Verizon is not your friend.
They ONLY give you facetime/tethering because of a condition of their 700MHz spectrum auction win.
Also be aware that Verizon is more than happy to take spectrum off the cable companies's hands, in exchange for agreeing not to compete with them in markets where they don't already. FiOS is one of the fastest and probably best data/voice/video services for the home, and it's also quite profitable, yet Verizon is not building it out any further, leaving cable companies to keep prices high in non-FiOS areas.
Why? Because Verizon will make
more money this way in the long term. While there's money to be made in fast, uncapped fiber-to-the-home, there's much more to be made in selling people capped wireless voice and data services that charge much higher prices for on a per-gigabyte basis. At the same time, the cable companies hand over much needed spectrum to Verizon at a low cost, while at the same time eliminating the specter of those companies entering the wireless market and competing there.
It's a "win-win." Just not for you.
Don't ever think for a second that anyone at these wireless carriers "cares" about their customers. What they care about is getting paid on a monthly basis.
That is what they act on.
Likewise,
you should act based on what carrier gives you the best service for your money. Nothing else.
Neither AT&T nor Verizon are evil; the aren't people.
No, but they are run by people, who are also motivated by their paychecks and how big their bonuses are. Their decisions on company policies and practices are governed accordingly.
I wouldn't go so far as to call that evil, but no one should delude themselves into thinking that they make any decision purely out of the goodness of their hearts.
By the way: that also goes for Apple, Samsung, and just about any other company. Even when Steve was alive.
) and using the unlimited and unthrottled Verizon plan.
