Verizon Tethering......

[google123]

Someone please help me understand this. I was an Alltel customer that is now with Verizon. I used to have a Pearl 8130 that I got with Alltel when I first started with BB. I had the tethering added to my account for $10. It was working fine and dandy until yesterday, when I decided to go the local Verizon store and purchase a Tour. Now, my tethering no longer works. I call Customer service to check and it turns out that because my Pearl was an Alltel device, the tethering was only costing me $10 a month because thats how much Alltel charged. Now that I have been grandfathered into Verizon, it was still only costing me $10. That is until I purchased the TOUR, which is a Verizon device. Now I have to pay $30/month for tethering. WHY?????? If I'm still grandfathered in why do I have to pay the Verizon fee instead of the Alltel fee until my contract actually expires in June 2010??????? This is BS!!!!

Its almost as if if now that I got the TOUR, i'm suddenly, an "actual" verizon customer and so now I have to pay the higher price. What gives?? If that was going to be the case, basically, an actual "new" Verizon customer, why then did I have to pay Retail for the TOUR. Seems like I got screwed here somehow. Also, if I take the TOUR back and get a refund and return to using my Pearl that I got from Alltel, I'm still gonna have to pay the $30 for tethering instead of the old $10 charge.

[LawP]

That's pretty much how it works. You might want to give Alltel corporate a call but I highly doubt anything will change.

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[jgallant77]

Welcome to verizon. Grab your ankles...

[Dr.Sadistic]

Originally Posted by jgallant77

Welcome to verizon. Grab your ankles...

That's not nice... But it is, in some degrees, true. However, that increased teethering fee will allow you to enjoy faster speeds in a vastly larger area. Its the difference between a pinto and a porshe, one is just... better.

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[Itstakenovermylife]

Doesn't an app like TetherBerry get around this? Verizon really doesn't "know" if you're tethering when you use a 3rd party app, correct?

[Sargent_Who]

I use TetherBerry on my tour it works great

[Dr.Sadistic]

Originally Posted by Itstakenovermylife

Doesn't an app like TetherBerry get around this? Verizon really doesn't "know" if you're tethering when you use a 3rd party app, correct?

Yes and no. See, teetherberry uses your data package to connect you to their servers, which connects you to the internet, the same process by which VZW's teethering works. However, if VZW notices a substantial increase in you data usage, they could scan your ip to see whether or not your using the BB to connect another device to the internet. The long and short of it is, if you don't go crazy with teetherberry, and stay around 3 to 5 gigs a month, you'll be okay. Any more than that will immediately send a red flag to VZW.

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[JRFI]

Originally Posted by google123

...Seems like I got screwed here somehow. ...

Sure feels that way, don't it.

I don't mean to laugh but I see the humor in this. I agree you got screwed and you know you got screwed. The problem is you're left going in circles to figure out which one is worse, the full retail for the Tour or the $30 for the data.

[LawP]

Call verizon, be nice, (it isn't the guy or girl you're talking to's fault) and see if they can do something, your probably not going to walk away with a free phone or 10 dollar tethering but they might give you a credit or something. Remember they don't have to do anything so again be nice, if any carrier is going to help you out it's verizon.

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[Motorcycle Mama]

Tethering on your Alltel plan was an add-on and not part of your main plan. Therefore, it's not grandfathered on Verizon.

If you want to tether, you will have to pay Verizon's price.

Only your main plan carries forward once you change to a Verizon device.

May not be the answer you want, but it's what they told us from the beginning about the transfer to Verizon.

[google123]

Well for the last two months it was fine. I had the 9.99 charge on my bill for data and they only changed the price once I bought the tour.

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[alb123]

Originally Posted by Dr.Sadistic

Yes and no. See, teetherberry uses your data package to connect you to their servers, which connects you to the internet, the same process by which VZW's teethering works. However, if VZW notices a substantial increase in you data usage, they could scan your ip to see whether or not your using the BB to connect another device to the internet. The long and short of it is, if you don't go crazy with teetherberry, and stay around 3 to 5 gigs a month, you'll be okay. Any more than that will immediately send a red flag to VZW.

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Are you intentionally spelling "TetherBerry" and "Teetherberry"?

[Motorcycle Mama]

Originally Posted by google123

Well for the last two months it was fine. I had the 9.99 charge on my bill for data and they only changed the price once I bought the tour.

Exactly.

Once you changed to a Verizon device, the things that were not part of your contract don't carry forward.

[DavidNC]

Originally Posted by google123

Well for the last two months it was fine. I had the 9.99 charge on my bill for data and they only changed the price once I bought the tour.

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When you got the tour did you sign any vzw forums like you was switching over to their plan ?

[google123]

Originally Posted by DavidNC

When you got the tour did you sign any vzw forums like you was switching over to their plan ?

I don't believe so, I signed twice while getting the phone. Once to indicate that I understood nothing on my plan was changing only the devices themselves and again when I swiped my debit card. That was it.