As you might have heard, Sprint has recently announced their new All-In phone plan which is basically priced at $80 a month and gives users unlimited calls, text, and data, which we suppose kind of flies in the face of the recent $100 million fine that AT&T was hit with by the FCC. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
However it seems that there is a caveat which the folks at Android Police have spotted. It turns out that while data might be unlimited, Sprint will be introducing a speed cap that will cap video streaming at 600Kbps. This was spotted in the footnote of the carrier’s press release so in case you missed it, you might want to re-read it.
According to the footnote, “To improve data experience for the majority of users, throughput may be limited, varied or reduced on the network. Streaming video speeds will be limited to 600Kbps at all times, which may impact quality.” Now 600Kbps isn’t slow by any means, but given that videos these days are usually offered in high quality resolutions, streaming higher res videos could end up taking longer than expected.
Of course customers can choose to avoid this scenario by not signing with Sprint’s All-In plans and opting for their regular plans instead, or maybe even sign up with an alternative carrier if you feel that this video streaming cap is a bit too unreasonable.
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