Verizon Wireless Raised my Bill by $100 more per month for declaring BK7 - Question

[RichM]

Verizon Wireless is an absolute JOKE. I am so disgusted w/ them because they FORCE you to have a data plan @ 9.99 a month, even if you don't use data....with 5 phones that is 50.00 added on to our bill. We are going to include them in our BK7 (for cancellation fees) and are going w/ Sprint. Bye bye Verizon I think that verizon is going to lose a lot of customers because of this issue.

Lynda

If you are going to go with Sprint, then I suggest you also consider Boost Mobile prepaid, making sure you buy CDMA (not iDen) phones. The coverage and call quality will be identical, the price may be lower if you're a heavy user, and there will be no contract. On the down side, the Boost phones tend to be older models, you have to pay full price for them, and there's no 4G service on Boost, nor will it likely be available in the future.

If you want a newer phone and/or want 4G service, I suggest Sprint. Their quality tends to be good and their credit policies liberal. Also, with five phones, you may find Sprint-branded service to be even less-expensive than prepaid. Just be sure that they'll approve you with a high enough spending limit for five lines from the get-go, because although Sprint is liberal with initial credit approvals, it can be very difficult to get them to increase the spending limit once the contract is in effect.

-Rich

[oregonpilot]

I have had VirginMobile for a couple yrs now. Pretty good coverage. I ported in my US Cellular number that i had for about 15 yrs. I'm on the $20.00 every 90 days auto topUp. TopUp comes out of my checking via my Visa debit card. Works Great.

[Flamingo]

Verizon Wireless is an absolute JOKE. I am so disgusted w/ them because they FORCE you to have a data plan @ 9.99 a month, even if you don't use data....with 5 phones that is 50.00 added on to our bill. We are going to include them in our BK7 (for cancellation fees) and are going w/ Sprint. Bye bye Verizon I think that verizon is going to lose a lot of customers because of this issue.

Lynda

I've had Verizon since 2004 and have never been forced to take a data plan. It has always been an option at the time of renewal if we want to change our plan. Of course there are some phones that only can go with certain plans that include the data option due to the phone itself. There are many phones, plans and options available - shame you probably initially picked the wrong one and it didn't work for you and you may be locked in depending on your contract. Also many people need to have all the bells and whistles and have to have the newest phone on the market and costs the most. I've heard all the same complaints about the other carriers also. They are all out to make money and all point fingers at one another. The best thing to do is to take one's time and evaluate all the plans and options as to one's personal situation. Sometimes the best looking plan is not the best plan for one's circumstances.

[chicagoannie]

Verizon Wireless is an absolute JOKE. I am so disgusted w/ them because they FORCE you to have a data plan @ 9.99 a month, even if you don't use data....with 5 phones that is 50.00 added on to our bill. We are going to include them in our BK7 (for cancellation fees) and are going w/ Sprint. Bye bye Verizon I think that verizon is going to lose a lot of customers because of this issue.

Lynda

Ugh - good luck with Sprint - I guess everyone has a story about a cell provider and Sprint is mine. I was an excellent customer with them for years, and very long story short, they ended up $1100 on the short end of my BK because they totally and completely screwed me. They are my only creditor who I feel absolutely deserved to be rear-ended. When they changed their "unlimited" broadband and limited it to 5GB I got to keep my old unlimited plan. When I upgraded to the family plan to get my older kids phones we were still all good. But I upgraded my aircard to their 3G/4G gadget as we receive 4G in my area...they then cut us off after 10 weeks, saying we downloaded 60 gigs (IN 10 DAYS!!!) on 3G which was not unlimited as I had changed plans, not 4G which is what my device was downloading on, and I got a bill for $600 overage fee. Got nowhere arguing with them (as there is no way on earth anyone could download 60GB at 3G speed in 10 days)...anyway, they lost bigtime...the cost of my new aircard, the 3 new phones...and I do not feel one bit bad about it!

[dumpinmydebt]

We have Cricket. Works great for us. Affordable, nice phones, and unlimited everything. Between us, we have included Verizon (both of us), AT&T, and Sprint in our BK's. LOL.

We used to have Virgin Mobile. It was okay, but there can be billing issues and terrible customer service.

[Fallonedward]

I just checked on Cricket and they are not available in my area, thank you so much thou for giving me this info, I signed up to have them notify me once they come into my area

We have Cricket. Works great for us. Affordable, nice phones, and unlimited everything. Between us, we have included Verizon (both of us), AT&T, and Sprint in our BK's. LOL.

We used to have Virgin Mobile. It was okay, but there can be billing issues and terrible customer service.