Verizon is Raising Prices on Grandfathered Unlimited Plans by $20

[kodiak799]

We will be able to do the 24 month phone upgrade contract and pay each month and keep our UD.

Are they going to offer subsidized devices, because I thought that was now history for pretty much everyone?

Otherwise, why would anyone sign a contract? Other than locking in that price for 2 years what's the benefit? Also, I wonder if they'd still hit you with an ETF despite there's no subsidy to pay back over the life of the contract.

 

[kodiak799]

It's a valid reason. one I agree with wholeheartedly. I pay for unlimited mobile data, I shouldn't be forced to connect to some random public wifi... just feels unsafe.

It's not even that. I often have to manually connect to a public wifi, at least the first time. I don't do it, even if I didn't have UD I'd only connect my phone to wifi (outside of work and home) if I needed to conserve data, like at the gym where I might be listening to Pandora. I DO connect at the gym because of a very weak LTE signal. I DON"T connect at the hotel because you have to re-login every day, a nuisance I don't have to deal with because I have UD.

 

[Efin]

They're still getting the data cheaper than the other 99%...
As one that didn't finagle my way to stay with the unlimited data and went with paying my way, with a company that's proven to provide the best service in SoKal for me for many years, it's about time.
I could go with Sprint or TMob but service is garages outside the big city hub, it's time.

 

[kodiak799]

They're still getting the data cheaper than the other 99%...

LOL....seriously, 6GB per month is $60 and people in this thread are talking about using 20-40GB a month.

 

[PereDroid]

Now that I know my wife used 30, no tethering, I have no issue with an extra $20.

Tap'n Turbo

 

[Claps1775]

Now that I know my wife used 30, no tethering, I have no issue with an extra $20.

Tap'n Turbo

I been talking to my co workers. UD at $50 is better than what they are paying for. At first I was upset, still am some as who wants to pay more money. But for $20 extra and we keep UD. Better then most cable providers. Minus the speed.

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[Ollie]

I don't agree with you on tethering - it's an explicit violation of the TOS, and if all data was truly equal then you wouldn't need to consume it on other devices. And that's what their plan basically did, giving you truly unlimited, unconstrained data ON THAT SPECIFIC DEVICE. VZW never sold or represented the agreement was unlimited data piped to any and as many devices of your choosing.

I'm not going to watch a movie on my phone when my 55" tv is right in front of me, so that's why my usage would increase with tether if I can pipe that data to my tv. It's not that the data isn't the same, it's that I'm connecting another device to their service I haven't paid for - note that shared plans have a charge for each device connected.

Very simply, VZW knew not allowing tether would arbitrarily cap how much data the vast majority of people would use, which allowed them to offer unlimited. Because most people were not going to use a much smaller and slower device when better options were available...but then phones started getting huge So now you have people legitimately using 10-20GB a month without tethering.

That's how I think as well. Back when UD became prevalent you weren't going to consume enough data to ping their radar. You had slow network speeds and few apps that could devour data like they can now.

Times change. Before they were giving away data and charging massive amounts for text and talk. Now talk and text are bundled in with the plan and data is their new golden goose.

I'm not convinced that there are so many people raping their network to bring on this type of change though. The future is data and they have to get folks to pay more. This is how they are going to do it. Data usage will continue to grow and they have to monetize it.

I have unlimited, unthrottled data on TMo. They give me a bonus package of 7GBs per month for free tethering. I don't use it since I can mirror to my television without any cables or middle man devices, but I still use my home wifi to do it. I'm sure there are folks out there that are using it as their ISP.

 

[cr6]

Better then most cable providers. Minus the speed.

PLUS the speed IMO. My 4G speeds (especially this past year) have been much faster and much more consistent than our cable and current WiFi speeds ever were.

 

[sst45jeff]

I used to use about 3 GB a month. When I got a the Droid Turbo my data usage went up to 6 GB a month doing nothing different. I found this odd that the phone systems take so much more data to keep things updated.
I never use public WiFi for security reasons. I have WiFi at home but don't use it because I don't like the hassle of having WiFi on and having the phone alert me every time it finds WiFi. My preference because I have UD and can.
I have been streaming more you tube but not a lot and my data usage has jumped to 16 GB a month. I would consider myself an average user. Facebook, texting some you tube and mapping.

 

[sst45jeff]

Why is it accepted that I can cast video, movies etc. To my TV but not tether my TV to the phone.
What is the difference ?
Casting is something that is being used to sell phones now days.

 

[jstafford1]

Why is it accepted that I can cast video, movies etc. To my TV but not tether my TV to the phone.
What is the difference ?
Casting is something that is being used to sell phones now days.

Casting is using your home WiFi network to share pictures and video and whatnot. Your TV isn't using more data because of casting.

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[bkdodger]

Here's my view... I know plenty peeps get annoyed at others and such.. But I personally don't feel peeps are jealous that you have your UD and kept it while others don't have it ..we all made those decisions ourselves.. Maybe a small percentage of people left UD not knowing.. But most peeps knew what they were doing.. Nobody tricked me to leave Verizon.. And I'm happy I left.. Choices.. it's a discussion about a price hike... In the big picture you get to keep UD for a price bump that still makes it a solid price on UD ... You weigh your options and if you need the data and use it.. Then why not stay with UD....BUT you can argue to the cows come home.. Tethering is NOT included. . Can you do it.. Of course... I find it funny peeps go to the "let me stick it to the man" I'm going to go crazy... Why? That makes you look not so good.. I don't respect that view and plenty other peeps don't as well. If you had the new plan you probably pay more ... It's to your advantage to fly under the radar...use the plan for NFL Mobile.. That's something you like and I agree why look for WiFi.. watch videos on YouTube.. Listen to music.. Its perfectly fine... You tether it's not part of the plan.. It's simple

Again it's my view.. Just discuss the views.. Enjoy life! It's the same plan for all of us to be respectful to different views.. We are all on the same plan...

Carry on my friends,



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[jackiescivic]

Heads up for anyone who knows or would like to find out... I recently discovered that for any of my lines that are no longer on contract or any that are paying per month for a phone that those lines can be reduced from $40 per line to $15 per line. Verizon will not volunteer this information nor will they automatically reduce your line charge when you are off contact. You have to ask for it. It would seem to me that this line charge reduction would apply to tiered data lines and UD lines. For anyone that is not on contract, I would call Verizon and ask for this $25 per line discount. It's worth a try and will help balance out the extra UD charge.

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Unfortunately, anyone with a legacy plan is not eligible for a line discount after their contract ends. Everything was a la carte. I tried looking for the discount some time ago for someone and it wasn't an option.
For those on the old More Everything plan, your post is correct. Once a contracted line is out of that contract, you must request this month-to-month discount. It is automatically applied when doing Edge/device payment. Those with the new Verizon Plan (S/M/L/XL/XXL) and on a 2yr contract will automatically receive the month-to-month discount once out of contract.

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[sst45jeff]

Casting is using your home WiFi network to share pictures and video and whatnot. Your TV isn't using more data because of casting.

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No casting is from my phone using the Microsoft mirror cast dongle as a WiFi connection to send what is streaming on my phone to the TV to view, like Netflix or a Google play movie.

 

[eagle1967]

No casting is from my phone using the Microsoft mirror cast dongle as a WiFi connection to send what is streaming on my phone to the TV to view, like Netflix or a Google play movie.

I understand what you mean, data usage wise your right it makes no difference , But one is called tethering and one isnt meaning one is within tos and other isn't.

Do we agree with the tos, does it make sense especially within this scenario NO.
But it is what it is and yes makes little sense at times.

But more importantly Why do people keep bringing UD-Ultimate Droid into this.