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With all of those juicy leaks looking as official as ever, you had to expect that this announcement would come hot off the heels of Independence Day: Verizon confirmed that they are nixing unlimited data in favor of a usage-based model. It’s officially starting July 7th. Pricing is the same that we’ve heard before: $20 gets you 75MB, $30 gets you 2GB, $50 gets you 5GB and $80 gets you 10GB. If you go over your limit in a pay period, expect to be charged an extra $10.
If you want more bandwidth, you can opt-in to use your phone as a mobile hotspot for $20 more than what you already pay and get two additional gigabytes. Current unlimited data users are automatically grandfathered in and will be able to upgrade to new phones and sign a new contract without losing their unlimited data.
It’s a change that we’ve seen coming since at least a year ago and we weren’t surprised at Verizon’s timing as 4G LTE expansion gets underway. So you have today and tomorrow (July 5th and 6th) to get your Verizon phone and be locked in forever. I’d take care of that without delay. [Fierce Wireless]
Damn. Verizon had better grandfather existing customers because if they don’t I will be off to a Sprint all-you-can-eat plan faster than they can say Droid 3.
Existing customers are grandfathered in. Read the article instead of responding to the headline.
Why would you assume I hadn’t read the article? My response was directly in reply to the article, focusing on the author’s belief that existing customers would be grandfathered in. I’m saying that if Verizon doesn’t hold true to the author’s prediction, I’m gone as a customer. Don’t get sanctimonious.
I didn’t make an assumption, I drew a conclusion. Here is the second sentence of the second paragraph,”Current unlimited data users are automatically grandfathered in and will be able to upgrade to new phones and sign a new contract without losing their unlimited data.”
I had made a joke of it, and a moderator or someone else edited my post for some reason and it came across that way. Relax, life is short.
fail…
Three days after the fourth of July we Americans get royally screwed by the wireless industry (again). Still proud to be an American?
yes I am.
I probably worded that a little too strong. How about,”Verizon could care less about America or its citizens”.
It’s always interesting to see some of the things that phone companies will do isn’t it? And your telling me that I’m not allowed to use my 10gb cap however I want including tethering unless I pay a full one hundred dollars?
It’s absolutely insane.
These prices are worse than Canada for crying out loud…
i was just saying the same thing….wow….
I really wish they allowed family sharing…My wife and could both get away with 2GB total for the month. Now we pay 60 dollars and use 30 dollars worth of data.
Sure,
For only $160 you can each get 10GB
Where is the “official” word. The ‘source’ trail leads back to DroidLife. The article says exclusive, but there’s no link. In fact, @VZWnews just posted a blog article from CNet as an explanation of tiered data. Their source? An AndroidCentral post referencing a leak? What is Verizon doing? Why can’t they just send out a press release?
The source in my article is Fierce Wireless. Fierce Wireless linked to Droid-Life’s first details as that was the first and most detailed report. Fierce directly cited Brenda Raney, a top-level Verizon spokeswoman.
Fair enough. No dig on your reporting. But still, is it just getting easier for them to let the rumor train carry their information and then just confirm it later. I guess it probably is more efficient and cost-effective to disseminate information that way. They should just release it officially the day it gets leaked.
Tiered data sucks. Consumers should be entitled to unlimited.
Consumers are entitled to nothing.
Hey yo! Come on over to Sprint! I get unlimited for about $65/ month….and I really use it well. Always listening to pandora in the car, checking weather, e-mails, etc… its really a good deal. I left Verizon a while ago, and I’m never going back!
Very much agreed. I left T-Mo for Sprint last summer for the EVO, couldn’t be happier. Coverage isn’t quite as good as the other carriers, but at half the price for unlimited everything, it’s hard to complain
Wish I could. Sprint coverage is horrendous where I am. I’m better off being phone-less than on the Sprint network out here.
That is unbelievable. 20 dollar for 75 MB. What the hell, there is not point in have a smart phone if you can only have 75 MB. 20 dollar for 2 gig is a better deal for everyday user. The could just keep the unlimited can charge more for it like 40 dollar with 3g and 50 with 4g. That is just stupid of them.
That option is for feature phones only. Smartphones have to have the $30 or higher pkgs.
That is even worst then. For sprint you can get 5 gig for 20 dollar for feature phone if you did not want the unlimited plan.
VZW 2GB for $30
Sprint Unlimited for $25 ($15 data + $10 for smartphone)
Hmmm, tough choice for those in a decent Sprint market. I’ve found that very light smartphone users still use over 100MB a month, so the 75MB option from VZW is really just a trap.
I feel for those not in a Sprint area, being force into ATT/VZW – they are being ripped
VZW 2GB for $30
Sprint Unlimited for $25 ($15 data + $10 for smartphone)
Hmmm, tough choice for those in a decent Sprint market. I’ve found that very light smartphone users still use over 100MB a month, so the 75MB option from VZW is really just a trap.
I feel for those not in a Sprint area, being force into ATT/VZW – they are being ripped.
so, I’m looking at 80 to 110 dollars for a decent data plan from Verizon? Thats, 80 to 110 dollars for data ALONE! Im looking at 180+ Dollars a month for ONE line! No Thanks! ($80 for 10GB, 30 to tether = $110 + text and talk)
Protest with your wallets people. Existing users are fine (for now) but if you are considering signing up with Big Red look hard at the competition. If Verizon starts to bleed customers due to this idiocy or their rate of new subscribers drops significantly that retard at the top of Big Red’s corporate ladder who thought this was a good idea will be sweating bullets.
In addition to that, if this causes the other carriers to pick up significant amount of new accounts hopefully they will reinvest that new cash flow in to their networks to better compete with Verizon’s biggest marketing ploy.
“look hard at the competition”
You can say that again! I’ve had Verizon for a while now and after looking at the competition (specifically tmobile) it’s more evident than ever I’m getting shafted. Yeah the service is good and they may have the fastest network (for now) but they charge way too much. They can shove their tiered plans and their service (with the coverage map) up their butt! I’m out.
LoL!! Screw phone carriers!! I’m on Tmo and used 17GB in like 2 weeks and my data speeds have yet to be slowed down. LoL!! I don’t know what’s going on, I got the text messages and all, but I’m still getting 3G/4G speeds.
LoL!! Take that data caps and overages!!