Danny Stewart

Sprint posted some clarification in its forums today, bluntly saying that it “does not throttle any postpaid phone data users for on-network or off-network usage.” It does, however, note that it has the power to terminate the agreements of egregious offenders — frequent roamers, for instance — but it’ll get in touch first to try to get the customer to knock off the offending behavior. For now, it seems, “unlimited” is still “unlimited,” which is fast becoming a dying breed in the wireless industry.

Good for Sprint. I’m impressed, but it’s only a question of how long it will last at this point. Their offer of unlimited data is still relatively recent, so I don’t expect them to pull the rug out quite yet… but I think they will eventually.