Out of contract with Verizon - possible smart phone switch without adding data?

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Verizon made the change to require data plans after they had alot of bad press about peoples phones use background data, or their kids used data and generated $2,000 data charges.At&t did the same thing for the same reason. In the last year I was with At&t as a CS rep, I worked on a specialty team who applied those types of credits. Amazingly, in 1 month I applied over $400,000 in similar credits. Makes perfect sense why most major carriers now require data features on smart phones.

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Of course, that was $400,000 in "funny money", at some pay-per-use like $20/MB or whatever rate, $1,000+ in charges covered by some $10-25 data plan.

Anyway, you don't need a IPod or tablet either. Android phone, go into airplane mode so it doesn't waste battery on the inactive cell service, turn on wifi. Put on Skype (not Skype Mobile, that relies on VZW voice, and is buggy as hell anyway) and you even have voice and texts back.

Yes, I agree, a smartphone that was not subsidized, a data block should be an option. But, T-Mobile is the only one that'll do this.

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Of course, that was $400,000 in "funny money", at some pay-per-use like $20/MB or whatever rate, $1,000+ in charges covered by some $10-25 data plan.No disagreement with you there. You would be surprised how large some credits were applied (even if I didn't agree they were deserved).

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Of course, that was $400,000 in "funny money", at some pay-per-use like $20/MB or whatever rate, $1,000+ in charges covered by some $10-25 data plan.You see it as funny money, the carrier sees it as lost revenue. That is $400k in money that they rightfully earned and now will not be collecting. If someone watches pay per view movies on cable all month long and racks up thousands in pay per view charges, is it the cable company's fault that they charge $4 per pay per view movie when their actual fees for the movie works out to be less than a penny per view? Should they not collect those fees owed to them? Or say you receive a letter from your employer stating that they will be doubling your salary. Then they come back to you after you ask why your paycheck didn't go up and they say "oops, the letter was sent to you in error, you didn't get a raise". Would you say ok, just pay me my regular salary?

Ignorance, or "we didn't know we were using data" is no excuse....just like "we didn't know the speed limit was only 30" is no excuse in traffic court when you're busted doing 55.

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