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Sprint (NYSE: S) was criticized by several technology news sites for marketing a new $20 per month plan yesterday as "unlimited" even though after 1 GB of high-speed data usage, customers will see their speeds reduced to 2G speeds for the remainder of their billing cycle. Sprint counters that it is providing customers with choice and will not charge overage fees, and that if customers want more high-speed data, they can simply purchase more.
Sprint said customers can choose a 1 GB high-speed data option for $20 per month, and then also get unlimited voice and texting for an additional $20 per month while on the Sprint network (a price which excludes taxes and surcharges). Sprint Global Roaming also is included with the plan.
Customers on the new plan will not be charged overage fees and can purchase additional high-speed data for $15 per 1 GB.
The Verge called Sprint's plan "garbage." BGR advised readers: "Don't fall for Sprint's $20 'unlimited' data plan." Droid-Life characterized Sprint's new plan as being "greasily" advertised. And Android Authority called it "shameless."
"The desperate mobile carrier isn't the first to offer low-cost, low-service plans like this -- T-Mobile, for instance, has an almost identical one they call 'Simple Choice' -- but they are the...