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My Disgust With Verizon

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K-Dot.
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So today I wanted to check the NFL game going on between the Colts and the Steelers on my phone, which is a droid. Now I know it's preseason so it isn't that important but I figured that I should figure out the NFL app that is preloaded onto my device so when the regular season came I could use it without any difficulties. So I open it up and set it up and so I get this creeping feeling that maybe this will cost me money. Verizon(and most phone companies) has a notorious way of sneaking in a hidden charge that will assfuck you a couple months later when it charges you every month. Anyways, I go online and see that it does in fact cost $5 a month! Why! It was always advertised that it was free all last season and now you want to charge for it? Grr. You'd think with a record high sales that maybe they could just have something complimentary, but alas, no. Not worth the money whatsoever. It was bad enough when they changed $30 a month from unlimited data to 2 gigs of data. I mean 2 gbs is NOT enough. Now they have this new "share everything plan". Can't wait to see how they'll rape us as customers next.
Aug 19 2012 11:14PM
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2_fadez
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dont upgrade your plan….
we had unlimited and they kept pestering us to sign a new contract for 2gb a month, and we was like nahhhhh

so we still have unlimited for cheap as long as we don't upgrade
Aug 19 2012 11:16PM
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introvert
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LMUR
Aug 19 2012 11:16PM
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ThundaKilla
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For my family share everything was cheaper than seperate plans.
Aug 19 2012 11:16PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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Sounds like an amazing deal to me, Canadian Cell companies are the worst.
Aug 19 2012 11:18PM
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K-Dot.
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.....for two years at most though. And you'll have to upgrade eventually
Aug 19 2012 11:25PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Boom. Me and my dad are still on the grandfathered unlimited program. So nice.
Aug 19 2012 11:40PM
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theabortionator
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I've been with verizon for about 10 years. Been legit. Get service in a million places noone else does. Saves lives


I don't use them google phones though. Just straight phonage and text here.
Aug 19 2012 11:42PM
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oil.
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LMUR
Aug 19 2012 11:44PM
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Troy.
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Me too, but only my whole family.



And on AT&T. Which sucks, but better than 2GB on Verizon.
Aug 19 2012 11:45PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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why does that suck...GSM is way faster then CDMA
Aug 19 2012 11:52PM
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ikindalikeskiing
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not trying to thread jack but i have an s3 with the shared data plan or whatevs and i used mobile hotspot a few days ago and hit agree to whatever the rules were without reading, my friend told me it cost extra, is that true?
Aug 19 2012 11:54PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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I like my dumb phone
Aug 20 2012 12:58AM
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SSteezle
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2gb is plenty. if you're going over you're using your phone too much
Aug 20 2012 1:01AM
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Where-am-I
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i have had the same verizon free-with-family-plan flip phone for the past 5 years. . . what is this "android" you speak of?
Aug 20 2012 1:25AM
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cwphoto
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same. ive had unlimited for about 3 years now, but att.

and no 2gb isnt enough, some months i use 4-6gb
Aug 20 2012 1:29AM
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K-Dot.
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yeah its like 20 or 30 bucks extra my friend did it one time
Aug 20 2012 4:01PM
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K-Dot.
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spotify/pandora?
Aug 20 2012 4:01PM
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Mr.Sloth
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This this this this
Aug 20 2012 4:05PM
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ikindalikeskiing
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aww shit is there any way to cancel it?
Aug 20 2012 4:32PM
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K-Dot.
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go online or go to the store or give them a call
Aug 20 2012 4:44PM
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howlongcanausern
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protip: root/jailbreak your phone then not pay for wifi hotspot/tethering
Aug 20 2012 4:46PM
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ikindalikeskiing
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cant on verizon s3
Aug 20 2012 5:07PM
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TOMMYTANK
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Same
Aug 20 2012 5:13PM
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TOMMYTANK
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Same
Aug 20 2012 5:14PM
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skijunkiedtm
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Not anymore, they got sued. You own the data, you can do what you want and if that's turn yourself into a hotspot they can't charge you more.

this change though was not retroactive to those still grandfathered to the unlimited plan.
Aug 20 2012 8:31PM
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K-Dot.
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oh so since i have the two gb plan right now i can? of course they would keep this kind of information hidden..
Aug 20 2012 8:36PM
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klayer_9
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CELLPHONE CARRIERS ARE LIARS AND CONS!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Aug 20 2012 8:45PM
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skijunkiedtm
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I would call to be sure though.
Aug 20 2012 9:39PM
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ikindalikeskiing
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Yep I called and it was free thank god
Aug 21 2012 10:54AM
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.Hugo.
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Get sprint, they're way less expensive and have unlimited data
Aug 21 2012 11:02AM
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Heart
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this this this. my family has verizon but once i'm out of the house i plan on getting some of that unlimited data action.
Aug 21 2012 11:22AM
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Huck_Norris
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Same here! I will buy used 3G iPhones into the next millennium once they phase themif I can.
Aug 21 2012 11:54AM
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roddy116
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you could be on at&t and have to pay like 500 bucks if you lose your phone and not be able to upgrade your plan for two years. got like 3 months left thank gawd.
Aug 21 2012 3:40PM
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grown-ninja
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 all had still on a grandfather in plan thankfully, their insurance blows ive gone through at least 7 insured phones the past year that all had manufactures defects when they sent them to me...lately my calls drop constantly, and service is getting worse and worse where i live.  Theres a chance I might just switch to boost mobile or something like that why pay 110 buck when i can get the same exact thing for 45 and not have to deal with verizon
Aug 21 2012 4:59PM
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