Sprint

Sprint Corporation is a telecommunications company that offers wireless service in the USA and around the world. It operates many subsidiaries such as Virgin Mobile, Assurance Wireless. Sprint was founded by Jacob Brown in 1899. Sprint has a headquarter in Overland Park, Kansas. Most of the shares of Sprint has been taken over by a Softbank corporation, a telecommunications company based in Japan. Sprint operates one of the largest cell phone networks in the USA and it covers even more areas compared to T-Mobile.

Sprint 4G LTE network is offered at many big urban cities in the majority of the states. Recently, Sprint took over a 4G mobile broadband provider called CLEAR to expand their coverage. You can go to the Sprint site to find out whether the 4G LTE network is available in your area. You will have to answer a few questions in order for them to determine which plan is available to you. For example, you have to tell them the number of devices that you want to use for connecting to the internet. The survey question will also ask you about your budget. It will slowly narrow down to the most suitable device as you answer the questions.

There are 3 levels of plans in the 4G broadband networks. The best plan offers up to 12GB of data transfer limit every month, which is much higher compared to other mobile broadband companies. If you frequently download from the internet, the Sprint 12 GB plan is suitable for you. The other two Sprint 4G LTE plans offer 3 GB and 6 GB of monthly data transfer limit respectively.

If you plan to use the internet for a short period of time, you can buy the mobile broadband pass. The sprint mobile broadband pass is available on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. You just have to pay a one time fee to get the mobile broadband pass which starts from $15 for the day plan. The day plan allows you to download up to 150MB of data. The week pass offers up to 500 MB of data transfer limit whereas the monthly pass caps the monthly data transfer limit at 1.5 GB. The mobile broadband pass is compatible with selected mobile devices so you want to make sure whether your mobile phone device is included in the selected list prior to getting the pass.

You can bundle their phone plan with a wide variety of smartphones including Android, iOS and Blackberry phones. Their phone plans can also be bundled with tablets. The most basic phone plan starts at $60 and it features unlimited calling and SMS. The downside is that they charge an activation fee that costs $36. they will also charge you a restocking fee of $35 if you return the phone. If you cancel the plan prior to the contract expiry, you will have to pay a $350 termination fee. If you are switching from another network to Sprint, Sprint will pay for the rival’s early competition fees.