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07-24-2016, 10:23 PM
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Site Team
2017 30' International
Broomfield
, Colorado
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,555
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Verizon warns HUGE data users: Switch plans or else
There you have it - watch out of you are full-timing with a grandfathered unlimited Verizon data plan.... all good things come to an end...
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/23/news...ers/index.html
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07-25-2016, 12:27 AM
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3 Rivet Member
2011 27 FB International
Vancouver
, British Columbia
Join Date: Aug 2014
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Technomadia has a really good rundown on this at
https://www.rvmobileinternet.com/bre...limited-plans/
The essence seems to be very large users, averaging 500GB/month, will be cut off. I thought I was a heavy user but only get up to around 80GB/mo.
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07-25-2016, 05:46 AM
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Rivet Master
1972 27' Overlander
Denver
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 768
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If you're burning 500 gig a month , you need to get out of your trailer more often.
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07-25-2016, 12:57 PM
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Site Team
2017 30' International
Broomfield
, Colorado
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,555
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I work from home and between that and streaming Netflix, etc I use about 300 Gigs... 4K streaming will blow that up
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07-25-2016, 01:05 PM
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Site Team
1964 26' Overlander
1964 19' Globetrotter
OlyPen
, Washington
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,926
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I had a similar experience with ATT quite a few years back and an unlimited data plan for my air card. While they honored the unlimited plan, they began to throttle at a pretty low threshold rendering the connection useless. Condolences to verizon users
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07-25-2016, 11:05 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2011 27 FB International
Vancouver
, British Columbia
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 228
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I work and stream, I'm hard pressed to hit 100gb. You just have to lower video quality on the streaming which makes a huge difference. The video quality difference is just not that big a deal.
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07-25-2016, 11:07 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2011 27 FB International
Vancouver
, British Columbia
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 228
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and meant to add...I have a verizon grandfathered account and am not really worried about it at my level of usage. Once back in the US I plan on getting a tmobile with bingon for video and use verizon for work.
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07-26-2016, 11:54 AM
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Stay CazuaL
2018 25' Flying Cloud
2014 19' Flying Cloud
Reseda
, California
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 958
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Get unlimited plan. Root your phone. go to XDA developers for help how.
--DISCLAIMER--
I am not condoning hacking. I have only heard about this method from another thread
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07-26-2016, 11:55 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1984 31' Excella
Naples
, Florida
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 45
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I'm with mccrosti, you really need to get out of the cabin. BUT, I have Verizon and they upped my usage to 2G's with no additional cost. Give them a call and maybe they'll do the same for you.
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07-26-2016, 12:07 PM
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TinCan
2016 30' Classic
Apache Junction
, Arizona
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 880
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They are all such crooks. Right up there with Sat/Cable TV.
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07-26-2016, 12:12 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Taos
, New Mexico
Join Date: Oct 2014
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nothing is forever is it? Maybe Verizon has to pay for their acquisition of Yahoo - perhaps we can consider them to also be Yahoo's now ...
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07-26-2016, 06:04 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2000 19' Bambi
2018 23' International
Auburn
, Maine
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 109
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mccrosti
If you're burning 500 gig a month , you need to get out of your trailer more often.
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Perhaps so, but I'm a video producer, and I burned well over 8GB yesterday delivering some video files to my editor. It represented only 2 hours of color-correction work and audio mixing on my part. We're not all just cruising Facebook.
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07-26-2016, 06:54 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2016 26' Flying Cloud
2016 25' Flying Cloud
1997 21' Excella
Full-Time
, Full-Time
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Janet
I had a similar experience with ATT quite a few years back and an unlimited data plan for my air card. While they honored the unlimited plan, they began to throttle at a pretty low threshold rendering the connection useless. Condolences to verizon users
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Me too, old and original ATT unlimited plan. ATT lost the class action suit on this one. No more throttling. Maybe after 150g/mth? . It just stinks out traveling west with ATT.
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07-27-2016, 02:31 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 19' Safari
GLENDALE
, AZ
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 2,453
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Re: Grandfathered former-Millenicom users on Verizon Wireless
Note for grandfathered "Millenicom" users on Verizon Wireless:
I just noticed new data plans on my "MyVerizon" Web page, and investigated upgrading from our current $99.99/20GB (Millenicom) plan to $110/24GB. The new plan allows four additional gigs of data for $10; and it includes Carryover Data, Safety Mode and device use in Mexico and Canada at no extra charge.
However, when preparing to switch to the new plan, I found out that since I have a Verizon (Millenicom) Novatel 4510L MiFi device instead of a smartphone, there is an additional $20 per month "line access fee". This increases the cost of the $110/24GB plan to $130/month, plus additional fees and taxes. So, the extra 4GB for $10 ends up actually costing $30+, which is no longer such a good deal. Also, not sure, but the $20 line access fee probably applies to all plans, for those with Jetpacks or MiFi devices.
Anyway, I thought that any grandfathered Millenicom users might want to know the true cost BEFORE they change data plans; as I suspect there is no switching back to the old Millenicom plan.
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08-02-2016, 06:44 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Sioux Falls
, South Dakota
Join Date: Mar 2011
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"Anyway, I thought that any grandfathered Millenicom users might want to know the true cost BEFORE they change data plans; as I suspect there is no switching back to the old Millenicom plan." That's good advice no matter what your situation. Figure ALL the costs and benefits before making any sort of change.
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