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Oh, I also called Sprint to downgrade my plan since I only use about 40 of the 450 minutes I get every month, and I wanted to take off the data plan to save some money after doing our family budget, and they informed me that because I have a blackberry, I can't downgrade because it's a smartphone and I HAVE to have the data plan. I understood that, but I didn't understand them not being able to downgrade my minutes. I also complained about a new $5 charge on my account that after some time discussing, they told me was a new 'Spending limit balance FEE' that is now added to every account that has a spending limit balance as of 1/1/2010. I never agreed to those terms when I signed my contract, so the lady told me if I wanted to close my account, I could, and she would waive the $180 early termination fee. So I just went ahead and did that since I was spending $90 a month just by myself. So Andrew and I decided to put me on his account, and find a used Iphone on Ebay or something and just share his minutes (along with some crazy amount of rollover minutes) and get the data plan, but no texting, and use one of the many SMS apps or Ichat for texting. Hopefully I get it soon because not having a phone feels totally weird to me.