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Verizon Makes It Easy To Go Over Your Data Cap

Posted by Soulskill on from the as-it-was-as-it-ever-shall-be dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Verizon Wireless has revamped its video service; many Android phones can now stream full episodes from a number of current TV shows. You can even choose to just buy access for a day if you don't see yourself using the service often. Sounds great, right? Well, except for the part where all of Verizon's current smartphone plans have data caps — and the new service makes it awfully easy to go over them and incur overage charges."

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  1. Not all plans by Nialin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...all of Verizon's current smartphone plans have data caps

    If you've got an Unlimited Data plan (as I have), this won't be an issue. The throttling of your service will be, however.

    Fuckers.

  2. So? by vipw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At least that is network neutrality. Would it really be better if they waived the bandwidth charge when using their movie service but made customers pay extra when using competing services (e.g. Netflix)?

    Just think about what you're complaining about, and what it really means. The only problem is that the data caps are low and the overage charges are high -- and that is exactly what one should expect given the competitiveness of wireless service in the USA.

  3. Sorry state of affairs. by protodevilin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm about to return to the United States after living in the UK for 3 years, and enjoying the benefits of its highly competitive GSM cellular market. There are over half a dozen major carriers to choose from out here, each with a wide and unique range of devices and plans to choose from, resulting in overall much greater value for the consumer than is currently available in the US.

    I'm not at all looking forward to choosing whether to lie back or bend over before I get rightly screwed by whatever carrier I go with when I return. We've really let these telcos run amok unchecked, and now look at us.

    1. Re:Sorry state of affairs. by MartinSchou · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'm not at all looking forward to choosing whether to lie back or bend over before I get rightly screwed by whatever carrier I go with when I return.

      Don't be ridiculous. You have lots and lots of choices in the US, when it comes to your cell phone service.

      You get to choose how much, what colour, what scent, what taste, what manufacturer and what type of lube they use when they're raping your ass. That right there is hundreds if not thousands of combinations and choices.

      What more could you possibly ask for?

  4. Re:Welcome to Australia by YouWantFriesWithThat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    no, you banned semi-automatic weapons (and pump shotguns) in 1996.