[Updated] Verizon Plans To Eliminate 'Grandfathered' 3G Unlimited Data Plans

[SquireSCA]

But if VZW truly feels that these apps over tax their network, they should stop pre-loading the customer's food tray (phone) with an 18 oz steak (V CAST Video, Blockbuster, GoToMeeting, Netflix, NFL Mobile, Slacker) before they even have a chance to go get the stuff they want.

It's not that they don't want you to use the bandwidth... They just want you to start paying for it.

[drewrivera]

Us who have unlimited data have had smartphone for years and paid lots of money for our phones and bills it only fair us who stuck with Verizon should let us keep what have be we been paying for.

And as if paying 120 bucks a month is not enough for Verizon to make enough money? There like the highest expensive carrier inn the market plus there new 30 dollar upgrade they just announced not to long ago. I hate to say but i might have to like root and switch carriers secretly with my Verizon phone cause there asking for to much now. I haven't even used my upgrade since my d1 first came out. :-(

D1 milestoner

[SquireSCA]

And as if paying 120 bucks a month is not enough for Verizon to make enough money? There like the highest expensive carrier inn the market plus there new 30 dollar upgrade they just announced not to long ago. I hate to say but i might have to like root and switch carriers secretly with my Verizon phone cause there asking for to much now. I haven't even used my upgrade since my d1 first came out. :-(

D1 milestoner

And they are raising prices because people are willing to pay it. That is the thing here. If too many people said screw it and walked, the prices would come down. They are charging what the market will bear, because we can't live without phones or being online every minute of the day. And as these telecom companies lose the residential landline market, they are simply increasing the costs on the mobile customers to compensate. You used to pay $50 or whatever for a landline and then pay for your cell phone. Most of us got rid of the landlines and just started using cell phones. That's hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, lost. So how do you recover those costs? By charging more for the lines that people are using; The cell phones.

Putting in a new national network, with new towers, new servers, lines, infrastructure, taxes, etc... it isn't free. It costs money. Huge money.

Most technologies start out high, and come down in price as time goes on. Computers, DVD players, etc... They cost money to invent and create, but as time goes on and volume picks up, manufacturing processes mature and costs come down, so does the price of the unit. BluRay players were $800 when they came out. So were VHS and Beta players. Now you can pick up a BluRay player from Costco for $49.

But cell phone technology seems to go the other way. Because it isn't the same product just being mass produced. It is a constantly changing and advancing technology that is being improved and deployed in mass quantities. That "economies of scale" never really sets in because the network has to keep updating... Just about the time you get it all updated, it's time to deploy the next big thing....

[dyno]

It's not that they don't want you to use the bandwidth... They just want you to start paying for it.

I'm already paying for it..

[SquireSCA]

I'm getting pretty sick of Verizon (and other large corporations) thinking they can just dictate what we get for the exorbitant money we pay them. I think the consumer needs to be granted some sway in these types of decisions.

Do car companies decide what they can charge for cars? How about any other product? What industries let the customers just tell the company, "Here is what you will charge me"...?

I think we do pay them a lot, but the bottom line is that we CHOOSE to do it. The prices are what they are. If it is too much, then go find a cheaper alternative, as there are several to pick from.

A business should be allowed to dictate their pricing. if it is too high for the market to bear, it will cost them and the free market, capitalism, will correct itself by either forcing them to lower prices to get more customers, or creating a void and demand in the market and some other company will step in to fill that.

[sonixmon]

It is obvious that the 1% here don't understand economics, demand vs. availability etc. They can only charge what customers are willing to pay, no more! Like several people mentioned here, if enough customers leave or drop services they will make adjustments.

I also agree with the comment that data usage now is a lot more than what it was when the unlimited plan started. They just need to adjust the data pricing, it shouldn't be $10 a gig, maybe $5 a gig.

[N4UPD]

My biggest problem is how they push these data hogging apps and want you to jump on the worlds fastest network while at the same time telling me you can't have an unlimited data plan.It's like I'm at an all you can eat buffet for one price then putting a 10 x bigger buffet out in front of me and telling me that it is the end of the buffet now you can only get 2 items from the spread for the same price as you paid for all you can eat.

[Androidatic]

I'm getting pretty sick of Verizon (and other large corporations) thinking they can just dictate what we get for the exorbitant money we pay them. I think the consumer needs to be granted some sway in these types of decisions.

They don't dictate anything. They set the price and we voluntarily pay it. No one is forcing anything on us.

If I owned company "A" and sold widgets I wouldn't let my customers have a say in the decisions I make. Why should I? The first chance they get for a better deal they will purchase elsewhere. It's an open market economy. We can only speak with our wallets.

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[nalgon]

Can I get insurance on a phone that I bought full price?

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[Bullitt6996]

From what I've read on other sites, Verizon has issued a reply to this, along the lines of the 3g folks won't have to worry about this till upgrade time, than if you wanna keep it, you have to pay full price for a new device, or simply stay with your old device. I think the same applies for 4g, here's one site where it's clarified....

Verizon Clarifies Discontinuation of Grandfathered Unlimited Data: Applies to New Subsidized Devices - Mac Rumors