[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Unlimited Data Please Explain

Dam, Dwillian. You would have to make me face this right now. I am going online to view my bill and see. Hey, I don't understand this, it is not broken down anywhere on my bill for specific charges. This does not make sense, let me find a mail paper bill. I will show you so just hang on. I really need to know this. I am making BIG changes so I do not lose my house. Comcast is GONE because the demanded more than I ever agreed to or could pay.

Okay, the paper bill shows it. This is a one month bill:

Nationwide Talk & Text UNL = $89.99

Email & Web Unlimited = $29.99

Verizon Cloud = $2.99

Wireless Phone Protection - Asurian $5.18

Total $128.15

Verizon Wireless' Surcharges and Other Charges and Credits = $4.06

Taxes, Governmental Surcharges & Credits = $13.93

Total Amount Due = $151.16

So you are saying after all this time, they reneged on their offer of Lifetime Unlimited Data and I have been paying $150 a month like a not for NOTHING? I am SURE I can get this same service for ½ this much anywhere else. Yes? No?

Tell me man, tell me how you know too because I am going to call them and raise holy hell about this. They are outta here like Comcast because those are the two largest non-essential bills I have and they are WAY too much money by comparison to other companies.

Dwillian, it is my belief that Verizon is charging me double what typical smartphone talk, text, and data cost from almost any other provider. Am I right? The only reason I keep paying it is because of this offer of unlimited data for life if you stay with us. I am under no contract. I get no perks or bonuses for signing on or being with them. I am only doing it for the unlimited data and now you say I really do not have it? OMG, this is really bad. I have to change this.

You did get the Unlimited grandfather data for life and kept it? How? Can I keep it to or it is already too late. Why would I pay such expensive bills for "nothing" if I did not have to or was not getting anything for it? They

promised

me this years ago as an incentive to stay on because my contract had ran out! What in the world am I doing, paying all this money I cannot afford for "nothing special, nothing extra". My phone is old, my service is expensive, I cannot upgrade unless I pay a lot for it and for an unrootable phone. This is not going to fly and this is not going to work! I have to get out of this like now, they have no legal hold on me whatsoever!

You gotta look out for me and let me know for sure. Waiting on you, Bra! :eek:

OMG, ...I am starting to feel really sick in my stomach. This is not good. :crying:

I help everybody. Now I need all of your help.

Is this true?

How do we know this for sure?

Is there any way to save the unlimited data?

Who are good providers?

What should a decent, typical single use smartphone bill cost each month?

It appears to not be such a big issue worth going to the mats over since with all of my usage, I have never, ever topped out, not once. . Disability income for a single man who owns even a tiny home is a match or less money than my bills cost each month. Real bills, not clothes, beer, cigarettes, dentist, new toys, etc. Comcast at $230 every month with a $50 reconnect fee every month had to stop and finally, I just would not pay anymore.

I vetted AT&T very carefully to make sure I would not get in the same trap. Their bill is for the U200 plan that includes 4HDTV boxes with recording capacity, one box controlled by all is a 4 stream HDTV DVR, 6Mbps or less UP, 1.5Mbps DOWN internet (Nowhere near Comcast or Verizon but "adequate". Righ this minute I am getting 4.5 down and 2 up.). No home phone. No premium channels. But all the channels I want are there and a LOT more. $120 per year contract, does not change. Can renew or change, pro-rated early termination fees apply. I can live with it.

Next on the chopping block is Verizon. I know they are pricey. Too much so for someone on a budget like mine. Not even my friends and family have or pay bills like this. W/out that grandfathered in unlimited data, I have been paying about $75 per month for almost a year that I did not have to, no? $900 in the past year. You guys really have to help me and help everyone. People generally *never* put their finances, income, or debts online or share with people. This thread is different. We are all like "family" here. We do care about and help each other here, all the time.

So now I and everyone needs all of your help. Please post what you know about the grandfather Verizon plan, your cell bill, and what these services should cost. I am slowly losing my home here and cannot in any way pay extra bills or money for things I am not getting.

Arrrgggh! It is 2:30 in the morning, I am no longer relaxed. I can't call Verizon now and really need a better education from all of you before I do, and cannot sleep now. Too upset about this. Either I dump Verizon and lighten my bill, that would help a LOT, or call them and see if I can get the unlimited grandfathered data plan I was promised reinstated. Now changing to a new provider means what, I have to drop my Razr? No way! Unless they give me something really good and rootable and I can afford it. Long night ahead. Not going to sleep good tonight. ...I am so tired mentally over this and sick too. Bummer! Good thing Sherri said something about it or I might not have caught this, right when I need it most.

Oh man. I am relaxed, enjoying my new AT&T HDTV, and now I am really, really sick to my stomach because I cannot ignore this anymore. Ugh God help me! :(

EDIT:

Since some of you guys are better than me at understanding bills, I am posting my real, itemized section of my Verizon bill so if you understand Verizon Billing better than I do, you can be in a better position to help. Personal information redacted, none of which is a part of the actual billing information. Thanks guys. :good: