AJL wrote on [Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:55:39 -0700]:
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 03:50:35 +0000 (UTC), Justin <nospam@insightbb.com>
> wrote:
>
>>AJL wrote on [Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:36:55 -0700]:
>>> On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 21:13:02 +0000 (UTC), Justin <nospam@insightbb.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>nobody@nada.com wrote on [Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:10:12 -0700]:
>>>
>>>>>not doing the phone upgrades mean that you
>>>>> are paying whatever part of your plan cost is to subsidize the phone
>>>>> swap without getting the benefit of it.
>>>>
>>>>This is a price increase hidden by changing the product and
>>>>charging differently for it.
>>>
>>> Do you really think that when people are refused a shiny new phone
>>> subsidy, anything will remain hidden?
>>
>>They won't be refused, they will be told they need a new plan and go with it
>
> If they want to keep their Unlimited, and most will, they will be
> refused. Then Verizon will try to upsell them and the price increase
> will no longer be hidden...

Most people won't even realise they are being sold anything less until
the bills start coming in