Grandfathered vision and EVDO

Don

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Jun 15, 2006, 9:33:23 PM6/15/06

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Does an old plan with unlimited vision allow you to use EVDO if you
get an evdo phone? If not, how much or little does evdo cost extra?

sraike

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Jun 19, 2006, 12:11:17 AM6/19/06

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I have just such a plan and with my new A900 EVDO works just fine and is
MUCH faster than the older access.

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sraike

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Jun 19, 2006, 12:10:50 AM6/19/06

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I have just such a plan and with my new A900 EVDO works just fine and is
MUCH faster than the older access.

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Don

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Jun 19, 2006, 6:37:07 AM6/19/06

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Did yhey just switch phones, or do you have to pay extra for the EVDO?

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Jun 19, 2006, 9:29:02 AM6/19/06

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"sraike" <stu...@swraike.com> wrote in
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No matter what you hear. EVDO will cost extra. 15 dollars a month will get
you EVDO but with no Text messages. Your grandfatherd plan will go away.

Mij Adyaw

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Jun 19, 2006, 5:35:49 PM6/19/06

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From what I understand that it not true. You can ask for a simple ESN swap.
One of the Sprint reps was at the WA booth at Costco yesterday and I asked
him.

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Don

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Jun 19, 2006, 6:24:08 PM6/19/06

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Can they do it at Costco, or do I call it in to Sprint Customer
Service?

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Jun 19, 2006, 7:01:12 PM6/19/06

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"Mij Adyaw" <m...@RagHead.com> wrote in news:SMElg.5$Nv.0@fed1read10:

> I bought my Phone at Costco in Culver city and NO way would I get my old
plan back. I called everyone at Sprint NO WAY

Mij Adyaw

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Jun 19, 2006, 7:31:23 PM6/19/06

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You needed to just buy the phone and have an ESN swap done. Do not sign-up
for a new Vision Plan.

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Joel Kolstad

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Jun 19, 2006, 8:27:51 PM6/19/06

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"Mij Adyaw" <m...@RagHead.com> wrote in message news:SMElg.5$Nv.0@fed1read10...

> From what I understand that it not true. You can ask for a simple ESN swap.
> One of the Sprint reps was at the WA booth at Costco yesterday and I asked
> him.

Correct; ESN swaps work fine. I had a grandfathered Vision plan -- with
unlimited text messages -- that worked peachy with EVDO. Unfortunately I went
to change phones in April, and a Sprint store employee told me that he was
surprised my current phone worked on EVDO -- "that plan isn't supposed to
work; here, I'll change you to the CORRECT plan." Poof! --> No more text
message included. :-(

Once I figured this out, I called up Sprint and they've given me free text
messages for a *year* and *claim* I'll be able to keep getting them for free
indefinitely (I'll just need to call up again next April). We'll see...