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[WharfRat]

Better come over to Verizon before the 7th. Data will no longer be unlimited at 29.99/month. It will now be $10 for 75MB, $30/2GB, $50/5GB, and $80/10GB. Additional data charges will occur at $10/GB of overage.

If you want to get grandfathered in to unlimited data; Now is the time to come over to Verizon. (But expect to pay a ridiculous ass amount for your bill either way. )

http://consumerist.c...ing-leaked.html

[Rambo]

Wow :| That's expensive shit!

Here in the UK it is much cheaper!

[Faintingcow]

I love how it doesn't cost them anything extra, but they sure do charge you extra

[kittycat]

Canada has even more ridiculous prices than USA for cell phone bills

[Cory]

or if you have AT&T you can just ask me nicely and I can make it happen.

[GarenaMaster]

Tooooo many expinsive
haggle xD

[Rambo]

or if you have AT&T you can just ask me nicely and I can make it happen.

Could you not risk losing your job doing that?

_{Side note: Your avatar scares me =[}

[Cory]

Could you not risk losing your job doing that?

_{Side note: Your avatar scares me =[}

I don't understand your statement.


No I won't lose my job doing that.

[Blissey]

I have a prepaid plan with a Samsung Galaxy Prevail phone, running on the Boost Mobile branch of the Sprint network, I pay 50$ a month for unlimited Talk, Text, and Data. No limits. Contracts are way overpriced.

(oh, and free unlimited wireless tethering )

Edited by Skrillex, 04 July 2011 - 12:12 PM.

[Rambo]

I don't understand your statement.


No I won't lose my job doing that.

What by just giving someone unlimited data for no extra charge? (It's how I interpreted your reply)

Also what statement was it that you did not understand? I re-read my sentence and it makes perfect sense..

[GarenaMaster]

What by just giving someone unlimited data for no extra charge? (It's how I interpreted your reply)

there is ...

[Cory]

I have a prepaid plan with a Samsung Galaxy Prevail phone, running on the Boost Mobile branch of the Sprint network, I pay 50$ a month for unlimited Talk, Text, and Data. No limits. Contracts are way overpriced.

(oh, and free unlimited wireless tethering )

Boost mobile around here sucks so bad.

What by just giving someone unlimited data for no extra charge? (It's how I interpreted your reply)

there is ...

It's 30.00 for unlimited data. You'd still be paying for it.

[GarenaMaster]

It's 30.00 for unlimited data. You'd still be paying for it.

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i said its expinsive anyway

[Waser Lave]

Am I the only person who fails to see the need for large data usage on mobile phones?

[Rambo]

Am I the only person who fails to see the need for large data usage on mobile phones?

I agree. You actually do not need a unlimited data plan unless you're tethering (of which is an additional cost on some service providers here in the UK anyway).

[iargue]

Where the fuck is the FCC? The promised me they would stop this shit.

Stop letting corporations abuse consumers

[Cory]

Am I the only person who fails to see the need for large data usage on mobile phones?

AT&T gave out the statistics that less than 98% of our company use more than 2 gigs of data a month. Looking at all my customers I would say that is a pretty reasonable number.

I typically use between 1 - 5 gigs a month with the later being on rare occasions. I watch movies, stream music and play with my phone for a good portion of the day though. Especially when I don't have a computer around.

[Kat]

I agree with Waser

I have a shitty phone and my plan is only around $20 a month and I'm very happy with it

Maybe it's because I'm not a socialite or that I'm just old-fashioned, but who needs more than 1000 texts a month?? CALL ME if you want to talk to me, dumbass.

[Cory]

Where the fuck is the FCC? The promised me they would stop this shit.

Stop letting corporations abuse consumers

How is going to a tiered structure abusing consumers? Most customers use a tiered minute plan. Should they just remove the lower minute plan and make everyone get unlimited?

[kittycat]

I agree with Waser

I have a shitty phone and my plan is only around $20 a month and I'm very happy with it

Maybe it's because I'm not a socialite or that I'm just old-fashioned, but who needs more than 1000 texts a month?? CALL ME if you want to talk to me, dumbass.

Calling is way too expensive, texting all the way.

[Tetiel]

Am I the only person who fails to see the need for large data usage on mobile phones?

I don't know about 10 GB, but I know quite a few people who use their phones as opposed to lugging around a laptop everywhere as it's a pain in the ass going through airport security. They essentially use it for just about anything including large images or video.

I'm not entirely sure if they're the minority or not. An Android phone is the new Blackberry for the government due to security issues, at least in Washington State where my mother works.

[iargue]

Am I the only person who fails to see the need for large data usage on mobile phones?

Just because you don't need it, does not mean that -everyone- else should be denied the right to have it?

AT&T gave out the statistics that less than 98% of our company use more than 2 gigs of data a month. Looking at all my customers I would say that is a pretty reasonable number.

I typically use between 1 - 5 gigs a month with the later being on rare occasions. I watch movies, stream music and play with my phone for a good portion of the day though. Especially when I don't have a computer around.

And some people use more then you. Some people use 25 gigabytes a month, some people use even more then that. Why should people who need a unlimited plan, lose that right to have that plan, without a justifiable cause?

How is going to a tiered structure abusing consumers? Most customers use a tiered minute plan. Should they just remove the lower minute plan and make everyone get unlimited?

And did they remove unlimited minutes? No. Its still there, for the people who might need/want it. This isn't just about the mobile network. Verizon did the same shit to their dsl connection. Since when is internet access ever supposed to be limited? Since the beginning of the internet, it has always be unlimited access. No one ever set up a plan that said, "You can only have this much per month, and if you want to use more, it will cost you billions" and then on day, someone was like, "Guys, if we limit their data, we can make billions" and thus they started limiting internet.

They do not have a justifiable cause to limit it. It costs the same exact cost to them to give me a million gigabytes of data, as it does to give me 1 gigabyte. They wish to abuse consumers and force them to pay more if they use the internet too much.

[Waser Lave]

Just because you don't need it, does not mean that -everyone- else should be denied the right to have it?

When did I say that anybody should be denied the right to have large data usage? lol

[iargue]

When did I say that anybody should be denied the right to have large data usage? lol

I didn't say that you did, just that it shouldn't be removed just because some people will not use it.

[Sweeney]

When did I say that anybody should be denied the right to have large data usage? lol

When iargue decided it was time for self-righteous shit-stirring episode number three thousand eight hundred and forty one.