Verizon ditching phone plans and going to a shared plan

N2IT

This is going to save me a ton of money moving forward. I was excited to see the new model implemented or soon to be.

Any other Verizon customers out there excited to see this?

demonfurbie

i use alot of data so im sticking to my unlimited data plan as long as i can

paulgswanson

I wish I had an unlimited plan. I really hate these limited ones.

blargoe

For those of us who have been too cheap to purchase a plan that includes data, I wonder if we are we now required to purchase a plan that includes it? I have a company provided phone that has data, and so I only use voice and text on our personal mobile phone.

SteveLord

You can't buy a smartphone with a contract that doesn't include a data plan. It has been this way for at least a few years now. And Verizon's "unlimited" people have a limited time to enjoy it....I promise you that.

And they're also charging $30 upgrade fees.

the_Grinch

Yup, once I renew my contract bye bye unlimited plan...a very sad day. Or if I pay the full purchase price of the phone you can keep it.

N2IT

I got into the game a little to late so no unlimited for me and having another user and a tablet on my plan is brutally smashing my financials.

This will save me over 150 USD per month. I am excited

blargoe

I already see that it's going to cost us more, not having invested in a personal smart phone and having no desire for data. The minimum plan you can purchase when switching to the new model is a $50/mo that includes 1GB data, and $30/mo for each non-smartphone.

N2IT

The data piece is in place to mitigate against all the users taxing the network. They only have so much capacity which they clearly can't handle. AT&T is moving to this model as well.

the_Grinch

In reading the plan it actually really screws me over. I currently pay $73 a month for 450 minutes (that I never use), 500 text messages (everyone I know if pretty much on Verizon), and unlimited data. Here I come Spring unless they do it too...might be dark ages for me soon.

N2IT

My plan is unlimited text and voice, along with 2 gb with 2 added devices for 249 a month.

We never even get close to using the 2 gb so dropping down to 1 doesn't hurt, but I have to keep unlimited text and voice. I go over 4,000 mins on voice and over 1,500 text easy a month

higherho

the_Grinch wrote: »

Yup, once I renew my contract bye bye unlimited plan...a very sad day. Or if I pay the full purchase price of the phone you can keep it.

Thats the day I go to Sprint. At least they have 4G in the area were I live so I will be happy. People who do not have 4G yet, you will see your data climb drastically compared to 3G.

demonfurbie

N2IT wrote: »

My plan is unlimited text and voice, along with 2 gb with 2 added devices for 249 a month.

We never even get close to using the 2 gb so dropping down to 1 doesn't hurt, but I have to keep unlimited text and voice. I go over 4,000 mins on voice and over 1,500 text easy a month

im the opposite i have 450 min and barely use them up but i used 44gb one month

Tackle

demonfurbie wrote: »

im the opposite i have 450 min and barely use them up but i used 44gb one month

Dang, that's a TON of data. I do have unlimited data, this switch kind of upsets me. Granted, during the winter months I rarely used more than 1gb of data. Now that summer's here it will climb significantly (More trips w/o access to wifi, more tethering, more streaming) No one else on my plan (5 phones total) has a data package.

onesaint

I'm on Verizon unlimited, still have an iPhone 4, not real interested in limited data, not real interested in sprint either. My Ipad is 3G, but not on a plan. Maybe these new plans will work out to my benefit. It's doubtful though.

tpatt100

I have unlimited but to be honest I might put myself on a data diet to increase my productivity....