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07-07-2011 , 09:40 AM

#3701

icepick

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Turb0Licious

Thats unheard of man, it cost the carriers next to nothing for data usage!

Are you high? Seriously...what would cause you to think this?

Hundreds of sites in any given metro area...each with 20+ Mbps connectivity to it. Connectivity between switches. Connectivity to the Internet. Routers. People to maintain and run all of the above. And it costs nothing?!

And that's ignoring the billions that it costs to get the RF licenses and the cost of building the network in the first place.

07-07-2011 , 10:03 AM

#3702

Kneel B4 Zod

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

I used to work at VZW(not in like retail or anything, so this isn't 100% confidence) and I'm pretty sure you could grandfather plans indefinitely. Like I definitely saw accounts who had plans that hadn't been available in years.

also as I mentioned upthread they are great about the corporate discounts that they keep giving you. I got mine 3 companies and 8 years ago, still get 20% off every month.

now that I'm on family plan with my wife, I save $18 on our minutes (20% * $90), $6 on data for 1 phone (20% * $29.99), plus I think we save another $5 or so on our txt. save roughly $350 a year.

07-07-2011 , 11:23 AM

#3703

dlk9s

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Turb0Licious

Wow if thats true than thats awesome, I guess I was lied to on the phone today with VZW who told me specifically that my grandfather clause will end once my contract does. I don't see why they would do as you said? It makes no sense to honor old contracts, especially on unlimited data usage which they are changing imo.

Friend who works in sales also told me it's only until your current contract is up that you are grandfathered in, but seriously I hope you are right because that would be a great sigh of relief. Really hoping you're proving me wrong honestly.

I called Verizon last night and they said that as long as you don't drop your smartphone data plan, you'll remain grandfathered indefinitely (or I suppose if they change policies again).

I still decided against upgrading to a smartphone, but that's besides the point.

07-07-2011 , 01:42 PM

#3704

LeapFrog

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paging suzzer

07-07-2011 , 08:19 PM

#3705

willie

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fml been holding out on my upgrade from an older phone w/ limited use data plan and was waiting on the galaxy s2 to finally upgrade

just read this thread and panicked n called verizon, obv too late to upgrade my old shat phone to unlimited data so i'm locked in for the future.

drat.

07-08-2011 , 12:03 PM

#3706

Aceium

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Originally Posted by fredd-bird

2p2 developed an Android app for the forum. It's pretty damn awesome.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=495

I can't get to this by searching the marketplace.

07-08-2011 , 12:09 PM

#3707

Aceium

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I just copied the link and emailed it to myself then opened it on my phone.

This app is awesome.

07-08-2011 , 04:43 PM

#3708

Aceium

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aceium

I'm going to run Wireless Tether for the rest of the day (~2.5 hours) and see what kind of usage I run in to.

I'll be browsing 2p2, listening to Pandora, and probably getting some real work done. The real work does not require internet access.

I was surprised at the amount of data I used. After about 2 hours of running Pandora constantly and browsing 2p2 and other websites - I'd downloaded 104MB over 3G.

07-08-2011 , 05:00 PM

#3709

Kneel B4 Zod

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^ most of that is from Pandora

07-08-2011 , 05:04 PM

#3710

fredd-bird

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Aceium

I just copied the link and emailed it to myself then opened it on my phone.

This app is awesome.

Ya I mean, I just went to the link on my phone's browser for ease.

07-08-2011 , 05:20 PM

#3711

Mr_Pathetic

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,474

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyWf

This is 100% true. I kept the same plan I had from Alltel years ago until just recently when I started traveling more and needed to switch to a nationwide plan. I still didn't think they would do the same with the data plan but apparently they are.

07-08-2011 , 05:22 PM

#3712

NoahSD

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Will that be the default or will I have to make a big deal out of clarifying that I want to be grandfathered in?

07-08-2011 , 05:41 PM

#3713

Kneel B4 Zod

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NoahSD

Will that be the default or will I have to make a big deal out of clarifying that I want to be grandfathered in?

you can go online and do it yourself, right now (provided you are eligible to upgrade). you can stop short of when you are actually committed to do it, if you just want to see the option.

as I said above I doubt this will be policy forever.

07-08-2011 , 10:11 PM

#3714

Mark_K

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Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 29,300

I'm curious, what's the equivalent of an iPod touch for android?

Best I could come up with was a Nook Color. Anything with more horsepower like the current crop of android smartphones?

07-08-2011 , 10:18 PM

#3715

amplify

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 78,783

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark_K

I'm curious, what's the equivalent of an iPod touch for android?

Best I could come up with was a Nook Color. Anything with more horsepower like the current crop of android smartphones?

Probably something like this from Archos

07-08-2011 , 11:33 PM

#3716

Mark_K

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Quote:

Originally Posted by amplify

Probably something like this from Archos

Thanks Amp! The Archos looks interesting. I wonder how much the resistive screen hurts it? You gave me something to research.

07-08-2011 , 11:36 PM

#3717

mocky

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fredd-bird

2p2 developed an Android app for the forum. It's pretty damn awesome.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=495

07-09-2011 , 10:50 AM

#3718

Duerig

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Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,220

Currently using wireless tether on a rooted evo and love it. Can someone suggest a non-wireless version? I assume physically tethering to my phone would be faster and safer in public areas - access control doesn't seem to be working.

07-09-2011 , 11:01 AM

#3719

mug3n

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fredd-bird

2p2 developed an Android app for the forum. It's pretty damn awesome.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=495

minor gripe is that it doesnt show spoilers (or at least I can't figure out how to open them)

but otherwise very nice. beats viewing on opera mini

07-09-2011 , 11:16 AM

#3720

trontron

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,855

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duerig

should be available as a standard option on your phone, no app needed. settings --> wireless & networks --> Tethering --> activate "usb-tethering" (naming maybe a little different, using german version of cm7 atm). if you're still using sense, i assume you can just choose this option automatically if you connect it to usb iirc.
or is this deactivated by your carrier? or did i misunderstand you?

07-09-2011 , 12:20 PM

#3721

Cueballmania

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mug3n

minor gripe is that it doesnt show spoilers (or at least I can't figure out how to open them)

but otherwise very nice. beats viewing on opera mini

If you quote the post, you can read it.

07-09-2011 , 01:35 PM

#3722

ChipWrecked

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+1 to the app being formatted much like Forum Runner. We old folks get set in our ways and like our forums apps to act like they used to.

07-09-2011 , 05:09 PM

#3723

Mr_Pathetic

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Considering most forums are using the same generic tapatalk app then you should really like that. All the forums I read use the same exact app. It's nice that there is uniformity but it sucks b/c the tapatalk app is missing a few things.

07-10-2011 , 03:04 PM

#3724

Duerig

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Quote:

Originally Posted by trontron

or is this deactivated by your carrier?

This I believe

07-11-2011 , 03:43 PM

#3725

Aceium

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Something kind of stranget happened to my phone after I started using Pocket Casts.

It changed my voice call ringtone to one of the podcasts I downloaded, I'm not sure why. It's the intro to Bart Hanson's Deuce Plays podcast and it's actually kind of a cool intro so I haven't bothered changing it back.

The only thing I have to do is make sure to either ignore it or answer in the first 7 or 8 seconds while it's just music before my friends hear my ringer go "For the best in poker strategy......"

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