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Verizon Makes It Easy To Go Over Your Data Cap
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."
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.
Who the hell is crazy enough to try to stream a full show episode over 3G ? Get a grip, people, use wifi like everybody.
People who live in places where bandwidth isn't overpriced. I live in Sweden and I pay about 15$ for unlimited data. I could also pay less, and get 5,10, or 20GB and a throttled pipe if overdrawn. 3G is fast. It's fast enough to stream video. Heck, I even resort to setting up a portable hotspot some times just to torrent stuff.
This is correct. We banned automatic weapons in 1996 and look at us now: data limits on all our broadband plans. I hope this can be a lesson to the rest of the world.
"A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
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.
Three in Ireland just launched free internet up to 15GB per month on a pay as you go scheme. Top up by 20 euros and you get internet, free calls to other Three users and other stuff for a month, plus the 20 call credit for landline / other network calls. Not bad but I don't know how their broadband will work in practice since it's likely to be swamped with new subscribers.
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.
what the heck are you doing over in that development country you call the states?
Apparently doing something other than messing around on our phones all day. Put the porn down and step away from the phone
no, you banned semi-automatic weapons (and pump shotguns) in 1996.