Well... that's the nail in the coffin for me...
I'm currently on unlimited plan still with my thunderbolt, I was thinking about renewing my contract and losing the unlimited because I'm always under 4gigs/mo, but this sealed it for me.
My contracted ended 4/2 and now I'm gonna go get the note 2 on t-mo!
Heh, I have a Tbolt myself and have been trying to figure out which carrier to go with. I've had a bit of *ahem* falling out with Sprint, so that leaves T-Mobile. Their new plan of making monthly payments for your phone, separate from the wireless fee, is definitely the way to go. But seeing that I need to leave a deposit and make a bigger downpayment due to some misfortunes along the way, it is almost as much for me to get a Nexus 4 directly from the Google Play store and buy it outright. So after I see what the finances are like at the beginning of next month, I may make the leap. I can then go with a prepaid deal at T-Mobile or any other prepaid wireless carrier that the phone supports. There is even a little-known T-Mobile deal for $30/month that offers only 100 minutes of talk time, but offers unlimited texting and 5GB of 4G data. (The data is not 4G-LTE, but why should I care? If it works on T-Mobile at high speed, that's fine for me.
) The nice thing, too, is that if you run out of your 5GB of data, you get throttled back to slower data speeds, not cut off completely. (And this is true with any T-Mo plan I've seen.)
I've looked at my Verizon bill the past few months and notice how much the little add-on fees and taxes have really been sapping me each month. They got rid of unlimited data (at a time when others are playing it up), added a $30 upgrade fee if you pick a new phone and extend a contract, and now take away a bit of our enticement to stay with them for four months. IMHO they are digging their own grave. I know the other carriers do not offer as good of a signal, but in a large metro area like I'm in, it's nearly irrelevant these days: aside from AT&T, they all seem to have a decent signal.
I'd considered sticking with Verizon and buying a used Galaxy Nexus, but since I need to trim back my plan, I'd lose my unlimited data. (I use under 1GB a month normally...so...) And the replacement plan is still more expensive than similar plans elsewhere. 4G LTE never has worked near my home, despite having it around us.
The writing is on the wall...and the letters do not spell "Verizon" anymore.
