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The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

What is the reason not not get the 5GB plan and just have them continuously refund you if you don't use it?

I will probably get rid of Verizon in November of 2017 when my unlimited data plan contract expires. By then I might get lucky enough that they bring back unlimited data by then lol (T Mobile kinda has it again)

if you dont habitually go over 1gb a month there's no reason to have that money gone up front. they bill you at the beginning of every cycle, not the end, so if you're not using 4 more gb of data you could be using that 40bux for something else.

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Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

if you dont habitually go over 1gb a month there's no reason to have that money gone up front. they bill you at the beginning of every cycle, not the end, so if you're not using 4 more gb of data you could be using that 40bux for something else.

Oh.

I suppose they also only charge you when you go over, and they charge you the standard amount, so I guess I could also ask why anybody would ever get anything higher than the 1gb plan.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
The plans are meaningless, all data is billed at the same rate - whether you go over your budget or below. As posted (Literally in this thread) the only reason they're there is because subscribers couldn't comprehend a sane data plan after being rear end hosed by carriers for so many years.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

Oh.

I suppose they also only charge you when you go over, and they charge you the standard amount, so I guess I could also ask why anybody would ever get anything higher than the 1gb plan.

All data is billed at the same rate. From the first kilobyte to the terabyte or whatever. You can set a data "budget" at any increment of $10, but it doesn't matter - if you go under it rolls into next month, if you go over, you get billed at the same rate as if you hadn't. It makes literally, literally, no difference.

You folks have actual stockholm syndrome lol and it is freaking amazing

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

Smythe posted:

The plans are meaningless, all data is billed at the same rate - whether you go over your budget or below. As posted (Literally in this thread) the only reason they're there is because subscribers couldn't comprehend a sane data plan after being rear end hosed by carriers for so many years.

this basically. you buy data in $10 1gb chunks. the only difference between plans is when you get billed for data over the next 1gb chunk. for me, im on wifi all the time so there's no reason to buy more than 1gb.

trilljester
Dec 7, 2004

The People's Tight End.

Shaggar posted:

hiring the Verizon guy for sprint commercials is hilarious

The ads are incredibly bad too.

Let's talk about cell phone service outside a loving movie theater.

Zamujasa
Oct 27, 2010



Bread Liar

Smythe posted:

The plans are meaningless, all data is billed at the same rate - whether you go over your budget or below. As posted (Literally in this thread) the only reason they're there is because subscribers couldn't comprehend a sane data plan after being rear end hosed by carriers for so many years.

apparently you can set a data quota for devices on a group plan so that data just stops if someone goes over a certain amount now

Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

trilljester posted:

The ads are incredibly bad too.

Let's talk about cell phone service outside a loving movie theater.

I saw the barbershop one a hundred times before I even realized it was the Verizon guy. I didn't recognize him at all. And I don't think he mentioned he was the Verizon guy in that commercial.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



its really weird and gross that you can apparently get famous for being in a commercial

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

Powaqoatse posted:

its really weird and gross that you can apparently get famous for being in a commercial

it'd be really weird if you didn't get famous for being on something hundreds of millions of people saw at least multiple times a month, over like 10 years, with you prominently featured

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



fishmech posted:

it'd be really weird if you didn't get famous for being on something hundreds of millions of people saw at least multiple times a month, over like 10 years, with you prominently featured

well i guess i should say its really weird and gross that commercials arent illegal

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Powaqoatse posted:

its really weird and gross that you can apparently get famous for being in a commercial

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Powaqoatse posted:

well i guess i should say its really weird and gross that commercials arent illegal

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang




0wned :sunglasses:

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
fi is ok but u have to use an android phone which is bad

i guess the truth is in the middle

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer

uncurable mlady posted:

fi is ok but u have to use an android phone which is bad

i guess the truth is in the middle

pixel is extremely ftw and the only problem it has is the included cables being kinda short

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

uncurable mlady posted:

fi is ok but u have to use an android phone which is bad

i guess the truth is in the middle

The truth is that Fi is the only carrier that doesn't treat you like poo poo and Android is the best mobile operating system. You're welcome to trundle around in the stone age with a legacy carrier using a dog poo poo handset with useless software if you so choose but don't delude yourself into thinking its good or something lol.

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



its so weird that america is still on carrier vs carrier

who gives a poo poo

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




your mum

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



mum dgaf

Krakox
Oct 9, 2012
My new phone sound chip apparently melted and looking up 'lg v20 speaker broken' it's apparently not uncommon to both this phone model and Android nougat v :)v

It's cool because if you turn up the sound you can hear the cell phone signals come in and when videos play

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



are you talking about cellphone signals interfering with radios & speakers & stuff?

i had almost forgotten those

anyone remember when the speaker was liek "e e e" and you knew there was an SMS incoming before your phone buzzed?

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug

Powaqoatse posted:

its really weird and gross that you can apparently get famous for being in a commercial
geiko has a real bad habit of having porn made of their commerical characters

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Bhodi posted:

geiko has a real bad habit of having porn made of their commerical characters

even more than erin esurance?

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

Powaqoatse posted:

are you talking about cellphone signals interfering with radios & speakers & stuff?

i had almost forgotten those

anyone remember when the speaker was liek "e e e" and you knew there was an SMS incoming before your phone buzzed?

i think some sort of insulation got knocked loose in this old laptop im using when i put an ssd in in place of the hard drive, because now there'll randomly be grindy-staticky noises on the built in speaker when the cpu's really going. its cool though it makes it sound kinda retrofuturistic

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



gently caress yeah


fond memories of twirling the wire to get a more authentic sound

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug

Sagebrush posted:

even more than erin esurance?

oh forgot about them, yeah

something about insurance and porn, i guess

Krakox
Oct 9, 2012

Powaqoatse posted:

are you talking about cellphone signals interfering with radios & speakers & stuff?

i had almost forgotten those

anyone remember when the speaker was liek "e e e" and you knew there was an SMS incoming before your phone buzzed?

Yeah it only clicks on when there's a video on screen and clicks off a short while after.

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Sagebrush posted:

erin esurance?

atomicthumbs
Dec 26, 2010


We're in the business of extending man's senses.
If your computer doesn't frantically click while accessing mass storage, it's a piece of poo poo.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012


i can't tell if this is like a "oi what the gently caress" gif or a "boner status: active" gif

anyway here u go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-04I4PjriA

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Sagebrush posted:

i can't tell if this is like a "oi what the gently caress" gif or a "boner status: active" gif

anyway here u go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-04I4PjriA

banned for anime

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

Uncle at Nintendo posted:

By then I might get lucky enough that they bring back unlimited data by then lol (T Mobile kinda has it again)

lol no they dont in fact they just got rid of it

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

Powaqoatse posted:

its so weird that america is still on carrier vs carrier

who gives a poo poo

lol better than europe where because theres no actual difference between carriers theres no incentive to improve the networks

the international pixel has a camera bug where it fucks up if the device is on edge you know the network type that america hasnt had for a few years? yeah europe actually still has that in existence in 2016

america has faster and more lte coverage in more places over a much more diverse topography than europe is anywhere close to matching and its due to telecom competition (which will end once the trump administration begins welp)

i guess it doesnt matter much as americas network is easily 8 years further along than europes

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!

LastInLine posted:

lol better than europe where because theres no actual difference between carriers theres no incentive to improve the networks

the international pixel has a camera bug where it fucks up if the device is on edge you know the network type that america hasnt had for a few years? yeah europe actually still has that in existence in 2016

america has faster and more lte coverage in more places over a much more diverse topography than europe is anywhere close to matching and its due to telecom competition (which will end once the trump administration begins welp)

i guess it doesnt matter much as americas network is easily 8 years further along than europes

It varies greatly per country stop treating europe like a single country you dumb bumblefuck american.

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

spankmeister posted:

It varies greatly per country stop treating europe like a single country you dumb bumblefuck american.

the whole reason europe as a whole is behind america is because all the countries standardized early for interoperability. thats because what you call countries are laughably small and insignificant compared to any real place so saying that one country is better than another would be like saying yeah but look how great our coverage is in kansas while ignoring everything else

every european country thinks they matter and its so cute

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!

LastInLine posted:

the whole reason europe as a whole is behind america is because all the countries standardized early for interoperability. thats because what you call countries are laughably small and insignificant compared to any real place so saying that one country is better than another would be like saying yeah but look how great our coverage is in kansas while ignoring everything else

every european country thinks they matter and its so cute

You really don't understand how europe works at all.

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

spankmeister posted:

You really don't understand how europe works at all.

i know that it doesnt

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Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy

LastInLine posted:

i know that it doesnt

:fuckoff:

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