Sprint Cancels Soldiers' Cell Phones

Iria · Jul 9, 2007, 09:24 PM

Source: BetaNews
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The struggling carrier was exposed last week for attempting to get rid of accounts that it claimed were calling its customer service lines too frequently. An undisclosed number of customers were told their service will be cancelled on July 30.

However, it now appears another group of people are being told their Sprint service will be dropped on that day -- those who frequently roam outside the company's own network. About 200 of these happen to be U.S. Army soldiers, according to a post to SprintUsers.com.

Iria · Jul 9, 2007, 10:13 PM

Looks like, based on the SprintUsers.com forum post, this may be resolved ... though it appears Sprint can still wheedle its way out if it really wanted to ...

Necrosis · Jul 9, 2007, 10:15 PM

Poor poor Nextel.

|2A|N · Jul 9, 2007, 10:42 PM

Sprint is way over priced anyways, I have been using nTelos for the past 4 years and I couldn't be happier with there service and rate plans.

bug77 · Jul 9, 2007, 11:46 PM

At least they have competiton so you can switch. Over here we only have two carriers (and two forever wannabes, so nobody may cry duopoly).

EcPercy · Jul 10, 2007, 01:12 AM

I read through the forum posts and one person pointed out that the Sprint TOS states that you will not roam more than 50% of the time and the military person was roaming 100% of the time....

Sprint has a TOS, but kicking hundreds of customers to the curb doesn't sound like good business to me.

BlueMak · Jul 10, 2007, 02:58 AM

Don't these people pay for the extra roaming anyway? I don't understand why Sprint would have a problem with that.

Jul 9, 2007, 09:24 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Sprint Cancels Soldiers' Cell Phones Source: BetaNews __________ The struggling carrier was exposed last week for attempting to get rid of accounts that it claimed were calling its customer service lines too frequently. An undisclosed number of customers were told their service will be cancelled on July 30. However, it now appears another group of people are being told their Sprint service will be dropped on that day -- those who frequently roam outside the company's own network. About 200 of these happen to be U.S. Army soldiers, according to a post to SprintUsers.com.

Jul 10, 2007, 02:58 AM	#7
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,242 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Don't these people pay for the extra roaming anyway? I don't understand why Sprint would have a problem with that. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jul 9, 2007, 10:13 PM	Thread Starter #2
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Looks like, based on the SprintUsers.com forum post, this may be resolved ... though it appears Sprint can still wheedle its way out if it really wanted to ...

Jul 9, 2007, 10:15 PM	#3
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Poor poor Nextel.

Jul 9, 2007, 10:42 PM	#4
\|2A\|N SE7EN57 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 353 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Sprint is way over priced anyways, I have been using nTelos for the past 4 years and I couldn't be happier with there service and rate plans.

Jul 9, 2007, 11:46 PM	#5
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	At least they have competiton so you can switch. Over here we only have two carriers (and two forever wannabes, so nobody may cry duopoly).

Jul 10, 2007, 01:12 AM	#6
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 64	I read through the forum posts and one person pointed out that the Sprint TOS states that you will not roam more than 50% of the time and the military person was roaming 100% of the time.... Sprint has a TOS, but kicking hundreds of customers to the curb doesn't sound like good business to me.