[Updated] Verizon Plans To Eliminate 'Grandfathered' 3G Unlimited Data Plans

[SquireSCA]

Says the guy in ATL with 4G and high speed internet! Heckl you probably could use any call carrier you want. LOL wow that must be something. The ONLY provider here is VZ. If I want a cell phone it HAS TO BE Verizon. Your phone won't ring with AT&T or Sprint here.

My work depends on the Internet. Comcast swore up and down they had service here before I moved out here. They don't.

I signed a contract with VZ for "unlimited" data. They are now changing that arrangement. Their current plans are not fair! Nothing infuriates me more than going over my 5 GB limit on my WiFi card while my wife's phone has 1 Gb of usage. (Even if she had a limited 5GB a month plan the data is not shared between devices) it is simply NOT FAIR no matter how you look at it.

I do not paying for my usage but give me a fair deal!

The bottom line is that they sold you unlimited, and you have gotten unlimited. That was the contract you signed. They honored it, right?

Once that contract expires, they owe you nothing. They do not have to resign a contract with the same terms. You signed for two years of Unlimited. Maybe they let you resign once or ten times after that. But at any time, they do not have to resign that contract. And it doesn't matter how long they gave it to you. When it ends, it ends. That's it.

And they are not cheating you for ending it. Now, if during your 2 year contract they changed their tune, that's different.

Nobody owes you to renew a contract indefinitely. If they choose not to, that is their right.

 

[huskur]

If its all going to be tiered then the only answer is "bucket" data. All devices being able to use data from the "bucket" and what is left over gets rolled over. Your paying for "X" amount of data. It should be yours even if its the next month when you use it. The way the tiered data is now is you "use it or you lose it".

Some months I use 2GB and some months 3.5GB. So on the months I use 2 I should get the other 2 carried over in case I use 4.5 or 5

 

[94lt1]

I would suggest that.. but it never works because they never transfer the mins.

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[huskur]

The bottom line is that they sold you unlimited, and you have gotten unlimited. That was the contract you signed. They honored it, right?

Once that contract expires, they owe you nothing. They do not have to resign a contract with the same terms. You signed for two years of Unlimited. Maybe they let you resign once or ten times after that. But at any time, they do not have to resign that contract. And it doesn't matter how long they gave it to you. When it ends, it ends. That's it.

And they are not cheating you for ending it. Now, if during your 2 year contract they changed their tune, that's different.

Nobody owes you to renew a contract indefinitely. If they choose not to, that is their right.

It has always been policy though that once your contract ends and you are "month to month" that your monthly contract now stays what it was before until you make a change. What VZW is ultimately planning to do is still up in the air. They are going to have a bunch of "dislikers/haters". Me being one of them. It's not because I use tons of data because I don't. I just don't like the fact that I have to be continually monitoring how much I use and be afraid to let my kid watch Netflix or use NFL mobile in fear I will have some kind of astronomical bill. Especially when they (vzw) are the ones pushing the speed of their LTE and the data hogging apps.

I know I may be unique but I may have to just leave the smartphone world and get a basic phone and a small tablet. Open wifi is everywhere I go so the tablet would be fine for me. I don't use the wifi on my phone because the 4G is faster and I prefer it and its not fair for me to pay data and be worried about connecting to someones wifi all the time when near one.

 

[SquireSCA]

That will be awesome and fair.

But I will pay full price for my phone and keep the unlimited plan.

No you won't, and if you go in with that expectation, just be ready to be furious in a year when they change that and you get dinged. You will not be able to keep Unlimited data much longer, no matter what you say, and no matter what you do. It's going away.

For good.

Guaranteed.

Accept it.

 

[SquireSCA]

It has always been policy though that once your contract ends and you are "month to month" that your monthly contract now stays what it was before until you make a change. What VZW is ultimately planning to do is still up in the air. They are going to have a bunch of "dislikers/haters". Me being one of them. It's not because I use tons of data because I don't. I just don't like the fact that I have to be continually monitoring how much I use and be afraid to let my kid watch Netflix or use NFL mobile in fear I will have some kind of astronomical bill. Especially when they (vzw) are the ones pushing the speed of their LTE and the data hogging apps.

I know I may be unique but I may have to just leave the smartphone world and get a basic phone and a small tablet. Open wifi is everywhere I go so the tablet would be fine for me. I don't use the wifi on my phone because the 4G is faster and I prefer it and its not fair for me to pay data and be worried about connecting to someones wifi all the time when near one.

Policy can change at any time, for any reason. It is not legally binding. They have no moral or legal obligation to continue a given policy, just because they have in the past. All they have done is create a situation where you got used to it and so you just feel entitled to it and expect them to keep giving it to you. Btu they have no moral or legal obligation to do so.

 

[nikecar]

This is an interesting point IMO, I wonder if VZW would be smart enough to increase the Data bucket sizes when they go to family plans and then possibly in the future offer an unlimited 4G $40 a month plan for those who need it!

yeah right.



I think Verizon needs to implement ROLLOVER DATA!!! If you sign up for 2GB and you don't use 2GB, then that data rolls over the next month and so on. That be sweet. I think that would get people to change habits because everyone is thinking to build up that data, thus trying to use more wifi, or curtail your overall data usage initially, which in turn becomes a habit.

 

[droid.user]

I have unlimited and have no plans to drop off of it
I dont know how anyone can sty under a 2gb limit.
With 4g and the amount of apps that are preinstalled on your phone. Verizon advertises, streaming music, video, app updates. I use my phone as advertised and i dont tether
Just as i dont tether and use my cell data for home use, i dont use my wifi and use my home internet for phone use
How do they expect one to stay under a 2gb limit.
oh thats right.....they dont lol
and they dont lie about it, go over your limit and get charged

 

[SquireSCA]

I have unlimited and have no plans to drop off of it
I dont know how anyone can sty under a 2gb limit.
With 4g and the amount of apps that are preinstalled on your phone. Verizon advertises, streaming music, video, app updates. I use my phone as advertised and i dont tether
Just as i dont tether and use my cell data for home use, i dont use my wifi and use my home internet for phone use
How do they expect one to stay under a 2gb limit.
oh thats right.....they dont lol
and they dont lie about it, go over your limit and get charged

But most people don't go over 2GB. Checking email, sending FB updates, etc... Normal stuff doesn't go over.

 

[goaliemn]

How do they expect one to stay under a 2gb limit.
oh thats right.....they dont lol
and they dont lie about it, go over your limit and get charged

I rarely go over 1 GB. I use it for email and Facebook. I use slacker and their cached music option for my music instead of streaming Pandora. It's very possible.


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[SquireSCA]

I rarely go over 1 GB. I use it for email and Facebook. I use slacker and their cached music option for my music instead of streaming Pandora. It's very possible.


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I average about 1.5gb a month on my 4GB plan, and that is mostly because I use Netflix when I am at the gym doing cardio. When I want to download a large file or a ROM, I do it at home over Wifi.

I am half convinced that the people making the most noise about this, are the people who have been bragging for years about how much data they use up and bragging about their grandfathered unlimited plans. They are doing things that nobody at VZW ever intended, but because they got away with it for a few years they now think that VZW owes it to them. And because their habits catered to this, these people now think that they "need" it.

You don't. You survived for years, decades in many cases, without having access to Facebook or Pandora 24/7/365 from a handheld unit.

 

[Natey2]

No discussion on pricing for cellphone data would be complete without the (modified) "Natey2 Pricing Model/Formula for Smartphone Data" v1.2, which I recommend Carriers to adopt immediately:

F = K * GB^2 + C

F is the monthly fee to be charged by the Carrier.
K is the connection speed coefficient, e.g. with 3G being 1.0, and 4G being 1.5
GB is the amount of data transferred by user.
C is the fixed/base amount the Carriers want to make monthly regardless, e.g. $30

So, someone using 2GB on 3G will pay 1 x 2 x 2 + $30 , or $34 for that month.

On 4G, that would cost 1.5 x 2 x 2 + $30 , or $36 for the month.

Someone using 5GB?
On 3G, it would cost $55.00
On 4G, it would cost $67.50

And that guy using 20GB on 3G will pay $430 for the month.

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[bens42608]

I have unlimited and have no plans to drop off of it
I dont know how anyone can sty under a 2gb limit.
With 4g and the amount of apps that are preinstalled on your phone. Verizon advertises, streaming music, video, app updates. I use my phone as advertised and i dont tether
Just as i dont tether and use my cell data for home use, i dont use my wifi and use my home internet for phone use
How do they expect one to stay under a 2gb limit.
oh thats right.....they dont lol
and they dont lie about it, go over your limit and get charged

You are the correct one.not those other people.what you said is entirely true

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[bens42608]

You are the correct one.not those other people.especially not squireSca.what you said is entirely true

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[SquireSCA]

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But they don't expect you to stay under 2GB. Or 25GB. Or 10mb for that matter.

You pick the tier based on how much data you consume on average, and that's that.