The battle of the Droids??!

[Kioshi]

Here is an updated version from Verizon to New York Times...

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/05/verizon-were-ki.php

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Update: Verizon issued an email clarification on the matter to The New York Times:

- Customers will not be automatically moved to new shared data plans. If a 3G or 4G smartphone customer is on an unlimited plan now and they do not want to change their plan, they will not have to do so.
- When we introduce our new shared data plans, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to customers when purchasing handsets at discounted pricing.

- Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan.

- The same pricing and policies will be applied to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.


So, any way you look at it, after mid-summer....if you want a new phone down the road even being on 4G already, you will be booted off unlimited data plan.

Down with Verizon!

I'd rather be on T-Mobile paying LESS for services, not really unlimited data, better phones, and GMS/World phones.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Kioshi

Down with Verizon!

I'd rather be on T-Mobile paying LESS for services, not really unlimited data, better phones, and GMS/World phones.

Meh.... I happen to think it's fair. People who consume huge amounts of data (watching Netflix on their phones, etc., etc.,) shouldn't be expected to pay the same as the occasional user. And we do want carriers to keep up with network upgrades so they don't have the problem AT&T has had for years in SF and NY with people practically bringing the network to a crawl with their iPhones on unlimited data plans.

Don't get me wrong, I like free stuff as much as the next guy but it's simply not realistic. Everybody is doing it and Sprint too will have to follow suit. If they don't do it, then they won't be able to keep up with the network expansion and user experience will suffer. Either way, you're paying for it.

In the end, the best network /carrier is the one that works. Out here VZW is rock solid. Sprint has "issues". AT&T is a disaster. T-Mo is spotty. But they're all kind of OK outside of SF. Figures .

(PS/ Nice wheels, BTW. Love the wheels in your signature)

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by tomato

Meh.... I happen to think it's fair. People who consume huge amounts of data (watching Netflix on their phones, etc., etc.,) shouldn't be expected to pay the same as the occasional user. And we do want carriers to keep up with network upgrades so they don't have the problem AT&T has had for years in SF and NY with people practically bringing the network to a crawl with their iPhones on unlimited data plans.

You're forgetting one major thing. ALL CARRIERS can throttle you. Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T have all throttled users in the past. Why can't they do it now for those exceeding 2-4gb per month CONSTANTLY? Its not hard~

It's not fair....big shots sitting in the seats in the company need their salary cut.
For the amount that Verizon users pay out of the rest of the carriers all these years, I think we've "earned" to keep the unlimited data and great coverage.
Verizon sneakingly likes to add fees on top of people's bills. And now the shared data plan is another scheme by them to get more money out of us.

Have you seen the crappy phones Verizon has in its lineup, compared to T-Mobile and AT&T? We never got the true Samsung Galaxy S II, a variant to HTC ONE S (Incredible 4g has a different chip and different camera, so it doesn't count).

I've seen my bill go up $2 at the start of this year, but it wasn't in the form of the previous outrage of Verizon charging $2? for not having your credit card attached to their site....that $2 is tucked away in the B.S. charges when you read the fine print.

So.....paying $500-700 for crappy phones on Verizon just to keep my unlimited data isn't justifiable.

T-Mobile seems the better choice, especially since you can swap SIM cards whereas with Verizon and Sprint, you have to abide by their stupid rules and charges even when using another network in a foreign country.