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Verizon = Highway Robery! $40/mo Smartphone Access Fee! WTF?
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If an additional $33 per month is going to make or break you, then you might not be able to afford a smartphone in the first place. 
You want cheap, go with MetroPCS and then deal with terrible coverage. You want good coverage in nearly every place, pay for Verizon. You get what you pay for.
For the record, I'm not saying I support Verizon's changes, but that it's really not something worth getting that upset about. Not like Verizon holds a gun to your head and forces you to pay for service through them.
You want cheap, go with MetroPCS and then deal with terrible coverage. You want good coverage in nearly every place, pay for Verizon. You get what you pay for.For the record, I'm not saying I support Verizon's changes, but that it's really not something worth getting that upset about. Not like Verizon holds a gun to your head and forces you to pay for service through them.
I only think the share everything plan is good if you have more than one line or if you have a tablet connected.
Between my wife and I, we have two iphones and two ipads. With this plan, we save over $40 a month (based on the cheapest data for the ipad). Another benefit is that our ipad lines are actually eligible for upgrades, so I plan to transfer those upgrades to my iphone lines to get the new iphone 5. We can basiclly upgrade every year now.
Between my wife and I, we have two iphones and two ipads. With this plan, we save over $40 a month (based on the cheapest data for the ipad). Another benefit is that our ipad lines are actually eligible for upgrades, so I plan to transfer those upgrades to my iphone lines to get the new iphone 5. We can basiclly upgrade every year now.
Do you know if this is the same with AT&T? And is it still only $10 extra a month for each iPad even if you buy an iPhone with that line?
By definition the share plans should be if you have multiple devices. In that case, sure, it might be more cost-effective. But my current understanding is I'll have to buy a share plan - even with only a single device, upping my monthly bill by nearly 50%? This is crap!
Yeah, I went to Sprint. Sprint actually has a really good reputation in my city. There's next to no LTE, but I'll survive. I don't need super-fast download speeds on a phone. And I get unlimited, unthrottled data with Sprint and it's still cheaper than Verizon.
There's no reason to rationalize their changes. They're trying to make more money. Period.
There's no reason to rationalize their changes. They're trying to make more money. Period.
No it's 70 for 2gb of data which includes unlimmited talk and text plus 40 per smartphone.
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Maybe, I'd call and ask a few times until you get a rep that can do it.
Yeah, that's what I've been wondering honestly (I mean they're fine plans if you have a lot of people and you talk a lot or text a lot or have a lot of devices but if you don't use minutes that much or text and you only have one device.. they are a rip off. And to force you to use that if you are one or two people is ridiculous).
I actually am boggled only now am I seeing some one upset (I suspected maybe I had heard wrong that if you wanted the iphone 5 subsidized, new or returning, that I'd hear a lot more uproar cause I was sure there would be some people who would realize how much Verizon was increasing prices on them if they wanted to take advantage of subsidized prices).
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AT&T still gives you the option of non shared data plans. Which are a lot cheaper if you are one or two people (particularly if you don't use minutes or text a lot).
For example, for me and my roommate it costs about 110 dollars for both of us. That is with both of us getting 3 GBs each (actually unlimited but let's compare what is actually available if you aren't grandfathered
) of data, no texting (cause we don't text) and enough minutes we accumulate rollover minutes (we have no use at all of unlimited minutes). And that's including taxes.IF we were to go to Verizon's cheapest plan for us, it would cost 30 dollars more and we both would have to split 1 GB (I would use more than that in a month alone!).
So, I don't see why people are saying Verizon and AT&T are the same price... depending on your situation, Verizon is far more expensive.
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Uh, yes it is... notice above for 30 dollars less me and my roommate get 6 x the data (between us both). Sure, we get no texting and limited minutes, but we are getting far more minutes than we need and since imessage (Where most my friends have iphones) I may use 2-5 texts that aren't imessage, so maybe 1.25 on top of that for per text charge (and 1.25 a month is still far cheaper than 30 dollars a month).
So, yes, AT&T is far cheaper depending on your needs because they allow you to tailer your plan better rather than force you on the shared plans.
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If an additional $33 per month is going to make or break you, then you might not be able to afford a smartphone in the first place.
For the record, I'm not saying I support Verizon's changes, but that it's really not something worth getting that upset about. Not like Verizon holds a gun to your head and forces you to pay for service through them.
An additional 33 dollars a month = 396 dollars a year or 792 dollars for the 2 year contract. Even if you can afford it, why? Unless no other carrier has decent coverage in your area (other words it's either Verizon or a lot of dropped calls or ununderstandable calls), I could think of a lot better things I would want to spend that money on when I don't have to.
I don't know how AT&T does but on verizon, yes it still remains $10 a month. The type of line doesn't change if you transfer the upgrade. The way I look at it is that if I'm NOT doing this, I am losing money. Verizon is handing me over a subsidy on a line that I will may $10 on no matter what. Even if i eventually wanted to cancel the data line during the two years, I can always pay them back with the ETF.
If an additional $33 per month is going to make or break you, then you might not be able to afford a smartphone in the first place.
For the record, I'm not saying I support Verizon's changes, but that it's really not something worth getting that upset about. Not like Verizon holds a gun to your head and forces you to pay for service through them.
It's not a make or break you type of thing.
It's just a rip off and some people unlike you don't like to throw their money away.
I don't call paying an extra $33 per month for superior coverage throwing my money away. Yeah, if you have good AT&T/insert other carrier coverage in your area and you rarely venture out of that place, it makes sense to save the cash. In my case, though, I travel a lot and in my state (Michigan) the coverage of other carriers besides Verizon isn't very good in most areas. Since I need to have good coverage everywhere I go for work purposes, I'm content to stick with Verizon.
BTW, I'm actually a very frugal person who cuts costs in as many areas as I can. I just don't mind paying extra for something I know I'm going to use a lot or something I know is going to be better than something that's cheaper. You pay for quality, you get quality.
Again, you want to switch, that's fine. Do what you need to. But realize that we're most likely paying extra for all of the new technology Verizon is rolling out around the country for 4G LTE. I know people miss unlimited data (which is something Verizon also took away) but c'mon, we couldn't continue on with that forever...at least not until they find a way to manage it so that the data hogs don't ruin the experience for everyone else. I'm just not seeing the point in whining over a few hundred extra a year in exchange for service that just works. Kind of like the iPhone.
BTW, I'm actually a very frugal person who cuts costs in as many areas as I can. I just don't mind paying extra for something I know I'm going to use a lot or something I know is going to be better than something that's cheaper. You pay for quality, you get quality.
Again, you want to switch, that's fine. Do what you need to. But realize that we're most likely paying extra for all of the new technology Verizon is rolling out around the country for 4G LTE. I know people miss unlimited data (which is something Verizon also took away) but c'mon, we couldn't continue on with that forever...at least not until they find a way to manage it so that the data hogs don't ruin the experience for everyone else. I'm just not seeing the point in whining over a few hundred extra a year in exchange for service that just works. Kind of like the iPhone.
I hope I don't come off wrong but......
People complaining about their cell phone bill is kinda cry baby. crying about monthly bill is kinda like the dude who goes out and buys a sportscar and complains about having to put 93 gas in it instead of 87.
There are other options out there.
Pre paid
T mobile.
No need to jump on a forum and make a stink about a 100 dollar cellphone bill. We all pay that.
People complaining about their cell phone bill is kinda cry baby. crying about monthly bill is kinda like the dude who goes out and buys a sportscar and complains about having to put 93 gas in it instead of 87.
There are other options out there.
Pre paid
T mobile.
No need to jump on a forum and make a stink about a 100 dollar cellphone bill. We all pay that.
The plan works for me, but I have (2) LTE MiFi's, (1) iPad 3 LTE, (1) Smartphone (soon to be an iP5) and a dumb phone with 12GB of data which last month was ok, but this month I am peaking a lot higher and I need to check why.
Still the new share everything plan is only of value with the more devices you add, especially if you put a tablet (iPad) on there for $10 a month.
Still the new share everything plan is only of value with the more devices you add, especially if you put a tablet (iPad) on there for $10 a month.