How will you lose your unlimited plan if you don't pay full price?
Verizon passed a contract rule that after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3, if you are on an unlimited plan and want to keep it, you cannot get device subsidies anymore. So that got a LOT of people to upgrade right then for it.
I got my SGS3 for $250 instead of $650 (others got it even cheaper), but if nothing changes, and i want to upgrade in 2 years, i need to pay the full retail price or i will lose my unlimited.
And belive me, unless Verizon FORCEFULLY takes my unlimited, I am keeping it forever. It's already been worth it's weight in gold the past month. The extra money I would save on the device subsidy would easily be outdone by the overage charges for my tethering (which i pay Verizon for) or the added Comcast internet bill if i need to bring home wifi back into the picture.
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It's personal preference. Don't believe everything you read online. Anytime you take ANYTHING away from people they complain. Even if the majority of them never used it (i.e. unlimited data), they will still complain.
I personally don't care. I use about .3 gig per month and my wife uses about the same.
Bring on the 2GB tiered data plan. Even if we TRIPLE our current average use, we'll still come in under.
Plus it'll save me $10-15 per month.
Again I'll ask (as I have in other posts): Who's in the wrong here? Is Verizon (or any other carrier) wrong for taking away our unlimited data or am I the dummy for paying $50/month up till now so my wife and I can use "unlimited" data when we never even come close?
It's like going to an "all you can eat" buffet every day for lunch... eventually you'll realize that there are only a few people who actually get their money's worth out of the cost.
I AM a little ticked off cause I really *have* been carrying unlimited data (at least for my line) under the assumption that I'd be able to continue carrying it and still get a subsidized phone. Otherwise I probably would have been on a tiered data plan all along.
And it is a little bit crappy that I'm going from TWO lines with unlimited data to now, basically 1GB per line and I'm only saving about $10-$15 per month... I'd like to see a little bit better pricing for the capped plans...
Again, it seems like you and others are thinking only about your personal situations while discussing the business plan of a company that serves 90,000,000 customers. That doesn't make sense.
Yes, with your current usage (which is extremely minimal) you should be on a capped/shared data plan and save money. But for people that use smartphones for media and "smart" activities rather than just calling/texting/and checking email twice a day, unlimited is the best thing ever.
Heck, I have N.O.V.A. 3 installed on my phone and when they decide to fix a few bugs or change the UI and they push out an update that is 1,700mb that I use on Verizon's LTE network! If i had to make sure I was at a wifi spot everytime i wanted to update my apps, use skype, watch netflix, or listen to Pandora, that would be annoying. It restricts the freedom that cell phones are supposed to give you.
So yes, YOU should not have been paying $50 a month so that your wife can check her living social app and facebook app once a day (at least what my wife does
. But not everyone uses their phones like you or your wife and some people actually get an AMAZING value from paying $50/mo for unlimited data.
