1854l wrote: I agree completely about the fee, basic vs smartphone. The difference is data and thats a separate fee so why is a smartphone $40.? I'm gonna guess it's because smartphones are more common, so more money for verizon! |
That's it in a nutshell. Why have "access fees" at all? If the plan gives me unlimited text and talk along with a data bucket for say $50/mo, then what exactly are these $10-$40 access fees buying me? Nothing at all Just profit for Lowell McAdam's pocket.
Personally, if it were up to me, and I were on the FCC, I'd reclassify all electronic communications as "mail", and thereby nationalizing the wireless telecommunication industry as the Constitution mandates the federal provisioning of a Post Office, and regulating them as title II communications carriers and mandating national pricing standards by tariff.
Privatization of the wireless industry has been the total chaos of pricing, domains of service, redundant, inefficient and incompatible protectionist networking standards and dog-eat-dog competition and consumption (cf. Sprint/softbank and Tmobile/MetroPCS acquisition deals) that any capitalist enterprise is. I say socialize, nationalize collectivize and regulate it ALL.
