@mama23dogs wrote:
@ahunter87 wrote:No I’m not a new customer and it’s not a new contract. And I know this HOW? (When you write information here)
Your not.Here’s a thought, ASK or simply say “to give a more definitive answer I need more details about the plan”
Yes I’ve been paying this fee for a while. Yes it’s a unlimited plan. Yes I’ve read I shouldn’t be paying it WRONG. And read where that you shouldn’t be paying it?
So according to the VERIZON CUSTOMER SUPPORT COMMUNITY MANAGER
What I “read”
“Our Unlimited Plans do not have an access fee, because the data in not shared.”
(I’ve attached a screen shot of the posting)
but here I am shelling out money or my phone will be cut off. Please don’t assume you know what I did.
@mama23dogs wrote:The advertised single line price on Verizon’s website includes the data plan, the line fee, and any discounts which may not kick in on your first bill
It is not a made up fee, it is how most postpaid carriers price their plans to accommodate both single and multi lines.
https://www.verizonwireless.com/plans/#shared
If you had read what you were purchasing ahead of time, you would know how the plan is structured. You not knowing how it is structured does not make it fraudulent, wrong, or “made up”
This comes up with people who haven’t used postpaid before. The fact is EVERY carrier and EVERY plan charges for each device connected to their network. I have asked everyone with this complaint to tell me a carrier that doesn’t charge for each device - since there is no such thing, no answers.
Yup been using post paid phones for 20 years, been with most of the major carriers. Yup ALL of this is FALSE. Not sure where your getting this dated info. So XFINITY T-MOBILE both do not charge a additional fee. Sprint will remove the fee if you own or pay off a phone. According to the FCC it’s up to the company to charge or not to charge this fee. Here’s article on it Dated April 26,2019:
https://www.xfinity.com/hub/mobile/smartphone-line-access-fees
Prepaid is single line, so it’s one amount. Postpaid is always a group plan, even if you are a group of one. Both pre and postpaid have multinline options that lower the cost per line. Prepaid applies a discount per line to do this. Postpaid charges a plan charge, and then a line access for each phone number. The line access is a lower price, so the more lines the lower the average cost per line.
The ala’carte way postpaid bills means I pay more as I have 5 lines, you pay less as you have one. Unless you think it’s fair that I pay the same as you, even though I have 5 devices? Would you think it’s fair?
I’ve never used pre-paid
I’ve already shared that I’m in contract not sure why your discussing prepaid it doesn’t concern me or is relevant.
“group plan, even if you are a group of one.” That’s not even logical it’s a oxymoron.
Also shared I’m a single user I understand the logic on charging to add additional devices.
I want to know since my smartphone is already connected to a 4G LTE antenna using data VoLTE(VoIP) for voice, why the additional charge (smartphone line access) to use data for the web if I’m already connected to the network using data? Their Voice and Data essentially carried the same way IP.
