Comments on: Shared Data Plans: Verizon vs. AT&T

By: smwandrie93

smwandrie93 — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:40:00 +0000

only for palm pre’s

By: InvaderDJ

InvaderDJ — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:01:00 +0000

It’s not legally collusion but only because Verizon and at&t no longer need to meet or negotiate officially for stuff like this, it’s already written in stone: don’t compete with each other on price. They know they don’t want to compete or poach customers from each other and if they keep their prices and services mostly in equalibrium they don’t have to worry about it.

Really wish T-Mobile and Sprint had decent networks to force The Big 2 to actually compete instead of just coasting on their size.

By: Sanitarium09

Sanitarium09 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:39:00 +0000

I can’t get over how crazy expensive these plans are. What about the people who don’t need unlimited talk minutes but use a lot of data? I’ve never once went over my 450 minutes but I consistently use over 5 gb of data. With 4G, anything under 2 gb and you’re going to chew through it pretty quickly. No way in hell am i going to pay $100 a month for only 1gb of data.

By: Verizon Share Wallet

Verizon Share Wallet — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:44:00 +0000

both = absolute ripoff.

https://www.facebook.com/VerizonShareYourWalletPlan

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Ya i rather buy my phone outright then switch to that and i can keep my unlimited

By: Jim Stikeleather

Jim Stikeleather — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Actually – they just suspended my unlimited data account (which I have had for over 5 years) because it exceeded 5 GB of usage. So much for “grandfathered” and so much for “throttling”. I spent 8+ hours with “customer service” – the local retail people were great” to no avail.
All this happened because I discovered something called BuneUS on the bill that was never ordered (turns out they send a text that if you don’t respond to they says that authorizes them to bill your account). Apparently, just putting parental controls caused a contract change….
I am a decades AT&T wireless user – high revenue, high margin (I generally don’t us much at all across multiple lines – I have over 14k rollover minutes available), generally promoted them. Not anymore. I advise a lot of businesses about how to implement BYOD with their employees – given this experience AT&T is off the short list.

By: fauxshizzl

fauxshizzl — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:14:00 +0000

It makes it hard to believe they arent doing exactly that. When one of the companies does something, the other presents a model almost identical to it within weeks. You are then left with no real choice other than who to be screwed over by.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:46:00 +0000

That’s true, but navigation doesn’t use up that much data, I think in one of the double data commercials they said 4GB is enough for something like 30 days of continuous navigation. I’d like to see where Sprint’s at with LTE coverage at the end of this year.

By: Aclay

Aclay — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:32:00 +0000

Its funny to read these remarks about how every one is crying over capped plans and “i use way to much data” or “i need to be free!” If you are driving around and using over 2 to 4 gigs a month on looking crap up and gps, you shold have other problems. do you know how dumb you sound? This article should have been called “people who complain about everything and cry babies” . Does everyone think vzw and att are not for profits? Too bad you are losing unlimited, its your fault you rely on it that much. For all you babies grab your phone and go cry in the corner cause the rest of the world is moving on.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:58:00 +0000

No wifi on the interstate and roads for navigation, or finding places close to you that you may need or want to go to out and about. LTE 4g is actually cheaper for them to maintain I’ve read which doesn’t help them jack up the prices. If these companies ever get rid of the G-Fathered unlimited, sprint’s unlimited is going to be a force to reckon with

By: Justin Myers

Justin Myers — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:08:00 +0000

Right. I use about 8-10GB/month. I cannot be capped. I would be paying out the ass. lol

By: CampyGuy

CampyGuy — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:50:00 +0000

You forgot to include the S-axis.

The number of discreet subscribers that the carriers indiscreetly give the Shaft. With the axis.

By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:26:00 +0000

Here ya go. x-axis: Number of smartphones. y-axis: Amount of data needed. z-axis: Total cost of plan. Verizon is green. AT&T is Blue. Verizon is more expensive when you have 3 or more phones.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:28:00 +0000

The fact is, if you are currently on a nationwide plan, and you upgrade, you can keep that plan. The only time you would see a $30 raise in your bill is if you go basic to smart.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:10:00 +0000

The Hotspot is already included in the price with Verizon. I think a correction is needed.