Sprint may cap mobile hotspot data on smartphones at 5GB beginning October 2nd

Sprint will reportedly introduce a 5GB cap on mobile hotspot data for smartphone users beginning October 2nd. A purported leaked document obtained by SprintFeed states that Sprint’s $29.99 Wi-Fi tethering add-on for smartphones will no longer be unlimited beginning early next month. Additional data above the 5GB cap will be billed at $0.05 per megabyte according to the document. The new policy would not impact standard smartphone data, nor would it affect the mobile hotspot function on tablets. This is a slippery slope, however, and it could�indicate�that Sprint’s unlimited data plans are eating too much the carrier’s margins to be sustainable.�Sprint has told BGR on numerous occasions that it will continue to offer unlimited data plans for as long as

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