Haha sorry, I'm rather long winded on certain subjects.
I guess it's worth it to most people for the peace of mind of not having to worry about going over your plan. I just like to get the best deal that I can. I love the concept of having unlimited voice, texts, and data, but if I only use 300 minutes a month (overestimating at 10 minutes per day) and several thousand texts, it seems like a waste to pay for unlimited minutes and data too.
Some of those legacy plans are pretty good! Before companies realized the value of data services.
Tethering is a great feature, but I guess it slows the data network down if lots of people are doing it. I don't know how often people get caught for tethering with a rooted Android, but I think that's the way I'd go if I had a data plan and needed to tether. From what I can tell, Sprint will only terminate your contract (good way to get out of one early?) if you use excessive amounts of data (>100GB per month).
Anyway, I'm thinking about trying
Ting for a while. They charge you for what you use each month. And I can bring my Sprint EVO LTE and won't have to get a new phone. No contract so I can switch if it isn't working for me as well.
Anyone else have any reasonably cheap plan for one or two phones?