Big changes coming to Verizon January 18th?
0. phoneArena posted on 14 Jan 2010, 13:48
On January 18th, Big Red is expected to unveil some changes including a 30% drop in pricing for unlimited minutes...
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12. mcdeno posted on 14 Jan 2010, 14:50 0 0
How can they say they are cheaper than the others? Not everyone uses the unlimited. If you look at the $99 family plan with 700 mins plus text. You get 1500mins from Sprint for the same price. Also AT&T and Sprint don't charge you $10 just because you have a 3g device. My kids have 2 phones listed in the 3g multimedia catagory. They just use them for texting, no data or internet. The env's don't even have a real web browser. I have the Dare and the browser on that is crap. This new plan would cost me another 10 bucks per. Now we are going to be forced to get basic phones with very few features to avoid the extra charges. We only use our phones for talk and text. I want to add texting to all of our phones. Might be time to start looking what the other companies have to offer. Verizon might have more 3g than the others but who cares if you don't use it. Before anyone says anything I know it only applies if I change my plan. I am looking to add unlimited texting to my family plan.
13. SellPhones82 posted on 14 Jan 2010, 15:01 0 0
So is the $29.99 data on family plans per phone or for the entire account? If it is per phone than I think the Family plans are now MORE expensive if you use a smartphone. I have two Pre's now for $129.99 1500 min on Sprint and if I wanted to switch to VZW for Pre Plus it would be $119.99 for 1400 and then another $59.98 for the data for a total of $179.97 a month? Let me guess Nav is still extra too which is included in my $129.99 now? For what they want to charge I should be able to hog as much bandwith as I want since and free thethering since the data alone would be more than my $45/month At&t Pro DSL.
16. InstinctDemon posted on 14 Jan 2010, 15:12 0 0
Good Point, they don't mention that.. Also on T-Mobile If you buy the Discounted Phone through their plan, there is a $30 Data Charge Per line. So its $79.99 Unlimited Voice and Text plus $30 Unlimited Data. The True discount is if you buy the phone at full pop!
20. DonLouie posted on 14 Jan 2010, 15:39 0 0
They just got rid of the data share option that the Connect and Premium plans offered making each phone have to pay for data and any other extras.
29. mkl4466 posted on 14 Jan 2010, 22:13 0 0
Remember, connect plans were an extra $10 per line for unlimited data on non-smartphones. Now they require the same $10, it just isn't unlimited data anymore, its only 25 mb, which is probably enough for most non smart phone users who don't watch youtube all day. So its just like they are forcing everyone onto a connect plan, and then telling people with envy touches and rogues to back off of youtube or pay $20 more per month, as if they had a smartphone.
33. DonLouie posted on 15 Jan 2010, 05:52 0 0
Anybody on a Connect plan is probably using more than 25mb of data, so in essence it's forcing them into a higher data pack.
23. corporateJP posted on 14 Jan 2010, 16:45 0 0
Wow. Plans went down for talkers and texters, but screws anyone that wants either data or any phone better than a Samsung Smooth. Good time to lock into that Connect or Premium plan. SMH.
25. BrokenImaege posted on 14 Jan 2010, 18:01 0 0
What these plans are doing is causing a data network war between the carriers. The calling and texting plans are about the same. The difference now will be the data networks coverage, costs, and speeds. That is why Verizon has done what they have done. Now what does T-Mobile have on them? Use to be price, that was it. Now that it is about equal, it comes down to network and power. Once Verizon goes LTE, its over at that point as no other carrier can compete with that for a long time. The only thing I don't agree with is the 3G requirement for data. The device has to be comprable to force something like that. At this point, the only device then people should be going after is the Rogue because of the browser. At that point and the phones that requrie data, why would you buy any other phone than the Rogue other than a smartphone?
26. majicc07 posted on 14 Jan 2010, 19:14 0 0
What kills me is all this new talk about metered data billing. When AT&T spoke of doing it they were shredded and totally spoke of as a horrible carrier. Now that Verizon has brought up the idea some are praising the idea. I know that most of the Verizon fans on this site are going to say it's all about the coverage and blah blah blah. What I think is this, it's a proven fact that Att has over double the data devices than any other carrier including Verizon. So we know this is fact. We also know that the iPhone itself takes up all most all of that data because of it's awesome browser. Now that Verizon is actually starting to sell data devices vs just voice the big wigs are starting to see that their network is going to start to see the stress of what actuall data devices can do. Verizon network is built so that their data and voice use the same network. So we all know they have the most voice customers and know as more and more data devices are being added it's going to congest the network. Is metered billing the way? Some will say yes because they feel that why should I pay to support people that use or abuse the data while others are going to say if I pay for it I'll use what ever and how ever much I want. To be honest until they ( being any carrier) do something about it and make the change. As the carriers see more and more data users come online they all will see congestion on the networks. The CDMA carriers will suffer most being like I said having one network doing both data and voice where as GSM having a network for voice and another for data. As much as people don't want to admitt it the iPhone would have crippled any US network it grabbed hold of. Just remember this, Steve Jobs stated that when the iPhone launched it would sell 10,000,000 units within the first year and everyone thought he was crazy and very bold. Well it happened and then some. Not defending AT&T in any reason for the let down but you almost can't put all the blame on them. I just think they take a lot a bad press for stuff that all the other carriers do as well or better yet will soon face with over loaded networks. As for the voice plan pricing dropping, sure. Voice is so cheap these days and hardly any money is made there. Data is the money maker these days and the days of basic phones are over. I really don't have a problem with them charging a premium for certain phones. If they would have made the data plans manditory before vs giving options when getting a BB or Treo or others customers would just asume it and either accept it or go to a different phone. We are just a society that does not deal with change well but understand that this is just the begining and many more will be on the way. One last thought as much as we think it is spectrum is not an unlimited resource especially with other things competiting with it like TV, Radio as well as all the new devices coming out. Until they figure out away to accomidate it all it's going to get messy.
34. DonLouie posted on 15 Jan 2010, 05:59 0 0
The CDMA netnworks are way better insulated to handle the iphone and NO GSM carrier's 3G is bigger than ANY CDMA carrier's.
27. Homotechual posted on 14 Jan 2010, 20:17 0 0
I love how they said "they don't feel te need to respond to T-mobile's project black" and they did! LOOOOL
31. mcdeno posted on 14 Jan 2010, 22:26 0 0
My question is if I upgrade my plan and I have one of the 3g multimedia phones will I have to pay for the data or is this for new customers?
32. gemini6991 posted on 14 Jan 2010, 22:43 0 0
These plans go effective the 18th. So this is for every customer who upgrades/get a new line of service from the 18th moving forward. So yes you will have to pay for data if you get one of those phones.
35. Sniggly posted on 08 Feb 2010, 20:18 0 0
And I finally found the article where the dark news broke. I USED to work for a Verizon indirect store. I quit when they berated me for not matching the sales that a competitor had (which was next to the headquarters for the biggest company around here, and in the middle of the rich commercial downtown of the city, while I was stuck in the middle of a dead plaza next to a dollar store). I am so glad that I'm gone from there now. The other day I was looking at switching to Verizon for the better coverage. Was approved for a 0 deposit, great. Was probably able to get out of the ETF from T-Mobile due to coverage issues, awesome. But...then I was informed about these new stupid fu.cking data charges required for just about EVERY HANDSET WORTH HAVING from them. These required data charges alone have singlehandedly convinced me to stay with T-Mobile and far, far away from Verizon.
