# No more free dataplans Jeff? VZW refund **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 4, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119 "2010-10-04T12:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/1 "2010-10-04T12:26:53Z")
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/03/verizon-wireless-refund-u\_n\_748606.html](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/03/verizon-wireless-refund-u_n_748606.html) "NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years. The FCC had asked Verizon Wireless last year about $1.99-a-megabyte data access fees that appeared on the bills of customers who didn’t have data plans but who accidentally initiated data or Web access by pressing a button on their phones. In a statement on its website Sunday, Verizon Wireless said most of the 15 million customers affected will receive credits of $2 to $6 on their October or November bills. Some will receive larger sums. Customers no longer with the New York-based carrier will get refund checks. “Verizon Wireless values our customer relationships and we always want to do the right thing for our customers,” said Mary Coyne, deputy general counsel for Verizon Wireless. “The majority of the data sessions involved minor data exchanges caused by software built into their phones; others involved accessing the Web, which should not have incurred charges. We have addressed these issues to avoid unintended data charges in the future.” Verizon has said that it stopped charging such fees when a customer started using a data service but then quickly shut it off. The FCC confirmed Sunday that it has been investigating the charges after complaints from consumers. It said Verizon itself has reportedly put the amount of overcharges at more than $50 million, dating back two years. “We’re gratified to see Verizon agree to finally repay its customers,” FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Michele Ellison said in a statement. “But questions remain as to why it took Verizon two years to reimburse its customers and why greater disclosure and other corrective actions did not come much, much sooner.” The FCC will continue to look into those issues, including the possibility of additional penalties, Ellison said." ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/2 "2010-10-04T12:29:26Z")
there goes the capital for the new datacenter…whammy ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/3 "2010-10-04T12:46:29Z")
this should be just like overdraft on bank accounts. It’s turned off until you opt-in so you can’t use something that you never signed up for by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/4 "2010-10-04T12:48:43Z")
At least on AT&T you can’t get MMS without at least pay-per-use data provisioned…they need a way around that like a different access point, then I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/5 "2010-10-04T15:45:26Z")
Free NYSpeed dataplans were the best ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/6 "2010-10-04T17:48:18Z")
Were? You just havent PMed him enough! Be persistent ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/7 "2010-10-04T20:12:24Z")
I tried. Shit, I even made him a mod and he still won’t give me free data :tdown: ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-more-free-dataplans-jeff-vzw-refund/161119/8 "2010-10-04T20:32:35Z")
man, WORST WAY OF CHARGING EVER. you have no idea how many headaches i get dealing with this. thank god they pay me so well.