[Motorola Droid RAZR] muzik3k:
here is my take on unlimited plans

Very small amount of customers truly use or need unlimited and yet most people always complain about their unlimited plans. when in all reality 98% of customers on unlimited do not use more than one gig and less than 2% of those customers truly use alot of data but those very same customers are the ones that whine and complain when they are the reason where carriers like AT&T have so many drop calls due to overload.

Sad to say that those very small amounts of customer have the loudest mouth to complain and yet they are the free loaders and leachers of the wireless world that cause network overload headaches for the rest of us. Get over it already. There was a time where you had to watch your usage in Water and Electricity and you actually had to start paying for what you use. Its not the end of the world. its called paying for what you actually use so others can also benefit and not suffer from you abusing the system.

I dont understand why people cry so much over this, its called paying for what you use. You dont have a problem with Water, or Electricity Being that way. Its set up that way so it can create a balance and way to offset usage so the system isnt bogged down for others to use. I personally prefer people having caps on their data plans because it allows the rest of us users to enjoy network free of freeloaders bogging down speeds or causing dropped calls for the rest of us just because they can. So what if a few joe blows are crying cause they have to pay a bit more for their usage when they average person doesnt abuse the system and actually pay for what they use while others use their services reasonably based on what they actually need and not how much they can leech off it to brag about how much more data they use than everyone else.

I am a heavy user but i offset my usage with Wifi, its free and most of the time im at home, wifi at work is free but even then i have to actually work instead of playing on my phone downloading pirated movies all day long and trolling on sites like this about how much they dont want to loose unlimited because they will hate not abuse the system for others to use...God i would hate to see those people at a Buffet!

Wireless carriers are nothing more than a utility company with the exception they allow you to subsidize the cost of phones in exchange for service. Service that should be priced based on your usage not how much you can abuse the system. I see many people with high usage is due to illegal stuff, watching movies all the time or streaming radio all the time. If you really think about it, at one point or another wireless carriers had to create a balance to be able to allow a smooth network for everyone else which meant that the user actually had to pay for what they use...this is a concept that is ok with any other utility. Think about it, if water was unlimited, would you hate your neighbor that emptys out his pool everyday just because he can and caused everyone in the neighborhood to have low pressure in their water? So why is this any different. Stop being cry babies.

Verizon actually has hit in the head with the shared data pricing because users will be able to pay much cheapers prices for the actual data they use and need. Family of 5 paying $30 a person on a 5 Smart phone plan...ouch $150 just on data...but if you want to continue to pay data to brag about your unlimited data...go for it. I rather pay a much cheaper price and actually pay for what i need while using my data rationally and utilizing wifi as its meant to be used so not only my carrier can maintain an optimal network for me to use but also so i dont have to pay so much in data most of my family doesnt use when im the only data hog.