FCC vs Verizon Unlimited Data

[anonymous9538]

I've noticed all the loop holes are drying up. My last upgrade I was informed that if you use your upgrade on the unlimited line to transfer to non-unlimited line then transfer it will automatically create a loss of unlimited data and you are required to pay full price or other means (private sale). I live in a rural location with strong 4G LTE 20-40mbps down 10-12 up. No upgraded phone systems to DSL is out of the question and Cable is no where near. Only option is my unlimited data and Hughes net. Well Hughes net has a latency of 1.2 seconds!!! Now to my question and in regards of FCC ruling. If I take my unlimited data sim and buy a Verizon Novatel 4G sim router with voice and use it without making any changes to my plan, will I forfeit my unlimited data? I've been a customer since 2001.... Never late on payment... I'm tired of the BS! I've paid my years of service and deserve unlimited for life.

[mama23dogs]

Just to put some perspective on the idea of moving a SIM card to another device.  I have 2 phones that use the same size SIM card.  I switched my usual sim to the smaller phone.  Within 24 hours, in my account information, my number was showing on the GS3 rather than my Note 3. 

THere are posts on this forum from customers who transferred their SIM card from a 'dumb' phone to a smartphone and a minimum data plan was added to their account.

I'm sure they are aware of your data use and tethering, but chose to turn a blind eye.

[anonymous9538]

What would be nice is if there were limitless abilities on each tower and no issue with congestion and bogged speeds. That way an unlimited ability could exist. Haven't the smaller companies looked into the old analog television frequencies for an output of wide spread data capabilities? I thought I came across that on howard forums a few weeks back?

[mama23dogs]

I'm not a Howard Forum junkie.  It is an interesting thought that might be discussed in off topic forums if you want to post a link to HF. 

I Feel for you.  I have a very connected home.  3 Roku, 4 computers, 4 smartphones, 5 tablets, Xbox, PS4.   If I didn't live in CT with Cox 100 Mbps tier service, I would not be able to run all that.  Admittedly spoiled. 

MY plans to. I've south in a few years will hinge on Internet and cell coverage.

[anonymous9538]

Mama23,

Isn't Verizon Fios in your area? I know that have a large chunk of customers on the east coast. I use to do Tier || tech support. The speeds they offered were unbelievable back when I worked for them. I'm pretty sure they stretch south. I know they are in Texas.

[mama23dogs]

Lol, there are many options in CT, including Fios, ATT Uverse,

Comcast, Cox. As mentioned earlier in the thread, all Internet has a

cap. I pay $60 for 300 GB. Fios doesn't offer a 300 GB plan, but if you

go over, I'm sure they will bill you 4 figures for 300 gbs.

I had Uverse, which became Frontier. Either name, same service, the

speed was insufficient for the number of devices.

I'm back with Cox. (Usually reliable, but tonight is on the fritz. )

[Snn5]

TWC doesn't have caps that I know of.  I looked and, if there are any I haven't hit it yet at just over 500GB this month. 

[Tidbits]

TWC does have a cap. It's a soft cap and it doesn't affect every region. The soft cap is 500GB.

[Snn5]

Explain soft vs hard cap in the cable internet world.

[Tidbits]

Hard cap is what AT&T and Verizon have.  You pay for X amount and then you pay for overages, or your internet gets cut off completely when you hit that limit.  A softcap is when you hit that amount and they slow down your connection.  Some regions for TWC customers they have a 500gb soft cap.  They get slowed down to 5mbps if they have a plan higher than 20mbps or higher.  If you are on a lower plan then you get slowed down before 1mbps.  Hawaii luckily isn't a region or else I would be SOL and I probably would have kept my unlimited Verizon data plan if there was.

[Snn5]

Still hitting the 20 I pay for.

[Tidbits]

Then you are not in a region where TWC has a cap I get the 300/20 I paid for at a cheaper rate than I had before. Lucky me

[Snn5]

Well, if someone didn't play WoW so much.  (not me I assure you)

[Tidbits]

I am done with MMOs personally. I played EQ when it was first released until about 3 years ago. I tried WoW but never got into it.

[Khines5705]

Tidbits, what is EQ please?

[Tidbits]

Everquest

[Khines5705]

Oh, thank you.

[Tidbits]

Wasted many years playing that game. My old Captainused to play too.

[bizzareone]

I use to play MMO's a long time ago. My favorite was Asheron's Call. ( no better PvP system has been made since)

I played WOW for a few years and that was when Comcast sent a letter that said either I needed to change to a business internet plan (over $200 just for the internet) or slow down the useage.

I think Comcast has a 200 or 250 soft cap back then (2006)

[mama23dogs]

Hard caps earn you an overage charge.  Soft caps you might get a notice if you exceed the cap substantially on a regular basis.   We got a letter from Cox after we got hooked on streaming with Roku

[Tidbits]

anonymous9538 wrote:

What would be nice is if there were limitless abilities on each tower and no issue with congestion and bogged speeds. That way an unlimited ability could exist. Haven't the smaller companies looked into the old analog television frequencies for an output of wide spread data capabilities? I thought I came across that on howard forums a few weeks back?

This still needs to go through the FCC and and also at the state level are owned by different companies.  There's a lot of headwork that needs to be done and takes years to accomplish.  Look at T-Mobile for example for Band 12.  They have been trying to acquire band 12 since 2007(when rumors first started appearing).  As we speak they are still trying more publicly and have 1/100 of the plan they want to get to, and if it wasn't for the Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobile deal T-Mobile would be still trying.  By the time they finish it's estimated by 2020.  Now imagine the 600 spectrum getting ready to come to auction.

[kaebfly]

You have options but if switching service is what you want to do then that's your right. Hopefully whatever carrier you switch to offers equal or better coverage and you're able to get the kind of usage you're used to.