always to companys fault

[Smittie61984]

My Verizon phone warns me everytime I'm about to download a game/app/etc that if I don't have an unlimited data plan or some kind of data plan that charges will apply.
Infact I'll type it out right now.

Checked it for Guitar Hero 5 and is word for word except for the part describing the game

...Without a price plan that includes an unlimited data feature, you will incure either (depending on your plan) airtime charges at applicable overage rates if you exceed your minutes bundle or megabyte("MB") charges of 1.99/MB for downloading the application. Some applications may result in additional charges for sending/receiving data during use. [Size: 1.12mb]

I feel like that's a fair warning.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

I can't believe anybody in here would defend a $21,000 phone bill as acceptable. And then denounce the guy as an idiot.

...

I guarantee everyone in this thread crying "he signed the contract" has, more than once, agreed to terms without crawling through it line-by-line. Even if you did take the time to read each one of them, you wouldn't understand them anyway.

But go ahead and condone a $21,000 utility bill for him, he's just some guy you've never met, right? I bet the same people will cry about how the world is full of people that only care about themselves next time one of those threads come up, too.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

My guess is that I'm going to be the one to take the hit for this once Verizon and Dumbass negotiate.

Don't worry man, Smittie's gonna take the hit for it...lol

Smittie, you're such a fucking tool.

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

My guess is that I'm going to be the one to take the hit for this once Verizon and Dumbass negotiate.

Take the hit for what? It sure as shit didn't cost VZN 21 large to provide that service.

[Tmall]

Smitty is paying for this? Perfect. Verizon and the dude can relax now.

[RACER X]

lol, it's ok to make $, just not to much $, i'm sure avatard wants the gov't to get in on this too......

[Avatard]

It's OK to make as much money as you want, using honest means, Racer X.

I'm not anti-money, I just happen to be "pro-human".

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by RACER X

lol, it's ok to make $, just not to much $, i'm sure avatard wants the gov't to get in on this too......

How many news stories have been about this exact scenario already? Even for people that don't like big government, it may be the better option than allowing companies to continue charging unconscionable sums of money for trivial data transfers.

If Verizon and AT&T would do the common sense thing, there wouldn't be news stories or talk of the need for regulation.

[RACER X]

i remember back in the day when my bag phone used to charge by the min.
when AOL charged for usage

so how much $ should verizon or ? cap their fee's at? or how muhc info? cuz i know people complaining that their i-net speeds are capped and they'de have to pay more for higher speeds cuz they D/L so much crap.

like i tried to say w/ the title it's always the co's fault......people aren't to blame.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by RACER X

i remember back in the day when my bag phone used to charge by the min.
when AOL charged for usage

Yes, that's exactly the same. It's just as easy to determine how many minutes you've been on a phone as it is to determine "how many kilobytes did that just transfer"? Brilliant analogy.

Originally Posted by RACER X

so how much $ should verizon or ? cap their fee's at? or how muhc info?

Off the top of my head, I'd say somewhere below $21,000 for a monthly service.

Originally Posted by RACER X

icuz i know people complaining that their i-net speeds are capped and they'de have to pay more for higher speeds cuz they D/L so much crap.

Once again, brilliant analogy. Tell me again how this related to being charged the price of a Chevrolet for downloading data over the course 30 days?

Originally Posted by RACER X

like i tried to say w/ the title it's always the co's fault......people aren't to blame.

And you said it well.

You realize companies have ethical responsibilities too, right? Someone downloading data for a month isn't a green light to drive them into bankruptcy.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Once again, brilliant analogy. Tell me again how this related to being charged the price of a Chevrolet for downloading data over the course 30 days?

cuz some idiot will want to D/L the whole inet and when it does start to cost the carrier $, then i guess they should chalk it up as a business loss. point is people are D/L T1 levels of info at home and wanting to pay "home" rates vs business rates. but of course it's the businesses fault for capping limits.

so here we have case of uncapped usage and it burns somebody. but again it's the businesses fault.

You realize companies have ethical responsibilities too, right? Someone downloading data for a month isn't a green light to drive them into bankruptcy.

and if dude didn't clarify how much usage his plan entailed it's carriers responsiblity to remind him......... jut like avatard wants.