Again only way to make it worth it is by having the option to exploit an unlimited plan.
EDIT: Sorry I jumped the gun and assumed. I totally forgot they offer HotSpot as an addon for unlimited data. My bad.
Yes, I am paying for the unlimited hotspot feature, it is $30 before discount, in addition to the $30 for unlimited data before discount.
Also, just to add some background information, my wife is usually at wifi wherever she goes, but my home internet is bad. I had Verizon DSL and that was bad, switched to TWC and it was better but slowly, it is getting bad too. During off peak, i get the rated 15/1 that I pay for. During peak, sometimes I get sub 1mbps, and can't even stream youtube without buffering. So then I decided to pay for the unlimited hotspot, so that my family can use internet and smoothly stream videos.
Also, Verizon exploited users by FORCING them to get the unlimited data plan back in 2008 for smartphones. Before then, you can get a smartphone on tiered or pay as you go (no data cost if you used no data). My guess is that Verizon made a calculated measure that they would make more money by FORCING everyone go to unlimited data. BTW, they knew that LTE was coming up since they bought the 700mhz spectrum in 2007. So to me, Verizon has no right complaining about people who use a lot of data, since they forced this plan on a lot of people, myself included. They lose on people like me, but they must have gained overall, otherwise, Verizon won't offer it. That was one of the reasons why I didn't get a smartphone until the Thunderbolt came out - I didn't want to , and still don't want to pay $30 data per line for 5 lines of service. I would love to get my parents iPhones, but I don't want to pay $30 per line for data when I know that they are usually at home and use virtually no data and only use their phones very sparingly anyway.
Am I using my plan to the max? Yes, but clearly within the boundries of my plan.
dpham00, Android Central Moderator
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