Sick of my data "cap"

[poofyhairguy]

My contract with Verizon is done. Im afraid they can pull the grandfathered unlimited data away from me now.

Just buy your phones outright.

 

[sze5003]

Just buy your phones outright.

I've done that with the phone I have now but I'm saying since I'm no longer on the contract but yet still have unlimited data at full speed, they could just say well your not in the contract to be grandfathered into it anymore so it wouldn't work.

 

[alkemyst]

F'me I have 5 iPhones, two that go in and out of no wireless but have to be connected (one a 14 year old and the other me for my job).

I have 12GB a month now at $120. I am trying to reel the 14 year old in that he just can't do whatever he wants on his phone or laptop tethered.

We should be fine with 4GB max and usually just the 2GB on my usage profiles.

 

[sze5003]

F'me I have 5 iPhones, two that go in and out of no wireless but have to be connected (one a 14 year old and the other me for my job).

I have 12GB a month now at $120. I am trying to reel the 14 year old in that he just can't do whatever he wants on his phone or laptop tethered.

We should be fine with 4GB max and usually just the 2GB on my usage profiles.

Yeah that tiered data structured was made to make us single phone users pay more but cost less for people like you that would want to have more than one phone with data. Which is crap because at 12gb you are pretty much paying what you would an isp to offer you the net.

They are hoping people upgrade their data so they can charge you more or go over it.

With all the crap out there you can stream and watch at the speed you get you can blow through 4gb in less than an hour if you wanted to. What a bunch of crap really. WiFi at my office is not available unless you are testing code on company devices.

 

[Timorous]

I guess I am really lucky to have unlimited data + tethering for only £31($46) a month with the phone included. I do not get throttled either and as it is so fast I always use it rather than my ADSL because it is faster and more reliable. Last month I used 65GB of data which is pretty normal for me.

My GF has the same plan and pays £36($54) a month with an HTC one. The only downside is the coverage is not quite as good as other networks but it is rare to be somewhere without any signal at all even if it is too weak for a good data connection.

 

[gmaster456]

I search Google and browse twitter, facebook, email and a few other random apps while on 3G and still have a hard time going over 350mb. I have wifi at home and work so the only time I use data is when I'm out and about camping, errands and what not.

 

[alkemyst]

Yeah that tiered data structured was made to make us single phone users pay more but cost less for people like you that would want to have more than one phone with data. Which is crap because at 12gb you are pretty much paying what you would an isp to offer you the net.

They are hoping people upgrade their data so they can charge you more or go over it.

With all the crap out there you can stream and watch at the speed you get you can blow through 4gb in less than an hour if you wanted to. What a bunch of crap really. WiFi at my office is not available unless you are testing code on company devices.

WiFi>than hotspoting and cheaper on the provider.

We use usually 4GB a month between 5 devices since almost everywhere is on WiFi.

At his grandparents house there is no wifi. When I am on a greenfield I don't have wifi...

I don't mind paying to play. You missed my argument here. Data caps are needed for all subscribers.

In the original DSL days, all you needed was some major uploaders to kill your speed.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I think most people agree that data caps are a necessary evil, they just disagree with how they are structured. Good example; when TWC announced they would be introducing data caps for home internet and set the base level at something like 40 GB, with an overpriced "enthusiast" tier at 80 GB, there was a huge outcry. Anyone could easily exceed that if they stream a few HD movies and buy a few games or movies. But when Comcast announced a 250 GB cap, most people were okay with that because 250 GB gives you enough headroom to weather a storm of Steam deals and Netflix and still be okay.

You might say that only the carriers truly know how much their networks can bear, and they are setting their caps in such a way as to ensure good quality of service, but of course no one trusts them. And why should they? They're raking in mountains of cash, dragging their heels on network improvement, and constantly lowering data caps while raising prices.

Back when the standard data plan was a $30 add-on with a 5 GB limit, few people had a problem with that. Now it's all baked into one overpriced plan with a much lower limit. It's not that people are opposed to a pay-to-play system, just with how much they have to pay and how much they can play.