Sprint to enforce roaming data limits, send SMS notifications

[Rocket87]

Starring today sprint will enforce roaming data limits. At 75% 90% and 100% of the limit a text message will be sent. Once you hit you data roaming limit you will be redirected to a landing page explaining roaming limits. Once your bill cycle starts over you data roaming will start again.

[SeanK_]

They should have been doing this long time ago.

[uh60james]

Nothing to worry about hear since my M8 is apparently unworthy of data roaming.  

[JeffDTD]

Fantastic

 

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[lynyrd65]

I wish there were no roaming limits and it was at least EV-DO speed. With CCA Roaming I hoped that roaming limits would be relaxed. This appears to show the opposite may be occuring. 

 

Roaming anxiety is one reason I have a hard time returning to Sprint.

[newboyx]

I wish there were no roaming limits and it was at least EV-DO speed. With CCA Roaming I hoped that roaming limits would be relaxed. This would appear to be the opposite.

 

Roaming anxiety is one reason I have a hard time returning to Sprint.

It it widely thought that CCA roaming will be treated as native when everything is finished.

 

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[lilotimz]

It it widely thought that CCA roaming will be treated as native when everything is finished.

 

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RRPP members are treated as pseudo native. cca members are still unknown but it's likely that they will be pseudo native but have caveats like throttling or capped speeds etc to discourage abusers from other cca partners abusing their network with cheaper prices. .

 

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[newboyx]

RRPP members are treated as pseudo native. cca members are still unknown but it's likely that they will be pseudo native but have caveats like throttling or capped speeds etc to discourage abusers from other cca partners to use their network with cheaper prices. .

 

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Sorry, I should have taken a bit more time to be more clear. Thanks for the assist.

 

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[dnwk]

Is it the reason they now allow 3G roaming? Because if you run at high speed, allotment will run out fast.

[dnwk]

Starring today sprint will enforce roaming data limits. At 75% 90% and 100% of the limit a text message will be sent. Once you hit you data roaming limit you will be redirected to a landing page explaining roaming limits. Once your bill cycle starts over you data roaming will start again.

 

Do you have the source of information?

[newboyx]

Do you have the source of information?

He is the source ????

 

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[tybo31316]

Too bad I don't roam anymore thanks to NV.

 

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[TheForce627]

Well I'm over my limit and I have no text..

[WiWavelength]

Well I'm over my limit and I have no text..

 

Post your number, and we will send you an SMS to go find another provider.

 

 

AJ

[swintec]

Seems like a great way to stop the d-bags from slamming a bunch of roaming traffic through to get out of contract.

 

Will all roaming traffic be EVDO now since it is capped?

[anthony.spina97]

Do you have the source of information?

He works for Sprint (as far as I know), so he is the source. 

 

-Anthony

[Rocket87]

It was a paragraph on like page 10 of the playbook

[jaybiz81]

I'm over my limit by 7MB myself and also no text.  I'm wondering though if it's a text that will come if I try to roam again, which I won't be since I'm back from vacation where I was roaming only on US Cellular.  I wish I did get the texts because I tried to keep it under the 300MB but it's hard to monitor when one has a tough time even accessing MySprint on 1X.  Sprint seems to think my data usage is less than my phone reports, so I prefer to go off of what Sprint records.  I do get the texts though as to my hotspot usage, which is very helpful, to let me know when I'm approaching my 2GB cap.  If I get a text, I'll post it here.  It is about time they do this.

 

Well I'm over my limit and I have no text..

[travismheim]

Does this mean you don't need to worry about getting your service terminated anymore from using data roaming too much? I usually turn off mobile data if I'm in a roaming area for any period of time, it would be nice to not have to worry about it anymore with the low 100MB limit on the newer plans.

[jp1992]

I didn't realize the newer plans only have 100MB of roaming. Being that low really shows how expensive roaming is for Sprint.

 

 

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[Paynefanbro]

Sprint is banking on RRPP and CCA coverage to get rid of Verizon's expensive roaming rates.

[JosefTor]

Darn... I roam all day at work every day. ???? I'd love to not roam if given the chance.

 

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[gusherb]

Hmmm interesting. I used almost all of my 300 MBs back when I was traveling in May. Glad I have the older plan with the higher alottment now that you get cut off at the limit. Does that mean your minutes get cut off at the 800 minute limit too?

[lordsutch]

Well I'm over my limit and I have no text..

If I had to guess it's one of those things that doesn't kick in for customers until your next billing cycle starts, to simplify the programming logic.

[irev210]

I wonder if this is going to impact churn.

 

If you start turning off data to customers who typically use more than 300MB/month they might just leave.

 

It would be interesting to know the cost/benefit of letting those roamers churn off.

 

The old tactics of gigs and gigs of roaming to get out of contract was stupid - I am glad sprint is ending this.