美媒評出2012年科技領域十大敗筆

Biggest Rip-Off Award: Shared Data Plans

In June, Verizon unveiled its new Share Everything plans, which allow customers to pay a flat fee for each device, plus a single charge for shared monthly data, which ranges from 1GB to 10GB. The plan includes unlimited voice minutes and text messages and makes you pay for them, whether you need them or not. As a result, a 2GB data plan costs $100 on the new plan while 2GB with a limited number of minutes and texts cost $70 on the old plan.

6.最“敲竹杠”獎：數據共享套餐

今年6月，韋里孫公司公布了新制定的“分享一切”套餐，允許用戶為每個設備支付固定費率，同時每月為各設備共享的數據流量單獨付費，數據流量從1GB到10GB不等。套餐內通話和短信雖然上不封頂，但不管是否需要，消費者都要為這些服務付費。結果，按照新套餐，一項2G數據套餐要花100美元，而根據原來的限時計劃，2G數據流量套餐僅花70美元。