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

[rojo7905]

Which is what I said...unlimited goes bye bye when you upgrade. If on tiered, you can keep your current plan. If you are upgrading a non-smartphone is the question here. When you upgrade to a smartphone, it puts you on a new plan. I'm not sure you can avoid the share in that case.

If I upgrade the feature phone to a smart phone I will not be forced into a share plan. They have said that. I will simply be adding a feature to that line (a tiered data plan). Its not changing my plan or anything else, and I can remove it by reactivating a feature phone on that line. I don't know why everyone believes that they are going to be forced onto the new share everything plans, or that the Share everything plans are going to be the only ones available. Verizon has said that they would not force people onto them, and the CS reps on their twitter feed and FB page said that the old plans will still be available. If you have facts that show if you upgrade after the 28th you will be forced into a share plan please show them.

 

[syndicate0017]

If I upgrade the feature phone to a smart phone I will not be forced into a share plan. They have said that. I will simply be adding a feature to that line (a tiered data plan). Its not changing my plan or anything else, and I can remove it by reactivating a feature phone on that line. I don't know why everyone believes that they are going to be forced onto the new share everything plans, or that the Share everything plans are going to be the only ones available. Verizon has said that they would not force people onto them, and the CS reps on their twitter feed and FB page said that the old plans will still be available. If you have facts that show if you upgrade after the 28th you will be forced into a share plan please show them.

Dear Lord...I never said they'd force everyone into the share. I said in your particular situation I'm not sure you can avoid the share. Then again, I'm not a VZ rep. I don't know the ins and outs.

 

[rojo7905]

Yes, you can transfer an upgrade from one line to another. However, transferring the upgrade does not absolve you from renewing the contract on the line you are transferring the upgrade from. How I read it is if you have a smartphone line with unlimited data, even if you transfer that upgrade to a different line, renewing that smartphone line will force you to give up unlimited data on that line.

Ahh, that might be the only hang up for me... I would still have 1 upgrade available every 2 years for all of my lines though, which is better than nothing...

 

[rojo7905]

Dear Lord...I never said they'd force everyone into the share. I said in your particular situation I'm not sure you can avoid the share. Then again, I'm not a VZ rep. I don't know the ins and outs.

Me either, agree to disagree on this one i guess...

 

[kodiak799]

Interestingly enough, to keep my plan (450 minutes and 500 texts with unlimited data) means no subsidy = @ $15/month.

A comparable plan, with unlimited minutes and text, would cost me @ $20/month more with 2gigs of data...and with subsidized phone every 20 months. So more or less a wash, assuming I'm satisfied with 2gigs of data. The big change, really, is they are recovering their subsidy one way or another.

 

[SwiftLegend]

So essentially, if my family took on this plan, we would be paying: $90 dollars for the data, plus another $120 for the 3 smartphones on my line, and $30 for the regular LG flip phone my mom doesn't even use. That comes out to $210, almost $50+ what we already pay (for 2 phones with unlimited data/1 phone with 2 GB, and 700 shared minutes). How is this supposed to be a good plan? It's doing the exact opposite of what its supposed to do, with all those retarded access fees. What happen to the $9.99 access fee I pay now? Why was that raised 30 bucks..?

If anything, they should have shared option that gives shared text and minutes, but unlimited data. The only person that texts is my sister, my dad, mom, and I use maybe 50 minutes all together..

 

[syndicate0017]

If anything, they should have shared option that gives shared text and minutes, but unlimited data. The only person that texts is my sister, my dad, mom, and I use maybe 50 minutes all together..

That would completely defeat the purpose of what they are trying to do.

 

[jseah]

Interestingly enough, to keep my plan (450 minutes and 500 texts with unlimited data) means no subsidy = @ $15/month.

A comparable plan, with unlimited minutes and text, would cost me @ $20/month more with 2gigs of data...and with subsidized phone every 20 months. So more or less a wash, assuming I'm satisfied with 2gigs of data. The big change, really, is they are recovering their subsidy one way or another.

It may be a wash now, but what happens next year or the year after that if you end up increasing your data usage? With unlimited, there is no additional cost. With tiered data, the more you use, the more you pay.

 

[SwiftLegend]

That would completely defeat the purpose of what they are trying to do.

I realize that, but logically, it would be the best move. Most people don't text anymore, they use Gtalk, or iMessage, or any of the other hundred messaging apps that use data instead of your actual texts.

 

[cybertec69]

So essentially, if my family took on this plan, we would be paying: $90 dollars for the data, plus another $120 for the 3 smartphones on my line, and $30 for the regular LG flip phone my mom doesn't even use. That comes out to $210, almost $50+ what we already pay (for 2 phones with unlimited data/1 phone with 2 GB, and 700 shared minutes). How is this supposed to be a good plan? It's doing the exact opposite of what its supposed to do, with all those retarded access fees. What happen to the $9.99 access fee I pay now? Why was that raised 30 bucks..?

If anything, they should have shared option that gives shared text and minutes, but unlimited data. The only person that texts is my sister, my dad, mom, and I use maybe 50 minutes all together..

Because, texts and phone data costs Verizon next to nothing, the truth has finally come to light after all these years when we all knew it was the case, and how Verizon was milking us. Now they have found another way to do it with the smartphone revolution, to me the math does not add up when they charge you $50 for 1 GIG of data, and at the same time charge you $100 for 10 GIG's of data, it just does not add up, hmmm, let's see, what should I buy, 1 pair of shoes for $50 or 10 pairs of shoes for $100.
So if they can sell you 10 GIG's of data for $100 that equals to $10 per gig, how can they in the same breath charge you $50 for 1 GIG.

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[RETG]

I currently have a single line plan with a droid X. I use approx. 140 minutes per month, 27 text messages per month and on average for the past six months; 450 megs of data per month.
450 minutes: $39.99
250 Message allowance: $5.00
Email & Webb Unlimited Data: $29.99
(this does not account for for taxes, fees, and my 22% discount)

If I take an upgrade and agree to a new two-year contract after June 28:
450 minutes: $39.99
250 Message allowance: $5.00
Email & Webb 2GB: 30.00

(plus taxes, fees minus my 22 percent discount)

It would cost me .01 per month more...

 

[tech_head]

Re: Verizon's New Family Data Plans Begin: It's Called the Share Everything Plan

Basically he is using an upgrade on a line that didn't use data anyway to get a new phone at a subsidized price without using losing his unlimited because he will just reactivate the feature phone and activate the new smart phone on the unlimited line. Creative way to chat the system if you ask me

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They could put a halt to that by making you also keep data on the line whether you use it or not.
I see that coming also. It took me less than 30 seconds to come up with that.

 

[jseah]

Because, texts and phone data costs Verizon next to nothing, the truth has finally come to light after all these years when we all knew it was the case, and how Verizon was milking us. Now they have found another way to do it with the smartphone revolution, to me the math does not add up when they charge you $50 for 1 GIG of data, and at the same time charge you $100 for 10 GIG's of data, it just does not add up, hmmm, let's see, what should I buy, 1 pair of shoes for $50 or 10 pairs of shoes for $100.
So if they can sell you 10 GIG's of data for $100 that equals to $10 per gig, how can they in the same breath charge you $50 for 1 GIG.

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Because that is how they priced voice minutes for years. Look at the voice plans as they exist now. For individual lines, you get 450 minutes for $40, 900 minutes (plus 5 F&F numbers) for $60. For family plans, you get 700 minutes for $70. Add $20 and you get another 700 minutes. Add $10 to that and you get still another 600 minutes.

 

[androidlearner]

It wouldn't put a halt on it. You would/could be using the old smart phone on the line you just upgraded or you end up paying for a data plan you won't use. Regardless you would still technically keep unlimited on the other 2 lines.

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[androidlearner]

Because, texts and phone data costs Verizon next to nothing, the truth has finally come to light after all these years when we all knew it was the case, and how Verizon was milking us. Now they have found another way to do it with the smartphone revolution, to me the math does not add up when they charge you $50 for 1 GIG of data, and at the same time charge you $100 for 10 GIG's of data, it just does not add up, hmmm, let's see, what should I buy, 1 pair of shoes for $50 or 10 pairs of shoes for $100.
So if they can sell you 10 GIG's of data for $100 that equals to $10 per gig, how can they in the same breath charge you $50 for 1 GIG.

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The more you buy the more of a discount you get on. That's how pretty much every system works for anything you by.

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