Smartphone Data Shake-up: The End Of 'unlimited'

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 11:59 AM

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#2 ShaneWood

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Posted 08 February 2012 - 01:02 PM

Why no mention of US Cellular?

#3 CodySmith

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Posted 09 February 2012 - 04:11 AM

Cell phone companies have failed yet again. Unlimited data is stupid, obviously people will abuse it. But there are some people, like me, who use utilities like iTunes Match and need a hell of a lot more than 2 GB. And I am not paying 80 dollars for 10 gigs either. Why not instead of 30 dollars for unlimited or 30 for 2 gigs, make 30 the price for say 15 gigabytes. Then everyones happy. Except for the true data hogs.

#4 ReneHogan

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 07:47 AM

I am like the rest of America. I like my "toy" to give me all the information I thought I needed. I finally put myself on a restricted use data plan. which forced me to manage the apps data usage. I am glad I am glad I did that because I do not exceed 150 mb a month. (Dont need to watch Netflix with my phone, don't need my weather update every 15 minutes, don't need 3g on all the time considering all of the available wi-fi sites available. Also found out that I will not die if I turn my phone off. This is such a great feeling.

#5 jdelsro19

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Posted 13 February 2012 - 02:27 PM

ReneHogan, on 10 February 2012 - 07:47 AM, said:

It's not really your fault, you were led to believe that you would always have unlimited data from the carrier but then they cut you off. I've never had a data plan and never will for those prices, I use WiFi almost exclusively because that's all I had. Now I get 30mb of data with my T-mobile monthly prepay plan and 1500 minutes/text for $30/month and still have never come close to using all the data because I did not have to ween myself off of unlimited data that was truly never needed to begin with. Then the carriers have the nerve to charge for going over your allotted data which should be illegal, cut my data off when I use it all, don't charge for going over. Charge more reasonable prices for data now that it's not unlimited, charging the same as before should be illegal too. Companies that have good prepay plans should seriously consider selling data that doesn't expire every month. Sell me 5Gb of data and let me use it until it's gone, whether it takes 30 days or 180 days, it's not costing you anything to sell data that way and I get to use what I paid for. Carriers should have way more choices when it comes to minutes and data. Last but not least, Data should be an option not a requirement, this practice should definitely be illegal. Cheers.