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I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!:
"Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 gigabytes of monthly data usage." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html Bend over! nb |
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On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: > >"Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >gigabytes of monthly data usage." > >http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html > >Bend over! > >nb From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just new customers. I hope. |
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James Post > wrote:
> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote: > >> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: >> >> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >> gigabytes of monthly data usage." >> >> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html >> >> Bend over! >> >> nb > > From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just > new customers. > > I hope. The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for it. Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong time. -- Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan) |
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"Nad R" > wrote in message ... > James Post > wrote: >> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote: >> >>> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: >>> >>> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >>> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >>> gigabytes of monthly data usage." >>> >>> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html >>> >>> Bend over! >>> >>> nb >> >> From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just >> new customers. >> >> I hope. > > The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for > it. > Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data > plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong > time. > I have a data plan mostly to check my e-mail. Too tiny a screen and keys to do much else. I use so few bytes it is ridiculous. Actually, I don't see how people can be such data hogs. What the heck do they do to use up so much data? |
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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:12:06 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote: >James Post > wrote: >> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote: >> >>> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: >>> >>> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >>> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >>> gigabytes of monthly data usage." >>> >>> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html >>> >>> Bend over! >>> >>> nb >> >> From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just >> new customers. >> >> I hope. > >The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for it. >Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data >plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong time. I own a couple websites, so the unlimited data plan at $30 a month is worth every cent to me. I hope the cost stays the same for me. It's handy for me to be able to show the sites to a potential customer when out and about without dragging a laptop around with me. I can email them the URL from the phone after they look at the site. |
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On Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:27:04 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
wrote: >I have a data plan mostly to check my e-mail. Too tiny a screen and keys to >do much else. I use so few bytes it is ridiculous. Actually, I don't see >how people can be such data hogs. What the heck do they do to use up so much >data? Texting and Gaming are the only two things I can think of that would use data to a 2 Gig amount. Maybe? |
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Pico Rico wrote:
> > I have a data plan mostly to check my e-mail. Too tiny a screen and keys to > do much else. I use so few bytes it is ridiculous. Actually, I don't see > how people can be such data hogs. What the heck do they do to use up so much > data? > Well, I sure like listening to music on Pandora and while at the gym I'm often watching Netflix or Youtube while on the treadmill. I love being able to deposit checks to my bank just by taking a picture of the check and hitting that send button. I love all the travel aps. I *love* my Iphone and wonder why I resisted it so long?! |
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On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: > > "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose > between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 > gigabytes of monthly data usage." > > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html > > Bend over! > Most of them won't care because it's either a work phone paid for by their employer or they can write it off at the end of the year - and that's how Verizon gets away with it. -- Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. |
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:31:06 -0400, James Post >
wrote: > Texting and Gaming are the only two things I can think of that would > use data to a 2 Gig amount. Maybe? They send photos with their texts and phone photos are huge. -- Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground. |
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On 7/6/2011 2:12 PM, Nad R wrote:
> James > wrote: >> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, > wrote: >> >>> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: >>> >>> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >>> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >>> gigabytes of monthly data usage." >>> >>> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html >>> >>> Bend over! >>> >>> nb >> >> From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just >> new customers. >> >> I hope. > > The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for it. > Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data > plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong time. > There is no WiFi in the places I work and I have tried using various public WiFi a number of times and it is rare that you can actually do anything because it is so slow or just totally unusable. |
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:13:44 -0700, sf > wrote:
>On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:31:06 -0400, James Post > >wrote: > >> Texting and Gaming are the only two things I can think of that would >> use data to a 2 Gig amount. Maybe? > >They send photos with their texts and phone photos are huge. Even though I have the unlimited data plan, I don't abuse it doing things I can just as easily do on my home PC. I've also found that lots of people have no idea that they can adjust the size of the photos that are taken on their phones. Many have it set to multi-meg sized pics when the same pic knocked down to 50KB would work just as well for them. Most of the pics I take are jpegs at about 20KB each. They work just great for every day pics. |
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James Post wrote:
> Even though I have the unlimited data plan, I don't abuse it doing > things I can just as easily do on my home PC. I've also found that > lots of people have no idea that they can adjust the size of the > photos that are taken on their phones. Many have it set to multi-meg > sized pics when the same pic knocked down to 50KB would work just as > well for them. Most of the pics I take are jpegs at about 20KB each. > They work just great for every day pics. every time I go to send a photo via my phone it asks me what size I want to send it as (small, med, large). Goomba |
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On 7/6/2011 1:27 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> "Nad > wrote in message > ... >> James > wrote: >>> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, > wrote: >>> >>>> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: >>>> >>>> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose >>>> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 >>>> gigabytes of monthly data usage." >>>> >>>> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html >>>> >>>> Bend over! >>>> >>>> nb >>> >>> From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just >>> new customers. >>> >>> I hope. >> >> The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for >> it. >> Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data >> plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong >> time. >> > > > I have a data plan mostly to check my e-mail. Too tiny a screen and keys to > do much else. I use so few bytes it is ridiculous. Actually, I don't see > how people can be such data hogs. What the heck do they do to use up so much > data? > > I'm one of the lucky ones with a contract and unlimited data. I don't stream videos or watch TV on mine so I'm probably at the low end of data users, but I love my Android and I would never go back to just a dumb phone again. My smartphone does so much for me and many of the apps save me money so in the long run, the cost of monthly access almost pays for itself with the discount I get via the apps. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:24:15 -0400, Goomba >
wrote: >James Post wrote: > >> Even though I have the unlimited data plan, I don't abuse it doing >> things I can just as easily do on my home PC. I've also found that >> lots of people have no idea that they can adjust the size of the >> photos that are taken on their phones. Many have it set to multi-meg >> sized pics when the same pic knocked down to 50KB would work just as >> well for them. Most of the pics I take are jpegs at about 20KB each. >> They work just great for every day pics. > >every time I go to send a photo via my phone it asks me what size I want >to send it as (small, med, large). >Goomba I believe I used my DroidX one time to send a few pics, right after buying the phone. I don't remember if mine asked for pic size or not. It may have. Considering the costs paid by some for data transfer, it would be a very cool feature on all smart phones. |
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notbob > wrote in
: > I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: > > "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will > choose between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes > or $80 for 10 gigabytes of monthly data usage." > > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html > > Bend over! > > nb Ouch. I'm gonna try Cricket soon. |
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On 7/6/2011 1:24 PM, notbob wrote:
> I've been warning you. Let the gouging begin!: > > "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose > between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 > gigabytes of monthly data usage." > > http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html > > Bend over! > Not just wireless. They got me on FIOS. A few months ago someone "accidentally" disconnected my service and I was without phone, TV and internet for 4 days until they could dispatch someone. To compensate me for my trouble, they gave me 3 months of free Showtime/Starz (I found out later that isn't much of a compensation). So now to keep the package, the bill comes due. I noticed that my bill went up by $30 not the $16 for the movie package. Their explanation was that at the same time my bundle cost increased. I don't want to drop STARZ because of a show I got hooked on, but I might do that and just wait for it on DVD. These entertainment companies get you in every way. The show is Camelot. I don't even know if it's going to keep running since I haven't seen any previews. |
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On Jul 6, 1:27*pm, "Pico Rico" > wrote:
> "Nad R" > wrote in message > > ... > > > > > > > James Post > wrote: > >> On 6 Jul 2011 17:24:21 GMT, notbob > wrote: > > >>> I've been warning you. *Let the gouging begin!: > > >>> "Later this week, new Verizon Wireless smartphone users will choose > >>> between paying $30 for 2 gigabytes, $50 for 5 gigabytes or $80 for 10 > >>> gigabytes of monthly data usage." > > >>>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_1...19-501465.html > > >>> Bend over! > > >>> nb > > >> From what I've read, it doesn't pertain to existing customers, just > >> new customers. > > >> I hope. > > > The data plans are luxury items, if you do not like them do not pay for > > it. > > Just get a basic phone. I am holding out for an iPhone without the data > > plan, most places I goto have wifi. I know I will be waiting a looong > > time. > > I have a data plan mostly to check my e-mail. *Too tiny a screen and keys to > do much else. *I use so few bytes it is ridiculous. Actually, I don't see > how people can be such data hogs. What the heck do they do to use up so much > data? Well they have retarded advertisements on TV showing numbskulls watching movies on their phones. And the younger generation seems to be incapable of going ten seconds without *sharing* every minutia of their lives. I don't have a cell phone. I think for the vast majority of people they are totally unnecessary. |
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