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I'm about ready to break out the checkbook and let someone solve the rest of my leaf problem for me.

You better hope that Marc didn't find out and buy them all up - he loves Crown.

I'm winter. Fuck you very much. Sorry Chicagolanders.

Shelly, you can likely go with a smaller data plan, and set notifications for usage thresholds. We did that with a shared plan, and once on vacation we got notification due to Andrew's LTE usage. I called Verizon Support and for a flat fee added a one-time 2Gig extra (and as Mike points out above, the rates can be higher if you just let it go over and bill per Gig), which they set back to normal for the next billing period. Pretty easy. I've actually been pretty lucky with Verizon support, I've heard some tough stories. But always pretty good for me. EDIT: 1) if you consistently hit the thresholds, just bump up the plan permanently, and 2) make sure under your plan you can do the one-time bump and reset for the next billing period

Brent, on ATT, I received a text that it would be $15 for 1 gb if we went over. Once my son gets wifi access, I will likely never see that warning again. Shelly, never say never, but I really don't think you would ever need more than 12 gb. I typically do not stream music as I just download what I want from Tidal. I also do not use my phone to watch video beyond the occasional youtube video. I do using the web, FB, Instagram, mail, daily and I do not believe I go much over 4 gb.

Typically Verizon is going to be better coverage wise than Sprint. Also, you said you sometimes go over 6GB? How often do you go over and how much is the overage charge? I imagine going over 6GB a few times a year will be cheaper than the 240$/year extra the 12GB plan would cost you. Also, if you know that you'd need to travel a bit some month and would use more data, just switch to the 12GB plan that month. **BRENT**

My wife and I share 3GB on Verizon, and it's been fine with some planning. I download music at home on wifi to carry in my phone's memory. I got a wifi extender to reach the part of the house where my wife was streaming music and switching over to LTE without knowing it. We don't stream video over LTE other than brief YouTube or vine clips. We do everything else with our smartphones, like look up stuff on Google, check the weather, use Google maps, sync calendars and contacts, etc... For us, the reliability and almost always having a good signal with Verizon has been way more valuable than the unlimited data of Sprint. After switching, I realized that unlimited data wasn't so great if you can't access that data half the time. It's easy to offer unlimited data and not offer a consistent signal. Maybe they've improved, but when I switched a few years ago, it was very worthwhile. The only scenario I could see where it's worth it is if you are not very mobile , and you have a great signal in the one place you use the phone. Like when I lived in a building in downtown Chicago that had a Sprint tower on its rooftop, and I was a resident who went to work and came home and did nothing else. I was happy with Sprint for years in that situation!

I don't think I have ever used more than 4gb a month on my cell phone plan (Verizon). Unless you stream a lot of content I wouldn't consider 12gb.

I switched from an unlimited plan on ATT a few years ago. We have a family plan with 30 gb and last month was the only time we came close to going over and the reason for that is my son has no wifi access and his only form of entertainment for now is using his phone to stream movies, netfilx, etc. Most months we roll over extra minutes and have had as much as 42 gb per month. I am certain I personally would never use 12 gb. Check you Sprint data usage and it should give you an idea whether 12 gb will work for you.

Why is this thread getting updated already? It's not even December. Sorry everyone who already got piled on with snow.

Won't be sitting on the deck today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

just preordered a december cd release based on this alone.

Have a bottle on hold for me at a nearby store. Will provide a review in haiku form later tonight.

At a holiday inn in sweetwater, tan and am having the best biscuits I've had in years.

Jessica Jones

I smell a payoff.