This is from the main page for the New Verizon Plan. Hovering the mouse over the question mark next to Carryover Data reveals the text above. If that isn't clear enough there is a search bar at the top of the page. Simply entering the term carryover provides the top search result Carryover Data FAQs which breaks down all of the details of which types of data carry over, when it is used, and when it expires.
Carryover Data is a FREE perk of the New Verizon Plan. I pay exactly the same price for the new plan as I did for the original Verizon Plan that didn't include any Carryover. When I switched to the original Verizon Plan I doubled my data and lowered my bill by $80. The new plans just sweetened the deal with Carryover and Safety Mode.
CJAA wrote:
NOWHERE, not in any reputable worthy dictionary, thesaurus, or reference tool of choice will you find the slightest hint that Carryover has conditions causing what's carried over to expire. IT'S A DECEPTIVE MARKETING TOOL/WORD PLAY, A SCAM.
Really? Just because a dictionary does not have an acceptable definition for what Verizon chooses to call its carryover data?
Do you know of a word which would accurately describe something which lasts an extra month and then expires? No? Then does that mean Verizon simply should not institute such a plan? They should go back to having your data expire after the month in which you pay for it?
The English language EVOLVES, definitions ADAPT to fit what people would like to describe. 25 years ago, when someone said "text" there was no "reputable worthy dictionary, thesaurus, or reference tool of choice" which had the slightest hint it meant some sort of electronic message on a cell phone. Does that mean "texting" is a SCAM perpetrated by cell phone companies? No, it simply means the meaning of the word EVOLVED to include a new definition.
When there is no word to describe something, either the English language EVOLVES to include a new meaning for a word or creates a new word to describe it. More often than not, a new definition is simply added to the list of multiple definitions a word can have.
More examples of this EVOLUTION of the English language would be terms meant for items like "petroleum jelly" and "facial tissues". Many people generically call those items "Vaseline" and "Kleenex" which are actually brand names. Before those "brands" came into existence, those words were not listed in any "reputable worthy dictionary, thesaurus, or reference tool of choice" indicating such a definition for those words. It does not mean those companies were perpetrating a SCAM on people purchasing those products. "Carryover Data" is simply Verizon's "brand name" for data will expire 1 month after the month you pay for it. AT&T had already trademarked the term "Rollover Data" and is the reason why Verizon chose a different term, although Verizon's "Carryover Data" is almost IDENTICAL to AT&T's "Rollover Data".
