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Sprint Cell Phone Plans: Simply Everything for $99.99

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Monthly Price:

$99.99

Anytime Minutes:

Unlimited

Cost for Additional Anytime Minutes:

Unlimited

Night & Weekend Hours:

Unlimited

Roaming:

No roaming charges

Data:

Included and unlimited. This includes:

  • Web surfing
  • Mobile email
  • GPS navigation
  • Sprint music
  • Sprint TV
  • BlackBerry Internet services

    • Messaging:

    Included and unlimited. This includes:

  • Text messages
  • Picture messages
  • Video messages

    • Included Standard Features:

  • Sprint-to-Sprint (mobile-to-mobile) calling
  • Sprint Direct Connect (walkie-talkie connections for capable phones)
  • Domestic long distance
  • Voicemail
  • Call waiting
  • Caller ID
  • Caller ID block
  • Three-way calling
  • Call forwarding
  • Numeric paging
  • Emergency 911 calls
  • Non-emergency calls to report motorist problems, etc. (such as #77 or 311)

    • Extra Rates & Fees:

  • Taxes (more details can be found here)
  • Sprint 411 ($1.79 per call plus airtime charges)
  • Sprint surcharges (including a USF charge of up to 11.4 percent)
  • Administrative charge (up to $1.99 per line per month)
  • Regulatory charge (20 cents per line per month)
  • State and local fees by area

    • Published On:

    Oct. 8, 2008
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