[Updated] Verizon To Officially Reveal Tiered Data Plans July 7th; Plans Leaked Below

[paulhusker]

Well so much for Verizon being tops in my book. These damn cell companies need some regulation . As it stands right now these crooks can do whatever they want and the only ones getting screwed are the end user. I have been dealing with years of terrible cell service and had to live with it . There is nothing telling these crooks that they need to provide a quality product at a fair price now they are going to start charging that much . Guess the convenience of cell phones is going to fall by the wayside when people start gettin rid of them and going back to landlines. I figure I will be paying over a hundred a month going off of my usage rt now just for data . This will bring my monthly bill to almost 400 . GOODBYE VERIZON!!! F***in thieves

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If you have unlimited data now, you can keep it post 7/7

 

[jseah]

Well so much for Verizon being tops in my book. These damn cell companies need some regulation . As it stands right now these crooks can do whatever they want and the only ones getting screwed are the end user. I have been dealing with years of terrible cell service and had to live with it . There is nothing telling these crooks that they need to provide a quality product at a fair price now they are going to start charging that much . Guess the convenience of cell phones is going to fall by the wayside when people start gettin rid of them and going back to landlines. I figure I will be paying over a hundred a month going off of my usage rt now just for data . This will bring my monthly bill to almost 400 . GOODBYE VERIZON!!! F***in thieves

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If you have unlimited data now, you can keep it post 7/7

But then he would have nothing to gripe about.

 

[sb1831]

Well so much for Verizon being tops in my book. These damn cell companies need some regulation . As it stands right now these crooks can do whatever they want and the only ones getting screwed are the end user. I have been dealing with years of terrible cell service and had to live with it . There is nothing telling these crooks that they need to provide a quality product at a fair price now they are going to start charging that much . Guess the convenience of cell phones is going to fall by the wayside when people start gettin rid of them and going back to landlines. I figure I will be paying over a hundred a month going off of my usage rt now just for data . This will bring my monthly bill to almost 400 . GOODBYE VERIZON!!! F***in thieves

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If you have unlimited data now, you can keep it post 7/7

This is why threads like this should be deleted once updates come out, that or updated in the first post. People read the first post, get angry, reply, and then realize it was all for nothing.

 

[bplewis24]

Well so much for Verizon being tops in my book. These damn cell companies need some regulation . As it stands right now these crooks can do whatever they want and the only ones getting screwed are the end user. I have been dealing with years of terrible cell service and had to live with it . There is nothing telling these crooks that they need to provide a quality product at a fair price now they are going to start charging that much . Guess the convenience of cell phones is going to fall by the wayside when people start gettin rid of them and going back to landlines. I figure I will be paying over a hundred a month going off of my usage rt now just for data . This will bring my monthly bill to almost 400 . GOODBYE VERIZON!!! F***in thieves

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If you have unlimited data now, you can keep it post 7/7

This is why threads like this should be deleted once updates come out, that or updated in the first post. People read the first post, get angry, reply, and then realize it was all for nothing.

Not only that, but once a day somebody asks if they will get grandfathered in if they currently have an unlimited data smartphone plan. :icon_evil:

 

[josselinsdaddy2011]

I spoke to a verizon rep and even the grandfathered customers won't have unlimited data a few months down the road from now

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[NeoandGeo]

Sounds like a good way to break a lot of peoples contracts. I welcome permanent grandfathering or the termination of my contract.

 

[czerdrill]

I spoke to a verizon rep and even the grandfathered customers won't have unlimited data a few months down the road from now

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Meh. No one knows except Verizon, but yes grandfathering is not some god given right. If verizon wants to take it away, they can and at that point you can opt out of your contract.

 

[josselinsdaddy2011]

I also heard some verizon fee went up so that can get ya out of a contract as well. Anyone else hear that?

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[czerdrill]

I also heard some verizon fee went up so that can get ya out of a contract as well. Anyone else hear that?

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the regulatory fee thing, yah i heard about it. don't know how valid it is though

 

[ldopa]

34 pages of this? I'm gonna wait for an official announcement before freaking out. I hear so many different things. I called VZW and they told me I will not lose my unlimited data and to just relax. I mean who the frick knows?

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[czerdrill]

34 pages of this? I'm gonna wait for an official announcement before freaking out. I hear so many different things. I called VZW and they told me I will not lose my unlimited data and to just relax. I mean who the frick knows?

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verizon does, everyone else is just speculating.

 

[ldopa]

Well that's what I mean. All These posts are futile attempts to state something that isn't known for sure. One vz rep says one thing to one person, something else to another.

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[chiman2]

After reading the thing about getting out of your contract with Verizon because of the change in regulatory fee, could we use that to our advantage.

Could I do this:

1. Buy a subsidized 4G phone before July 1st so that my contract has the old regulatory fee.
2. I have 60 days from July 1st to cancel my contract without an ETF.
3. I end my two year contract but keep my service with Verizon.
4. Then I can by a Droid Bionic with subsidized pricing whenever it comes out and renew my 2 year contract.

I see one problem with this, will i be allowed to keep the original phone or how would that work?

 

[SquireSCA]

After reading the thing about getting out of your contract with Verizon because of the change in regulatory fee, could we use that to our advantage.

Could I do this:

1. Buy a subsidized 4G phone before July 1st so that my contract has the old regulatory fee.
2. I have 60 days from July 1st to cancel my contract without an ETF.
3. I end my two year contract but keep my service with Verizon.
4. Then I can by a Droid Bionic with subsidized pricing whenever it comes out and renew my 2 year contract.

I see one problem with this, will i be allowed to keep the original phone or how would that work?

You trying to work the system to get a cheap expensive phone is part of the reason why we have such crappy contracts to contend with, to keep people from doing the sorts of things that you are talking about doing.

If you want a Bionic, just wait for it to come out, go get the contract price and call it a day.

I plan to start paying full price for my phones so that I never have to deal with contracts again. If they irritate me, I can sell the phone on eBay and go to another carrier with no hassles.

Personally, I think it should be this way across the board. Contracts are justified to help lower the initial cost of the phone, by gauranteeing that you will pay it all back, and more, in the long run.

Contracts also create an environment where providors or vendors can be lazy and deliver sub-par service and not be held accountable for it.

Tell me, would you go to a fine restaurant and buy a $40 steak, and if it tasted like crap, you would be forced to pay for it, plus pay another $40 on top of that because you were displeased with it?

So now your lousy steak that was improperly prepared, cost you twice as much for you to put down your fork and walk away and go to another restarant down the street?

No, none of us would do that, but we do it with cell phones. We lock ourselves into a contract, and if they screw us or let us down, THEY charge US more money because we don't like their service.

It's insane. If you enter into the contract in good faith, but lets say you just want to go elsewhere, or think you got a better deal with another carrier, then sure, they paid the subsidy and you should pay a fee to leave.

But if your phone was junk(Thunderbolt) or you had service issues, dropped calls, etc... I don't understand why it is even legal for them to make you pay to leave. if they cannot deliver on what they promised, why should I have to pay to leave?

Shame on them. Contracts however, let them get away with poor service because they know that 90% of the people will put up with it because they don't want to pay an ETF.

 

[jkhonea]

I've gotta agree with Squires. I'm looking heavily at purchasing my phones outright from now on as much as possible as well. Sell the old ones to defray some of the cost. In many cases, you'll be surprised how close to the contract price of a new phone you can get when you sell your old to defray the full cost of new. This won't always work, but it's better than getting hung up in contract periods.