It was precisely that exorbitant REQUIRED data pack ($30/mo @ Verizon) for a smart phone that drove me to leave them after being a loyal customer with a peak of 7 lines (5 on family plan and 2 more) for something like 10 yrs. Well, that and the $350/per line cancellation fee (seems to me they are worried about future technology, e.g. SIP via wifi instead of relying so much on the wireless carrier's service).<div>
<br></div><div>I looked at Metro PCS but finally decided on Virgin mobile. As of last Sunday, I am running a LG Optimus V on the $25/mo Beyond Talk plan which includes 300 minutes (no free time) and unlimited WEB and Text. $40 gets you 1200 minutes or the PayLo plan gives 1500 minutes with limited data for $30.00. If I find I talk too much on Beyond Talk, I'l switch to PayLo. I don't have enough experience to rate the quality or availability of coverage yet, but I am enjoying the Android phone. Only complaint so far is the battery life is pretty short on the phone, requiring daily charges. I don't ever intend to go back to a post-paid contract plan. In fact, I intend to set up an Asterisk install (PBXIF from NerdVittles.com) and use a SIP client on the phone to make free calls through the PFXIF.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My $.02 worth.</div><div>GC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:49 PM, scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott@sboss.net">scott@sboss.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
if you read your license agreement (EULA?) that you had to sign when<br>
you got the simcard/original phone there is verbiage in there. It<br>
blows. I think it is wrong. But any non-dumb phone has to have a data<br>
plan. I had to have an employee show me where it was. it was burried<br>
in the middle of a paragraph. Both AT&T and Verizon care about what<br>
phone you have and charges appropriately. T-Mobile doesnt care but<br>
doesnt allow you to use services you dont pay for (texting is either<br>
paid for OR you pay $0.10@ with t-mobile). I took my mom's sim car<br>
put it in my google smart phone and it works with no extra charges<br>
except she didnt have any data traffic. Only phone/SMS. Once I<br>
switched my card back in it fully worked.<br>
<br>
fight it but dont be surprised if they dont buckle.<br>
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On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Richard Bronosky <<a href="mailto:Richard@bronosky.com">Richard@bronosky.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> They have to generate a signature or a voice recording of your consent<br>
> in order to add that charge. Fight them. Don't try to continue using<br>
> the device. But for the one month where you were uninformed of their<br>
> choice to charge extra for the same service based on the device<br>
> consuming it, don't give in.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Edward Holcroft <<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> All<br>
>> My daughter recently got a used iPhone and put her AT simcard from her<br>
>> non-smartphone in - kids just gotta have an iPhone, ya know. She only<br>
>> accesses data using wifi and 3G is switched off. This month I get my phone<br>
>> bill and they've added a $30 3G data plan even though she did not use any<br>
>> ATT data. When I queried with AT&T they said I am not permitted to use a<br>
>> smartphone without a data plan, even if I do not access ATT data.<br>
>> Does anyone know about this? Is this even legal? It just seems fraudulent.<br>
>> Is this even worth contesting or do I choose to either pay up or switch back<br>
>> to the old phone?<br>
>> ed<br>
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