole EPRP shitpile, it looks like SWAC is finally what's gonna get me to change plans. That hotspot plus the price cut is too tempting.
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I noticed that the regular unlimited plans changed now too so Premium is only $10 higher than Plus. It shows Premium as only streaming in "HD" (up to 1080p) so it looks like Premium has the stream throttling now. Same would apply to the new SWAC plan versions. Either way they need to hire a damned proofreader; this amount of errors in plan information coming out of such a large company is ridiculous.
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Apr 8, 2019 06:42
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Finally pulled the trigger. There was also a separate link to a SERO to SWAC conversion form on the Slickdeals page. Will see how it goes I guess. Main reason for me really is the need for hotspot which has always required root, and with that out, the only real time I will need it for now will be when I backup with Titanium Backup between phone reinstalls, (Such as when Android Q drops probably) or going between phones since its a crap shoot what apps back up to the cloud vs ones that don't. I figure also that all SERO will eventually get pushed over to this to simplify things in the long run for Sprint.
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Apr 10, 2019 22:00
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I don't even see the need for Titanium anymore either, really. I went from Pixel 1 to Pixel 3, and then to another Pixel when that one had an issue and the automatic transfer took care of everything nice and easy.
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Apr 10, 2019 22:13
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Well that was quick. Got a response that the changes have been made but will take effect on 5/4. I picked the Premium plan and it looks like it is automatically $40 now instead of $50 with what looks like all the perks as before except the Uber credits which don't appear anywhere in the details of the e-mail at all. The HD vs Full HD stuff is written correctly. And since I don't really care about the Uber credits at all, getting $10 less a month savings with all the other perks like Amazon Prime (instead of paying annually) Hotspot, and hell I may give Tidal a shot to see how HiFi sounds. Already use the crap out of Hulu so that's not new but very nice to have. Overall I guess we will see how this goes. Odd they seemed to change the Premium price down at all. The non SWAC pricing is what $80 for the same thing? Either they really want to entice Employees to bring people on, Incentive all the old SERO plans to finally cut over, or the T-Mobile merger is going worse than we hope.
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Apr 11, 2019 00:20
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EdEddnEddy posted:Well that was quick. Got a response that the changes have been made but will take effect on 5/4. I picked the Premium plan and it looks like it is automatically $40 now instead of $50 with what looks like all the perks as before except the Uber credits which don't appear anywhere in the details of the e-mail at all.  The price drop is probably to make up for the lack of Uber. I suspect they'll also add stream throttling to the Premium account if they haven't already.
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Apr 11, 2019 00:57
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I went with the $50 plan because I figured I'd use $20 in Uber per month. Bit disappointing that it is two $10 credits that half to be used separately, but they also texted me a half off code so we'll see. Does the $40 plan include Amazon?
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Apr 11, 2019 01:05
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Medullah posted:I went with the $50 plan because I figured I'd use $20 in Uber per month. Bit disappointing that it is two $10 credits that half to be used separately, but they also texted me a half off code so we'll see. Does the $40 plan include Amazon? Yep.
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Apr 11, 2019 01:11
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Medullah posted:Does the $40 plan include Amazon? Yeah. $40 plan is the "premium" plan and it includes Amazon Prime. I just submitted for the conversion myself. I'll be doing the $40 premium. SWACCLUB
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Apr 11, 2019 01:13
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My bill dropped 50 cents but now I save 120 a year for prime and I get a hotspot, as well as unlimited minutes (instead of 500). Roaming never worked for me anyway, so I can't see any drawbacks. I wish they would take 5$ off my HULU instead of saying nope (I already subscribe to adds free). Tidal is neat.
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Apr 11, 2019 16:13
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Does anyone want my $3 krispy kreme card? They dont have them here anymore.
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Apr 11, 2019 16:40
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Cage posted:Does anyone want my $3 krispy kreme card? They dont have them here anymore. Oh hey that Sprint Reward is actually working now! I was getting bummed out that they had just teased us with it. If you don't want it, I'd happily combine it with my reward and buy a discounted dozen as a gift for a not-Sprint-having family member who likes Krispy Kreme!
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Apr 11, 2019 16:56
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I also have one I can pm to someone.
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Apr 11, 2019 16:59
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astral posted:Oh hey that Sprint Reward is actually working now! I was getting bummed out that they had just teased us with it.
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Apr 11, 2019 17:21
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SWAC does feel like the early SERO days when it was first opened up to pretty much everyone. For $30 it was a killer deal to get unlimited everything but minutes compared to the garbo plan most of us were on before then since things like Texting and Data were addons to dumbphone plans and 3G was the new hotness. Then the changes for Smartphones and then 4G that had to kick the plan up in cost which while irritating, at the time in a small way it was justified since data usage was just exploding at that time. Now to get sooo much more it seems, for in reality a really good deal, is almost too good to be true. Competition is great but I really wonder how the hell Sprint can afford this sort of offering, even to normal users with the $60-80 plans, when they were cutting cost by removing the personal trash cans at their corporate offices and such. All I can hope is that the idiots that are trying to block the merger better not screw this up. The combined network of T-Mobile + Sprint I can imaging only to be a good thing in the long run, and finally the death of CDMA once and for all hopefully.
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Apr 11, 2019 17:26
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I'm too lazy to PM. First come first serve.
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Free pzone at Pizza Hut seems to be this week’s reward. Must be ordered by apr 28. astral fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Apr 22, 2019 |
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Apr 22, 2019 07:49
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astral posted:Free pzone at Pizza Hut seems to be this week’s reward. Cage fucked around with this message at 13:18 on Apr 22, 2019 |
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Apr 22, 2019 13:09
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How is Sprint? Is it worth the 30-40 a month savings over Verizon?
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Waltzing Along posted:How is Sprint? Is it worth the 30-40 a month savings over Verizon? Most likely depends on your area.
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Waltzing Along posted:How is Sprint? Is it worth the 30-40 a month savings over Verizon? Depending. I've heard it's really good in cities, but I live in a more rural area and travel regularly. It's passable for calls and texts, but I'm constantly getting terrible data speeds. My friends joke that I play Pokemon go with a handicap and there's a couple gyms in town that we have to WiFi off of their phones for me to raid. I got better reception in China than in most of the US even away from any cities. I'd talk to people in your town and ask them.
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Sprint is great if you don't travel and have a good signal at home/work. As soon as you start traveling you start to see the limitations real quick.
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Medullah posted:Sprint is great if you don't travel and have a good signal at home/work. As soon as you start traveling you start to see the limitations real quick. On the other hand, if you travel to Canada/Mexico, the roaming agreements are great and get you 5GB, 10GB or Unlimited LTE, depending on your plan. Note that there were reports of them throttling the speed down after ~10-14GB
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Apr 28, 2019 00:51
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International is the only reason I still have Sprint.
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Apr 28, 2019 01:15
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What can I expect to pay in taxes and fees in CA? The online order thing has some small text that says "before all the extra fees we will throw at you." So the $83 which seems reasonable might be quite a bit more.
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Waltzing Along posted:What can I expect to pay in taxes and fees in CA? I'm in CA and the taxes and fees add ~8% to my bill.
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McPhearson posted:I'm in CA and the taxes and fees add ~8% to my bill. Cool, thanks.
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Apr 29, 2019 21:33
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My bill is $50 and with tax/fees, it's 56.05.
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EdEddnEddy posted:SWAC does feel like the early SERO days when it was first opened up to pretty much everyone. For $30 it was a killer deal to get unlimited everything but minutes compared to the garbo plan most of us were on before then since things like Texting and Data were addons to dumbphone plans and 3G was the new hotness. Sprint can’t afford the offering. It’s just the only way to compete. This quarter was the first quarter in 11 loving years that they were profitable: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2018/05/02/sprint-2017-fiscal-year-earnings-report.html The merger is likely a bad idea for consumers, mostly in it will raise pricings and not help competition. T-Mobile already has raised prices from 2-3 years ago, they’ll make some marketing splashes when the merger first goes through, and then slowly raise prices in a year or two like they did with their first “uncarrier” stuff. Not necessarily slagging T-Mobile, I’m just saying sprint as a competitor keeps them more in check. And Sprints network is a goddamn mess, good luck integrating that with T-Mobile.
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Duckman2008 posted:Sprint can’t afford the offering. It’s just the only way to compete. This quarter was the first quarter in 11 loving years that they were profitable: That reads like some serious hollywood accounting there - discounting all the money they didn't pay in taxes as "not profit."
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I decided to give Sprint a try as the price was right. I'm starting to wonder, though. Is it normal for things to seem delayed? For instance, I will click a weblink then wait a while before anything happens. It's almost like the server got my request and is deciding what to do before actually sending the data over. This is with enough bars that I shouldn't see slow downs. It's not the phone because on wifi it works perfectly. I just sent a couple messages to someone on LINE and those were heavily delayed, as well. With 4 bars, if that matters.
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There's a reason for this thread title. Try installing the speed test app and seeing what speeds your getting over cellular. Depending on where I am my speeds differ wildly. At my apartment I'll have full bars but be lucky to get more than 1 Mbps down. At my office I can easily get 7-8 Mbps, which is not great but much better than at home. The only reason I still use sprint is because it works well enough most of the time, and I also have a work phone on Verizon I can use whenever my Sprint service doesn't work. McPhearson fucked around with this message at 22:41 on May 2, 2019 |
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McPhearson posted:There's a reason for this thread title. I have it installed and was testing. I was getting 30+ mbps while this was all going on. But then I'd go over to the forums in chrome. Click a link...and wait. And wait. Or I open some other app and wait and wait and wait. Oh, and I had to wait for the speedtest app to find a server. Ping was around 30. idgi.
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McPhearson posted:There's a reason for this thread title. That blows my mind, I regularly get between 40 and 100 Mbps on LTE with my phone. My only issue is that LTE is, in typical sprint fashion, only available in cities and along interstates.
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Waltzing Along posted:I have it installed and was testing. I was getting 30+ mbps while this was all going on. But then I'd go over to the forums in chrome. Click a link...and wait. And wait. Or I open some other app and wait and wait and wait. Oh, and I had to wait for the speedtest app to find a server. Ping was around 30. What phone do you have? Sounds like something is acting wonky as it tries to route through Cellular.
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May 2, 2019 23:47
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EdEddnEddy posted:What phone do you have? Sounds like something is acting wonky as it tries to route through Cellular. s10+
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Ha, that might be part of the S10 LTE issues that were sort of an issue I saw when I was looking about for SWAC info. Might want to swap it out for another and see if you have the same issue within the 14 day window. Not sure if it is a Sprint or Hardware issue. Interesting for sure.
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Welp, 5/4 my SERO plan is finally in the past. All Hail SWAC Premium! So far so good. Phone updated overnight and woke up with the two text to switch Amazon Prime and activate Tidal.
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May 6, 2019 19:00
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I'm still in my window and haven't signed my contract yet. What is SWAC? How can I get it?
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm still in my window and haven't signed my contract yet. What is SWAC? How can I get it? You can't get it unless you're currently on SERO, or know an employee to give you a referral code
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