Verizon to require $30 data plans for new smartphones
0. phoneArena posted on 02 Nov 2008, 10:02
Starting November 14th, Verizon will require users to subscribe to data plans of at least $30 to activate a new smartphone...
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113. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 01:41 0 0
Verizon employee, is the Samsung Omnia a PDA? Hope not, if it is and this rumor turns out to be true, you just lost a customer.
151. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 14:57 0 0
VZW E...NOT a reliable source of info. If he was, why did he miss the info about the Connect plans? And for your information, the plans are not a ripoff. Did you read post #101? He just said that if you don't need PDA functions, why would you buy one? For the looks? It's idiotic retards like YOU who will shell out $300 for a phone just to text on. As for your informant .... sorry, he's about as reliable as a skyscraper being held up by garbage cans.
188. (unregistered) posted on 28 Nov 2008, 12:10 0 0
yeah, people are retarded cause they want something and shouldn't be force to simple plans that increase revenues of VZW. a piece of hardware should not qualify anyone as a retard.... your lack of respect for your costumers disgusts me. your lack of respect for mentally handicap angers me. So i want a blackberry curve....i have to use it for email or I'm retarded..... how many people have blackberry curves and don't use them for email. Everyone just email Verizon regarding how unfair this mandatory data plan tax is, customers are stronger then the company. People who call their customers retarded do not deserve customers let alone a job.
101. (unregistered) posted on 02 Nov 2008, 23:00 0 0
I have the LG Dare, and have regretted getting it since seeing some of the phones coming out for other carriers in the near future. Would this mandatory price hike be a way for me to get out of my contract with Verizon without paying an early termination fee?
137. elgee02 (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 11:45 0 0
Only if you buy your phone AFTER Nov 14, is reading really that hard?
112. jay.dot (unregistered) posted on 02 Nov 2008, 23:33 0 0
are you really fighting about this BB data plan crap? bottom line, verizon is cheap....they can't stand to see people using 300 dollar phones with no strings attached.... cheap pieces of crap....
115. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 08:05 0 0
It's been said over and over and over... VZW overcharges customers and rakes people over the coals. When will people wake up and realize that TMo and Sprint offer better plans for your money. IT'S YOUR MONEY PEOPLE!!! THINK ABOUT IT!
116. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 08:19 0 0
mobile web 2.0 and html phones will require unlimited data. It could be with vcast, premium pland or the new connect plan which gives mobile email and unlimited data. PDAs will still require a data package activated on or after the 14th. VZW reps check your trainings
166. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 19:12 0 0
ok, you're an idiot. Every single phone that vzw has has....... wait for it..... mobile web 2.0 now. So what you're saying they will make everying single person pay for unlimited data. ummm, no way ANY cell phone company would do that.
117. xmguy (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 08:39 0 0
I have a family plan on the NW. I have the Dare with Vpak (hope it stays) then an 5400 with no data plan. I'm assuming this means that like would HAVE to get the Vpak even if no data is used.
118. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 08:40 0 0
What I hope comes of this is more basic phones having more sophisticated calendars and easier integration with Outlook and other calendar applications. That's what almost everybody that buys a PDA phone from me w/o the data plan is looking for. Editing documents on the go is a far distant second, as you have to get that document on your phone in the first place.
119. dbombsss (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 09:16 0 0
this is balls comonnn verizon give us a break..... i wont be surprised now that vzw is gonna do wat at&t does, and people leave verizon to go to att bc of the iphone now that vzw is jackin there prices.
120. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 09:24 0 0
wow...this company is a POS! So glad I left them!
123. Tbag (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 09:50 0 0
It pains me everytime i see phonearena refer to Sprint's 3G network as "mature" or even remotely compare it to verizon's. Anyone who has Verizon or Sprint will agree.
131. thank you Tbag (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 10:14 0 0
you're a freakin genius, why? Because I'm so sick and tired of people saying Verizon is overcharging customer and yada yada yada. Listen, I've had Sprint(briefly) and I have Cingular right before or right when it was becoming AT&T, Sprint's network sucks totally and AT&T is good in SOME metro areas, but in a whole, sucks as well. Sprint just sold EVERY tower they own JUST to keep their head above water. Now their coverage is in the hands of some private company who's leasing their old towers to them.Compare Verizon's 3G Coverage to AT&Ts or anyone elses for that matter and guess what, BLOWS them out of the water! You get what you pay for. T-Mobile has to have gimmicks to get people to come to their network. I get it, they're cheap. But their coverage sucks. No 3G. (barely any) and Alltel is getting taken over by Verizon. So you want the best (according to J.D. Power and Associates and almost every industry critic), you pay for it! Welcome to Verizon. And PhoneArena has always been haters. "Mature network".... bull shit. Mature in what sense? RETARDED
144. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 12:32 0 0
If you really believe what you just spewed, you are a friggin' moron. I have Sprint and the 3G data coverage is fantastic. Much better than AT&T's and it works everywhere I go. Stop drinking the Kool Aid. VZW is not as superior as they would have you believe. But if you want to pay double what I do for your data, be my guest. And about the towers thing: wake up! Sprint OWNS the spectrum. The only difference is they no longer own the phyical structures that the equipment is placed on. How does this impact the end consumer? NOT AT ALL!! Every major carrier leases a portion of their towers. This has no bearing on anything!
153. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 15:03 0 0
Here's a challenged for the uninformed. Simply do this: Go to Sprint's site and bring up a map of their national 3G coverage. Press PrntScrn to copy the map. Do the same for Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Look at the maps. Verizon easily, EASILY, has the most 3G coverage but guess what........... you cronies will still look at it like: "...duhhh, nope. I don't see it. Nope. duhhhh..." Idiots
125. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 09:57 0 0
We can all thank the Iphone for this! when it released At&t required data for the phone and now they have sold likw 2 million Iphones and data revenue has gone through the roof, it makes sense other carriers would follow suit. vzw will be saving themselves allot of money from not handing out credits for data anymore.!
