Verizon Wireless Intros Share Everything Plans

Post by SkyMarshal » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 8:16 PM UTC

daniel_reetz wrote: post #8

This looks absolutely terrible, and my contract is coming up in July. Does anyone have a better alternative that is not AT&T?

T-mobile is good if you can find a plan that suits you. I've been with them for about 6 years now, no complaints.

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans

http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans

Just keep in mind, they have several data plans, but the only one that includes tethering and mobile wifi is their 'Unlimited' one (5GB at 4G speed, anything over that at 2G speed).

Some of their bundle plans include Unlimited, but most don't and if you want tethering/hotspot with those you have to pay $14.99 extra (unless you want to use 3rd party tethering/wifi software that masks the data source, see the Android subreddits for that).

Post by detst » Tue, Jun 12, 2012, 9:05 PM UTC

mdasen wrote: post #14

detst wrote: post #6

Why is there a $10 difference between "Jetpack/Netbooks/Notebooks/USBs" and tablets? You're paying for the data separately; there shouldn't be another fee, let alone a $10 difference between device types. And why is a smartphone $10 more than a "basic" phone when the difference, again, is data, which you're paying for separately and at an outrageous rate at that? This is baffling and completely unreasonable. On a pos…

I can explain why a smartphone costs more to add-on than a basic phone. If you buy an iPhone, you're paying $200 for a $650 phone. If you buy a random dumbphone, you're likely paying $0-50 for a $100-200 phone. As such, the carrier has a much smaller subsidy to recoup. If Americans bought phones without a subsidy, then data would be data. However, that isn't the case. In the end, it probably comes out around the same…

Of course you're right about basic/smartphone difference. I'm not sure how I overlooked that. It'd be nice to see a lower base rate but they've convinced the average consumer to be happy to get a "free" phone every two years.

It's actually $10/mo more for non-tablets, which results in the absurd situation where you're paying $10/mo more for the right to use a device where you'll likely need to pay more, again, for data. Of course, the average consumer won't notice this absurdity, which I believe is the basis for all of their pricing logic.

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