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Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:39:49 EDT

submrge posted :

... it's going to be a bloodbath for AT&T.

not unless vzw can somehow magically find a way to allow data and voice on a call at the same time.

i work with about 10 people that have iphones and even though they admit that att's voice service is crap that are not willing to give up using data and voice at the same time.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:41:19 EDT

Radio Active posted :

said by Linklist:

Get the fish good and hooked and then reel them in later after they are locked in to the Apple iPhone universe.

Kinda like Big Tobacco. ;)
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Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:03:14 EDT

openbox9 posted : And it's not a blunder if VZW follows T's lead.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:02:19 EDT

openbox9 posted : Except that now you know the caps are coming before you buy the iPhone. Kind of hard to bait and switch if the bait is known and the switch is imminent ;)

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:00:45 EDT

openbox9 posted : It was the same guy within hours. My guess is that Cheng didn't push hard enough before the investor meeting and McAdam was able to squash the viral misinformation after the meeting concluded.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:56:27 EDT

lefty1 posted :

said by Lotheron:

I hope AT&T realizes they made a blunder once all those people that would rather not worry about overages head to VZW.

There isn't anyone at AT&T smart enough to realize anything meaningful.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:54:05 EDT

openbox9 posted : LTE iPhone won't arrive until summer 2012 at the earliest, but otherwise I agree.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:01:45 EDT

KrK posted :

said by openbox9:

I definitely wouldn't bet on that.

I'm with you. ANY change at all, and that deal will be history, never to repeat.
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Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:53:17 EDT

DilbertE posted : This is Verizon's bait and switch gimmic. Once on board they evenually will have the same caps AT&T has. Nothing is forever.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:45:56 EDT

IPPlanMan posted : Why the backpedaling by Verizon mere hours later on unlimited data?

This is incompetence. In some ways worse than what AT&T did with the iPad data plans...

Less than a day for them to pull the limited time only crap...

Who's in charge over there?

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:23:40 EDT

Big Dawg 23 posted : I am with Openbox9. There will be no LTE Unlimited Plan. I can see VZW even doing the old "You want the iPhone 5 well your Data Plan and Minute Plan do not Qualify".

My belief is VZW wants the immediate push for iPhone's so they went unlimited. That will go away with LTE if that is on iPhone 5(As Rumored) come June(If VZW gets it like AT&T does Annually).

This will get many unhappy AT&T subscribers to Jump now because they have an Unlimited Option. It will also get People who wanted Unlimited when they option went away.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:35:16 EDT

N3OGH posted : I would probably be saying the same thing had I not thrown down on a Droid Incredible last April. Now I'm locked in until December.

Come my upgrade time I will re evaluate. By then, Verizon should have several LTE phones and hopefully an LTE capable iPhone 5.

But, I'm pretty happy with my HTC phone. The battery life sucks a bag of Richards, but otherwise, it's light years from my previous handset (the dreaded Blackberry Storm).

It really is amazing to see how the technology has progressed across the past 3 years. There are so many capable handsets on so many carriers, the consumer is the winner in the end with all the choices they have.
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Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:22:57 EDT

etaadmin posted :

said by openbox9:

Considering you won't see an LTE capable iPhone until summer 2012 at the earliest, you'll be waiting a while. Mark this post and I'll see you back here in another year or two ;)

Well in another year or two I'll upgrade to the LTE version in the mean time I'll have what I always wanted ... a Verizon iPhone. No problem here.

We consumers is what drives the US economy.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:19:38 EDT

openbox9 posted : Considering you won't see an LTE capable iPhone until summer 2012 at the earliest, you'll be waiting a while. Mark this post and I'll see you back here in another year or two ;)

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:16:14 EDT

etaadmin posted :

said by openbox9:

said by etaadmin:

As the LTE version of the iPhone comes out next year they will be able to upgrade without loosing their 'unlimited' plan.

I definitely wouldn't bet on that.

I would... and I'm ready to buy the Verizon iPhone as soon as it becomes available.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:15:16 EDT

openbox9 posted : Yep, likely not much different than AT&T's iPad deal that IPPlanMan is complaining about.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:11:39 EDT

Linklist posted :

said by openbox9:

I doubt it. Everyone, Karl included, seems to be ignoring McAdam's updated statement that this unlimited plan is an intro offer and that VZW will follow AT&T's lead shortly.

The unlimited deal was probably part of the deal Verizon cut with Apple to get the iPhone. Get the fish good and hooked and then reel them in later after they are locked in to the Apple iPhone universe.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:10:22 EDT

IPPlanMan posted : Unlimited data for the iPad lasted about 40 days... Before AT&T pulled the rug out from people, who in some cases hadn't even received their iPad 3G's yet. There is a class action lawsuit about this:
»www.lieffcabraser.com/cases.php?CaseID=316

Some breakthrough deal with AT&T Steve....
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Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:01:31 EDT

openbox9 posted :

said by etaadmin:

As the LTE version of the iPhone comes out next year they will be able to upgrade without loosing their 'unlimited' plan.

I definitely wouldn't bet on that.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:59:48 EDT

etaadmin posted : Most likely Verizon iPhone subs will be grand-fathered into the unlimited plan making the switch to Verizon much more attractive.

This is Verizon's version of AT&T's 'sticky' customers, unwilling to switch in fear of loosing their 'unlimited' status.

As the LTE version of the iPhone comes out next year they will be able to upgrade without loosing their 'unlimited' plan.

... it's going to be a bloodbath for AT&T.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:54:12 EDT

chgo_man99 posted :

said by openbox9:

I doubt it. Everyone, Karl included, seems to be ignoring McAdam's updated statement that this unlimited plan is an intro offer and that VZW will follow AT&T's lead shortly.

I agree. Just like att had intro unlimited for ipad.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:38:04 EDT

openbox9 posted : I doubt it. Everyone, Karl included, seems to be ignoring McAdam's updated statement that this unlimited plan is an intro offer and that VZW will follow AT&T's lead shortly.

Re: Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:32:59 EDT

Radio Active posted :

said by Lotheron:

One can only hope.. smart decision though. I hope AT&T realizes they made a blunder once all those people that would rather not worry about overages head to VZW.

Yeah. AT&T is going to have to step up, or they'll have an exodus to deal with.

AT&T execs are probably soiling their knickers right about now. ;)
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Perhaps there really is some competition?

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:10:06 EDT

Lotheron posted : One can only hope.. smart decision though. I hope AT&T realizes they made a blunder once all those people that would rather not worry about overages head to VZW.
EDIT * This was before the update was posted. It turns out that both ATT and VZW are going to continue scratching each other's backs. Business as usual.