StayFly
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Yes they did.Did they charge the $30 upgrade fee? If so, you might as well buy full price.
Yes they did.Did they charge the $30 upgrade fee? If so, you might as well buy full price.
Yes they did.
Okay, thanks. I'll just buy full price and skip that fee.
Okay, thanks. I'll just buy full price and skip that fee.
I preordered and paid $750 with tax/fees for the Note 2, so I could keep my Unlimited data
Can't wait for it to arrive!!!!!
I got charged the fee even though I paid full price.
I got charged the fee even though I paid full price.
I preordered and paid $750 with tax/fees for the Note 2, so I could keep my Unlimited data
Can't wait for it to arrive!!!!!
I got charged the fee even though I paid full price.
You got boned. How do they justify the "upgrade fee" when you paid full price?
I'll need to pay retail to keep unlimited data but I was wondering if by waiting a month or two would you be able to find a Note 2 at less than $699? Do prices drop on phones after a while?
I just say say I find it funny how people justify switching to tiered because they currently average far less than the cap. It will be interesting in a year or two when all these people learn how to use that data and are suddenly in a situation where they need to use a lot of it. I personally average about 6 gigs a month, but that shot up to 16gigs in September when I spent a couple weeks in the hospital with my daughter and I needed to use my service (the WiFi there was horrendously slow, insecure, and blocked many of the sites I needed to go to). I hope the outrage at these caps reaches deafening proportions and gets the FCC to do something about this whole broken system we have to deal with.
I tried to think of something witty, but this is all I could come up with.
Please explain "when they learn how to use that data".
I've been using smartphones since the Treo 700P. I have never gone over 3GB
in one month.
I don't tether, I don't stream music, I don't usually watch Netflix on my phone.
I have movies and music on my phone. I use my phone more than my laptop, but I'm usually on wifi.
I'm referring to the point when we all start utilizing applications as they are intended, and following the trend of services based "in the cloud." When data speeds are fast enough (and the coverage large enough), what is the point in on board storage when you can have unlimited cloud storage for all of your data, regardless of type/source. Some storage space makes sense for caching purposes and for going offline, but generally we only need a small fraction of everything we have at any given point. I have 400 gigs worth of music, but I only need maybe 3 gigs worth to keep me happy for a week.
I understand your argument, but as our phones become more capable of replacing our full blown laptops and desktops with high speed internet connections all of our data needs are going to increase. I liken this trend to inflation on currency, and a cap is like saying that the price of data is not increasing even though the demand is. I am sorry, but in a world of "limited" supply, the price of data is going to go up and that makes unlimited plans more valuable than ever. Just because we can see a saving gain in the short term (based on PAST data), doesn't mean that savings will be there when inflation goes up, and by then it will be too late to do anything.
I tried to think of something witty, but this is all I could come up with.
My issue with it is that I think once Verizon convinces everyone to switch or forces them to switch with the high cost of paying retail for phones, that they will raise the pricing of the shared data.