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Originally Posted by dtrush
I purchased my phone off a local classified ads message board. Someone else paid the subsidy. My first TP1 the same way. That's why I was pissed at Verizon when I went to hook it up to replace my Samsung i760 and they informed me my bill would be $30 more a month in which I told them essentially to shove it......
I had no idea they made some new rule about it when since 2005 through 2009 on my Samsung i730 & i760's I NEVER was required to have a data plan. You'd figure Verizon would just let me continue on since these two phones are along the same lines as the Touch Pro's really. Both are PDA phones, can use data, have similar features.
IT'S JUST VERIZON'S WAY OF GETTING MORE MONEY OUT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO UPGRADE THEIR PHONES.
I don't give a nickle to Microsoft for their 360 Live service. I pulled the LAN cable on my unit 1 year or so ago so it wouldn't have to be online ever. I rarely play it honestly. Last game was Tales of Vesperia cause it was exclusive (at the time) so I went out and bought it and played it through.
I use my two Playstation 3's extensively though. Lots to do there! PSN is FREE and lots of great software out and coming. My daughter plays the heck out of Little Big Planet and I don't receive a bill from Sony for the online features.
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why not take your business elsewhere then??? sprint and t-mobile have much cheaper plans and sprint's coverage is great. t-mobile is getting better.
since you didn't buy the phone through them (at which time they would have told you that data plan was required), you are free to change carriers. you could go back to one of those old phones as well.
Listen, i get your frustration, but that is where cell phone companies in the USA are headed. they have spent dearly on upgrading their networks and want to get their money out of it.
come to sprint, i pay 130/mo for 3 phones, 3k min, unlimited everything else. actually considering dropping the minutes since sprint went to all mobile to mobile and we don't use that many anymore.