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Trading Voyager for Treo
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Well, the above poster is correct...they will require it.
It is actually the FCC pushing it. I added the ID number of the FCC policy to one of my last posts yesterday...
The main cause is users were exceeding their average balance by hundreds of dollars because of data use without a package. That ends now...also, other carriers require the same now.
It is actually the FCC pushing it. I added the ID number of the FCC policy to one of my last posts yesterday...
The main cause is users were exceeding their average balance by hundreds of dollars because of data use without a package. That ends now...also, other carriers require the same now.
Robo action
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I'm lost... The browser on the treo can't do anything more than the browser on the voyager, can it? So why would I pay 20 dollars a month -more- for the exact same thing on a different phone?
JohnnysAngel
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The HTML browser on the Voyager is kind of a small version of the Treo's. It actually can do a lot more.
MummyToThomas&TTC
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such as?
Jesicaekz♥
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The only diff that I noticed between the browsers was that one was called IE and one was not. The IE browser did have some more Flash & Java abilities over the HTML browser on the Voyager/Dare. Saying that the data that gets downloaded to the phone is that same. The diff resides in the browsers ability to display the downloaded data. Should you pay for this when you view the data?? No you should not, you payed for this feature up front by paying a higher price for the phone.
The problem all arises from VZW charging two diff price points for the same data based upon the type of phone you have. The old way (pay as you go) if you were to download 3 MB of data on a smartphone it would cost you over $45. On a dumb phone w/ HTML browser this same amount of data would cost just under $6.
This was not explained well so therefore the non-techy type customer ran up outrageous bills.
They were not truly charging for the data downloaded, they were charging for the prestige of owning a smart-phone and the phones capabilities over a dumb phone. VZW is still doing this but now just a different way and under the guise of the FCC.
I still have yet to see the FCC policy on this and can't see how a gov agency could mandate companies to charge customers like this.
I am a Gov IT worker and the things that I have been told by the VZW CSR's and techs to explain the reasoning behind this practice are just outrageous and lies. Data is data and should be charged the same no matter what phone you have.
The problem all arises from VZW charging two diff price points for the same data based upon the type of phone you have. The old way (pay as you go) if you were to download 3 MB of data on a smartphone it would cost you over $45. On a dumb phone w/ HTML browser this same amount of data would cost just under $6.
This was not explained well so therefore the non-techy type customer ran up outrageous bills.
They were not truly charging for the data downloaded, they were charging for the prestige of owning a smart-phone and the phones capabilities over a dumb phone. VZW is still doing this but now just a different way and under the guise of the FCC.
I still have yet to see the FCC policy on this and can't see how a gov agency could mandate companies to charge customers like this.
I am a Gov IT worker and the things that I have been told by the VZW CSR's and techs to explain the reasoning behind this practice are just outrageous and lies. Data is data and should be charged the same no matter what phone you have.
So Nick,
What you are saying backs my entire argument that I have been saying from the get go. They charge based on what the browser can do with the data.
If any other service providing company (Cable, Gas, Electric, etc....) was to do this same practice they would be having major issues within the court system.
I think someone needs to step up and hold these companies accountable and stop the price gouging, phone discrimination. (whatever you want to call it)
I have looked at the sprint plans and talked to the CSR's over there, they do not do the same thing as VZW.
VZW does not honor the data usage part of the Connect/Premium plan when using a Smartphone, Sprint on the other hand does have a family connect/premium type plan that you can use a smartphone on and they do not mandate a data plan if you already have some sort of data feature on your plan.
VZW would charge you twice for data if you had the Connect or Premium Family plan when using a Smartphone. The data feature would be a part of your plan only for the dumb phones and then for every smartphone they would add $29.99.
How could the FCC mandate something that would charge VZW customers twice for the same feature when using a smartphone on a connect/premium family plan??
What you are saying backs my entire argument that I have been saying from the get go. They charge based on what the browser can do with the data.
If any other service providing company (Cable, Gas, Electric, etc....) was to do this same practice they would be having major issues within the court system.
I think someone needs to step up and hold these companies accountable and stop the price gouging, phone discrimination. (whatever you want to call it)
I have looked at the sprint plans and talked to the CSR's over there, they do not do the same thing as VZW.
VZW does not honor the data usage part of the Connect/Premium plan when using a Smartphone, Sprint on the other hand does have a family connect/premium type plan that you can use a smartphone on and they do not mandate a data plan if you already have some sort of data feature on your plan.
VZW would charge you twice for data if you had the Connect or Premium Family plan when using a Smartphone. The data feature would be a part of your plan only for the dumb phones and then for every smartphone they would add $29.99.
How could the FCC mandate something that would charge VZW customers twice for the same feature when using a smartphone on a connect/premium family plan??