What! Verizon wants FT over 3G to be tiered exclusive

iCrank · Jul 29, 2011

I was just reading this article about FaceTime over 3G. Verizon wants this to be a option for tiered customers because they missed out on the unlimited plan. Here's the article http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/07/...me-over-3g-to-be-limited-to-tiered-data-plans

Mysterion · Jul 30, 2011

not cool. I'm an unlimited data user.

iCrank · Jul 30, 2011

Mysterion said:
not cool. I'm an unlimited data user.

I am too. Guess I'll stay on 4.2.8

Tekki · Jul 30, 2011

I wonder if Current unlimited plan holders will. E grandfathered in to use facetime as that was a selling point to me by verizon

iCrank · Jul 30, 2011

Tekki said:
I wonder if Current unlimited plan holders will. E grandfathered in to use facetime as that was a selling point to me by verizon

FaceTime doesn't require you to be grandfathered in. Apple probably will not approve of this.

Darkstar2007 · Aug 2, 2011

iCrank said:
FaceTime doesn't require you to be grandfathered in. Apple probably will not approve of this.

I would be willing to bet they wouldn't either. I read an article a while back that mentioned the only reason apple doesn't allow FaceTime over the 3G networks is because of the slow speeds. Therefore making FaceTime laggy and less appealing to some. I'm willing to bet they'll allow FaceTime over 4GLTE whenever they implement the new technology in a newer iPhone.

iCrank · Aug 2, 2011

darkstar2007 said:
iCrank said:

FaceTime doesn't require you to be grandfathered in. Apple probably will not approve of this.

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I would be willing to bet they wouldn't either. I read an article a while back that mentioned the only reason apple doesn't allow FaceTime over the 3G networks is because of the slow speeds. Therefore making FaceTime laggy and less appealing to some. I'm willing to bet they'll allow FaceTime over 4GLTE whenever they implement the new technology in a newer iPhone.

I never had the lag issue over 3G.

Darkstar2007 · Aug 2, 2011

iCrank said:
I never had the lag issue over 3G.

Well neither have I lol. That's just something I read a while back. Might not even be true!

iCrank · Aug 2, 2011

darkstar2007 said:
iCrank said:

I never had the lag issue over 3G.

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Well neither have I lol. That's just something I read a while back. Might not even be true!

Might be for some people though (hint):AT&T.