Why do people complain about paying for 4G even if they don't have it in their area. What if you travel to a 4G area everyday? It's like when you go to mcdonalds and tell them you want a cup for water and fill it with soda.
Well it's different for everybody, some people might not be anywhere near a 4G area and they'd feel a little ripped off having to pay for it. It's like if a cable company were to force you to pay for all the HD channels even if you don't have an HDTV, sure it'll be nice when you get one, but for the time being your paying for service you can't use.
On the other hand, I'm currently living away from home while I'm in college and here I won't be getting LTE, but when I go home to visit my family about once or twice a month and on holidays, I will get LTE. I don't mind if the ThunderBolt will cost the rumored $249 on a 2-year or in my case $329 on a 1-year as long as they keep the LTE charge up front and let me continue paying the same monthly price. Ideally I'd like to continue paying $29 for unlimited 3G and get an extra ~1GB or so for LTE, since I won't always be able to use it. I really hope this is what they plan on doing, if they charge extra for the phone, and bump the monthly price I might reconsider my options.
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