Author Topic: Sprint now offers free international data and sms and 0.20 calls. Limited countries  (Read 1889 times)

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Wonder if this will slowly lead to all carriers copying tmobile. Sprint has very few countries.
http://support.sprint.com/support/article/FAQs_about_Sprint_International_Value_Roaming/8fc1976f-831b-44a4-ab93-d1b3c36c39a3

Countries included :
Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Spain, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Germany, Japan, Russia, South Korea and United Kingdom.
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It doesn't say what kind of calls are free,
Incoming, outgoing, Cellphone to USA, cellphone to local?
Am I to assume they're all free

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Calls are 20 cents, not free. Seems to be all calls.

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You'd think Canada would be included... :-\

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You'd think Canada would be included... :-\
Rep just told me that Canada was already in the final stages of being added, hopefully they'll know exact date shortly.

She also said HKG & China are most likely the next to be added.
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Rep just told me that Canada was already in the final stages of being added, hopefully they'll know exact date shortly.

She also said HKG & China are most likely the next to be added.

They did add recently some better plans for Canada, but still ridiculously expensive...
Hope they will add it like the other country's...

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So I chatted with Sprint and the rep told me that only 2g data is free? Has anyone here been told otherwise? If so,  how do you prevent your phone from accessing 3g or 4g?

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So I chatted with Sprint and the rep told me that only 2g data is free? Has anyone here been told otherwise? If so,  how do you prevent your phone from accessing 3g or 4g?
I thought it was 3G but could be I'm just thinking about T-Mobile, with them it would automatically just stop using 4g unless I bought that package.

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I thought it was 3G but could be I'm just thinking about T-Mobile, with them it would automatically just stop using 4g unless I bought that package.
So I chatted with Sprint and the rep told me that only 2g data is free? Has anyone here been told otherwise? If so,  how do you prevent your phone from accessing 3g or 4g?
tmobile intl data is also officially only 2g. if you happen to get faster they dont charge. maybe sprint is the same way.
i dont think they would charge if you get faster speeds in selected countries

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tmobile intl data is also officially only 2g. if you happen to get faster they dont charge. maybe sprint is the same way.
i dont think they would charge if you get faster speeds in selected countries
Anyone else have experience with Sprint?

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Update : called Sprint and apparently they throttle the data at 2g. But can't complain,  free is free