Mr_Histamine

January 15, 2010 at 10:05am

I guess VZW thinks customers wouldn't want an unlimited data plan...either that, or they know they've got way too many customers who'd be more than happy to bring their network to its knees.

The $10/month 25MB data plan is actually a good deal for those of us who do lightweight data streaming (i.e. email, a few online websites, etc.).  Currently, you'd have to pay $40/month for a bandwidth cap that you won't come close to hitting, or pay $2 per MB which only gets you 5MB for the same price.  Although, I do think they need to increase the cap to at least 100MB for $10/month - especially since you'll be paying for the bandwidth, even when you don't use it.

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twsanders

January 15, 2010 at 7:01am

I was bitten by this new policy when last month when I upgraded my four year old handset to a new EnvTouch.  Was incredibly irritated when I found that all of their phones with keyboards where now in this magical new class of media phones and required the $10 data plan upgrade.  Then to add insult to injury, when I queried Verizon about the new requirements, they informed me that it was for my own protection since many people with these media capable phones had incurred substantial financial liability due to data usage and not understanding their plans properly.  In short, now we are paying for other people's ignorance.

 Sounded like a song and dance to me but they’re still getting ten bucks a month extra so I don’t think they really care if I liked the answer or not…

dracx619

January 15, 2010 at 4:12am

seems wireless carriers are all kind of uniting in screwing us over. we shouldnt have to pay for crap we dont want to use. you know, i wonder if buying an unlocked or a phone from like letstalk.com can bypass this. i got my wife a new bold from letstalk.com and she aint paying for no dataplan and i got it a few months ago.

Edwincnelson

January 14, 2010 at 10:32pm

and why you would want a data plan with it is beyond me. It's a great text phone, but it is absolutely unusable as a multimedia phone. Why I would have to pay $10 for services I would never be able to take advantage of I have no idea.

deadsolid

January 14, 2010 at 9:07pm

$10 for 25mb?  Are they serious?  10 fucking dollars? 

You cant load shit with 25mb!

mkarias1

January 14, 2010 at 8:21pm

Its ridiculous that these carriers charge so much.  Its very expensive to own a cell phone or really a smartphone.  I stay away from them because I cannot afford to pay another $30/mo for data plan. I already pay $82 for a family plan.  Mind you I have no internet access or unlimited text or multi-media access.  They are greedy like cable companies.  Always increasing fees.  Yet they make billions. 

snapple00

January 14, 2010 at 8:16pm

Ha. Love the pic.