Verizon Ending Unlimited Data Plans...

I remember last year AT&T's CEO was talking about doing something like this.

If they do, looks like it is gonna be Sprint or T-Mobile lol.

 

Ouch.

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No way in hell im going to "watch my usage" , if they pull that crap I will jump ship in a hot second to someone else. I got my droid and the unlimited data plan for the sole purpose of not having to worry about my usage.

 

ya if they do that, i am sure alot of poeple will switch , I would hope and maybe verizon will see that they are morons

 

The first company that does this I hope the hemorrage customers.

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Ooo, yeah, this would be a bad thing! I want to switch from AT&T to Verizon eventually to get onto a good Android phone, but if Verizon does this, that would suck.

 

Boost Mobile Prepaid with $50/mo unlimited talk/text/data and an upcoming Android phone seems the best alternative.

 

This has been in the works for at least a year. And all the carriers will do it. They will argue it makes business sense - yes even for their customers. The reason why is because there are heavy users and regular users. The regular users are currently subsidizing the heavy users. Why should you pay the same fee per month to update a few widgets and read a few wesites as the guy next to you downloading youtube videos and streaming music all day? Towers and Capacity costs money, and a good network need to have enough capacity for all the users at once, heavy and regular. Same concept as tiered electric rates.

If this would actually save customers money as it theoretically should, I would be all for it, but it likely wont. I am just pointing out that in some ways it makes sense.

 

Plus, this only effects the upcoming 4G phones. Our Droids are fine.

 

Right. Verizon has proven over and over again that their primary purpose is to save their customers money.

If this plan is put in place, I'm down the road in a flash of.....anything but AT&T.

I don't know. Right now, waiting for 2.2 to be given at the good grace of Verizon, I feel screwed already. I'm thinking I don't need all this technology, anyway. As a confirmed gizmo geek, maybe I just need to stop buying any phones except bare- boned handsets that will allow my wife to give me orders....

And, guess what...too much more of this "nailing the customers" mode...in this economy...I'll bet I'm not the only one to start to think about simplifying my life.

Maybe some parents might start thinking about pulling their text addicted kids back into a family dinner table mode. Or maybe a few folks will be saved from the grim reaper by not texting in the car at 75 mph.

Okay, Verizon, start pulling the pin now. It's your social responsibility.

 

But here's the problem. The "light" users probably won't even see any savings at all. The prices will just increase across the board. We gotta keep the ceo's with their 10 million dollar bonus's every year ya know.

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And all these new devices are pure data hungry beasts. Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And 4g should accomodate them just fine.

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VZW grandfathers you in on plans and features. They won't change it unless you do by asking to have it changed or by getting a device that requires a change.

 

And how much you wanna bet all the new smartphones will require the plan change.. lol

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I just got the new Verizon Incredible with a new 2 year contract. They can't change my unlimited data until 2 years are up...am I correct????

 

I don't know. While I defiantly don't support the idea. I can see some benefits. I use the internet on my phone all the time yet it remains low becuase I don't stream much yet I still have to pay the $30/month. If they dump unlimited data, as long as I stay away from streaming, my data cost should be a lot lower

 

Prepaid plans are where real market forces work. You pay a reasonable rate for minutes and data used. All these minimum packages and requirements distorts consumers and demand and misallocates a limited resource.

 

If they just try to tack on $10 extra for 4g then I don't think they will loose that many people. If they try and restrict it then it will be a good time for Sprint. I can't imagine phones using that much bandwidth. ATT is still only third behind both Sprint and Verizon for data usage since Iphones and Ipads use alot less data than wireless cards for laptops.

 

Requiring users to pay for access time does not make sense. I'm sitting here thinking about cable/dsl/satellite internet access, and what it would mean if providers started charging for usage based on access time. The internet with all its possibilities is our way of life now...nobody can deny that.

The cost of progress should be to expand and build the infrastructure, not remain static and milk customers. You're sure to lose them that way.

 

For some reason people think metered time would save them money somehow what they don't realize if this ever goes into effect, it will only result in price increases, not decreases, for anyone.

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