Verizon Prepaid Offering 1GB Data Bonus for Auto-Pay
Why not prepaid?
Does anyone know the downside of going prepaid? I know the phone selection is limited and no hotspot or roaming, but seems like Verizon would be cannibalizing its own postpaid subs. $45 for unlimited t/t and 2 GB data, that is a fair deal.
Just curious if i am missing something about prepaid that makes it less appealing.
Just curious if i am missing something about prepaid that makes it less appealing.
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You answered your own question. Verizon especially makes it unappealing by having the worst phone selection. Also, if you're one of those that likes to float the bill by a day or 2 you always lose on prepaid. Autopay could overdraw you and relying on yourself to pay it could cause shutoffs. I use "you" as anyone, not making any assumptions.
Verizon is overpriced and I've found a lot of their subscribers to be proud of what they pay. I've never seen anything like it. Subs like this will never switch to prepaid (even on the same network) to save themselves $30 per month.
Verizon is overpriced and I've found a lot of their subscribers to be proud of what they pay. I've never seen anything like it. Subs like this will never switch to prepaid (even on the same network) to save themselves $30 per month.
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I just realized that you can have hotspot and you can use a prepaid sim in any Verizon phone. Why not then?
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I agree Verizon's own prepaid plans put their post paid single line plans to shame. You can't even get a bring your own phone discount on single line plans but you can on prepaid which is insane.
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For what prepaid costs, vs their postpaid plans, is why I didn't go back to postpaid. I only went to prepaid back in 2010, just to keep my service on. I had planned to go back to postpaid, once my finances were stable enough to upgrade. Since 2012, the plans offered for smartphones on postpaid kept me away. I refused to get a prepaid smartphone at that time, until late last year, due to the phones only offering 3G. Since it was getting to the point that I needed a smartphone, I ended up getting one from T-Mobile in June 2014, while Verizon didn't offer 4G LTE until September or October of 2014. I compared services (I realized my first T-Mobile phone was actually 3G, but is faster than Verizon's 3G).
Anyway, Verizon's prepaid plans...
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Anyway, Verizon's prepaid plans...
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If I am not mistaken prepaid does not get access to the full spectrum of the towers. Therefore the signal would not be as good. Has anyone heard this?
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Verizon does not restrict its own users to specific towers that are Verizon. If they did, they wouldn't have much of a prepaid userbase. Verizon might do that with Sprint, USCC, & other users in markets that neither carrier is in. I know in SW Michigan, before Verizon bought out Alltel, I could not access certain towers, due to roaming on Alltel. In 2006, Verizon built out a PCS network to cover the areas that the original Cricket did not build out, & I roamed less on Alltel. I haven't been up there since most of Michigan's Alltel network went to Verizon.
What Verizon might do is if a tower is experiencing a lot of congestion, they will prioritize who gets access to the towers. So postpaid customers come first, prepaid second, and...
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What Verizon might do is if a tower is experiencing a lot of congestion, they will prioritize who gets access to the towers. So postpaid customers come first, prepaid second, and...
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