Verizon planning on requiring data plans on all 3G phones?
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1. tuminatr posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0
well I guess this is one way to stop people from bitching about the $1.99 fee, not exactly the way I would have gone if I was Verizon
7. BrokenImaege posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:43 0 0
It doesn't stop that fee. If you get a "dumb" phone, you can still get hit with it. The overage is 20 cents if you have the data plan......
27. blackwidow4417 posted on 12 Jan 2010, 17:25 0 0
Brokenimaege!,I recommend reading this! The information contained in your message and any attachment is proprietary, confidential and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Why dont you read your integrity Information before you get caught.
29. Striker13084 posted on 13 Jan 2010, 13:12 0 0
i recomend reding the artical first becoause it is stated in the black and white before you get all huffy puffy.
32. blackwidow4417 posted on 13 Jan 2010, 17:35 0 0
it doesnt matter, if you are a verizon employee and your found doing this, you will be terminated and fined. i recommend not pushing your limits. Its not hard to track your username and eventually find out who you are, there is a team in verizon dedicated to this. Just a tip!. see you at the Kickoff in Feburary! :)
37. Jessica98664 posted on 15 Jan 2010, 18:30 0 0
I'm you man ! I wouldnt want him on my sales team and if for some odd reason he was I'd see him fired.Not a very upstanding person with no integrity.
2. allboutverizon posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:34 0 0
So what if you already have a contract, can they just change it and start charging you $9.99?
4. acquaz10 posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:39 0 0
@allboutverizon did you not read what it said in the picture? i think this is stupid and pointless. i will most likely be switching as soon as i can!!!
5. BrokenImaege posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:40 0 0
No, they can't change it, unless you alter your plan.
6. BrokenImaege posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:42 0 0
Trust me, I am a sales rep for Verizon Wireless and I can see the masses now on this one. It won't be fun dealing with. What it did though was make to where the sales reps don't have to be good at qualifying and consulting a customer in order to sell data.... They can just start putting monkeys out there now to sell what they want now....
8. allboutverizon posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:51 0 0
yeah I missed that, my mom asked be about this. She has an EV Touch, but i saw as long as they do no alterations it won't change to the $9.99. I tell you Verizon is going to run their customers away with prices.
3. overratediphone posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:37 0 0
before people start complaining about this ... i would just like to say that they pretty much allready did this ... when i worked at a verizon shop we were required to "encourage" people buying premium phones to get v-cast tacked on ... which if you dont know covered data usage(and by encourage i mean the customer was not allowed to leave w/o the feature or we would hear about it ... office space style) ... that was about a year ago but i dont think things changed much and it was the best way to prevent the ignorant masses from whining about mobile internet and w/e other charges ...
9. sleepyjohnny posted on 11 Jan 2010, 22:58 0 0
they can't actually change what contract you are currently in. it is a contract after all. This will take effect if you decide that you would like to switch to a different plan or if you are upgrading to one of the above listed phones, you will be charge the ammount. So people who really don't want it to be switched you have nothing to worry about, they cant switch it on you. contracts work both ways
10. n0gar2 posted on 11 Jan 2010, 23:34 0 0
It is time to leave VZW and move onto a provider that does not try to rip you a new one while offering the whackest phones in the industry. I have the Rogue and I only used fucking web once! I DO NOT LIKE phone internet - so why should I pay when I will not use it? Time to leave!
11. deschats posted on 11 Jan 2010, 23:35 0 0
Wait, isn't this just an extension to what they have already done? This was announced back in the summer.
17. DonLouie posted on 12 Jan 2010, 08:00 0 0
1st it was enhanced devices requiring data, then a $350 ETF on those and smart devices, now all 3G devices require data and next all 3G devices will have that ETF
