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Then if I have to buy the phone at full price, i should get a discount on my monthly service.. The original idea of the 2 year contracts was so the carriers would not loose money on the equipment.
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Which is why I also wrote a letter to my congressman because if thats the case, then obviously the FTC and the FCC dropped the ball on watching these companies.
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Just a straight comparison with what I got now, I still would be paying $7 more a month compared to what i have now, and that was only 1gb of data. Thats a 11% increase over my current plan that gives me 450min/unlimited mobile/data/text messaging. So no its not a good plan
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People you just dont get it!!! Stop looking three minutes in front of you and look maybe a year or even 5 yrs down the pip line.. The smartphone industry is moving to data plan and simple all the ones that say it isnt for everyone yes it is...Why you think they done away with the unlimited data plans? Because thats where its moving to...apps that allow you to drop your mms/sms plans: whatsapp.voxer etc...you get the point? I hope so because phone calls are next..so all the people that didnt stick with the unlimited plans will be paying dearly
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It'll be gone before then and no carrier will have it. No carriers around the world has unlimited data except the US for the past 5 years are so. I have already said more than a handful of times. Minutes and text will be gone. Everything is going to be bundled into data and you will just pay for data. When that happens there will be a shift in pricing than what it currently is as they don't have to maintain multiple networks. Just 1.
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1854l wrote:
I agree completely about the fee, basic vs smartphone. The difference is data and thats a separate fee so why is a smartphone $40.? I'm gonna guess it's because smartphones are more common, so more money for verizon!
That's it in a nutshell. Why have "access fees" at all? If the plan gives me unlimited text and talk along with a data bucket for say $50/mo, then what exactly are these $10-$40 access fees buying me? Nothing at all Just profit for Lowell McAdam's pocket.
Personally, if it were up to me, and I were on the FCC, I'd reclassify all electronic communications as "mail", and thereby nationalizing the wireless telecommunication industry as the Constitution mandates the federal provisioning of a Post Office, and regulating them as title II communications carriers and mandating national pricing standards by tariff.
Privatization of the wireless industry has been the total chaos of pricing, domains of service, redundant, inefficient and incompatible protectionist networking standards and dog-eat-dog competition and consumption (cf. Sprint/softbank and Tmobile/MetroPCS acquisition deals) that any capitalist enterprise is. I say socialize, nationalize collectivize and regulate it ALL.
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Reclassifying it as mail would be a BAD thing. You have no idea on the dynamics. I would say welcome to the philippines if you think what you are proposing will help.
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No one is making you hold on to your phones. You can upgrade your phones and stay on your current plan. If you upgrade with discounted pricing in exchange for signing a new 2yr contract, you do not have to migrate your plan to the Share Everything plan. You would lose your unlimited data if you upgraded the phone with unlimited data, but you could change to a tiered data plan which start at $30 for 2GB/month.
As to the phone with the double data deal of 4GB, I am unsure if you would be able to keep that, or have to switch to one of the regular tiers.
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You do not lose double-data when upgrading
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diamps 52, While I agree the device charge is bull and is the biggest reason we don't switch to Share Everything, I do suggest you try not to pass off others ideas as your own.