[Q] Whats your opinion on free wifi tethering? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Are we being unreasonable or are the carriers just trying to make an extra buck?
Is AT&T really running out of spectrum or a myth?
curious what you all think. let us know

Well free is better because its free
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right but do you guys think its wrong to get it for free?

I'm paying for the data. Should be mine to do as I please (within legal restraints obviously). I hate the misdirection about unlimited too. Unlimited as long you stay within a certain limit isn't unlimited. Should be black or white. Not grey with tons of fine print.

luckily ive been with tmobile for a looong time and i still have the true unlimited plan.

I use AT&T and I wifi tether on a Vibrant. I feel that wifi tethering is fine because we're paying for data anyway. Not our faults they invented something smarter than what they can control. It was those phone brands that decided to put that function into the phones. Whatever our phones come with should be made available for us to use. It's like what's the point of a front facing camera (besides camwhoring) if you cant Skype with it.

matlt said:
I'm paying for the data. Should be mine to do as I please (within legal restraints obviously). I hate the misdirection about unlimited too. Unlimited as long you stay within a certain limit isn't unlimited. Should be black or white. Not grey with tons of fine print.
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Ya I have unlimeted messages but it doesn't. Stop me at 3000 and I also have unlimited data it is unlimited but it slows down past 5gigs so that's where they get the right to do that not worth paying for "unlimeted" if it will slow down at 5gigs.
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Slow down is better than complete cut off
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5GB isnt too bad i guess but still. It should be limited for those tht pay for it.
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Slow down is better than complete cut off
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Not when it takes more than 40 seconds to refresh my Twitter Timeline.

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Post Your Data Usage

So now that we're gonna get the $#!+ end of the stick I think it would be nice to throw up our awesome data usage stats for fun.
So lets see what you got . Here's mine
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For those that really blame the end user click this
http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/11/11/18/att-verizon-and-other-telecom-tax-dodgers
This is what I know. Verizon pays no taxes and got back $760 million in refunds last year. I'm sure with the money they make they can use the free $760 million to maintain their network for us O.G. customers.
God bless America.
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How do I get rid of that stupid goddamn Data warning icon?
Ragnell said:
How do I get rid of that stupid goddamn Data warning icon?
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Raise the limit
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Ragnell said:
How do I get rid of that stupid goddamn Data warning icon?
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Make your warning like 15gb. Lol
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I hit 40 last month can't post because my Verizon app isn't working
Edit now it's working I guess since I haven't been crack flashing I cut it in half
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If 4g wasn't so fast I would download my roms over Wi-Fi... Why advertise how fast it is but yank your wallet if you actually use it
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So far I'm at 35Gigs.
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So far I'm at 35Gigs.
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Cool story bro
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Damn now I see why Verizon's trying so hard to get rid of unlimited data
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Damn now I see why Verizon's trying so hard to get rid of unlimited data
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Agreed. I just hope if they pull our unlimited, they give us much higher caps on the new plans. 10GB's would seem reasonable to me.
I don't get how people get mad at us using unlimited data. I stream music from google music and watch netflix. Wth am I supposed to use my high speed lte for to you guys?
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You guys are some heavy users. I've never even made it to 2gb and I use mine everyday to stream pandora and tether
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You guys are the reason we're loosing our unlimited data. Thanks.
This is mines here
Warning that the phone gives you or Verizon app.
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2 GB usage per month on Symbian Smartphone.
People who complain go somewhere else and do it not here. If you don't have unlimited data its not the rest or our faults. I pay for it so I will use it how I wish to. So don't make smug comments. Its not us its Verizon greed.
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brisdaddy1207 said:
People who complain go somewhere else and do it not here. If you don't have unlimited data its not the rest or our faults. I pay for it so I will use it how I wish to. So don't make smug comments. Its not us its Verizon greed.
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IM with him on this one
Sleek69 said:
You guys are the reason we're loosing our unlimited data. Thanks.
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Ummm..I have a plan. It has unlimited data. I use it as I wish. Same with texts. If I pay for unlimited then I get unlimited. Since you want to play the Blame game...lets play.
People who use less than 2 gb are the reason we're getting our unlimited data taken away. They show Verizon that only 2gb is needed.
See how dumb I sound?
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Just saying though, like 35 gigs is enough data for at least 150 average users. I mean seriously how do you get that much. I have 4gbs limit and I try to use it as much to get the worth but I can't even get to like 2
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Stop Verizon from killing unlimited data plans for existing subscribers

Head's-Up on another petition (Stop Verizon from killing unlimited data plans for existing subscribers). I really hope this one pan's out better then the boot loader petition.
6,476 Signatures so far so let's rock the petition Sign On Dude's...
http://www.change.org/petitions/sto...unlimited-data-plans-for-existing-subscribers
Signed it.
Do any other carriers get this many petitions thrown at them? lol
jsgraphicart said:
Do any other carriers get this many petitions thrown at them? lol
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Doubt it
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Guys, it doesn't matter how many signatures this gets. They are making less money than they used to off of unlimited data contracts. This is going to happen.
@theredvendetta is right. I would love to think these petitions would do wonders for us, but our track record with them isn't what I call spectacular. The best way to deal with this is hit them where it hurts the most-their wallet.
If you are not voting with your feet and won't move to a different carrier, then you have no hope and Verizon knows it, so you are wasting your time. Verizon gets thousands of complaints every day about cost, signal, speed, plans customer services. I don't see Verizon improving any of that, its only gets worse, more expensive, etc. So save your signatures and use your wallet to vote Verizon out.
Just don't upgrade, to a 4G phone. Once you upgrade to 4G,then unlimited data plans are gone!
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Just don't upgrade, to a 4G phone. Once you upgrade to 4G,then unlimited data plans are gone!
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Not totally true. I was told if a moved to the Nexus sometime this week, Ill keep unlimited until the big plug is pulled.
You think they'll just suddenly get rid of unlimited for 3g customers wanting to upgrade to 4g?
I've been watching all the major android news sites to hear of any news on the subject from Verizon.
I want to go from my X2 to a SGIII but would rather not preorder. No guarantees.
In order to circumvent all of this, I want to do the following:
I may get a Nexus through Costco soon to lock into 4g unlimited. Then, once the SIII comes out at the same time the new shared data plans will like debut, I'd use Costco's 90-day warranty to return the Nexus and get a SIII with the intent to keep unlimited 4g.
In anyone's user experience, do you have to sign a new contract when upgrading your device? Can I just keep the Nexus plan?
Sooo I pretty much wrote this to see if you guys see any flaws in my master plan.
Almost 2000 more Signatures since my orignal post not to shabby. We need to get the word out. I known some people think this won't make a diffierance and maybe they're right. Showing are dissatisfaction will at least slow these greedy icehole's down.
My thought's on this is you want to renege on your grandfather promise raise data price's fine but don't force me to pay for it. How many people are using wi-fi because there 3g,4g is to slow or hardly working and paying a premium price for a service they don't use. Give your customers a choice. I do not have problem saving a dollar a day and using wi-fi.
But That's Just My Opinion. I Could Be Wrong..
ImgBurn said:
Almost 2000 more Signatures since my orignal post not to shabby. We need to get the word out. I known some people think this won't make a diffierance and maybe they're right. Showing are dissatisfaction will at least slow these greedy icehole's down.
My thought's on this is you want to renege on your grandfather promise raise data price's fine but don't force me to pay for it. How many people are using wi-fi because there 3g,4g is to slow or hardly working and paying a premium price for a service they don't use. Give your customers a choice. I do not have problem saving a dollar a day and using wi-fi.
But That's Just My Opinion. I Could Be Wrong..
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Have you received "feedback" of any form from anyone at Motorola?
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thelowend said:
Have you received "feedback" of any form from anyone at Motorola?
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Odds are nope. They don't care. They'd rather just continue to screw us.
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Petitions only help for local government issues. Not multimillion dollar communications company the sooner people realize this the better. Money makes them run a petition doesn't stop their money flow so it won't work.
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Maximinus I said:
the sooner people realize this the better.
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How does it make it better?
So they use there energy in more productive ways. It's all good though everyone can do what they feel is right. But what would get Verizon's attention would be 3k people not renewing their contacts. With the reason being the death of unlimited data. Not 3k signatures from people who are still going to begrudgingly pay them.
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Maximinus I said:
So they use there energy in more productive ways. It's all good though everyone can do what they feel is right. But what would get Verizon's attention would be 3k people not renewing their contacts. With the reason being the death of unlimited data. Not 3k signatures from people who are still going to begrudgingly pay them.
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This!
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Sprint still has unlimited... DOT DOT DOT
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Verizon can change anything they want, anytime they want to. Look at your service agreement, everything is subject to change.
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Sprint still has unlimited... DOT DOT DOT
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True statement - they don't seem like they aim to change that right now. I'd go to them as I've heard they're rates aren't bad. Is it true that they don't actually have 4G towers?
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Bye......

I will be leaving the photon community since I am getting the Iphone 5 on friday. (please dont post if your going to be an android fanboy)
I am only switching because I'm getting it for 40 bucks!
this is how:
1. I bought my phone before sep 9 2011 so the termination fee is less (110)
2.The Iphone is 200
3. thats 310
4. I have buyback at best buy so they're giving me 210 for my phone
5. thats 100
6. you get a 10 dollar ift card if you preorder
7. 90
8. 2 25 dollar gift cards
9. 40 dollars!
Bye
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
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rino187 said:
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
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LMAO at this...
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bye
Don't feel too bad, I jumped ship to a blackberry style. Having never used blackberry before, gotta say I'm enjoying it. Probably temporary but I'm lovin the whole smarthphone in a flip phone thing. Oh yeah, iphone sucks
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Cya. Have fun with the more expensive iphone 4s.
I got it for 40 dollars
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rajat12345 said:
I got it for 40 dollars
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If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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Rofl
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Hello,
Thanks to being able to bill to my account, I ordered a 64gb iPhone 5 today. I am honestly not sure if I am going to end up keeping it as I have been using Androids since 2.1 (Eclair) and I really like the platform. However, I am frustrated that Sprint frakked the Photon 4G replacement and I am not fond of Samsung (too plasticky) and to a lesser extent HTC.
I was honestly praying that Sprint would get some sort of version of the RAZR. The Intel Atom powered RAZR looks amazing, but has only been announced for Europe and I think Asia.
Being with Sprint since 1999, I really am conflicted about the iPhone in general. Thanks to Sprint having to pony up Billions of Dollars just to offer the bloody thing. they have done away with the Premier Gold Program replete with 12 Month Upgrades, the ability to bill equipment to your account at any corporate owned Sprint Store, and far less understanding Account Services actions.
That being said., it will be nice to have tons of options for Accessories where with the Photon there are hardly any. Still, I am hoping a flagship Android Phone is announced by Sprint in the next month.
Cheers,
JJ
It was.
It was confirmed that any carrier that had the GS3 was getting the noteII
Have fun with your CrapS6
Ill be rolling on my lovely note <3
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retailguy said:
If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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Lmao
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My wife just got the iphone 5 and it's pretty impressive. I don't understand why people here sound so indignant that a photon user would be jumping ship. There is a market for the iphone obviously. I find it a foolish exercise to try and compare phones and platforms. At the end of the day they do the same most of functions. At the end of the day
Choice of device is a personal one. If on the day I told myself I now longer care to think about my tech I might move to a different platform as well. People have reasons for moving to ios, and are better for it in many cases.
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Haha! Nothing is impressive about any iPhone. Sheeples and their iPhones are funny!
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Cool story bro! You mad? :beer::beer:
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na7q said:
Haha! Nothing is impressive about any iPhone. Sheeples and their iPhones are funny!
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Comedy
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Is there no one saddened by the news of an Iphone convert simply because he was able to pay about what the phone is actually worth, $40?
Wouldn't you jump ship if you could get a Cryphone at a cheap price?
I'm sure there's plenty of people in 3rd world countries that would love to have this phone rather than something like food or shelter. How else
are they going to shoo the flys away?
Did he leave yet? Do we care?
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westcal98 said:
Is there no one saddened by the news of an Iphone convert simply because he was able to pay about what the phone is actually worth, $40?
Wouldn't you jump ship if you could get a Cryphone at a cheap price?
I'm sure there's plenty of people in 3rd world countries that would love to have this phone rather than something like food or shelter. How else
are they going to shoo the flys away?
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More comedy
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Unlimited data

Just wondering for those with unlimited data plans what the average usage is.
When I got my note 2 I added a ghost line so I could upgrade and keep unlimited on my original line. The tech told me my average use was a little over 2gb a month.
This month with rooting, unlocking, watching how to videos and downloading 3 ROMs I have used over 12gb and I'm freaking out.
One guy on Rootzwiki says he burns through 80+GB a month. To me that is an insane amount.
What's your average?
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4-6gb.
Hate to be that guy but..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070556
Edit. 6 gigs here on average
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< 1 gig. Usually around 800-900MB's. I don't understand how people use so much data. Just about everywhere I go I use WiFi (home, school, work, GF's, friend's).
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< 1 gig. Usually around 800-900MB's. I don't understand how people use so much data. Just about everywhere I go I use WiFi (home, school, work, GF's, friend's).
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It isn't hard.
I guess if I was a kid and bound to home, school, work, and friends' houses, it would be different. As an adult, I find myself in many places where there is no wifi available.
Whoops.....I looked for a thread about data usage and didn't see it.
My apologies..... Especially if I posted in it! Brain farts.....aaaarrrrggghhhh
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I average about 6-8GBs on bad months. 4-6 on good months.
I'm at 29.15GB for this month
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Rolfsted said:
Just wondering for those with unlimited data plans what the average usage is.
When I got my note 2 I added a ghost line so I could upgrade and keep unlimited on my original line. The tech told me my average use was a little over 2gb a month.
This month with rooting, unlocking, watching how to videos and downloading 3 ROMs I have used over 12gb and I'm freaking out.
One guy on Rootzwiki says he burns through 80+GB a month. To me that is an insane amount.
What's your average?
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Yeah I push through about 17 to 20 GB a month. Thank God for the unlimited.
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With sprint I was going through about 20gb/mo but I was constantly downloading movies to watch since I don't have internet at home anymore but since I switched to verizon it's been maybe 1gb/mo
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With 2 lines we use about 140 a month. I don't have wifi every I go. We don't have house internet so we tether everything we need.
I tend to use around 2GB a month and the most I have used is 6GB in one month.
At work we have a 1Gbps connection and I have a 50mbps connection at home, so I always opt for WiFi.
According to Verizon I use an average of 14gb a month, my high was like 30 something. Alot of that is downloading and cracked flashing ROM lol.
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I average 9-12GB a month

Google edition rom

Does the Google edition ROM have the native tether hack? The dubbsy rom
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Wow bro
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Definitely maybe
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nate072107 said:
Does the Google edition ROM have the native tether hack? The dubbsy rom
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Wow bro
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Best forum conversation by far.
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Lol sorry didn't mean to start a separate thread
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I've honestly not had time to tether yet. I have hit 51gb of data though this month already with my uploads and downloads of ROMs tools and mods. :good:
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wow 51gb of data in a partial month? Dude that's obnoxious and ridiculous. That is the reason unlimited data went away for some people... ever think of using wifi once in awhile? I'm glad you feel proud of yourself enough to feel the need to brag about it.
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wow 51gb of data in a partial month? Dude that's obnoxious and ridiculous. That is the reason unlimited data went away for some people... ever think of using wifi once in awhile? I'm glad you feel proud of yourself enough to feel the need to brag about it.
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Lmao. That made my night.
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meh... i just needed to get that off my chest. I mean i stream music for about 1-2 hours a day and maybe :30 to 1:00 of YouTube a day and probably watch a couple movies a month with a few TV show eps and i don't usually go above 4gb monthly usage. That's just when I'm away from home. The rest of the time I'm on my home Wifi. People like that are trying to use that much data.
Eric214 said:
wow 51gb of data in a partial month? Dude that's obnoxious and ridiculous. That is the reason unlimited data went away for some people... ever think of using wifi once in awhile? I'm glad you feel proud of yourself enough to feel the need to brag about it.
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Wrong. Verizon's greed is the reason unlimited went away.
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Eric214 said:
wow 51gb of data in a partial month? Dude that's obnoxious and ridiculous. That is the reason unlimited data went away for some people... ever think of using wifi once in awhile? I'm glad you feel proud of yourself enough to feel the need to brag about it.
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Im proud that I can do work on my ROMs while away from my home's router. Push updates at any moment. Download things to test at will. And never have to worry about going over my limit.
Ever think that I do use Wi-Fi when I'm at home but have no access anywhere else? Ever think I don't use data like a normal user? Ever contemplate the fact that I didn't use any of that 51gb to stream anything?
Go cry to someone else about your inability to keep your unlimited data plan. Nothing you can say is going to make me feel bad.
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Wrong. Verizon's greed is the reason unlimited went away.
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This. Verizon's leadership would like to thank us all for their fat bonus checks since the change. Ditto for all the campaign contributions paid to certain politicians to keep the 2gb or less average user BS rolling. They used historic data HEAVILY biased with 2g and 2.5g data usage in those numbers. Though not counting recent or forecasted usage based on bigger apps, cloud, HD streaming data (that the carriers are pushing) and devices with no sd cards for storage (the DNA as example had no card for a reason).
Common sense is that 4g with low data caps is absolutely pointless and counter intuitive to the premise of usage. Just a few HD YouTube or less than two movies bust past a 2gb cap. They LOVE it when our kids bust past the caps "by accident" and we pay $10 more increments. Why do you think Verizon does not set up an allocation lock down option as standard, for account holders so they can prevent this from happening? Surely you do not think they think the warning texts we get are the best solution to avoid cap busts. Their bonus system depends on cap busting. Feel the burn! Yowsa!
Sorry, but I have corporate friends with VZW and that is where I get insight from. I am in business too, so understand their practice. From a cold business side, bravo, but as a consumer, it sucks real bad.
Added: Until consumers push pack, we shall remain perpetually screwed. Heck, even some broad band providers do relatively low caps. Good luck with them PS4 and especially Xbox One consoles with broadband data caps. Yikes.
I still have my unlimited data. You missed the point. It's lost on you
Verizon tries to exploit its consumers, and consumers likewise will exploit Verizon in a similar manner. If someone has unlimited data, they should use it completely (hell they should even tether their entire house). Exploiting a business is the job of the consumer and vice-versa. Telling someone they should use less data on their unlimited plan is stupidity. You would only be helping out Verizon; consumers should never help out a business, especially one that persistently tries to scam its customers.
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Verizon tries to exploit its consumers, and consumers likewise will exploit Verizon in a similar manner. If someone has unlimited data, they should use it completely (hell they should even tether their entire house). Exploiting a business is the job of the consumer and vice-versa. Telling someone they should use less data on their unlimited plan is stupidity. You would only be helping out Verizon; consumers should never help out a business, especially one that persistently tries to scam its customers.
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This
Also, I'm not trying to exploit anything. I'm actively working on projects that require downloads and uploads. I have unlimited data. And there is no reason to sip what I have. Next month I may only use <1gb. It depends entirely on what I'm working on.
I'm not really even sure why I'm trying to justify my usage. Im out.
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