Yep, I've been on Verizon for a very long time and current have a 5 phone, unlimited data plan that I'm pay through the nose for. I'm really glad to see that other companies are starting to offer 'sane' price plans. As soon as my kids (currently all college age) are off on their own I will be ditching Verizon for something more realistic. They have great service but their prices are quickly becoming out of line.
That's crazy...I'm on tmobile with the nexus 4 using the $30 monthly 4g plan(100min talk,unlim text,5gb data) and that's not because it was cheap because thats I wanted and needed, I don't talk much...I hope Verizon can learn from other company's they'll get more people from middle class/blue collar workers..$100+ a month can be towards a lot of other things...
Verizon this morning said in a filing with the SEC that its Verizon Wireless unit expects to report Q4 retail postpaid subscriber net adds of 2.1 million
It essence, the plans state that you will pay 40 dollars per smartphone or 30 dollars per dumbphone on the plan. This gets you the unlimited minutes and unlimited texting. Since their policy is that all data enabled devices MUST have a data plan, you then get to choose your data "bucket." This starts at $50 for 1gb, $60 for 2gb, and from there $10 extra per 2gb. A rip off, I know
A rip off? Maybe for some, but people need to realize that it's good for some.
Me for example. I have 4 lines on my account...was over $400 a month...10GB share everything plan dropped me to $290...$110 savings.
Must be a rip...
A rip off? Maybe for some, but people need to realize that it's good for some.
Me for example. I have 4 lines on my account...was over $400 a month...10GB share everything plan dropped me to $290...$110 savings.
Must be a rip...
Indeed, it looks like this plan is really good for you. I know for people who had unlimited minutes on the old plans saved money on these plans just about every time. However I know people with bare minimum minutes, unlimited data and either no text or low text that were paying 65 a month, and with this new plan they're paying least 25 more. These plans really screw over individual plan customers which is what the op is. They seem to be alright for large family plans. I know for me personally, if I were to switch, it would cost me 20 extra a month, and I'm already paying 220 a month.
Can't wait to not be paying more for my phone bill than my car payment.
Add me to he list of people that saved money, and I was coming from a 1400 minute plan, not unlimited.
EDIT: You are right though, for one line it's very expensive.
WTF is the secured line fee of $40 and 2gb $60 mean? What if its only 1 device?
bull issshhhhh. Current customers before June of 2012 were able to keep whatever plan that they had and go up and go down in tiers of their plan. They were never forced to change plans with VZW. They were forced during upgrade if they unlimited data to either go towards 30 dollars for 2gb or share.
Here is bare bone pricing with VZW old plans for grandfathers customers
450 Talk for 39.99
250 Text for 5
Unl Data for 29.99
75 bucks right there.
Share everything
Unl Talk and Text 40 bucks
300 mb data 40 bucks
80 bucks ritght there and Wifi is everywhere.
You just compared an unlimited data plan to a 300 mb plan that now costs $5 more. And you don't see why people think it's a bad deal?
And wifi is hardly "everywhere".
Verizon is the apple of ripping people off in the carrier world
I'll take prepaid T-Mobile for unlimited data and texts (5gb of data before throttle) and 100 minutes for $30 .
Hello voip and data services.
Fact of the matter is the carrier landscape is changing, and Verizon is fighting a losing battle as more and more people aren't willing to pay up.
The shared data plans was the last straw for many.
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