 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
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| Postpaid user here Too bad I couldn't double my data. I am on the 4GB plan which is split between an iPhone, iPad 3, iPad mini, a Jetpack, and two dumb phones. I use about 1-2 GB per month.
I am looking forward to the iPhone 5. Maybe Christmas will come early as my upgrade is less than a week away. |
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| What pissed me off the most about the new share plans is the fact that I have no means whatsoever to opt out of voice minutes, or pay for a reduced amount. I use nowhere near "unlimited" voice minutes. I hate talking on the phone and use maybe 30 minutes a month at most.
Text messages? They've done a clever end run around iMessage too by making all share plans include unlimited text messages. Of course with iMessage you're using your data allotment instead of your free texts. |
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| The unlimited voice/text is essentially a giveaway with the new plans. The per-device cost exists primarily to recover the device subsidy, hence why tablets cost next to nothing, while smartphones are $40/mo. The data packages are the true revenue source with the new plans.
The real crime here is that you can't BYOD and pay a reduced per-device cost. I believe that T-Mobile has slightly cheaper plans for BYOD users, but none of the other carriers have ever shown an inclination to follow in their footsteps. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by Crookshanks:The unlimited voice/text is essentially a giveaway with the new plans. The per-device cost exists primarily to recover the device subsidy, hence why tablets cost next to nothing, while smartphones are $40/mo. The data packages are the true revenue source with the new plans.
The real crime here is that you can't BYOD and pay a reduced per-device cost. I believe that T-Mobile has slightly cheaper plans for BYOD users, but none of the other carriers have ever shown an inclination to follow in their footsteps.
What do you mean BYOD? what device would you use besides one that actually works on Verizon's network? And T-Mobile's coverage sucks dick. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to fifty nine
said by fifty nine:What pissed me off the most about the new share plans is the fact that I have no means whatsoever to opt out of voice minutes, or pay for a reduced amount. I use nowhere near "unlimited" voice minutes. I hate talking on the phone and use maybe 30 minutes a month at most.
Text messages? They've done a clever end run around iMessage too by making all share plans include unlimited text messages. Of course with iMessage you're using your data allotment instead of your free texts.
They give everyone unlimited minutes/text so everyone is on the same plan. Besides the future is making everything data anyways since it is actually all data. In 10 yeas you won't have "minutes", texting" and "data" it will just all be data. So you might as well get used to it. |
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said by BF69:What do you mean BYOD? what device would you use besides one that actually works on Verizon's network?
I guess you've never considered the option of buying a lightly used phone at a quarter of the price off eBay? Or an old phone from a friend? Or (*gasp*) paying retail for one? There are lots of ways to get a Verizon phone without purchasing it with a 2yr contract through big red. I've gone 5+ years without renewing my contract at times.
said by BF69:And T-Mobile's coverage sucks dick. T-Mobile is a perfectly viable option for many people, no reason to bash them because they aren't good for you. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | reply to BF69
For those of us in medium sized or larger cities, T-Mobile is at times faster than Verizon LTE.
That said, I'm using Sprint because they offer LTE where T-Mobile offers GPRS, an hour and forty from here. |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to Crookshanks
said by Crookshanks:The real crime here is that you can't BYOD and pay a reduced per-device cost. I believe that T-Mobile has slightly cheaper plans for BYOD users, but none of the other carriers have ever shown an inclination to follow in their footsteps.
The new buyer of Sprint has plans to shake up the cellphone plans to force AT&T & Verizon to compete. If he follows thru, maybe customers will get a break.
»Sprint's new buyer wants to stick it to AT&T & Verizon
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said by BF69:What do you mean BYOD? what device would you use besides one that actually works on Verizon's network? And T-Mobile's coverage sucks dick.
A used phone. |
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said by BF69:They give everyone unlimited minutes/text so everyone is on the same plan. Besides the future is making everything data anyways since it is actually all data. In 10 yeas you won't have "minutes", texting" and "data" it will just all be data. So you might as well get used to it.
They give everyone unlimited minutes/text so that they can bump up the price without actually increasing the price.
It's $70 for 4GB of data and unlimited minutes and text.
It's not "all data" now. The voice and text are carried independent of the data stream.
Who cares about 10 years from now. Today I don't want to pay for voice service that I don't really use. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | said by fifty nine:said by BF69:They give everyone unlimited minutes/text so everyone is on the same plan. Besides the future is making everything data anyways since it is actually all data. In 10 yeas you won't have "minutes", texting" and "data" it will just all be data. So you might as well get used to it.
They give everyone unlimited minutes/text so that they can bump up the price without actually increasing the price. It's $70 for 4GB of data and unlimited minutes and text. It's not "all data" now. The voice and text are carried independent of the data stream. I didn't say it was. But Verizon will start offering VoLTE a year from now. What say you then?
Who cares about 10 years from now. Today I don't want to pay for voice service that I don't really use. |
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