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Verizon Revamps Plans With More Data, Carryover Data, Unlimited 2G, and Higher Prices
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And there's the "I'm seriously thinking/considering/going to switch, to T-Mobile".
Every time a Verizon or AT&T thread pops up, nothing but T-Mobile is so much cheaper and better and I'm going to switch. Blah blah blah. There's a reason it's cheaper. Doesn't make it ok that Verizon and AT&T keep over charging. They know they can and there's nothing stopping them unfortunately.
Subsidised phone carriers are not allowed anywhere in the EU. Even though taxes might be lower in the US it still doesn't explain why you are paying as much. I'm having 12 GB data, 12 hours of speak and 4G LTE for 10$ a month here in Denmark.
Prices are ridiculous in the US, but we have little voices when people continue paying them.
Can you travel from London to Gibraltar to Istanbul to Siberia without paying any roaming charges? Americans would not put up with the sort of geography restrictions that you put up with, no matter how much money you save. We like to travel around more.
Do more of European taxes also go into funding the infrastructure? I'd love to see a complete real cost comparison of the cost of US service vs service in European countries. I've just never seen a breakdown that includes costs that are paid through other avenues like government investment, taxes, and fees. I'm pretty sure we're still getting screwed over here, but I just want to finally know if it's by THIS MUCH or *this much* after you factor everything in.
I don't know anything about how the infrastructure is paid for with telecomm services whether it's in the US or anywhere else. Anyone who's more in the know care to bring me up to speed?
You must mean $5 USD/month. If you're paying $500 USD/month, you're getting ripped off even by U.S. standards.
In the U.S. carriers' defense (I never thought I would be defending a carrier, but here goes), the infrastructure needed in the U.S. is tremendous compared to that of the UK simply because of the amount of landmass the U.S. carriers need to cover.
Some of our carriers here (namely Sprint) have seemingly given up trying to cover the entire country with service and their prices reflect that. T-Mobile is still trying to expand their network but they still haven't caught up to the coverage that AT&T and Verizon currently have.
Verizon in particular covers the vast majority of this country with a cell signal and many people are willing to pay for that kind of "insurance" in case they're ever in the middle of nowhere and need to make a phone call. Verizon knows their network covers more of this country than any other carrier and they charge a premium for that service.
Although, I will say (as I said in a previous post) that charging a customer $5/month for unlimited 2G unless they have a 16 GB plan or higher is absolutely insane. I hope Verizon's customers throw a fit over that and cause them to reverse course. Charging for unlimited 3G service on Verizon would be a stretch; but charging for unlimited 2G is unconscionable because it's so damn slow.
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Didn't they jack the price up on this?? its the only reason i switched to one of the other plans...
Thank God, for T-Mobile unlimited data, text and talk for $40, Yes!
Most people live in larges cities at the coast. You don't need to put up a 300mbit cell tower with capacity for a million users in the middle of death vally.
If you think the rates in the US are bad then you need to travel to Canada. I was paying $325/month + $7/day roaming in the US for 2 lines and a total of 12gbs of data - what a JOKE! Now I'm on T-Mobile for $100/mo for 2 lines with data stash, binge on, and AMAZING covering in the Orlando and Toronto areas (4-5 bars all day). T Mobile is actually faster in Canada than in the US lol. So it's all relative. I would say that unless you need to travel in rural areas, being able to get the features above for $100 is actually a VERY good deal...
Looks like verizon does not want more customers. Beginning of the end for verizon. Talk about writing your own end!
Verizon is the worst company for cellular service , over priced and their customer service is so bad/arrogant.
ATT is going the same way if they are not to change and become more customer centric.
Verizon is the worst company for cellular service , over priced and their customer service is so bad/arrogant.
ATT is going the same way if they are not to change and become more customer centric.
I switched about 11 months ago and have missed Verizon on about two and only two occasions while I traveled a remote interstate stretch and Spotify dropped out. Otherwise, data has been blazing fast, signal reliable, and the perks like Binge On!, rollover data, monthly discount on my iPhone are awesome and somehow continually getting more awesome.
I just love how they are trying to match some of the products and pricing T-mo is offering but stop short of actually doing so, like the keep your data deal - for one extra month only. That's such a gimmick. Or the unlimited Canada/Mexico deal, but only for a day at a cost of $2, which seems like a sweet deal, expect that's about $60 a month in extra charges when compared to the $10 more such feature would cost on T-mobile for the whole month.
Meh, try again...
Meh, try again...
And where do you find this? I looked on their website and cannot find it at all. In fact, it was $40 for 3GB LTE Data.
Verizon makes the most profit and as a non stockholding customer, that is what is most important to me.
Couldn't agree more... I've been with T-mobile for about two years now. I am amazed how much they have improved during this time and the global coverage is key. For about $120 a month we have two iPhones with unlimited everything + free unlimited calls to 100's of foreign countries + global texting and web included + $0.20 a minute calls from overseas back home. That includes data service for iPad and free hot spot service. I actually drop fewer calls with T-mobile versus AT&T in just about any place I go to in the US, with the exception of rural areas.
I once landed in Hong Kong and received a free text welcoming me and letting me know that web and text are free. All within 10 seconds of touchdown. I looked up directions to the hotel right on the phone, made a call and texted back home. Seamless. No roaming. No activations. Same thing happened in other countries. That's the way it should be. We live in a global village after all.
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You've said it... it's ridiculous.
I tried that for a little over a year... they have crap coverage here in AZ, so I went back to AT&T.
I need reliable service over cheaper cost.