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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Diversion:
All of you people complaining and bashing people who have unlimited data and are using it the way they want.. What is your problem? Enough with this "People like you are the reason for XXXXX" .. These people didn't cause tiered data plans, VZW just wants to make the most money they can, plain and simple. There's enough bandwidth to go around trust me... Nobody's robbing you of speeds.. It may be true certain towers can be overloaded and may inflict slightly slower speeds depending where you're at, but who cares, LTE is sending data faster than your phone can render/process it at this point anyways. The web browser on the GS3 can't keep up with the data provided, trust me.

Otherwise, people complaining are just jealous, it's not abuse people, it's UNLIMITED data.. how can you abuse unlimited data when it's unlimited. If Verizon has a problem with it, they would be forcing people onto tiered data (thus changing your contract, allowing the paying customer to get off the VZW network without paying an ETF since VZW caused the breach/change in contract). VZW's unlimited data userbase is probably so small compared to their tiered people that they could care less how many people are pulling upwards of 100gb a month.

My feeling on the matter is USE it if you GOT IT.. Before VZW takes it away for good (regardless if you leave them as customer).. It's going to happen eventually.. maybe not soon, maybe not for a few years who knows.. but just enjoy it and use it the way you want and forget about the haters who obviously have no idea how a network or load balancing works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hoezack:
My roommate used 62 gigs on his unlimited plan. I'm pretty sure Verizon knows what he's doing...lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Karl:
i thought it was to show why the S3 has a locked bootloader for the people that still had unlimited data :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psycho_asylum:
Um, I'm at 10GB in 3 days... :eek:

We just got LTE here and I get speeds around 45Mbps/20Mbps :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smok3d:
At 9.571 Gigs till 8/10.. Not bad
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lemonhead8890:
This is what i have at the moment... 4g is so much faster. Frankly Idc how much I use, if they wanna stop me they will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Haro912:
What is everyone doing to get like 40gb used in a month? I thought my 9 was outrageous. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Torrents, although its retarded to do them on a phone.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chase.Barnett:
Yeah, like me for example.

I lost my unlimited data yesterday when I traded my Razr for the S3...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jokerxfn@Yahoo.com:
Lol,

I'm up to 13 gb since the 10th. I stream music almost everyday at work for about 6-8 hours. Some Netflix here or there as well. It's actually pretty easy to go over 10-15 gbs is you use your phone this way. Glad I got grandfathered into this plan, I couldn't imagine not having unlimited data. :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KrisPeezy:
Coming from the Dinc and having an internet connection that runs at 768kbps, 4g is amazing! I've been doing a lot of streaming high quality everything, and some tethering for torrents.

this is after 4 days since my billing cycle reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kreeker:
The sad/funny thing is I don't think I've ever gone over 2g since owning my OG dinc since release date, yet still made sure I kept unlimited. Maybe for the peice of mind, but now with 4g I can do so much more so I probably will start to go over 2g. 3g is absolutely horrible.

Are you guys using Verizon's website to look at your data? or do you use an app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] psycho_asylum:
My Verizon app from the Play Store or just the website.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] topmetsfan:
Wonder how long it will be before Verizon cuts of data to you guys...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lemonhead8890:
Like I said.. if they feel the need to, please let them do it... until then im getting all of my unlimited data usage I deserve for putting up with verizons **** this long. All I can tell you is as soon as im denied my unlimited ill leave Verizon forever. Along with 20 other buisnesses im in good connection with who also dont approve of Verizon's ways. This will hopefully stimulate the other companies to be able to perform at the same lvl for competition. We shouldnt have to be forced into a planning with the best coverage... we shouldnt have to decide which company in the u.s. will offer usual the best deal, they should be comong to us for buisness.. until well realize that companies will walk all over this country.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Lemonhead8890:
Im a 15+ year customer in Verizon and i expect to be treated better then someone just signing up.. however ive receieved no compensation for this. There for i will userbame unlimited data as i seen fit and i will take them till court if they limit it. I simply wont allow companies to have their way over me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buddy Revell:
Are any of the heavy users in this thread getting warning letters to ease up on their usage or is any throttling happening?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
I could care less how people use their unlimited data (& I have grandfathered UD with my G3) but there is absolutely no way in hell anybody can use 100 gigs in a month without violating Verizons TOS (IE: free wireless tether etc).

With Verizon using basically any excuse they can find lately to knock people off the unlimited and force them to the tiered plans I for one am going to be awful careful I don't do anything too blatant to cause VZ to take away my data plan..........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
I agree! I have been a customer for 15 years and 2 months, I will make sure I'm treated far better than you..

SMH..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buddy Revell:
Throttling is in VZW's Mobile Broadband Terms and Conditions. I wonder if that applies to phones, too.

"Verizon Wireless strives to provide customers the best experience when using our network, a shared resource among tens of millions of customers. To help achieve this, if you use an extraordinary amount of data and fall within the top 5% of Verizon Wireless data users we may reduce your data throughput speeds periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for other users at locations and times of peak demand. Our proactive management of the Verizon Wireless network is designed to ensure that the remaining 95% of data customers aren't negatively affected by the inordinate data consumption of just a few users."

http://support.verizonwireless.com/terms/products/broadbandaccess_nationalaccess.html

Just checked. It does: http://support.verizonwireless.com/terms/products/vz_email.html
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] avhokie:
This thread shows us why we can't have nice things
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MikenMS:
Registered just to show, I had a Thunderbolt previously and only managed 2-300mb a month, stayed on wifi mostly due to no 4G in my area:rolleyes:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jselden:
With my droid charge I was always under 200mb cause I never used 4g and always used WiFi.

Now with 2 weeks of my S3 I have used over 15gb. I actually get 4g now at my house. Anda always using it to tether while on the road for work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dmbatson:
Jesus man how much porn is needed? I'm at 5GB but that's because I purposefully told Play Store not to connect to Wi-Fi when downloading Asphalt 7.

*feels like such a rebel*

Sent from my LOCKED GSIII. **** You Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
That must have been painful
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LandN1ght:
93gb
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Haro912:
Lol I did the same thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
I use to have a droidx2 most data I used ever was 10gb, Netflix, YouTube, web browsing normal stuff, now with my sgs³ I'm at 21 gb?I do the same as before, guess 4g does use more data,I don't do nothing wrong, it's weird how my data has doubled and no I don't watch porn, but I do use my GPS more, but still....dam, it may not be 100or 120 like other ppl but dam.I'm no data hog, and no my Wi-Fi is down at the moment.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
Why would you make a thread bragging about how much you guys abuse the system...?

This is WHY verizon did away with it. Yes, I have unlimited. Yes, I do tether, but I do not reach data usage ANYTHING like that.

Do us all a favor and delete this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JetBlue:
The reason Verizon did away with unlimited data is because their greedy. If I had unlimited data I'd abuse it as much as I can before it gets taken away for good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinxuSx:
What (if anything) are you guys doing to prevent Verizon throttling your data? There was a logging app on the Thunderbolt that a buddy installed for me, but I don't think it works on the S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] piiman:
Yes 2gb for 30.00 is highway robbery. I lost my unlimited plan and although I generally only used .5gb I now worry about it, which sucks..

Could you imagine if you had to pay 15.00 a gb at home? Your bill would in the thousands!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
17 gigs with one week and a half to go

VERIZON GALAXY S 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Lol wow

VERIZON GALAXY S 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mark930:
How do you guys use so much data? I have a hard time going over 3gb

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] knawraz:
that's a crazy amount of data..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Doing things like torrent downloads.

These guys will be the first ones to ***** when Verizon dumps them off unlimited data for TOS violations.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buddy Revell:
Honestly, from the lack of posts about this happening, it seems Verizon does a piss poor job of finding and getting rid of super-high data users.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] alisadu:
code extraction service please contact techip688@gmail.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LandN1ght:
I don't have WiFi at my house so I have to tether plus when all my friends get close to their limits they beg me to let them use mine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] I Am Marino:
For the last time.

100+ people using a lot of data is not the reason people are tiered.

It should be obvious that VZW wanted another chance to nickel and dime people.

I use about 6GB a month, I download ROMs, stream music, etc.

If VZW kicked me off tomorrow, I'll gladly go to a better carrier.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LandN1ght:
Finally someone else said it. I jumped ship and deactivated all my Verizon phones except the one with unlimited data cause id be screwed without it. I jumped ship to att and got the hoxl. Best choice I've made
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Buddy Revell:
I'm going to agree with this. Honestly, it wouldn't be too hard for Verizon to find and penalize big time data users by throttling them, voiding their contracts due to illegal tethering, etc. Apparently, they don't feel the need to do this and are satisfied with using these users as an excuse to switch to more profitable data plans for the company.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] yfan:
There's a difference between technologies that deliver mobile data and your home cable/DSL. While greed is definitely an ingredient in mobile phone companies tightening data limits, it only hurts your argument to equate mobile data and your home Internet. The truth is that the greeds of the phone companies and a few really high end users who abuse huge amounts of mobile data are both responsible for today's tiered data plans.

Just abusing your unlimited data plans won't stop VZW from dinging you (and others). It's going to get solved one of two ways. First, and more likely, technologies make mobile data so cheap that these limits become quaint (and in that case either AT&T or Verizon will make a move to try to steal subscribers from one provider, and the other will follow). Or another player will blow off the gasket with the same kinds of speed and coverage but without (or much higher) data caps, kind of like how Gmail made tiny email inboxes a thing of the past.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hulk0069:
I don't brag about my unlimited data,I.don't abuse it,I don't teather,I do have mobile hotspot which I pay for,I pay for my stuff all legally,I stream, video, music, download, games , hey truly unlimited data should mean unlimited data, now don't get me wrong you shouldn't ABUSE IT.but I'm paying for my service, my data, my hotspot, which I only use if Verizon wants to check my data, they won't find nothing illegal....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chakra:
I also pay for legal tethering. I only use about 10 to 20 gigs a month. I think it s funny when people say thats a lot, What did verizon think I was going to do with a service that the selling point was "you can tether up to ten devices at once" so how much data did they think I was going to use on ten devices alll going at once, and yes I can use it on computers and such, thats all in my contract.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] knights665:
Exactly same with unlimited data its unlimited they chose to sell unlimited and that's what you should get if you pay for it

RoOtEd GSIII vzw via tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nufan:
I remember when I went into the store to pre-order the GSIII. The saleswoman tried to convince me that the shared plan would be better for our family. She took a look at our account and saw that we were using less than 2 GB a month (total for three lines), and tried to sell me on the new plan. The way it would have worked out, it would have been more expensive to have the 2 GB shared plan, than our current three unlimited data lines, but she kept insisting we don't need the unlimited data. That's when I had to tell her to stop her sales pitch, because there is no way she is going to convince me that paying more for less is better; it was because of Verizon's **** 3G speeds (~400kbps down) that we mostly had to use wifi. Now each phone is averaging about 4 GBs/month.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbow32:
here's something to think about, I was on vzw tech support dealing with my first GS3 (BT issues) and started talking to the tier two tech girl. She told me that she also kept her unlimited data cuz she uses 80-90 gig a month. She says she uses her phone's data to run Netflix on her Wii and a bunch of other home streaming. I asked her if they say anything and she said nope. So if I'm using (on average) 10 gigs, I shouldn't have a problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Josolanes:
6.022GB

Have unlimited and I'm going to use it. I often download roms when out and if I'm in a 4G area I disable wifi as I've found 4G often to be faster
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
There is so much confusion within this thread regarding what people think they can and cannot do with whatever data package they have, and whether Verizon has the right to take action against them for TOS violations and/or excessive use of data..

I suggest you look over the TOS of your contract understand what you can use your data package for and what you cannot use it for.. But most importantly, understand what Verizon can do to YOU if exceed what they deem normal usage..

http://support.verizonwireless.com/terms/products/vz_email.html

Also, the FCC just came down on Verizon for Block C violations..

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/07/3...ng-apps-please-pay-1-25-million-to-say-sorry/

Seems like FCC complaints are taken very seriously, hopefully the bootloader issues might yield the same results..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*", 8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
36gb plus 22gb.

Yes I left my numbers., call me if you wanna :)

My wife and I use our phones as wifi hot spots in our home. Mine powers a linksys router in bridged mode. That runs 2 desktops and a voyage line. My wife's phone runs the ps3 for netflix and hulu and her laptop for Internet.

I love my uimited plan
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DanceableBleats:
Not for me

Awwwww I am a new VZW customer and I don't get any unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
Deletebyour number. Verizon may use your post to terminate your unlimited data for breaking tos

VERIZON GALAXY S 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tekhna:
This. What the hell was he thinking posting his phone numbers?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Serinety:
Every time I call they see my data usage. I'm not worried about it.

Call a cs rep and ask them if you can use freely available apps on the market for tethering.

They will say yes, but that they."don't recommend it, as they do not work very well and do not give good speeds"

I had a long talk with several cs reps about this and had them confirm with a supervisor. Market apps like pdanet, open garden, barnacle, are all fine to use.

Don't believe me just call them yourself
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypnosis4U2NV:
It's been noted time and time again, that most CSR's have no idea what they are talking about.. The pre-order thread and any thread about the locked bootloader are clear examples of their lack of knowledge with their own products and services..

With that said, if you're on an unlimited plan and tethering without paying the additional fee to do so, your in violation of their Terms of Service..

Not trying to be a devils advocate here, but when it comes to contracts, your best served reading and understanding the terms and conditions yourself rather than through a representative of the company your in contract with..

Sent from my Commodore 64..

READY.

load"*",8,1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] antawnm26:
SMH!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gkinsella2:
.119GB, suck it *****es!!! :cyclops:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
I thought I was using a lot with my 10 Gb 3 weeks in :(

not tethering though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kthung:
.119 GB? That's like 122 mb :silly:

I'm at 16 gb after a week since last billing cycle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathonparker:
WOW

So I just got the GS3 today, and I was put on the 2GB plan. I called Verizon to see if they could give me the 4GB plan for the same price. She then told me that they no longer offered that plan, and took a look on my account. She then realized that I was on unlimited before, and she PUT IT BACK! to unlimited........ this is pretty freaking sweet! My lucky day!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Moogle Stiltzkin:
i don't use data transfer mode and i'll explain why.....

because i'm a cheapskate, i use my home wireless N network, or when i'm outdoors, i use the free wifi for example .... when i am at Tesco or Starbucks, i can use their wifi for free.

sure it's a bit risky using public wifi, but if you use vpn, you can secure your internet connection. or at least disable sharing public files on your network for basic precaution .

so although for torrenting i would push torrent downloads to queue on my QNAP nas, i would definitely be consuming way more internet bandwidth way over my phone telco subscription, so would be too expensive for my blood :silly:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
Cycle ends tonight at midnight
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sitnlow4life:
Question

How were you able to keep your grandfathered unlimited data plan and purchase the galaxy S3?

I am currently on the unlimited plan, I am due for upgrade this week , I'm planning on getting the S3.

When I attempted earlier this week to complete the upgrade in vzw.com , it was trying to make me change my data package.

Is there a way around this ?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidnice15:
I actually bought my phone for the full retail price .. well 480 on craigslist.. after I bought the s3.. I sold my RAZR Maxx for 440.. So basically I paid 40$ for an upgrade to the s3. Not bad and I still get to keep my unlimited data. Alot of people also preordered the S3 before it was released and that got them to use an upgrade and still keep the unlimited data. Basically now you have to buy the phone at full retail price to keep unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PSUmech:
I'm on a family share plan with 2 lines, both phones having unlimited data. Both lines are eligible for an upgrade.

Does anyone know if it is possible to "sacrifice" the unlimited on my second line (switch to a standard 2Gb plan, not all share) to get a subsidized S3, then just transfer the phone to my primary line and keep the unlimited?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathonparker:
Which carrier?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PSUmech:
Verizon

---------- Post added at 04:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:46 PM ----------

I think I just thought of a flaw in my plan... When i go to upgrade the phone on my second line I would have to use the upgrade that was available on my primary line, and that would require me to switch it to a new plan and lose my unlimited! Is there any way around this without paying the unsubsidized price?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
Anybody who pre-ordered the G3 before that new plan went into effect got to keep their unlimited data.

That is what I did, I didn't even want a new phone at the time (I loved the Rezound I was using) but I wanted to burn up the last subsidized upgrade I will ever have.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Haro912:
Holy..... ****
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
It shouldn't affect your line, just the line being upgraded. You'll need to choose either the 2, 5 or 10GB plan for the 2nd line but your line will retain unlimited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathonparker:
What he said.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidnice15:
I was just at verizon the other day and i asked about upgrades since I am on a family plan and I know my brother is thinking about upgrading in october. Iphone 5 lol. .We both have unlimited data and if uses an upgrade it just affects him and not me. So would think you can do that.. sacrfice one unlimited data plan.. and then switching phones..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jmorton10:
ROTFL, is that for real or did you Photoshop it as a joke??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xjjk:
has anyone played with Onavo? supposed to reduce data usage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidnice15:
I was thinking the same thing.. That is crazy how much data he used!

I tried it but didn't like it. It kept asking me different things every time I opened up a app that used data. Got annoying after a while lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xjjk:
I put it in yesterday and talked to their support. It only compresses http traffic (not https) so things like facebook have to be accessed through browser without a secure connection if you want to save data.

I don't get any popups though. Maybe because I put in onavo extend?

I switched to Verizon and I only have a 2GB plan, chosen because that's the most I used with my HD2 on Tmobile. I'm a week in with the SG3 and already at 500MB. This thing loves eating data!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stupidchicken03:
100% real.

In post #38 I referenced my avatar for my highest to date usage (was 102GB in Nov 2011).

We got a new DVR and our movies didnt transfer over to the new one.. so i made a list ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FreeRefreshments:
>using advanced task killer on ics
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FreeRefreshments:
I've had unlimited data ever since I had my Droid incredible. I previously had a thunderbolt before I got my gs3. When I received my gs3 and proceeded to try and activate it after calling and talking to many customer support representatives, I finally got my phone activated with unlimited data. Anyway, to be grandfathered you have to have had unlimited before they switched to shared data, I pre-ordered my gs3 before they switched to shared so I still slipped through and I was able to still keep my unlimited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidnice15:
lol.. nothing wrong with that. I think I would use more data if my house actually got 4G. Its funny because if I go outside I can get 4G. damn walls in my house lol