Verizon Wireless: Unlimited Data Not 'Sustainable'
THIS IS MADNESS
All these posts with "options" and metered plans...not gonna happen the cost of ownership is too high already in most households.
This is a major contract and service change I would totally cancel my service with them if they tried this mess....
Unlimited data means unlimited, if you cant handle it then move over for a company that can....
I bought my Droid for the network and the ability to use it as much as I want for 29.99 a month (my data plan) so K M A if I want to s...
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techdiva44 said:
Ok I am fine with capitolism and the like but come on Verizon.
Unlimited data means unlimited, if you cant handle it then move over for a company that can....
I bought my Droid for the network and the ability to use it as much as I want for 29.99 a month (my data plan) so K M A if I want to stream all day today, check my weather tomorrow and blog all weekend...
so there.
Actually, if you would have read the EULA and your TOS, both will state that "unlimited" isn't really unlimited because it will based upon an arbitrary figure determined by the provider... which typically is about 2-6 GB.
At that point they will cancel your service and may/may not charge you an ETF. You can su...
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Versed said:
You are partially right, they can terminate you, but you wouldn't have to pay the ETF.
I know that there are some carriers worldwide that if you abuse "unlimited data", they will cancel you, I just wasn't sure if they were American or not.
Seriously, reading a post before commenting helps you understand things,
Even if they implement this going forward there is not as much "grandfathering protection" as there used to be.
I have verizon and love the service, but now question a lot of their business practices. As a consumer..I can.
As a consumer you can, that's correct, but being a consumer doesn't mean you can reserve the right to be ignorant and cry fowl when something happens you don't understand.
When we get devices that can connect to the net at 15+MB/s, when there is no easy way to detect tethering.. heck, when tethering is obsolete.. do you have any idea how much data you'll consume? I still run on a 786k DSL modem and I stream a TON of content a month from Hulu, I play games online, and I've been known to download a movie or two from i...
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HA
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