[Updated] Verizon Plans To Eliminate 'Grandfathered' 3G Unlimited Data Plans

[monkey_man]

Dude, they won't. Seriously, get over it. This has been a long time coming, everyone knew that the industry itself was going this way. You can kick and scream but the inevitable is just that... Sprint won't stay Unlimited for ever. They will follow suit when they see that they can do so and still make tons of money like everyone else does.

To the dude claiming it is hard to not go over 20GB a month, I think that if you are some kid that lives on their phone rather than going out and having a real life, possibly... I mean, if you watch Netflix for a couple hours a day, that would do it, but don't you have a laptop, PS3 or PC for that?

But Sir, all are not identical... and all of this are just opinions and pride.... no right and wrong of what you can and can't do. Not many as fortunate as the next person and just leave it at that . If such thing don't exist there wouldn't be many stories about certain families with the best method of economizing. If you think smartphone was meant to be phone only with fear mongering from carrier of what the phone can be used for, trust me not many customers interested in switching to smartphone. As it cost $199/$299 now compared to free phone that Verizon used to provide with their $50 subsidized discount. In additional to $30 x 24 months Req. Data Plan that cost you extra $720 dollars on top of your minutes plan. As a sidenote, why do you think Carriers refused to make one universal Lapdock for all phones? and Why do they even sell a lapdock in the first place if you should use wifi and your laptop? I heard Sales people talking about lapdock being efficient and lightweight for people to carry around. In the end tho, all about money and show some returns for stakeholders, and who can really blame them :icon_ lala:.

 

[DroidMomof9]

I just got a Droid Razr and have unlimited.... I just check and 2/3 thru my time for the month and I have used 1/2 gb..... But I like the ability to use my phone when I am out - if I NEED to..... I probably rarely go over 2 gb..... What I think is the bad move - is we go from unlimited to 2gb a month for the same price.... that is NOT good customer service....

I also think they should have not mentioned this until they had the data share plan out there.... we have 4 phones paying $30 a month - 1 unlimited, 2 @ 4gb, and 1 @ 2gb (3G) we also have a basic phone - are they going to make us upgrade to a smartphone??? The basic phone is sort of a home phone, but it is NOT tethered to our home, so one of our younger children can take it if they really NEED to..... Hopefully their share plans will make it better than what it is individually......

Here's for hoping....

 

[monkey_man]

How many of us would walk away from the convenience of these devices and go back to what we used to use? Who here will give up their phone and go buy a Tom-Tom and an mp3 player and and portable radio (if you can even find one of them) and a e-reader?

I would walk away, but I still end up with Verizon alongside 70 millions of non-smartphone users! They have better network around here :icon_ lala:. I rather spend that money to upgrade my internet to 50 and even 100 mbps way cheaper! I have Garmin Nuvi 680 sitting on dust... just quick clean up and map update... it's good to go! I also have Nav on my car to guide me wherever I want to go. These smartphones now support Wifi... This is better than Ipod as I can change MicroSDs for Music and Video content! 4.3 Inches with HDMI out capability is out perform a 7 inch or 10 inch tablet! So yeah am well prepared for the worst.

 

[tech_head]

Yeah your safe until you upgrade your phone.

As stated a long time ago by verizon: when upgrading you will have to pick a plan that is currently available (offered) at the time of upgrade.

Seems everyone forgot that this was said in a statement January 2011.

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I'll have a Razr until it falls apart and then some.

 

[Trusstopher]

This is a response by VZ because of the exponential explosion of data usage. With 4G it's only going to increase even more. Between business and personal use, I'm sure it's straining their network. Going to a tiered system is the easiest way to curb this use, because they for the most part don't have to do anything because we will police ourselves not wanting to pay any overage.

If this were the case, strictly speaking, then wouldn't the carriers stop pushing the high bandwidth consuming apps like NFL, Netflix, Blockbuster, VCast, or whatever else they are pushing now-a-days? As many have said, they tell us they are charging more and capping our usage with overages because the "network is overloaded" but at the same time are pushing these data hogs for which they are taking a cut of the subscription fees... and it just so happens that these apps they push congest their networks giving a justification for charging more for bandwidth.

 

[armeddroid]

What if Sprint doesn't jump on this tiered plan and stick with unlimited data? Can you imagine the amount of people switching?

 

[SquireSCA]

What if Sprint doesn't jump on this tiered plan and stick with unlimited data? Can you imagine the amount of people switching?

I think it would be great for Sprint if they stayed the 1 last provider to offer Unlimited, I think they would get a lot of business.

But with all those new subscribers, the strain on the network would increase, and at some point they would start throttling or moving to tiers...

 

[Mike8016]

Verizon’s e-mailed statement, in full:

– Customers will not be automatically moved to new shared data plans. If a 3G or 4G smartphone customer is on an unlimited plan now and they do not want to change their plan, they will not have to do so.
– When we introduce our new shared data plans, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to customers when purchasing handsets at discounted pricing.
– Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan.
– The same pricing and policies will be applied to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.

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In short, the death of grandfathered unlimited data plans will come when all the people with unlimited data give up their devices for new ones. And that could take years.

Source Verizon Clarifies: Unlimited Data Plans to Die Slow Death - NYTimes.com

I guess i will buy my phones off contract now.

 

[monkey_man]

Verizon’s e-mailed statement, in full:

– Customers will not be automatically moved to new shared data plans. If a 3G or 4G smartphone customer is on an unlimited plan now and they do not want to change their plan, they will not have to do so.
– When we introduce our new shared data plans, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to customers when purchasing handsets at discounted pricing.
– Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan.
– The same pricing and policies will be applied to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones.

​

In short, the death of grandfathered unlimited data plans will come when all the people with unlimited data give up their devices for new ones. And that could take years.

Source Verizon Clarifies: Unlimited Data Plans to Die Slow Death - NYTimes.com

I guess i will buy my phones off contract now.

hahaha if what you're saying is true... that would be somewhat suck! They are doing the exact same thing on their European brand as in Vodafone. Oh well.... decision decision -_-

 

[monkey_man]

I know that this is hard ask to do for Verizon to comply to our demands. But since Verizon didn't back up F.ShamWoW, it means that they are on a shaky ground to try to keep us happy costumers. They changed attitude within a year that should be a lesson for us that they are determined to offload Unlimited. What prove we have about Verizon's claim that their network can't handle abusive users? They can claim that since Verizon been lowballing, then more unlimited costumers decide to take action by using much more data as they deserved. Since this is not beneficial to Verizon, we decided to automatically change them to Shared family data plan as both parties are not obligated to the locked 2 years contract? Now we ended up paying full price phone elsewhere without warranty and QC plus still stuck with Shared Family Data Plan....

 

[Signum]

Attention Verizon decision makers. Have Seven(7) phones on two(2) plans - Get rid of the GrandFathered Data Plans and you won't be the only one getting rid of something.
Was that too subtle?

your 7 lines is equal to 6.73076923 × 10[SUP]-8 [/SUP]of the total customer base.

not even a drop in the bucket.

 

[sweenbeen]

THEY BASICALLY RETRACTED THIS! Now if you buy a phone out right you can keep your unlimited plan! Holllllaaaa

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[sweenbeen]

Just don't sign a new contract

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[sonixmon]

I am not sure I would pay $500-$700 for a full retail phone just to save $20 a month! In the end it is probably a wash anyway! I guess if you are single and only have 1 line it might be worth it, but family data could be beneficial to families if they price it right!

I agree with an earlier post that unlimited data @ $30 then have only 2GB @ $30 doesn't make sense!

There is also a rumor that the add line $10 fee might apply to data? That might make it a big flop!

Honestly if I cant have a phone for myself and a phone for my wife with reasonable minutes and data @ $120 a month then we will switch to some pay as you go! The pay as you go is more competitive if you look at it, no contract is always in our favor!

Gone is the benefit of signing the 2 -year contract to get a good rate!

Our best bet might be to put pressure on VZW to have good pricing, instead of crying about losing unlimited data on upgrades. If youre still not happy keep your phone or buy your next one online!

P.S. They do care about losing 1 customer of 10+ years! I had 5 replacement Motorola devices and complained to corporate and they switched me to the HTC Rezound. Big surprise all my problems went away!

 

[username243]

I'm fine if they let me buy a phone at retail and keep the unlimited data. I usually buy my phones off Ebay anyways.