Rural Verizon users getting the boot for data overuse

[leroybrute]

http://gizmodo.com/verizon-is-booting-8-500-rural-customers-over-data-use-1818476496/amp,

Out where we are, there is no wifi, so we rely on the unlimited plans and tether. We do use a lot of data but the closest house to us is a half mile away. Been with Verizon over 20 years. My state is included in the list, so just waiting for the boot.
What are your thought's?

 

[The_Tech_Princess]

http://gizmodo.com/verizon-is-booting-8-500-rural-customers-over-data-use-1818476496/amp,

Out where we are, there is no wifi, so we rely on the unlimited plans and tether. We do use a lot of data but the closest house to us is a half mile away. Been with Verizon over 20 years. My state is included in the list, so just waiting for the boot.
What are your thought's?

Well, it's no fun, but they're no charity. If it's costing them money then so be it. I think people often mistake carriers for governments. Carriers are private companies who have no requirement to provide charity data. That''s my thoughts.

 

[leroybrute]

Well, it's no fun, but they're no charity. If it's costing them money then so be it. I think people often mistake carriers for governments. Carriers are private companies who have no requirement to provide charity data. That''s my thoughts.

I pay Verizon over 400 a month for unlimited data which was guaranteed to me more than 12 years ago so I don't see where they are a charity.
Appreciate your thoughts though.

 

[The_Tech_Princess]

I pay Verizon over 400 a month for unlimited data which was guaranteed to me more than 12 years ago so I don't see where they are a charity.
Appreciate your thoughts though.

I think you're saying it was guaranteed to you might be a little erroneous. The reality is, that carriers don't guarantee anything to anyone. They have clauses in their contracts to allow things such as this to occur, when they see fit. As such, I think that's a dangerous position for people to take. About the only thing guaranteed in this world are taxes and death. While the Constitution affords theoretical protections against various things even that's up to interpretation. You're correct, I was saying that they're absolutely not a charity. I think you just solidified my point. They're a profitable Corporation, and have no obligation to be nice or fair to anybody. That's not true of just Verizon that's true of every carrier or any private sector company.

 

[leroybrute]

I think you're saying it was guaranteed to you might be a little erroneous. The reality is, that carriers don't guarantee anything to anyone. They have clauses in their contracts to allow things such as this to occur, when they see fit. As such, I think that's a dangerous position for people to take. About the only thing guaranteed in this world are taxes and death. While the Constitution affords theoretical protections against various things even that's up to interpretation. You're correct, I was saying that they're absolutely not a charity. I think you just solidified my point. They're a profitable Corporation, and have no obligation to be nice or fair to anybody. That's not true of just Verizon that's true of every carrier or any private sector company.

Tell me this, our closest neighbor is a half mile away and she is 84 hrs old. She used just under 12gb of data on an unlimited plan to watch Netflix and she got a notice as well as we did saying she overused and her speeds would be cut to 700 khz.
I understand what you are saying but it still doesn't make it right...

 

[The_Tech_Princess]

Tell me this, our closest neighbor is a half mile away and she is 84 hrs old. She used just under 12gb of data on an unlimited plan to watch Netflix and she got a notice as well as we did saying she overused and her speeds would be cut to 700 khz.
I understand what you are saying but it still doesn't make it right...

I don't disagree. It does suck.

 

[partcyborg]

Well, it's no fun, but they're no charity. If it's costing them money then so be it. I think people often mistake carriers for governments. Carriers are private companies who have no requirement to provide charity data. That''s my thoughts.

Hahahahahahahaha OMG really? PLEASE tell me your not that naiive

http://www.verizon.com/about/file/22819/download?token=7m9zCDca

(Find their financial report here if the above doesn't work
http://www.verizon.com/about/invest...2017-quarter-earnings-conference-call-webcast)

Verizon reported 4.3B in INCOME in q2 2017. Let's just be clear here. That means they made four point three BILLION dollars in three months earlier this year. That's. INCOME mind you, revenue minus expenses. As in take it to the bank money* in case you slept through finance class.

4.3B every 3 months in profit and they need to stick it to rual working class people?

Oh, and also VZW is a Telecom provider, and is actually classified as a company that does hold monopoly control of a utility in certain locations (your landline or broadband services in some places go through them or subsidiaries of them) so they actually ARE a little bit like a government as they are regulated and beholden to fair customer treatment in areas of their business.


Using the charity strawman in response to a global Telecom company. Wow. That's all I can say on a board like XDA about that.

......

Yea nope.


* Yes I know that things come out of revenue and it's not pure profit but given that the comment indicated that giving a few thousand dollars would qualify VZW as a charity I simplified

 

[spodg]

If I would be a person living in a rural area, I would use Ubiquiti Loco M5 LAN bridges. Because one bridge works up to 5 miles and provide 100Mbit connection between two houses. Now, let's say only one person has internet in rural area, but using this bridge you can build your own network thru which you can share this person's one internet connection to as many houses as you like, as long as distance between them is less than 5 miles in open field. It is kinda illegal, because usually internet providers have a clause in a contract about "no reselling services", but as long as you not making money on it, and nobody knows, it is OK. Just a hint

 

[JSnively]

After reading the article looks like it is for roaming not using their data. These are people that are not in Verizon main service area most of the time they are outside the Verizon service area and roam onto other networks which does cost them money!

 

[TheMadScientist]

I think you're saying it was guaranteed to you might be a little erroneous. The reality is, that carriers don't guarantee anything to anyone. They have clauses in their contracts to allow things such as this to occur, when they see fit. As such, I think that's a dangerous position for people to take. About the only thing guaranteed in this world are taxes and death. While the Constitution affords theoretical protections against various things even that's up to interpretation. You're correct, I was saying that they're absolutely not a charity. I think you just solidified my point. They're a profitable Corporation, and have no obligation to be nice or fair to anybody. That's not true of just Verizon that's true of every carrier or any private sector company.

I will second the guarantee about taxes and death...:good::good::good:

 

[F1reEng1neRed]

http://gizmodo.com/verizon-is-booting-8-500-rural-customers-over-data-use-1818476496/amp,

Out where we are, there is no wifi, so we rely on the unlimited plans and tether. We do use a lot of data but the closest house to us is a half mile away. Been with Verizon over 20 years. My state is included in the list, so just waiting for the boot.
What are your thought's?

For $400 a month, you could easily switch to satellite (Hughes net) and save money.

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[Deathman20]

After reading the article looks like it is for roaming not using their data. These are people that are not in Verizon main service area most of the time they are outside the Verizon service area and roam onto other networks which does cost them money!

Very good point! It is in their contract info that you have to use the majority of your data while on their network or something like this could happen.
Not saying it doesn't suck but maybe I'd figure out who is providing cell signal in the area, the actual provider and start talking to them.

 

[LBJM]

I've been looking to upgrade my phone on gudp, I use an old lg G3 and last month I did about 500GB worth of data. Do any are you guys still have unlimited with your S8 and haven't been disconnected? They don't even offer the older sub upgrade prices for phones anymore and gudp went up, which fine I ported out other lines to total wireless and get the same network for way less. The irony is My VZW speeds are double to triple the speed on my wired connection which has a hidden data limit.