Where's the laugh button when you need one.No.
Free Market will correct itself.
The problem with that is that there really aren't any other companies to switch too. Basically they all charge the same amount.
Where's the laugh button when you need one.No.
Free Market will correct itself.
And pay basically the same price for the same coverage?Why, if you don't like how they operate then go to another provider.
It's 2017... how are they still coming up with new schemes for data plans?
This shouldn't be that difficult. Bits are bits. Let me use them.
Imagine if voice plans in the old days were done like this:
"You have 600 minutes a month... but only a portion of them can be used during mornings... and another portion can only be used for calls longer than 5 minutes... and another portion can only be used for ordering take-out food..."
Dang... now that I think about it... remember the "free calls after 9pm" nonsense?
I guess everything comes back around.
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We have a much wider area to cover, so we end up with monopolies and high costs.Meanwhile in the UK: Paying £18/m for unlimited calls, text and data, 30GB tethering.
I wouldn’t dare claim the American “Free market” is failing but...
Might be a separate issue. YouTube has been incredibly slow for me the past month regardless of what connection I use. Maybe Google's doing some maintenance.good.. I told them $20 was my max for an upcharge.
Since unlimited launched... I am lucky if I can view youtube at 480p without it being laggy
Hahaha unbelievable. I still won't go to any other carrier, Verizon is the best at the places I go.
1. First the growth of SMS (which was dirt cheap to support for Verizon) lead to people using less voice minutes. So Verizon couldn't make money off voice anymore. That's why they offered voice for essentially free.
2. So Verizon figured they could make money off SMS texting plans but than imessage and similar messaging apps destroyed the need for even SMS. So They had to essentially give away SMS and gave everyone unlimited SMS included with the plans.
3. So what does Verizon still have left? Data plans And they been trying to figure out since 2011 how to squeeze money money out of data plans. First getting rid of unlimited data. That worked for a while but when T-Mobile forced their hands and also the fact that LTE network was paid for several times over. They had to bring back unlimited (throttled data potentially after 22gb) earlier this year. Now they still trying to find way to make money.
I think we are being had. They are simply charging more for what we should have had in the first place.
So the unlimited plan wasn't unlimited, but now you can purchase an unlimited Unlimited plan?
No.
Free Market will correct itself.
That is how Verizon operates. They nickle and dime for everything.
The death of net neutrality at its best.
Take away how you choose to your use data, then add it in later for a “small” fee. Brilliant.
I thought Verizon was better than ATT ?
All carriers have limitations. Consumers just have to pick the crap they don't mind sniffing.
What consumers expect today is getting a bit ridiculous. This stuff costs money. Yes, Verizon may be playing the numbers game, but at the end of the day, they need to make money to pay for the increased demands on the networks.
Faster charge time or extended battery life for $10 more a month? Like the Tesla car range?
It's like charging for oxygen. What next? Faster charge time or extended battery life for $10 more a month? Like the Tesla car range?
No. Free market is why this is happening.No.
Free Market will correct itself.
Or was this the plan all along?