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Yeah, I guess I was trying to be honest
As do I, which is why they get a free infraction card. If it continues, then a free trip to Banlandia will be given out.Love the stereotyping in this thread.
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I did just download PDAnet and gave it a quick run. It's definitely worth the $25. The speed was not too far off from my home service as far as speed goes...but it is provided by AT&T, so that could explain a lot.
I've been a longtime Verizon customer. I had a BBStorm before I switched to the DInc. Their tethering/data plans are very simple to understand. $29.99 for unlimited data use. If you want to tether, it's an ADDITIONAL $15.00, meaning your monthly fee increases to $44.99. What's so hard to understand about that?
PDANet never worked that well on my storm, I'm hoping it works better for my DInc.
Actually this sounds very familiar.
I had almost the exact same experience a few years ago when I tried to sign up for Verizon. I wanted to do a little tethering. Not much data. Didn't need high speed.
- I went to the store. They swore I didn't need to sign up for anything.
- I called customer service. They stated categorically that I MUST sign up to get any tethering.
- I went back to the store. They insisted and started practically insulting me that I dared question them.
- So I tried new phone service, went on vacation with the phone. It worked for a day then tethering wouldn't work.
- I called customer service. This time I threw in the towel. I needed tethering, so I said I'd be willing to pay an astronimical $50/mo ADDITIONAL that I had been told by customer service earlier.
It took them 45 minutes on hold various times trying to find this plan.
Because I did NOT have a 3G phone, they decided I could not sign up for the $50/mo plan and my only option was an $80/mo ADDITIONAL plan.
I did not sign up. I could not tether the rest of the vacation. I decided that Verizon was a very screwed up place.
But it got worse. When I went to cancel my $40/mo service after 10 days... I was very surprised and not happy to receive a $300 bill!!
They had charged me termination fee... even after 10 days! And they used creative accounting on minutes, determining I was only entitled to 1/3 of the plan minutes and therefore any additional minutes were $.40/min.
WOW.
That was 3 or 4 years ago. I stayed on Sprint at the time, paying $35/mo for data and tethering. Then I switched to AT&T for the iPhone.
I'm trying the Incredible and Verizon now. I hope I don't have to deal with customer service. I love the coverage compared to AT&T, but I never had a problem with customer service at AT&T.
But it got worse. When I went to cancel my $40/mo service after 10 days... I was very surprised and not happy to receive a $300 bill!!
They had charged me termination fee... even after 10 days! And they used creative accounting on minutes, determining I was only entitled to 1/3 of the plan minutes and therefore any additional minutes were $.40/min.
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I can't speak for the tethering part of the story but ETFs and Prorated bills are done by all the carriers. I think the only difference is that now most of them give about 10-30 days to return the phone before your contract kicks in.
vzw customer service makes me want to die.
but ive made this point elsewhere,
would it not be false advertisement to offer an "UNlimited"
data package, then charge Xamount/mb over 5/10/100 gigs?
by definition, that is a LIMIT.
vzw is FULL of inconsistencies, but i dont need some incompetent
rep, in person or over the phone, trying to explain why i got charged
this much OVER A LIMIT, on my UNLIMITED data package.
they tried pulling that same stunt on me, when i went back into the store
to return the phone (for inconsistencies) the rep had the audacity to tell
me "oh, you just asked if you COULD tether it.. not that you wanted the
tethering package.."
idiot. i ended up keeping the phone after i found out about certain apps.
but i would raise hell.
who is vzw to tell me i cant watch youtube constantly, all day, everyday if i wanted to?
or use any other apps that are bandwidth hogs for that matter.
streaming gigs and gigs of data daily.
i also tether.
wont name my app, but its a good one.
[pdanet didnt work for me.]
who is vzw to tell me i cant watch youtube constantly, all day, everyday if i wanted to?
or use any other apps that are bandwidth hogs for that matter.
streaming gigs and gigs of data daily.
i also tether.
wont name my app, but its a good one.
[pdanet didnt work for me.]
Who is VZW? It's their network and their towers and their bandwidth you are using. Unlimited is truly unlimited, ON THE HANDSET. Tendering without a plan is a clear violation ofT&Cs. THAT'S why there are charges.
As to why they can restrict usage? They have 92 million custies. One pulling bandwidth will restrict network and call quality. It's just that simple. You (a general you, not the OP you) are no more Important than any other 92 million. Call quality is the most important thing to VZW, ego anything which reduces that is not allowed. Simple really.
People need to realize the whole world is not about them...
Calm yourself dude. When the phone is successfully rooted you will be able to tether it for free. Don't get your panties in a bunch. The Incredible is an amazing phone and you will regret getting rid of it.
I'll step in here and comment.
All three prices you were told, were actually correct in a way. The $15 quoted was if you're on the $44.95 plan. If they quoted that for the $29.99 data plan, they were wrong. On the $29.99 plan it's normally $30. Right now there is however a fairly new promotion going on where you save $5 and it's only $25. So in a way, all the answers you received were correct, a few of them just either didn't know about the changes or you and them were not quite on the same page. No matter how you look at it with a data plan and tethering you're going to pay $59.99, which is the price for a broadband card. That's how it works. Right now with the special you save $5 on that.
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