So, if I upgrade to a new smartphone on VZW when I am eligible, will I
be able to use my old smartphone on Wifi? And what about GPS?
On 9/23/2011 4:38 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:
I know, I just dealt with that for my stepson since he had a phone under his
paternal dads verizon account. They refuse to let you have a smartphone without
paying extra for data plan. We ended up getting him a virgin mobile phone for
$25 a month with unlimited text and data instead.
lopaka
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From: Bill<[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, September 23, 2011 12:09:17 PM
Subject: Re: [H] STOP...
That's a pretty neat trick. I could never get away with that with Verizon. Heck
they refused to take the data plan off on my old Blackberry 3 years ago. They
told me, "That's impossible."
Bill
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Joshua MacCraw<[email protected]> wrote:
I simply called customer service and said look I don't want any data
services, put data block on my lines. Of course she gave me the standard
company policy "that cannot be done with a smartphone". So I said try it and
she was amazed it let her do it.
6mo+ later I still have the block, no data plan, no charges, no data, and
wifi works fine despite the statements to the contrary by AT& T and ominous
warnings it would automatically be re-added based on my IMEI being a
smartphone.
No data does not mean pay-per-use, it means none and they can not force me
to pay for none.
On Sep 23, 2011 4:39 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]> wrote:
1) I don't understand #3. How do you sidestep the forced data plan? I
might want to do that...can you do that and still use Wifi?
2) Sheep. Paying for txt on top of data/voice is just silly. Charging
for it is evil, but the American way (since, WE are willing to pay for
it, apparently).
On 9/22/2011 6:28 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Personally I am fine with the ability to communicate things when you want
to
communicate and how you want to do so with minor qualifications.
1. SMS as a service costing money per use or in packages is redundant and
ridiculous. Twitter serves the same role same as any other form of IM
over
data link. I don't have texting, don't send me a text it cost me money,
that's my complaint.
2. This policy of providers of openness first privacy second has to go. I
use the ability to share details about my life with people all the time
but
only the people but I choose to do so with. As long as privacy rules
default
to deny everything by default and have granular allow to few, I am fine
with
it.
3. Mobile data is just too damn expensive and too damn limited to be
useful. $5/mo per GB shared by my entire family plan would be acceptable
until then I go without mobile data also. ( yes, I have a smartphone and
have managed to sidestep the forced data plan by opting for data-block on
all lines, wifi or die!)
That said, the texters who sit and text rather than talk to the person
sitting in front of them is a little ridiculous. Same goes if they are
still
using sms instead of just taking advantage of data services, for as long
as
they pay for these stupid little text packages real data access will
never
come down in price.
