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A bit confused about VZW 4g

I'm waiting for the Droid bionic to come out to replace my Eris. What I'm wondering is, will I have to pay for 4G LTE even though I'm content with 3G? Are they going to force 4G devices to have it or allow the choice? Tweaking about this.... can't afford 20 more dollars on my bill .
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Apparently the 4g data is capped for plans, but I may be wrong. If that is the case, I don't think that they will force 4g fees on you.

What I'm confused about is the pricing structure.
Is it going to be the same for phones as the current one is, or will it follow the same pattern as the new modem?
I'd really like to switch over to verizon for the thunderbolt (i like the ability to take the back off and add a more powerful battety) but if it's going to cost me a minimal $50 for data alone, I may not be that interested.

That's what I mean. I want to pay 30/month for my 3G and not even bother with 4G. I could see it being mandatory to have it if its a 4g phone though.
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Why Did you Buy your TB?

I just saw TB at Fry for $39 only 8gb card but still. I paid $229 for mine. That lead me to think Why did I pay so much when I knew the inevitable would happen with in in 6 months. Was it the privilege of own the first Verizon 4G/LTE phone, the speed that 4G produces (at least if you are in a 4G area), the rumor that it would be upgraded to GB, or the 32gb card that came with for all the tunes and movies?
Nope. Mine reason was this. I am a network admin for a healthcare enterprise. In being such my view was "there is NOTHING better for security of emails straight out of the box then BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)." But my wife needed a new phone and we got her DroidX. I liked it! So I figured I would get one to "Test" at work. Brought in an iCrap 4, a DroidX2 and the TB. The TB beat them both for speed, robust hardware and stock UI (BTW all you fanboys - at what point do you question the fact that you must enter a credit card number before the device will even work?).
Did it measure up to BB for security of emails. NOT chance! But it is so much more fun to use for everything else that I cobbled together a one-off VPN certificate for it and am using it now as work phone.
That's my reason what's yours?

My reason is that I was due for an upgrade and I was sick of my Eris. With a discount through the company I work for I paid a little less than $200 and have not regretted it a bit. Things drop in price over time as new things come out. Has happened for a long time and will continue to happen. If you're always waiting for the next cutting edge thing or best price you'll always be waiting.
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It's simple. It was and still is the best LTE device there is.

loonatik78 said:
It's simple. It was and still is the best LTE device there is.
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agreed although the 4g can still be wonky at times.
i got mine at best buy in june when my wife and i left sprint and moved to verizon. i payed $249 for the phone. my wifes phone was free so it worked out good. the tbolt is a good upgrade from my evo4g.

One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.

Got mine on release because I was bored of my R2D2 and it was the best phone out. I'm now a proud HTC fanboy.
Gotta admit I'm ready to jump ship for a dual core HTC phone though. C'mon Vigor

I am buying it now for one penny at Amazon.
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Because I needed a new phone and every other one sucked worse back in March?

Got mine because I wanted it, and it was free. I love free stuff
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milan03 said:
One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.
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If you were grandfathered in, you'll never lose the unlimited data unless you leave, get shut off or change your plan.
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my reason is because i was unhappy with how slow the internet was on my T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G... the ads for verizon's blazing fast 4G caught my attention and i decided to switch. now 6 months later, still waiting for 4G in my area.....

rcstilgar said:
I just saw TB at Fry for $39 only 8gb card but still. I paid $229 for mine. That lead me to think Why did I pay so much when I knew the inevitable would happen with in in 6 months. Was it the privilege of own the first Verizon 4G/LTE phone, the speed that 4G produces (at least if you are in a 4G area), the rumor that it would be upgraded to GB, or the 32gb card that came with for all the tunes and movies?
Nope. Mine reason was this. I am a network admin for a healthcare enterprise. In being such my view was "there is NOTHING better for security of emails straight out of the box then BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server)." But my wife needed a new phone and we got her DroidX. I liked it! So I figured I would get one to "Test" at work. Brought in an iCrap 4, a DroidX2 and the TB. The TB beat them both for speed, robust hardware and stock UI (BTW all you fanboys - at what point do you question the fact that you must enter a credit card number before the device will even work?).
Did it measure up to BB for security of emails. NOT chance! But it is so much more fun to use for everything else that I cobbled together a one-off VPN certificate for it and am using it now as work phone.
That's my reason what's yours?
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Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...

CanesDrew said:
If you were grandfathered in, you'll never lose the unlimited data unless you leave, get shut off or change your plan.
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Never say Never. Its there equipment were riding on and if they think that they are not getting enough money they will kick us off the bus and make us buy a new ticket.

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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Crazed. That would suck! I did not have that experience stock but with some of the ROMs I just got done Testing (I Tested 9 ROMs and battery life was a key requirement. Look for my post tomorrow.) did have that issue.

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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Same here. I was extremely happy with the Droid X, I bought the Thunderbolt because Verizon was killing off the 1 year plans... I signed up on the last day and paid $320 on a 1 year contract. What a piece of crap. I was waiting for the Droid Bionic but it never came in time, hell the Droid Charge came but I was already out of the 14 day window to exchange the phone.

Wow I loved my x but uh the thunderbolt is awesome. I got it because my girlfriends charge has alot of issues. I have another upgrade in April. Btw I go for 12 hours between any long term charge running das bamf underclocked...
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voxigenboy said:
my reason is because i was unhappy with how slow the internet was on my T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G... the ads for verizon's blazing fast 4G caught my attention and i decided to switch. now 6 months later, still waiting for 4G in my area.....
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And one of the slowest 3g networks out. But it works, thats why i left sprint.
I had the evo 4g and got the vzw version. Now im happy, and have 16 more months till upgradeable.... 20 mothers are killer
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justavillain said:
... 20 mothers are killer...
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Huh?
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milan03 said:
One reason only, LTE + grandfathered LTE unlimited data. I can always change to a different device and keep the contract if I buy outright, but I'm happy with my Bolt.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Agreed!

crazed_z06 said:
Hmmm.. Personally I had a Droid X and I thought you'd need to have a 4G plan to get grandfathered into unlimited 4G, so I took the plunge with the TB. Turns out, that wasnt the case. Unlimited 3G would have grandfathered me in..
Everyday my TB battery is dead after 8 hours, I am so angry at myself. I could have kept my Droid X and saved my upgrade for the Bionic. Instead I ended up blowing 250 on the TB and now Ill end up having to buy a Bionic off contract
Just a massive waste of money...
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wow, probably could trade straight up someone for a droid x...
switched from t-mobile. Don't like at&t and wanted to get the unlimited data.
I love wp7, but wanted lte and prefer htc to samsung.

Verizon's double Data promotion, the time is now..

I got sick and tire of getting throttle 2 week's into my billing cycle for the pass 3 month. Does at&t actually think they could with out pissing people off. At 2gb is extremely low and is the reason why I sold my skyrocket and left to Verizon. Anyways I pick up the 10gb for $50 that's more than enough for me. Is a extra $20 well worth it.
Verizon's Data plan
10gb=$50
4gb=$30
Att data plan
5gb=$50
3gb=$30
Unlimited"throttle 2gb"=$30
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I hate limits. Unfortunately ill be going to sprint.
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You will regret going to sprint
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You willhate Verizon as well. Big bills! There are ways around being throttled without switching companies.
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Verizon is expensive. And you really think they don't throttle. Hahaha.....
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You will regret going to sprint
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I just left sprint. Sure they are unlimited, but good luck using 1gb a month on 3g. Their 4g is the same spoed as att 3g, where you can get it. If you're in a moving car or inside a building you won't have WiMax.

Yeah...sprint blows ...verizon is expensive as hell (family plan vs family plan)
I could cave in and get the 5gb plan and still spend less than on verizon.....
Anyone find the details on how long they give the double data for? I am sure that expires at contract end
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00mred00 said:
Yeah...sprint blows ...verizon is expensive as hell (family plan vs family plan)
I could cave in and get the 5gb plan and still spend less than on verizon.....
Anyone find the details on how long they give the double data for? I am sure that expires at contract end
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They let you keep it for as long as you want, even when you re-upgrade, you can keep it.
I almost switched to VZW this week, but I didn't, thanks to a friendly AT&T rep which fixed everything up for me.

00mred00 said:
Yeah...sprint blows ...verizon is expensive as hell (family plan vs family plan)
I could cave in and get the 5gb plan and still spend less than on verizon.....
Anyone find the details on how long they give the double data for? I am sure that expires at contract end
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Depends what plan you get. At&t gives you a chance to go less on plans options, like less text for cheaper. But if you like me who needs unlimited text and so on Verizon monthly bill will cost the same. At&t data plans are unattractive right now, it's the reason why I left plus the throttling issue.
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Dxtra said:
Depends what plan you get. At&t gives you a chance to go less on plans options, like less text for cheaper. But if you like me who needs unlimited text and so on Verizon monthly bill will cost the same. At&t data plans are unattractive right now, it's the reason why I left plus the throttling issue.
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6 lines, 5 of which are phones, 1 pc ... when compared to swapping over to verizon, feature for feature, it would be almost $200 more
no matter how I look at it, the cheapest route would be to just change my data plan. I am the only one out of the 5 that uses 5+ Gb of data, though my wife is catching up
regardless...I finally found a radio/rom combo that allows the APN trick to work for me...so I am getting HSPA+ speeds now even though throttled

colonel187 said:
Verizon is expensive. And you really think they don't throttle. Hahaha.....
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Why do people always say that? It's not true. Verizon's prices are almost identical to AT&T's.
Sure the amount of data might be different on the data plans by a little bit, and the only thing AT&T has that Verizon doesn't is free mobile to mobile talking which is included with the unlimited texts.
I work for AT&T and have a Verizon phone for personal use. When customers come in to switch from Verizon to AT&T cause they say Verizon is way more expensive makes me laugh cause I know they are idiots that can't add.

current plans, oranges to oranges you are correct...
however...those of us that have been with att for a while are paying lower prices...so I guess we are not really making a fair comparison considering that.
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Why do people always say that? It's not true. Verizon's prices are almost identical to AT&T's.
Sure the amount of data might be different on the data plans by a little bit, and the only thing AT&T has that Verizon doesn't is free mobile to mobile talking which is included with the unlimited texts.
I work for AT&T and have a Verizon phone for personal use. When customers come in to switch from Verizon to AT&T cause they say Verizon is way more expensive makes me laugh cause I know they are idiots that can't add.
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When I priced it out VZW was slightly more expensive (a month or two ago) for my two lines. Not enough to warrant the change, but after factoring in the unlimited mobile to mobile and far faster 3g, att was a no brainier. Of course when I was looking to switch carriers (sprint kicked me off, lol) vzw wasn't offering the double data..bastards! The phone was also a consideration for me, I really wanted the Nexus, but just couldn't do it even though I love the speed of the camera.

chocodough said:
Why do people always say that? It's not true. Verizon's prices are almost identical to AT&T's.
Sure the amount of data might be different on the data plans by a little bit, and the only thing AT&T has that Verizon doesn't is free mobile to mobile talking which is included with the unlimited texts.
I work for AT&T and have a Verizon phone for personal use. When customers come in to switch from Verizon to AT&T cause they say Verizon is way more expensive makes me laugh cause I know they are idiots that can't add.
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Due that's amazing, I work for Att a well and I.think the same thing.. Some people say well what about roll over... Only on Att!!! yeah you have 6000 roll over... Guess what you have that cuz you never use your mins, so it doesn't matter!!!! Its so dumb
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I came from Sprint, too. Worst cell service ever. I'd take a 3gb limit over the .62 Kbps I was getting on Sprint's 3G.

SolsticeZero said:
I came from Sprint, too. Worst cell service ever. I'd take a 3gb limit over the .62 Kbps I was getting on Sprint's 3G.
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Fuuuu try .1 on sprint that's what I was getting
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Post your unlimited data usage thus far!

I've had this phone less than 2 weeks, grandfathered into vzw unlimited data. Needless to say I think vzw is going to hate me...

m52 power! said:
I've had this phone less than 2 weeks, grandfathered into vzw unlimited data. Needless to say I think vzw is going to hate me...
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I'm on virgin in canada and last month i used 42gb on my unlimited plan...

no fair i was on t-mobiles $20/month plan with 10gb/month and they 'changed' the plan without notice. so now i'm stuck with 5gb...

I'm only at about 1g use right now, work and home wifi (poor signal area) has been keeping my mobile data use down since I got this phone. I'll probably use about 3gigs next month though. Btw, I can see this thread creating some tension with those who don't have unlimited.
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Lieu10ant said:
no fair i was on t-mobiles $20/month plan with 10gb/month and they 'changed' the plan without notice. so now i'm stuck with 5gb...
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They did the same here. I called them up and they switched me back no problem.

And the purpose of the thread is to.......??????
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Purpose of this thread....Help show why Verizon did away with unlimited data?

No wonder why they are eliminating unlimited, what the heck do you do on your phone to use 28Gb? (tethering i assume)

haha nice. last semester in college, my wired connection wasn't working so i had to 'illegally' tether my atrixs' hspa+ for a week. used about 15gb in a week to watch live streams of the us open. thank god for unlimited data

with the extra ram this phone makes actual real life data speeds sooooo much faster than my other lte phones could do. I'm at 39 gigs so far with billing cycle ending the 29th. And that's without even having the gs3 the whole time, wonder what ill get to next month? Btw no tethering here, I just really like watching HD video
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Not too bad methinks..

I have to laugh at all the people who say a few of us who use high amounts of data is why a carrier will remove unlimited data for everyone. So they feel bitter at us for ruining it for everyone else and would rather blame us than their service provider, since its easier.
Oh please, don't you think these carriers would have just throttled or kicked off us few users, instead of forcing tiered plans on all their customers? Its all because of further maximizing profit, not because of us.

Doesn't bother me at all, I still have unlimited data just can't see how people are able to use that much data on a phone in a month.
Must have to have the phone plugged in all the time.
Most I have ever been able to do is 13 GB. I really had to try for that though.

Since July 9th.:
554 MB on Verizon
Since June 24th:
5.58 GB over wi-fi

betcmrekoapl said:
with the extra ram this phone makes actual real life data speeds sooooo much faster than my other lte phones could do. I'm at 39 gigs so far with billing cycle ending the 29th. And that's without even having the gs3 the whole time, wonder what ill get to next month? Btw no tethering here, I just really like watching HD video
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Hey, you don't happen to live around me do you? I keep getting a busy signal trying to access the data network..

Hypnosis4U2NV said:
Hey, you don't happen to live around me do you? I keep getting a busy signal trying to access the data network..
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lol yes i believe i do. luckily i elected to buy the version of the galaxy s 3 that gets preference over others on the data network so sorry i guess everyone will have to wait for me to finish my download before its their turn. best decision i ever made, and to think i actually almost bought the gs3 that you have that gives the busy signal when others are using the network. man im glad i dodged that bullet haha
all sarcasm aside, has anyone ever actually had a problem with using verizons network that can be attributed to data hogs? this isnt 2007 and im not in att using an iphone. big deal, i use a lot of data that i pay for so what. any other user on verizon canuse the exact same amoutn of data as i choose to use bc verizon doesnt throttle the 4g speeds, youll just have to pay more than my price for it. dont hate those of us lucky enough to use all the data we want without paying any overage unless you also go around hating every verizon employee for getting a company discount on the same sevice you pay for. also, those of us on verizon who no longer have the unlimited data plan have access to a discount on upgrades that the unlimited users dont have the smae access to but we sure dont go around flaming others for only having to pay $199 for our $599 phones. every thing is a trade off
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Ignore the disabled data. That was coming from my Samsung Galaxy S II. The one not discontinued is from July 5th till now.
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Yay for forced data limits/throttle in the future. Vzw doesn't guarantee any "grandfathering". It says right in the contract they can change terms on you and it gives you a free out to go to other carriers. The whole –look at what I can do is quite childish. Whatever.
Heck I use 30gb at home on Cox between two computers and a ps3 and pay for 50gb
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A guy over on the Rezound forums hit 1TB. I'm sitting at about 9GB this month.
And for the people bleating about this being why they did away with unlimited data--no. Just shut up. They did it out of pure greed. LTE is cheap, and for every person using 30gb there's 10 people using 500mb. Verizon might be losing money on some customers, but in the aggregate, they were still making money hand over fist, even with unlimited data. But they can make more with shared/tiered. Guess which they went with?

I'm normally around wifi except when I go workout so I rarely break 2gb. Even so I have no problems with data hogs. I've worked a number of years at an isp and I can tell you data hogs are not the problem unless if the network engineers are total idiots. A properly managed network will prevent heavy users from bogging down the network during peak usage.
But many of you guys buy right into the carrier's manufactured bandwidth crisis so they can justify charging $15 per gb.
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Mother was conned into share everything.

Well my sister used her upgrade today, and switched to the share everything plan after the guy told her we were using under 4gb a month. Lies? I've been consistently using 20gb+ a month.
Something sketchy is going on. It was good while it lasted, I guess.

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Yup I switched to it (share everything) eliminated my unlimited data plan I think share everything was a ploy to get rid of all the grandfather unlimited data users
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I switched too. We aren't heavy data users and the bill was dropped 10 bucks.
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I GOT THE UNLIMITED BACK!
My mother got very pissed when the verizon guy said she's going to have $150 in overages due to my data usage this month so far. That didn't fly, and needless to say, the guy changed it back very quickly
So there is hope if you call to change it back quickly.

Use 100GB next billing cycle
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There is no such thing as savings when considering share everything.
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cmg5461 said:
Well my sister used her upgrade today, and switched to the share everything plan after the guy told her we were using under 4gb a month. Lies? I've been consistently using 20gb+ a month.
Something sketchy is going on. It was good while it lasted, I guess.
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I consistently use around 500MB a month, how do you use 20GB?
Seriously though, of course it was a ploy to get rid of the grandfathered plans, to a degree. Considering ATT said at one time that most people use less than 2GB of data and Verizon's site suggests that most people use between 1-3GB of data, I don't see what the problem is allowing those on unlimited data plans to remain so. Thankfully, I have WiFi.

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I consistently use around 500MB a month, how do you use 20GB?
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Who gives a ****?
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cmg5461 said:
I GOT THE UNLIMITED BACK!
My mother got very pissed when the verizon guy said she's going to have $150 in overages due to my data usage this month so far. That didn't fly, and needless to say, the guy changed it back very quickly
So there is hope if you call to change it back quickly.
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tell your mom to add me to her plan

I use about 15-20gigs a month on Netflix, and for tethering when I'm at work to play online games on my laptop, and to update and download steam games as I only have a 1.5 connection at home vs a 30Mbps for 4g
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Glad you got it back! I use 13+ gigs on mine and I'm connected to wifi at home haha
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There is no such thing as savings when considering share everything.
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For some there are. When we came back to Verizon from Sprint we piggy backed off of my in laws business plan. Him switching to share everything dropped his account by $150 and that is AFTER adding our 3 lines. I just use WiFi when I'm home, our home internet is unlimited through our local telephone company.
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Well, I have a 10Gb limit / week at college, so all of my big downloads go onto the data plan. This month I downloaded autocad inventor 2013 for giggles. But at work I am constantly using google drive to transfer photos from my phone to use in my work place. I'm taking about 100-200 pictures a day of various tests. It is just easier to transfer them that way than pulling out the usb drive and fussing with drivers on corporate computers.

Yeah i didnt have $600 to pay for the phone to keep my unlimited plan. So i got pushed onto the 2gb plan last week when i upgraded the phone. Is there any way I can get unlimited back?? I really want to use this phone a lot more then i did my old dinc. It sucks the 2gb limit is going to **** me over. How did you get it back. I really want it back!
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I'm on wifi at home and at work so I barely use any data.
I still preordered to stay on unlimited, just on principle.
Sent from an overpriced Verizon tower.

equisbox said:
Yeah i didnt have $600 to pay for the phone to keep my unlimited plan. So i got pushed onto the 2gb plan last week when i upgraded the phone. Is there any way I can get unlimited back?? I really want to use this phone a lot more then i did my old dinc. It sucks the 2gb limit is going to **** me over.
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You probably should have kept your dinc.

equisbox said:
Yeah i didnt have $600 to pay for the phone to keep my unlimited plan. So i got pushed onto the 2gb plan last week when i upgraded the phone. Is there any way I can get unlimited back?? I really want to use this phone a lot more then i did my old dinc. It sucks the 2gb limit is going to **** me over. How did you get it back. I really want it back!
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Lesson learned, don't take free upgrades.... you don't need the latest greatest phone for cheaper more than you need a lower bill. Wait a few months then buy one in the xda classifieds when the next greatest phone comes out. Tons of people will be clamouring to trade or sell there three month old phone. Then they can get enough money so there one week paycheck plus what ever they sell there phone for will give them enough to purchase the galaxy s4.
It happens in cycles here, I bought a galaxy nexus for 250 on eBay like new for Verizon about a month ago. When this phone first came out it was going for close to 600 or more in the forums. Grant it, it is getting older but the tech really is not improving much. Unless you think a quad core will make a difference playing angry birds?
I will never willingly give up my unlimited data for the next best device. I may be behind, but guess what I'm streaming data over 4g in my house that has an unlimited Wi-Fi connection already, and i don't care.
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Honestly,
Firstly, verizon has a pretty great network.
I came from ATT and I can attest to the problems they have with data. Being that I lived in Las Vegas, a highly urbanized center with over a million people, and actually one of the very first 3g networks in the country, a place that should (that is SHOULD) have a massive infrastructure, I can tell you that ATT has huge issues in terms of network reliability and consistency.
So now it comes to Verizon and their network. Seeing as they have invested a massive amount into building a pretty good 4G LTE network, and that they honestly do provide great service, is it too much to ask them to want to make a profit? Probably not.
Do not get me wrong, I am not in any way saying that they do not make enough money. My recent arguments with them that led me to nearly leave them should prove that. I managed to get my way, but that way actually involved me having to also give up my unlimited data plan.
What are you doing each month that requires 20gb of data. I would wager that a lot of that usage would be mobile hotspot, or using your phone in a rather unconventional manner.
So now the question is whether it is reasonable to expect you as the end user to use their product as they would imagine you should. You are not racking up 20 gigabytes of usage being an average user, are you?
So then they come out with tiered plans.
Guess what, you choose what fits your needs, and make concessions. We all do this every day. You do not NEED to have a car that goes 250 mph, you may purchase one, and you pay a huge premium for that.
Back to the point here.
For years and years, we in the united states had silver spoons in our mouths in terms of mobile data. It was always unlimited. The minutes and text messages cost us money, and the phone companies could not really monetize data, or they just did not want to until they noticed that they were losing calling minutes and text messages to apps that would do the same things.
Now they want to charge for the services they provide.
And people suddenly have an ISSUE with this?
Do you pay a flat rate for all you can consume water?
Or heating oil, natural gas or whatever else you use to keep warm in the winter?
Does Shell or Exxon sell you an all you can eat plan for gasoline?
Does water flow free, as much as you can use, forever and ever?
Data is more like a utility than ever, and in the coming years, decades, etc the world and commerce will be largely measured in access to data and services.
Just deal with it, and learn to connect to wifi, or do whatever else you need to do without sucking bandwidth and then complaining when they want to make you know... money off of you for using THEIR services.

So can i still cancle the phone upgrade and go back to the dinc? And will that lead to getting my old plan back? Ive only had the phone for week.
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