So far, Sprint's XOHM service plans look a lot like what we'd love to have for EVDO. There is an affordable option for everybody, you're not locked into a contract at all, and the devices are reasonably priced. Best of all - no 5GB limit!
Yet.
XOHM has only been on the market for a few days, but the head honchos at Sprint are already hinting at a future cap. If you read the fine print in the subscriber agreement you'll see a sneaky little "acceptable use" clause which gives the company the right to limit data usage, which sounds a lot like the way Verizon and Sprint handled their "heavy users" before they officially enacted a cap.
At WiMAX World today, senior vice president of Mobile Broadband Operations for Sprint's XOHM service Atish Gude addressed the issue in his keynote speech, saying that they may decide to cap the usage of high users when traffic is the heaviest on the XOHM network, to protect the rest of the users from feeling the effects of the bandwidth crunch. As he explained it,"Sometimes the rights of the many outweigh the rights of the few. Every wireless network operator knows this."
Be that as it may, any imposed limits are going to upset users who know that their internet habits or work requirements exceed 5GB each month.
