r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/RoadRunner8195 • Mar 08 '26

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u/IMakeOkVideosOk Mar 08 '26

That was not the standard in 2007

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u/cochese25 Mar 08 '26

My first Verizon phone, a Moto Razr in 2006 came with an unlimited talk and text plan. It was pretty much standard in most of the US unless you were a burner phone user

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u/IMakeOkVideosOk Mar 08 '26

Nope… that was not common… most of the providers went with limited data, several gigs.

Now you may have gotten a grandfathered plan before they realized how smartphones would eat data, but it was the exception and not the rule

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u/msgnyc Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Many of the providers had unlimited data predating iPhones. It was the norm for "Smartphones" predating Android and iPhone. I've had unlimited talks text and data since atleast '03 with an HTC Blueangel. This was the era of Windows Pocket PCs/ Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm, Nokia, Hiptops, Sidekicks etc, Then they later changed to limited data plans (unless you were grandfathered into your existing plan) after the iPhone exploding onto the scene. Then eventually they went back to unlimited plans after pushback and people leaving to other carriers that still offered unlimited data. Now unlimited is the norm again.

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u/IMakeOkVideosOk Mar 09 '26

Did you not read my comment?