what is a grandfathered data plan .I've read about it in different forums and I assume its some kind of unlimited plan in the u.s. I just wanna know what it means ..
what is a grandfathered data plan .I've read about it in different forums and I assume its some kind of unlimited plan in the u.s. I just wanna know what it means ..
I think you're referring to a situation where a subscriber to a plan that is no longer available to new subscribers get to retain their plan when renewing their contract or handset.
For example if they took out an unlimited data plan 2years ago, but now their supplier only offers a plan with 1GB of data per month, they might be offered their renewal contract with their existing no-longer-available plan by way of incentive to remain with the carrier.
The term 'grandfathered' comes from Apple's experience on the launch of the original iPhone in France, where due to EU law they found they couldn't restrict the phone to a single carrier. With multiple carriers carrying the handset customers were swapping away from carriers, and it was remarked that those customers were usually 'grumpier' because they were losing previously more generous plans on switching to the iPhone. 'Grumpier' sounds like the french 'grand-per
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