--- title: Unplugging | daily.dev description: An Android developer shares frustrations with Verizon's carrier restrictions, billing issues, and device limitations, and considers switching to a data-only... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/unplugging-sewj9nlxm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Unplugging | daily.dev og:description: An Android developer shares frustrations with Verizon's carrier restrictions, billing issues, and device limitations, and considers switching to a data-only... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/unplugging-sewj9nlxm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SEWJ9NLxm.png og:image:alt: Unplugging og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Unplugging **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An Android developer shares frustrations with Verizon's carrier restrictions, billing issues, and device limitations, and considers switching to a data-only plan using a Clear wireless hotspot combined with VoIP for calls. The post documents Day 0 of the experiment, noting that Google Voice doesn't actually do VoIP without a real phone number to forward to. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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