[Update] Verizon's New Family Data Plans Begin: It's Called the Share Everything Plan

[PereDroid]

Here's what I would do if this affected me and I am surprised no one suggested it: drop the smartphone for a feature phone and get a WiFi tablet: Asus Transformer for me.
Done. Get my Android fix for just the upfront cost.
If I ever lose my phone from my job this is what I will do. And it won't be VZW for my Smartphone....
And when the Wife's iPhone contract is up, we will shop around...

 

[sharkattack99]

well the way i understand it your fine nothing will change for you UNTIL you deside you need a new phone or your current phone, or for those of use like myself want the latest and greatest, and try and upgrade you will get switched to this automatically, and will loose your current plan which sucks cause i have unlimited data. so as long as you don't need the newest phone and your current phone doesn't die or are willing to pay 700 or so dollars outright which sucks really bad then theres no worries thats the way i took it anyway could be wrong.

 

[Garemlin]

well the way i understand it your fine nothing will change for you UNTIL you deside you need a new phone or your current phone, or for those of use like myself want the latest and greatest, and try and upgrade you will get switched to this automatically, and will loose your current plan which sucks cause i have unlimited data. so as long as you don't need the newest phone and your current phone doesn't die or are willing to pay 700 or so dollars outright which sucks really bad then theres no worries thats the way i took it anyway could be wrong.

As already posted several times you will not be forced to move to the new share everything plan. If you upgrade to a new phone at the subsidized price after the 28th you will either have to go to the shared plan or a tiered data plan. Either way you will lose unlimited. But the shared plan is an option not a requirement.

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[sharkattack99]

so my individual plan that i have now i can keep but the grandfather clause for my unlimited no longer means jack i can upgrade with the discounted price keep my original plan but now will be forced to go tiered data right?

 

[monkey_man]

Here's what I would do if this affected me and I am surprised no one suggested it: drop the smartphone for a feature phone and get a WiFi tablet: Asus Transformer for me.
Done. Get my Android fix for just the upfront cost.
If I ever lose my phone from my job this is what I will do. And it won't be VZW for my Smartphone....
And when the Wife's iPhone contract is up, we will shop around...

Sadly, Verizon are not that dumb :rofl2: . Please look at first page on that graphic and see to Step1:. It stated that you must start this plan with 1 smartphone and this requires customer to get minimum $50 in data fee.

 

[Garemlin]

so my individual plan that i have now i can keep but the grandfather clause for my unlimited no longer means jack i can upgrade with the discounted price keep my original plan but now will be forced to go tiered data right?

Unless you do an upgrade before the 28th yes. To keep unlimited and have a new device you will have to pay full price or buy used.

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[revelated]

I'm going to go out on a limb here to back the previous poster before you and say that its not too far fetched to completely discount what was said. Web sites poll the browser on the device you are using to determine what browser its using, what resolution and what mode its running in, and then will reformat or redesign their content to better fit and work for the specific browser. The Web sites may not only reformat, but they may also reduce the color depth (4,096 versus 65,536, versus millions of colors, for instance), or drop background colors altogether and opt for white backgrounds, remove video or picture content, back off on advertising or change the advertisement to target the mobile user for instance rather than the stationary one, use your GPS to find content advertising that is more specific to your location, etc. So if you're running a "mobile" version of the browser on you're phone, and the tablet is running the full blown version of the browser such as Firefox, there could conceivably be considerably different amounts of data being sent to the two different devices.

Just saying...



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That, but I was more referring to the idea that if a person has a tablet, they're going to do a LOT more random browsing than they would on a phone. Streaming video, downloads, web, even gaming. Given a choice between the two, it's not a big leap to think that a person would use data a lot more on the tablet and voice minutes a lot more on the phone.

If I could have a voice-only setup for my phone, I would do it, and get a tablet for all data. The screen size would make that a no-brainer.

 

[akhenax]

Maybe add the information from here to the OP?

Q and A: Verizon's new data plans

 

[birdcrazie]

I will not only lose my unlimited plan but my $20 voice plan

 

[billyk]

Interesting article:

Verizon's botched 'Share Everything' launch could sink carrier - Computerworld

 

[Trusstopher]

Interesting article:

Verizon's botched 'Share Everything' launch could sink carrier - Computerworld

I actually wish they wouldn't mention the unlimited data users in articles like this. I feel like we are a small part of the unhappy group and mostly along for the ride as most of us know that it isn't going to last forever.

It's the single device customers and the "double your data" customers who are getting 2 or 4GB for $30 right now that will be looking at $60 or $70 for the same amount of data in the near future that should be the ones that are point out. It's like they are ending the "double your data" promotion and starting the "double your payment" promotion. Not cool Verizon, Not cool!

 

[nikecar]

I will not only lose my unlimited plan but my $20 voice plan

then don't change.

 

[rojo7905]

This is my understanding of how this will work from talking to a rep yesterday. Take it for what its worth as the rep could have been wrong, or I could have misunderstood him. They are not forcing anyone into the new plans. If you are on a family share plan with each line having separate data you can keep it that way even after upgrading and getting subsidized prices, but if you have unlimited data they will force you onto a tiered plan if you take the subsidized price. I have 3 lines (2 smart phones with unlimited data and 1 feature phone that I use as my home line). My plan is to keep everything as is and then when i want a new phone I'll use the upgrade on the feature phone line and swap it to one of the smart phone lines after, thus (hopefully) keeping my unlimited data. As far as I understand you can use any of the upgrades for any line in the family share plan as much as you want. I can't see why this wouldn't work, but if someone more in the know has some insight please let me know. It might be a good idea to add a feature phone to your account before the 28th as an upgrade "place holder"...

 

[ScarletBuckeye]

If you upgrade with a discount after 6/28 you lose your unlimited plan...you're not forced into the family share, but can choose the tiered data plan that came what I believe last summer?

Only way you get to keep it after 6/28 is by paying full retail price for a phone

 

[nikecar]

If you upgrade with a discount after 6/28 you lose your unlimited plan...you're not forced into the family share, but can choose the tiered data plan that came what I believe last summer?

Only way you get to keep it after 6/28 is by paying full retail price for a phone

or buy it from someone else via craigslist, newspaper, ebay, etc.