Sprint Will Sell a $12 Wireless Plan that Only Connects to Facebook or Twitter

[Victorious Secret]

 

Well, alrighty then. I don't even know how to express my thoughts on this one. 

 

 

For about $12, Sprint will soon let subscribers buy a wireless plan that only connects to Facebook. For that same price, they could choose instead to connect only with Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest—or for $10 more, enjoy unlimited use of all four. Another $5 gets them unlimited streaming of a music app of their choice.

 

The plan, offered under the company’s Virgin Mobile brand of prepaid service, comes as wireless carriers are experimenting with ways to make wireless Internet access more affordable for the poorest consumers by offering special deals on slices of the Web.

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/30/sprint-tries-a-facebook-only-wireless-plan/

[BonBon Scott]

I very rarely use either of those sites. Looks like the perfect plan for me!

 

It's an interesting move however. I'd be interested to see if people bite and sign up.

[Shd0w2]

OH MY GOD. SOMEONE PREDICTED THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

[micedits]

Well this is the start of something very bad. 

[rambi36]

Who would use this plan? 

[Ruostunut kokis]

Who would use this plan? 

One word: idiots.

[BonBon Scott]

Who would use this plan? 

 

Stereotypical Teenage girls, I suppose. I think this plan is a silly idea, but I can see who might use it.

[JAKEBAB]

I wonder how they are making you only connect to those certain sites would a VPN unlock it?

[ericlee30]

LMAO, this is too funny.

[micedits]

One word: idiots.

I was litterally about to write that

[micedits]

I wonder how they are making you only connect to those certain sites would a VPN unlock it?

if you could connect to the vpn...

[APrettyCoolWalrus]

Stereotypical Teenage girls, I suppose. I think this plan is a silly idea, but I can see who might use it.

lol so true

[WereCat]

Wut? That is stupid and expensive.

 

I wonder how they are making you only connect to those certain sites would a VPN unlock it?

I think that they are using whitelist. Everything is blocked except those 2 sites.

[LAwLz]

One step closer...

 

 

Good bye net neutrality.

[Ashley]

I wonder how they are making you only connect to those certain sites would a VPN unlock it?

A VPN would be an IP address that isn't Facebook or Twitter. So I imagine that would not work.

[Brughc]

Why wouldn't you just get a cheap data plan for the same money? Then you can actually use your smartphone for when there is no wifi.. 

[SpaghettiCarbonara]

Welp, cya Net Neutrality. It was nice knowing you.

 

oh god Gaben pls save us

 

Elon?

 

Anyone?

[shujin]

I think there is way to avoid the locking there is always a way except if they physically put a chip in your computer. But for the idea I find this stupid internet is freedom by definition and they want to limit freedom, genius. (but people will buy that anyway)

[BallGum]

This is pretty much the start of making the internet like TV, I guess we can all agree on that at least.

So having said that, spread the word as far as you can that people don't buy these plans under any circumstances.

[TheSLSAMG]

I like you Sprint, but you make some strange decisions.

[Legion]

I honestly thought this was a joke.

[d3sl91]

$22 month for Social networks, 20 minutes of talk and 20 texts.......wut.

[Bluuz]

Behold, the future: the death of net neutrality

[TheSLSAMG]

Behold, the future: the death of net neutrality

The topic really isn't applicable here since while the death of net neutrality is being forced on people, this is an option in a sea of options.

[ZacDaMan72]

In New Zealand, you pay $19 for 100mins, unlimited text and 500MB of data and 1GB of free WiFi with their hotspots...