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please answer this cellphone experts

belovedson

Dec 3, 2010, 3:04 PM
Thanks John.

Here's a simple story of my cell phone experience.

I first used T-Mobile back when it wasn't called T-Mobile and well it sucked in every conceivable way

I switched over to Verizon. It was great the last 4 years I was using it. Then I learned to tether. Capped limits were a joke. Tethering was a feature I needed to have and I believe it is a vital feature for mobile internet usage. What really is the point of 21mb download speeds when I am being charged over 100 dollars a month! On top of that that I use 5 GB’s in a span of 2 days! Come on now Verizon, Att, and T-mobile. We are living in an age where we are transitioning from voice to video!
The 100 dollar individual prices were getting to me so I switched back to...
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crood

Dec 3, 2010, 4:07 PM
The simple fact is the wireless companies, for the most part don't advertise their product as a replacement for wired broadband internet service. If you're really using that much data, you should be on wifi connected to a wired internet provider. They can always lay new cable, finding spectrum is much harder.

As it is, the government is scrambling to free up whatever spectrum they can. It's unlikely the wireless industry will be able to keep up with the kind of bandwidth you are taking which, by the way, is subsidized by many others who use far less and would welcome tiered pricing so they only pay for what they use.
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Azeron

Dec 3, 2010, 6:38 PM
Seriously? You mentioned everything but PORN. What is up with that?
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CellStudent

Dec 4, 2010, 1:24 AM
Okay......

What was the question?
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DiamondPro

Dec 4, 2010, 7:50 PM
Wow I cant believe you of all people missed the question. I guess your not that smart after all. So was the sentence with the question mark at the end of it was to hard for you to find? 🤣
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Joshmo

Dec 4, 2010, 8:56 AM
5 gigs in two days?

Maybe the solution isn't tiered pricing. Maybe they should just ban people like you from having it since you don't know how to use it responsibly. Then just lower the price for everyone else.

75 gigs a month on average over a cell network is ....well i don't have a word for it, but if I did it would be along the lines of words like retarded and childish.
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dj89

Dec 4, 2010, 12:14 PM
Might want to watch it there. Sprint's CEO has gone on record to say that he likes the tiered pricing and might institute it later on.

Keep in mind that, given a golden opportunity like this, in which Sprint could advertise that they offer unlimited data compared to tiered pricing with other providers, they don't jump on it. Have you wondered why?
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CamelTowing

Dec 4, 2010, 12:57 PM
dj89 said:
Might want to watch it there. Sprint's CEO has gone on record to say that he likes the tiered pricing and might institute it later on.

Keep in mind that, given a golden opportunity like this, in which Sprint could advertise that they offer unlimited data compared to tiered pricing with other providers, they don't jump on it. Have you wondered why?




That is EXACTLY WRONG.

Sprint's CEO said he would "consider" tiered pricing IF there was a spectrum crunch. That is nowhere near what you are saying. And guess what "advertising that they offer unlimited data compared with other providers" is EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO! The only data product they offer that isn't unlimited is 3G data on a connecti...
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cakvalasc

Dec 4, 2010, 1:51 PM
That is EXACTLY WRONG.

Sprint's CEO said he would "consider" tiered pricing IF there was a spectrum crunch. That is nowhere near what you are saying. And guess what "advertising that they offer unlimited data compared with other providers" is EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO! The only data product they offer that isn't unlimited is 3G data on a connection card only. You get unlimited 4G on connection cards and unlimited 3G/4G on phones... and they advertise it.


That is correct, the phones are unlimited across the board and only 3G connection card have a limit 4G is unlimited!

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DiamondPro

Dec 4, 2010, 7:53 PM
You obviously need to do more research and you have stretched his words to favor you opinion none of which is fact. He never said he likes tiered pricing and Clears biggest advantage it the amount of data it can handle unlike there tiered competitors. 😎
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TheBlueCat

Dec 5, 2010, 10:48 AM
Well my friend first I have to say I don't know what your doing to require so many Gigs in such a short time.

In your rant you have only one question.

"Again what’s the point of 2000000mb download speeds when capped to 5 or even 10gigs a month?"

A cars speedometer goes up to 160 but you only drive 30-60mph on average. Now if your car was data the burst of 160 helps.

Think of network speeds like your water faucet. You are complaining that you cant fill your whole swimming pool in just an hour? Well the "water" company is building bigger pipes but construction takes time and money.. money you don't want to invest. You are lowering the "water pressure" to the rest of your neighborhood.

Also when you suck down sooo much d...
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DiamondPro

Dec 5, 2010, 5:28 PM
Your own theory is flawed because the amount of water it would take you to fill up that pool is gonna take you over your cap and can cost you hundreds in overage fees based on usage. Unless its UNLIMITED like what Sprint and Clear offer not verizon. So you didn't answer his question and completely missed his point. 🙄

I'm also against heavy user that only abuse the network for no reason. But if that's how much data he uses during normal usage and not just meaningless downloading and streaming so be it. He is paying for UNLIMITED and has every right to use it.

Now I have an even bigger problem with people that try to tell someone else how to use there service. Especially if its in favor of big companies. Who are u to tell him he i...
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TheBlueCat

Dec 5, 2010, 9:39 PM
Ha your wrong. I am a sprint user. $70 all unlimited baby. SO dont try and be an asshole buddy 🙂

So i answered the question in regards to my own service. I havnt ever had a problem with any other service that I have used with using too much data. Like I said go find some free WiFi.

The point is that right now other then being unlimited you can only get so much "pressure" out of the faucet. Re-read my post and try to troll again.

Have a nice day 😁
Darrell Lucas
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CellStudent

Dec 6, 2010, 1:45 PM
belovedson said:
Again what’s the point of 2000000mb download speeds when capped to 5 or even 10gigs a month?!


Verizon apparently does not want super-heavy consumers on their network. They are using price as a medium to drive unprofitable customers away while retaining customer's who pay for more than they consume.
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