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jplante4
Explorer II
Mar 29, 2016

Data "Plan"

Just wondering about this and thought I'd float a thread.

I'm with Verizon for wireless, which includes internet access when we're not at a CG with WiFi. Why do they have this concept of a data plan? Why do you have to guesstimate the amount of data you'll be using? Why not charge by the gig and be done with it?

I thought it might be for capacity planning, but I can set my "plan" to 10 gig and bump it up at the last minute if I'm running out. And if I go over, then they just charge me for the extra by the gig anyway, so why not set a per gig price from the beginning.

Anyone have any insight into this silly industry?
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    jplante4
    Explorer II
    Mar 31, 2016
    On my home phone (land-line, don't ask :( ), Verizon called and offered the $65 month plan. $65 a month, unlimited calls blah, blah, blah. I bit. My bill was $65 for exactly 1 month. Every once in a while I look at my $95 "$65 a month plan" and call them to complain. They knock off a couple of bucks to shut me up.

    In preparation for taking off for the winter, I installed a temp/water alarm. It uses the landline to call out with alarm conditions. I called Verizon and asked if there was some level of service between the $95 "$65 a month plan" and vacation standby. "No". Great way to treat someone who has been a customer for 40 years.

    So I went to the Verizon Wireless store and bought a wireless home phone adapter (basically a cell phone in a box that you plug a handset into), added that to my wireless plan ($20) and plugged the home alarm into it. Put the landline on vacation standby ($18) and the total monthly revenue to Verizon Inc dropped to $38. How stupid an one company be?

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