Let me preface this by saying I own no verizon stock, nor do I agree with their stance on net neutrality or their BS price increases and anti consumer actions. I am with Verizon because all of my family is with them and they have the best service in my house. If T-mobile had better coverage I'd gladly switch to them.
That being said, do we have any actual evidence of them jacking up the price on phones? or that LTE will be significantly more expensive? It seems all we have is rumors and speculation. With regards to everyone who is saying that Verizon will be raising the price of their smartphones to $299, what proof do you have? I am not trying to be beligerent, i am seriously asking for evidence. The only data I have right now is what i see on the verizonwireless website, which actually shows new smartphones are being priced at $199, the same price they have been selling for after $100 mail in rebate. As far as LTE pricing goes, we don't have any information on plans because that information hasnt been released. Again, all we have are rumors and a lot of people adding their own speculation and calling it fact. We don't know whats going to happen, and we won't until the plans are released. Remember over the summer when everyone was "sure" VZW was getting rid of unlimited data at the end of July? We were all freaking out, but the rumor was false. It didnt happen. So lets just step back for a minute and stop crying the sky is falling and lets wait for some hard evidence one way or another.