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Well it looks like my family will be leaving after 10 years

boggerscbshop

Jun 20, 2011, 6:08 PM
Unless they grandfather us in that leaves me no option but to go somewhere else. Verizon is already the most expensive company out there. I can't even fathom paying more than we do now for limited data.
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OmegaWolf747

Jun 20, 2011, 6:25 PM
They are a bunch of crooks. They just want to punish us for using these phones the way they were meant to be used.
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boggerscbshop

Jun 20, 2011, 6:28 PM
Yep as far as I'm concerned, there's no reason to have 4g if you have to worry about how much you use. That's like having a faster car on a shorter road.
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Jayshmay

Jun 20, 2011, 6:31 PM
Which is why you should choose between one of the 3 current 4G smartphones and get one NOW while unlimited data is still available. That's what I did, I got the Droid Charge, and I'm lov'n the Super AMOLED display.

If you don't qualify for an equipment upgrade then just open up a new line and move your phone number to the 4G smartphone, I did it. $10/mo extra, eventually your old line will expire and you can close it.
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goldenoc

Jun 21, 2011, 3:17 PM
Not quite that cheap if have one line on the $59.99 plan.

Yes, I agree if you are already on a family plan.
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Jayshmay

Jun 20, 2011, 6:28 PM
Precisely, the way their meant to be used. As multimedia devices. Especially those with 4G data. It's a lot easier to watch videos on 4G than it was on 3G, yet video uses a whole lot more data, which renders a measly 2gigs a month as useless.
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boggerscbshop

Jun 20, 2011, 6:31 PM
I just don't understand why the would upgrade the network just to cap it. It's all a money game.
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Jayshmay

Jun 20, 2011, 6:35 PM
And what doesn't make any sense is the 700mhz that LTE is on has room for a whole lot more capacity, a whole lot more users simultaneously.

They should have capped 3G, and left 4G alone.
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boggerscbshop

Jun 20, 2011, 6:40 PM
Yep Sprint sounds good right now. The only bad thing about them is their towers are limited.
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Jayshmay

Jun 20, 2011, 6:43 PM
Somebody like yourself who is a truck driver coverage is super important for you. Verizon sure is moving fast with their LTE network. I sure am glad that I'm locked in with an unlimited 4G plan.
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WiWavelength

Jun 21, 2011, 1:24 AM
Jayshmay said:
And what doesn't make any sense is the 700mhz that LTE is on has room for a whole lot more capacity, a whole lot more users simultaneously.


I have told you that this is incorrect, that 700 MHz does not necessarily possess greater capacity than that of other spectrum, yet you keep repeating this myth. Why?

https://www.phonescoop.com/articles/discuss.php?fm=m ... »

AJ
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Jayshmay

Jun 21, 2011, 1:33 AM
Doesn't Verizon have more than 10mhz of 700mhz spectrum? I thought they have 20 or 30mhz of spectrum.
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WiWavelength

Jun 21, 2011, 1:54 AM
Jayshmay said:
Doesn't Verizon have more than 10mhz of 700mhz spectrum? I thought they have 20 or 30mhz of spectrum.


Yes, that is true, but in Las Vegas where you live, for example, VZW controls the following spectrum bandwidth:

Cellular 850 MHz: 25 MHz
PCS 1900 MHz: 20 MHz
Upper 700 MHz: 22 MHz

So, 700 MHz spectrum holdings often actually have smaller bandwidth than do other spectrum holdings.

AJ
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Phineas

Jun 21, 2011, 9:37 PM
Is that where spectrum and capacity are key players?
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