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

[TatDroid]

And BTW, Syndicate, when I said "you" I didn't mean you personally. I meant collectively - all of us.

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[DebianDog]

And putting out a buffet doesn't mean you need to eat 30,000 calories, either. People demand these services, then they get them and are apparently unable to control themselves. Sometimes I wonder if people have jobs or do any work.

Everyone is not YOU

37% of us in the U.S. do NOT have broadband

VZ is my ONLY connection to the interwebs. I burn 6-24 GB a month. Satellite is expensive, slow (no online gaming) and has similar data caps. If Apple releases a 1GB update I just burned 3GB (2 laptops and a Desktop). Now I am paying over $250 to VZ a month for my 2 phones, Xoom, and USB and I REALLY feel I am more than entitled to a total of 25 GB a month. But the current plans do not pool your data. Unlimited with a tether is currently my only viable solution.

 

[SquireSCA]

And I never once said they will care. Because they won't. I'm doing it for me and me alone. Not to "stick it to the man". I want unlimited and as long as I'm on Verizon, I'll do what it takes to remain unlimited.

Except that there is nothing that you can do. They will force you off, sooner rather than later.

 

[kodiak799]

Everyone is not YOU

37% of us in the U.S. do NOT have broadband

VZ is my ONLY connection to the interwebs. I burn 6-24 GB a month. Satellite is expensive, slow (no online gaming) and has similar data caps.

I appreciate your dilemma. Unfortunately, it doesn't change the fact that MOBILE data was NEVER sold or marketed as a replacement for home broadband. You managed a few years ago without it, and I imagine you find a way to survive again.

 

[SquireSCA]

Everyone is not YOU

37% of us in the U.S. do NOT have broadband

VZ is my ONLY connection to the interwebs. I burn 6-24 GB a month. Satellite is expensive, slow (no online gaming) and has similar data caps. If Apple releases a 1GB update I just burned 3GB (2 laptops and a Desktop). Now I am paying over $250 to VZ a month for my 2 phones, Xoom, and USB and I REALLY feel I am more than entitled to a total of 25 GB a month. But the current plans do not pool your data. Unlimited with a tether is currently my only viable solution.

Why would you be entitled to it. Because you want it?

People pulling down 25GB on their phone, is part of the problem. You say you have no broadband, but if you have VZW then you can get a 3G or 4G hotspot for your home computers, no?

Bottom line is that you are attempting to use a phone as your household gateway to the internet. That was never what they intended. Unlimited for a phone is one thing. Unlimited for all your computers, plus the phone, is entirely different.

You have been getting away with it until now, but that doesn't mean you are entitled to it or that they owe it to you...

 

[DebianDog]

Why would you be entitled to it. Because you want it?

People pulling down 25GB on their phone, is part of the problem. You say you have no broadband, but if you have VZW then you can get a 3G or 4G hotspot for your home computers, no?

Bottom line is that you are attempting to use a phone as your household gateway to the internet. That was never what they intended. Unlimited for a phone is one thing. Unlimited for all your computers, plus the phone, is entirely different.

You have been getting away with it until now, but that doesn't mean you are entitled to it or that they owe it to you...

Because I am paying for it! If I had a 5 GB plans for every device 5 times 5 is 25 GB. I have a WiFi router with a VZ USB. Device makes no difference on the same network... not seeing your point.

 

[cdm369]

It's just like everything else in the world. Your situation dictates how you feel about it. People who travel and are never home need it. people who can't get home service need it. People who don't need it don't care.

 

[goaliemn]

So our next phones will be Nexus phones, and it may be with Sprint if they still offer Unlimited plans. I think that they should hold out and keep them, as being the only carrier to offer them gives them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

I just left Sprint and their unlimited plan for Verizon. Unlimited data means nothing on such an overloaded network that get such poor throughput. Verizon speed is night and day better than Sprint.


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[SquireSCA]

It's just like everything else in the world. Your situation dictates how you feel about it. People who travel and are never home need it. people who can't get home service need it. People who don't need it don't care.

Almost nobody truly needs it. We all want it. And when we rely on someone else to provide to us something that we want, we have to accept the fact they they usually dictate the terms.

And for people using their cell phone as their broadband access for their home networks, are you paying for tethering? What data plan do you use for tethering? How much data does that plan provide for?

 

[Trusstopher]

Because I am paying for it! If I had a 5 GB plans for every device 5 times 5 is 25 GB. I have a WiFi router with a VZ USB. Device makes no difference on the same network... not seeing your point.

If I am reading what you are saying correctly, then the new family share plans that they are bringing this summer (that started all this) will actually be a benefit to you if they work the way most think they will. Am I correct in understanding that you are saying you don't mind paying for the data you use right now, but the current setup means if you went to a 5GB plan on each device you would be stuck with the $40 or what ever it is per device but only get a total of 5GB to split between all the devices? So when you say you are entitled to 25GB it's because if you were to leave unlimited for tiered you would be pay for 5GB 5 times but then splitting that same 5GB between all devices? instead of 25?

If this is all the case, then the family share will fix your problem in that you will actually be able to get a bigger chunk of data to use across all devices for a similar cost as what you are paying right now.

 

[bens42608]

Data is not the same as gas so all of those similes are ridiculous. Also, all of you defending Verizon are silly-billies & have learned to get pooped on and say thank you.

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[fishhelmet]

Almost nobody truly needs it. We all want it. And when we rely on someone else to provide to us something that we want, we have to accept the fact they they usually dictate the terms.

And for people using their cell phone as their broadband access for their home networks, are you paying for tethering? What data plan do you use for tethering? How much data does that plan provide for?

I laughed at that. I'll wager that most of the people who tether don't pay for it, that's probably at least part of the reason they're really pushing to get rid of unlimited. On the other hand, without tethering, I'm at about 18gb for this month so the cost of this is going to drive me away from verizon come next upgrade.

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[DebianDog]

Almost nobody truly needs it. We all want it. And when we rely on someone else to provide to us something that we want, we have to accept the fact they they usually dictate the terms.

And for people using their cell phone as their broadband access for their home networks, are you paying for tethering? What data plan do you use for tethering? How much data does that plan provide for?

Says the guy in ATL with 4G and high speed internet! Heckl you probably could use any call carrier you want. LOL wow that must be something. The ONLY provider here is VZ. If I want a cell phone it HAS TO BE Verizon. Your phone won't ring with AT&T or Sprint here.

My work depends on the Internet. Comcast swore up and down they had service here before I moved out here. They don't.

I signed a contract with VZ for "unlimited" data. They are now changing that arrangement. Their current plans are not fair! Nothing infuriates me more than going over my 5 GB limit on my WiFi card while my wife's phone has 1 Gb of usage. (Even if she had a limited 5GB a month plan the data is not shared between devices) it is simply NOT FAIR no matter how you look at it.

I do not paying for my usage but give me a fair deal!

 

[DebianDog]

of data to use across all devices for a similar cost as what you are paying right now.

That will be awesome and fair.

But I will pay full price for my phone and keep the unlimited plan. As it is quite amazing how fast $0.20 per meg adds up when you go over. i have had $500+ VZ bills before it is not fun calling them and begging for a break.

Verizon has clarified more about this. As suspected, it will be discontinuing unlimited data once the share plan arrives for those that want to purchase a subsidized phone through the carrier or renew their contract. Here is Verizon’s updated comment:

• Customers will not be automatically moved to new data 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, i.e. Signing new contracts.
• The same pricing and policies will be apply to all 3G and 4G LTE smartphones
• Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan, will be able to keep that plan.

 

[huskur]

If its all going to be tiered then the only answer is "bucket" data. All devices being able to use data from the "bucket" and what is left over gets rolled over. Your paying for "X" amount of data. It should be yours even if its the next month when you use it. The way the tiered data is now is you "use it or you lose it".