Top 10 Tech Fails of 2012
Biggest Rip-Off Award: Shared Data Plans
In June, Verizon unveiled its new Share Everything plans, which allow customers to pay a flat fee for each device, plus a single charge for shared monthly data, which ranges from 1GB to 10GB. The plan includes unlimited voice minutes and text messages and makes you pay for them, whether you need them or not. As a result, a 2GB data plan costs $100 on the new plan while 2GB with a limited number of minutes and texts cost $70 on the old plan.
AT&T followed suit with similar Mobile Share plans. However, neither of these shared-plan options lets you opt for limited voice minutes or data. Plus, you still need to pay an additional monthly fee as you add devices, whether it’s a tablet ($15 for AT&T, $10 on Verizon Wireless) or mobile hotspot ($50 for AT&T, $20 for Verizon Wireless). At least AT&T kept its individual plans for those who don’t want to go the shared route.
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December 11th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
I think the Asus thing is hilarious. The shared data plan is criminal. And Blackberry is in serious trouble.
December 13th, 2012 at 4:22 am
LOL, an orb for the Google Nexus Q. That should have been stopped as soon as someone said “orb.” Poor Blackberry can’t really do anything right, what happened to them, really do like the phones & hope that 2013 will be better for them. Why in the world would Asus put USB ports in the back of the laptop, good concept just bad execution. The shared plans are ridiculous, thank goodness they still have single plans. Dell is one of the worst computer makes ever and their support is not any better. Never did get any help with my Dell computer when I was trying to back-up the system. Never did figure out what the problem was and just gave up, will never purchase another Dell computer again.