Sprint, ranked the nation’s fourth-largest carrier behind Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, said earlier this week that it would do away with the Switch and save 50% promotion that would pay up to $650 worth of carrier early termination fees for switches from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.

Yes, Sprint has done away with footing early termination fees (or ETFs), but the carrier has announced something in its place that the carrier views to be better than the old promotion.

The new Sprint promotion will maintain the Unlimited Freedom Plan that became available on August 19th of last year, with one exception: the new promo allows signers to receive a $10 monthly discount on their bill. Instead of paying $60 per month for unlimited talk, text, and data, then, new Sprint customers will pay only $50 per month for this offer.

Alongside of unlimited talk, unlimited text, and unlimited data, Sprint is throwing in 10GB of mobile hotspot each month – letting you connect your phone to other devices around the house or on the go. Sprint remains the leader in savings when it comes to families, as one line on the Unlimited Freedom costs just $50, two lines $80 ($40 per month), three lines for $100 ($33 per line), and four lines for $120 ($30 per line).

As for the $50 monthly payment, don’t get used to it: The fine print says that the “Savings until 6/30/18; then $60/mo. for line 1; $40 mo. for line 2 and $30/mo. lines.” The $50 promotion runs through the middle of next year, then will be no more.

Sprint provides unlimited video plans in high-definition, letting you stream video up to 1080p resolution, with game streaming up to 8Mbps and music streaming up to 1.5Mbps. Sprint says you can expect “unlimited high-speed data for most everything else,” though the carrier hasn’t elaborated. As for the 10GB mobile hotspot plan included, any data used for mobile hotspot after 10GB will be reduced to 2G data speeds.

Sprint offers the most inexpensive monthly payment for one or multiple lines: 4 lines at Sprint cost $120 while the same 4 lines costs $180 at Verizon ($45 per month per line for unlimited data), $185 per month for AT&T Unlimited Plus, and $160 per month for T-Mobile. Next, Sprint offers a better video streaming experience than two of its competitors, AT&T and T-Mobile. While AT&T and T-Mobile allow video streaming at standard definition (480p), Sprint allows video streaming up to 1080p. Verizon, however, offers high-definition video as well as “high-speed data for everything else.” As for mobile hotspot plans, Sprint offers data at 2G speeds for those who go past the 10GB of provided data; AT&T offers the same 2G speeds, but both Sprint and AT&T are beaten out by Verizon and T-Mobile, who offer 3G speeds after the 10GB limit.

All in all, Sprint remains the king of affordable pricing when it comes to family and individual data plans.

SOURCE [Sprint]