What does Sprint/mobile service cost you per line?

variablebinary · 04-13-2012, 02:41 AM

Simple formula. After all the taxes, fees, discounts, insurance, additional services and whatever else, what is the average cost you pay per line?

(Total cost divided by lines on account)

For two lines:

With Sprint I was paying $75 per line after all discounts and such.

With AT&T I now pay $85 per line.

So for me Sprint was for sure cheaper than AT&T.

guruvince · 04-13-2012, 03:00 AM

$41 after tax per line. This includes 1200 atm's, unlimited data, texting and picture mail, roaming, 7pm N&W, and finally insurance. I know there are others with older/cheaper plans, but I'm not complaining.

**Kendog210** · 04-13-2012, 09:25 AM

After all taxes and surcharges I was paying $170 a month for my two lines. My cousin has one line and pays about $97 a month. But he has that $5 spending limit thing.

With ATT I am paying $148 a month after everything. So in my two year contract ATT will save me $480 bucks. Not to shabby

**DJRider** · 04-13-2012, 09:47 AM

I pay $218.00 total for 4 lines on the family plan, including taxes and surcharges. That comes out to $54.50 a line per month for unlimited everything. That does include a 19% discount. I did forget the free airave also.

Cooknn · 04-13-2012, 12:48 PM

My EVO Shift runs $77.15/month for "Everything Data 450".

Pyramid-3 · 04-20-2012, 04:37 PM

My 5 smartphone line plan unlimited data 1500 minutes costs, after by corporate discount, $218/month. 7 months ago for the same service on non 'smartphone' and with the old per line discounts, the same corporate discount, my cost was $167/month. So for essentially the same service, a 30.5% increase. There's a $50 smartphone surcharge now, for 4G service which does not exist (3G really doesn't exist either unless you consider ANY data throughput '3G'). Also I lost some extra line discounts (they were zeroed out). Of course Sprint's explanation was that it was all a net zero change to me since the base plan also went down in price. But for several years Sprint's been jacking some extra cash out of me by applying the corporate discount ONLY to the base plan. So with a few dollars less there's less of a corporate discount. The net result is that even w/o the smartphone tax the bill actually increases.

TheBlackAngel · 04-20-2012, 05:42 PM

9 lines across the two family plans is $53ish per line for me.

**MsRandall** · 04-20-2012, 06:08 PM

I pay about $181.70 with taxes over 4 phones or $45.43 per line....In july I will be kicking my family except for hubby off my plan...because I am tired of footing the bill

**Kendog210** · 04-20-2012, 07:14 PM

Dang. Good prices all. I'm starting to think I'm the only Sprint customer who was paying the advertised pricing

**chokaay** · 04-24-2012, 12:23 PM

$175 for 5 lines = $35/line

* Includes all taxes, fees, and international calling package for 1 line ($4/mo).

It used to be around $32/line but Sprint kept upping Administration Fees and other fees...

**etiger13** · 04-24-2012, 01:05 PM

$234 for 5 lines w/airave (not counting that though) on my last bill so $46.80. Some of the lines have insurance too. This month will be interesting as I ported one line to Verizon as I was tired of the non-existent data connections

Pyramid-3 · 04-24-2012, 04:32 PM

The true cost has to add the soul sucking horrible-ness of it all.

jtexans · 04-25-2012, 06:33 AM

$39.43 per line 1,500 Everything Data

7 lines plus a free Airave...

**MsRandall** · 04-25-2012, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kendog210

Dang. Good prices all. I'm starting to think I'm the only Sprint customer who was paying the advertised pricing

Mine is advertised pricing with an employee discount

**DJRider** · 04-25-2012, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kendog210

Dang. Good prices all. I'm starting to think I'm the only Sprint customer who was paying the advertised pricing

Quote:

Originally Posted by MsRandall

Mine is all advertised and an employee discount

Mine is also the advertised price with an employee discount.

04-13-2012, 02:41 AM	#1
variablebinary Cellular Phone User Mood: Join Date: Feb 2, '06 Location: USA Posts: 1,028 Phone: Apple iPhone 5 Thanks: 9 Thanked 101 Times in 78 Posts SU$: 11,807	What does Sprint/mobile service cost you per line? Simple formula. After all the taxes, fees, discounts, insurance, additional services and whatever else, what is the average cost you pay per line? (Total cost divided by lines on account) For two lines: With Sprint I was paying $75 per line after all discounts and such. With AT&T I now pay $85 per line. So for me Sprint was for sure cheaper than AT&T. __________________ Sprint Touchpoint, Samsung N400, Samsung A920, Palm Centro, HTC Touch Pro, HTC Hero, Samsung Nexus S, Galaxy SII E4GT, Galaxy SII (AT&T), iPhone 4S (AT&T), iPhone 5 (AT&T) Steve Jobs, January 9th 2007, 10:44am: "We filed for over 200 patents for all the inventions in iPhone and we intend to protect them." Last edited by variablebinary; 04-13-2012 at 02:47 AM.

04-13-2012, 03:00 AM	#2
guruvince Telegraph User Join Date: Sep 22, '11 Location: Waikiki, HI Posts: 87 Phone: Rhodium 400 Thanks: 61 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts SU$: 509	$41 after tax per line. This includes 1200 atm's, unlimited data, texting and picture mail, roaming, 7pm N&W, and finally insurance. I know there are others with older/cheaper plans, but I'm not complaining. __________________ Who's yo Gran-Daddy!!!

04-13-2012, 09:47 AM	#4
DJRider Grandpa Misfire! Mood: Join Date: Feb 4, '05 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,021 Phone: Samsung SG3 Trades: 8 Thanks: 467 Thanked 589 Times in 455 Posts SU$: 98,760	I pay $218.00 total for 4 lines on the family plan, including taxes and surcharges. That comes out to $54.50 a line per month for unlimited everything. That does include a 19% discount. I did forget the free airave also. __________________ If you see a post that violates our forum guidelines, please click the report button. Last edited by DJRider; 04-25-2012 at 08:25 AM.

04-13-2012, 12:48 PM	#5
Cooknn Telegraph User Join Date: Feb 11, '11 Posts: 42 Thanks: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 329	My EVO Shift runs $77.15/month for "Everything Data 450". __________________ Dave Cook \| Fort Myers, Florida \| HTC EVO Shift \| Supreme Sense 3.0 ROM

04-20-2012, 06:08 PM	#8
MsRandall The SU Goddess Mood: Join Date: Aug 19, '02 Location: The "Bay Area" Baby! Posts: 10,769 Phone: 32gb iPhone 5 Trades: 34 Thanks: 54 Thanked 337 Times in 225 Posts SU$: 39,475	I pay about $181.70 with taxes over 4 phones or $45.43 per line....In july I will be kicking my family except for hubby off my plan...because I am tired of footing the bill __________________ A Sprint customer from 12/10/98-9/6/12 A Verizon customer since 6/21/12 Blessed to have my Mother as my guardian angel since 12/19/06..I love and miss you so much!!!!

04-13-2012, 09:25 AM	#3
Kendog210 Cellular Phone User Join Date: Jan 13, '12 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 1,655 Thanks: 39 Thanked 74 Times in 73 Posts SU$: 16,907	After all taxes and surcharges I was paying $170 a month for my two lines. My cousin has one line and pays about $97 a month. But he has that $5 spending limit thing. With ATT I am paying $148 a month after everything. So in my two year contract ATT will save me $480 bucks. Not to shabby

04-20-2012, 04:37 PM	#6
Pyramid-3 Account Locked Join Date: Aug 5, '08 Posts: 1,140 Phone: HTC Evo 4G Thanks: 0 Thanked 28 Times in 27 Posts SU$: 10,901	My 5 smartphone line plan unlimited data 1500 minutes costs, after by corporate discount, $218/month. 7 months ago for the same service on non 'smartphone' and with the old per line discounts, the same corporate discount, my cost was $167/month. So for essentially the same service, a 30.5% increase. There's a $50 smartphone surcharge now, for 4G service which does not exist (3G really doesn't exist either unless you consider ANY data throughput '3G'). Also I lost some extra line discounts (they were zeroed out). Of course Sprint's explanation was that it was all a net zero change to me since the base plan also went down in price. But for several years Sprint's been jacking some extra cash out of me by applying the corporate discount ONLY to the base plan. So with a few dollars less there's less of a corporate discount. The net result is that even w/o the smartphone tax the bill actually increases.

04-20-2012, 05:42 PM	#7
TheBlackAngel Telephone User Mood: Join Date: Apr 12, '11 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 166 Thanks: 15 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts SU$: 1,047	9 lines across the two family plans is $53ish per line for me.

04-20-2012, 07:14 PM	#9
Kendog210 Cellular Phone User Join Date: Jan 13, '12 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 1,655 Thanks: 39 Thanked 74 Times in 73 Posts SU$: 16,907	Dang. Good prices all. I'm starting to think I'm the only Sprint customer who was paying the advertised pricing

04-24-2012, 12:23 PM	#10
chokaay Switched to Verizon... Mood: Join Date: Jul 13, '08 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 1,142 Phone: Palm Centro Thanks: 21 Thanked 47 Times in 36 Posts SU$: 15,453	$175 for 5 lines = $35/line * Includes all taxes, fees, and international calling package for 1 line ($4/mo). It used to be around $32/line but Sprint kept upping Administration Fees and other fees... __________________ - Chokaay Sprint Everything Plus Referral Program (EPRP, a.k.a. "NEW" SERO) Last edited by chokaay; 04-24-2012 at 12:26 PM.

04-24-2012, 01:05 PM	#11
etiger13 Web/App Developer Mood: Join Date: Mar 18, '04 Location: Martinez, CA Posts: 2,081 Phone: iPhone Trades: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts SU$: 2,505	$234 for 5 lines w/airave (not counting that though) on my last bill so $46.80. Some of the lines have insurance too. This month will be interesting as I ported one line to Verizon as I was tired of the non-existent data connections

04-24-2012, 04:32 PM	#12
Pyramid-3 Account Locked Join Date: Aug 5, '08 Posts: 1,140 Phone: HTC Evo 4G Thanks: 0 Thanked 28 Times in 27 Posts SU$: 10,901	The true cost has to add the soul sucking horrible-ness of it all.

04-25-2012, 06:33 AM	#13
jtexans Telegraph User Join Date: Aug 10, '09 Location: the woodlands, tx Posts: 52 Phone: stock NS4G Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 392	$39.43 per line 1,500 Everything Data 7 lines plus a free Airave...

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