Originally Posted by martonikaj

People were in denial if they thought they'd never have to get rid of unlimited on VZW.

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.

Originally Posted by martonikaj

People were in denial if they thought they'd never have to get rid of unlimited on VZW.

I'm just shocked they won't let us use it through the rest of our contract. Giving people only a few months using it and making them switch mid contract is beyond awful.

Looking for advice

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So now I need some advice. According to these reports, specifically on techcrunch, "Shammo makes it sound like only customers who upgrade after the change takes place will have to pick a new data plan (for better or worse), and with any luck they’ll leave the lucky souls who have already locked their old data plans alone for now."

I bought a Gnex on verizon a few weeks after it came out. I'm currently on a family plan and I'm the only one who has a smartphone on the plan (3 total phones, mine's one of the "added" lines). Currently I'm on a "month to month" I guess is what it's called. My particular line's contract expired at the beginning of this month and I am currently just paying my same charges with unlimited data, but not bound into the 2 year agreement as far as I'm aware.

What I want to know is how to handle it from here on out, if there's a way to even handle it well. I would like to renew my contract and be able to keep my grandfathered unlimited data through this garbage, which means I need to act immediately before they put this crap into effect, assuming it won't go retro active. So with that being said, can I just simply call and get my contract renewed for 2 years and that be that? Is there even a way to do that? I just don't want to blow whatever extra time I have on my grandfathered unlimited data.

I realize that all the information isn't there, but how would you guys handle this if you were in my position? I don't want to screw myself, I use 8-12 gb of data a month so this is sort of important.

Originally Posted by TeeRom

I'm just shocked they won't let us use it through the rest of our contract. Giving people only a few months using it and making them switch mid contract is beyond awful.

Welcome to corporate greed in America. Where carriers love to rip you off and lock you down for two years.

Of course this was bound to happen.

Originally Posted by chlehqls

Welcome to corporate greed in America. Where carriers love to rip you off and lock you down for two years.

Maybe we should move to Canada, where the greed is much less.

Oh wait, they have 3 year contracts

Originally Posted by lblacklol

So now I need some advice. According to these reports, specifically on techcrunch, "Shammo makes it sound like only customers who upgrade after the change takes place will have to pick a new data plan (for better or worse), and with any luck they’ll leave the lucky souls who have already locked their old data plans alone for now."

I bought a Gnex on verizon a few weeks after it came out. I'm currently on a family plan and I'm the only one who has a smartphone on the plan (3 total phones, mine's one of the "added" lines). Currently I'm on a "month to month" I guess is what it's called. My particular line's contract expired at the beginning of this month and I am currently just paying my same charges with unlimited data, but not bound into the 2 year agreement as far as I'm aware.

What I want to know is how to handle it from here on out, if there's a way to even handle it well. I would like to renew my contract and be able to keep my grandfathered unlimited data through this garbage, which means I need to act immediately before they put this crap into effect, assuming it won't go retro active. So with that being said, can I just simply call and get my contract renewed for 2 years and that be that? Is there even a way to do that? I just don't want to blow whatever extra time I have on my grandfathered unlimited data.

I realize that all the information isn't there, but how would you guys handle this if you were in my position? I don't want to screw myself, I use 8-12 gb of data a month so this is sort of important.

Reading through all these sites and Shamu or shammon quotes sounds like people with 3g upgrading to 4g phones will be forced into the shared data plans. But hell either way were all screwed.

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Boycott data plans is the only solution to change.

...of the people, by the people, for the people...

Originally Posted by @rbiter

Boycott data plans is the only solution to change.

...of the people, by the people, for the people...

Jitterbug, HERE I COME!

switching to tmobile $30/mo prepaid plan and using voip? perhaps.

we'll see how all this stuff turns out. if you didnt see this was coming, you were blind.

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Originally Posted by adrynalyne

Jitterbug, HERE I COME!

i always knew you were special and needed help with the buttons on your phone!

Originally Posted by chlehqls

Welcome to corporate greed in America. Where carriers love to rip you off and lock you down for two years.

Don't give them your money then?