there is a feature code that you will call Verizon and the agent will add for you. i will try to get the feature code from my buddy and share with you guys.
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Carrier Verizon raising grandfathered unlimited data plans by $20
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This is a silly argument because unlimited data is theoretically worth more than whatever price they could raise it to over time. They are raising price per gig by 66%. Given that data usage is only increasing, if your data usage increases by the same amount then you are at a minimum no worse off. I think most on here would agree data usage today will certainly be lower than data usage 6-12 months from now. Where you fall in between that 0-66% will of course have your more or less pissed off. But to expect prices to remain flat while data usage goes up increasingly is unrealistic. Those plans were created in a time when data usage was a fraction of what it is today. As a UDP holder for many years I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop. While this sucks it's totally expected and justified for the UDP group as a whole. Im just happy they didn't cancel them outright.
Me too. On the old plans you are paying for your device no matter what, the subsidy is built in and you don't get a discount for being out of contract. And I pay way less than any mobile share plan. Unlimited data, Unlimited text and unlimited minutes for $79.99 then 20% discount. This is with AT&T.
On these plans it's a no brainier to upgrade subsidized every two years.
We're currently on a VZW Share Everything plan. We pay $99 TOTAL a month for 2 iPhone lines of data and unlimited talk+text.
It's so interesting that people rant and rave and froth at the mouth about how awful the subsidized plans are and how much I'm getting ripped off. When were no longer under contract, we called and told them that we wanted a customer loyalty discount for being off contract but remaining with them, and they take $15 off of the bill for each line that's no longer under contract.
I have no plans of leaving, as I've figured out which carrier is best in my area. End of story.
Just called Verizon….3 times.
Got 2 reps who couldn't give a **** less about keeping me.
The 3rd one offered a 2 month credit-offset to keep my bill the same until Jan 2016.
They are really playing hardball.
What a great CEO Verizon has.
Guess its time to show them what truly unlimited really means.
And hold the rhetoric those of you who are on a tired plan. I guess the allure of a $200 phone was too good to pass up huh?
Got 2 reps who couldn't give a **** less about keeping me.
The 3rd one offered a 2 month credit-offset to keep my bill the same until Jan 2016.
They are really playing hardball.
What a great CEO Verizon has.
Guess its time to show them what truly unlimited really means.
And hold the rhetoric those of you who are on a tired plan. I guess the allure of a $200 phone was too good to pass up huh?
Your bill hasn't changed in 4 years and you brag about how much data you binge on:
At least you're humble about it.
Can't say I'm surprised; that's about how much pity you're eliciting.
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This was when I moved into a roommates place who didn't have internet. I used the data FOR EVERYTHING.
WHAT ELSE IS IT FOR THEN?
AND it was for a short time.
AND I PAID $30 to unlock that "feature"
SO i paid my dues.
Time to show them what truly unlimited means.
And my bill hasn't changed in 6 years son.
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Problem is with this is, it sets a precedent. and since MOST GUP users are month to month, whats keeping them from saying "next month pay us X amount to keep it." some point they're gonna snatch every single plan back, just a matter of how far they're willing to push it.
Here's the story, Verizon is gonna make the old unlimited Data plan unbelievably expensive. Now I don't feel bad for the 6GB a month switch.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/08/tec....html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/08/tec....html?iid=ob_homepage_tech_pool&iid=obnetwork
This sense of entitlement is ridiculous. Nowhere did they say that your LTE data plan was a replacement for home internet.
You think I don't know that? And wasn't thankful I had it when I needed it?!!!
This is just to illustrate that the amount they say people use monthly is what I used when I needed it. But the plans they have now are nothing. So don't say I have entitlement issues. I used what I had to use.
This line of reasoning makes no sense.
No one needs to use that amount of mobile data. Why didn't you subscribe to a home broadband service?
Instead, you decided to abuse your data plan and now all of us are feeling the brunt of the abuse.
How much data to people use? Holy ****. They probably stream "things" everywhere they go.
Had to give up unlimited 3G after using my iPhone 4 for 4 years. When the iPhone 6 came out, I couldn't give a **** if I was forced to loose it. Preordered that larger screen at midnight.
It didn't even make sense because at most, if I pushed it, I would have used maybe like 5GB. No normal person uses that much, really 2GB at most. Maybe teens/college students since we're always on Snapchat and stuff. Normal people outside of MR simply can't comprehend why so much data is being used.
I also like how people think they have an actual legal excuse to do something. The only right you have is to drop Verizon.
Had to give up unlimited 3G after using my iPhone 4 for 4 years. When the iPhone 6 came out, I couldn't give a **** if I was forced to loose it. Preordered that larger screen at midnight.
It didn't even make sense because at most, if I pushed it, I would have used maybe like 5GB. No normal person uses that much, really 2GB at most. Maybe teens/college students since we're always on Snapchat and stuff. Normal people outside of MR simply can't comprehend why so much data is being used.
I also like how people think they have an actual legal excuse to do something. The only right you have is to drop Verizon.
Are you just obtuse or did you miss when I said I had no home Internet at my roommates place.
I paid an extra $30 on top of data on top of minutes on top of messages to have the unlimited mobile hotspot feature. What is that feature exactly if you cannot use it for laptops computers etc.? Thank you
The original intent of Verizon forcing all smartphone users back in the day (usually windows mobile/blackberry/palm treo) to get unlimited data (circa 2004-2009) was because Verizon (and att) publically stated they to "help" consumers avoid sticker shock by having unlimited data.
So by forcing everyone onto the $29.99 unlimited data Verizon reasoned it was in consumers best interest to have a uniformed billing process with the same bill every month.
Of course those days blackberry users were using on average 25-50mb month back in the days.
Now it's a money grab for carriers for tiered data. Because they can't make money off texting or voice anymore. Data is only line of growth.
So by forcing everyone onto the $29.99 unlimited data Verizon reasoned it was in consumers best interest to have a uniformed billing process with the same bill every month.
Of course those days blackberry users were using on average 25-50mb month back in the days.
Now it's a money grab for carriers for tiered data. Because they can't make money off texting or voice anymore. Data is only line of growth.
I won't disagree about growth and tiered data for revenue, but VZW increasing 1% of its users' monthly fees by $20 on a data plan that stopped being offered to the public in 2011 isn't exactly a "money grab" in my humble opinion.
Lest you forget when they try to throttle unlimited data users? They were trying to push them into tiered pricing, hence money grab.
Or how about the time they almost decided to charge two dollars a month extra to pay your bill online? Was that not a money grab opportunity?
Everything is nickeled and dimed.