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Sprint is as desperate as ever, so it’s offering cheaper phone plans

November 19, 2015

Sprint’s struggle to compete against Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile US could be your gain.

The fourth-place mobile carrier is giving big discounts to customers who switch from the top three carriers. From this Friday until January 7, 2016, customers who switch to Sprint will get prices 50 percent lower than rate plans offered by the carrier they’re switching from.

For example, customers switching from Verizon would choose from a separate rate card that has the same data allotments as Verizon, but at half the cost. Ditto for customers switching from AT&T or T-Mobile—under this deal, you have to choose from a rate card specific to the carrier you’re switching from. One notable exception is that Sprint isn’t offering a half-off version of T-Mobile’s $95-per-month unlimited high-speed data plan, though Sprint already offers unlimited data for $70 a month.

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