Verizon to Introduce Tiered and Family Data Plans
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GeeksAreBest said:
Actually, most keep you grandfathered unless you opt to change.
To a certain extent. Not sure where the legal mumbo jumbo sits, but Verizon at their discretion can force customers when they make changes to their account to accept a new price structure.
For example, say you go buy your next VZW phone OUTRIGHT and go to activate it on your line; I feel quite strongly that the rep is going to ask you to pick a new data package because VZW's system will have deleted the unlimited data feature.
So since there isn't any LTE smartphones currently on the market, if I waited til an LTE smartphone came out that had the specs that I wanted, like a REAL keyboard, . . .would I be able to use the unlimited 3G data plan on an LTE capable smartphone and get unlimited 4G data?
Or in order to have unlimited LTE data would I have to get an LTE smartphone while unlimited LTE data is still available.
And again, thanks. It's nice to come across somebody on Phone Scoop who isn't a prick.
If you hold off and don't get a 4G phone and Verizon changes to capped data plans, then when you upgrade to a 4G device it will require a plan change. If you go for 4G now, you could quite possibly insert your sim card into any 4G device in the future and keep your existing feature. However, if you do an upgrade to get a discount on ...
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cutboy1985 said:
As long as u don't change your plan your good. I still have my Alltel plan and have been thru VZW Blackberries to Android and now I have the HTC Thunderbolt. Never changed my plan. At the store and over the phonethey try to talk me into it but I didn't. U can also do your order online and never say anything bout changing plans. I work for VZW and once your grandfathered into a plan u can keep it as long as its compatible with your phone. But more likely any plan that has data can be use on any phone. There Alltel plans with a iPhone on it.
The big if is "compatible with your phone." VZW has the flexibility to mandate all new LTE phones activate with the new pricing whenever pricin...
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And you just proved you know NOTHING about how the wireless business works.
Here's the real truth: banwidth is a finite resource, the nation is experiencing a bandwidth crunch and we will soon be running out. Anyone who thinks he can get truly 'unlimited' data doesn't live in a little place I like to call 'reality', you can't get an unlimited amount of ANYTHING. Learn to accept that.
Though at the same time about %80 of smart phone users only hit about 1.7GBs a month. So some carriers that sell "Unlimited" or a Higher-Cap (US Cellular) are most likely doing so needlessly.
Despite all this, I agree with you and it would be advisable for the power users out there to jump on now while they still can.
Kenzin said:
You're on the right path...but...and yes there is a but here, there is not really such a thing as "unlimited data". There is only so much spectrum and bandwith out there to go around thanks to our lovely Nazi Leaders...the FCC 🙂
While spectrum and, concomitantly, bandwidth are indeed finite resources, your attempt to blame the FCC is woefully misplaced. If not for a regulatory body, such as the FCC, we would have no spectrum usable for mobile communications. All spectrum would be ridden with interference, as broadcasters and squatters all tried to outdo each other with high power transmissions. It would be an electromagnetic version of gridlock -- as if all the cars on the road were free...
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That's $30 to $40 a gig! Talk about a rip off! I have Wi-Fi everywhere I go except for work, and I don't have time to stream music or video when I'm at work, so 3G is good enough there.
This is a good thing in the long run. It will encourage customers to offload to Wi-Fi and save Verizon money, while at the same time reducing network congestion for the folks out there who are willing to pay for 3G or LTE 24x7.
As long as the bundle rate ends up being less than $20 a GB, I'm all over this one. Sign me up!
The rest of you network hogs can go to Sprint. T...
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