Verizon Introduces $80 Unlimited Data Plan With 10GB of 4G LTE Tethering

[MacBH928]

whats access fee?

I don't know the average income in the US but $80 seems a lot monthly.By year's end you will be paying $1000 to Verizon, which is more expensive than the phone itself.

 

[michaelsviews]

AT&T must be bugging out, I have LTE on my iPhone in my house which has NEVER happened before. Even my wife's 60 dollar flip phone has LTE lit up. Guess the fat cats must have called the engineers and said turn up the power boys "ROFLMAO"

And on muy iPad mini 2 on VZW always has LTE.

Just saying, back to snow removal

 

[2298754]

I just signed up for unlimited with my single line plan and got hit with line access. $65 for plan + $20 line access + device payment.

Yup, that's exactly what they said. $80 + tax + device payments...

 

[TallManNY]

That's still not unlimited... Just like in Japan, once you hit 7GB of 4G in a month (or 10 in the USA) your phone's data slows waaaaay down to the point of being useless. And then they charge ridiculous costs for an extra gig or two.

3G is completely useful. You will still get your emails and your texts. The whole unlimited thing was stupid because there would always be the person who couldn't be bothered to download something while on wifi and would end up just streaming songs and video on the road for dozens of GB of data per month. Those folks should pay a lot more than me because they use the network a lot more than me.

 

[dslrjunky]

I'll pass on this...no emp discount..would've been nice safety net even if I don't use that much data anyway...

 

[Exile714]

Thank you! That hit the nail on the head. I've had a upgrade waiting since 2012. Gonna switch to this plan and get a 7 plus as well on payment plan
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How did you sign up for Verizon Unlimited when the plan isn't active yet?

It was 12:15AM...? Just before I went to bed but definitely was active.

 

[Stereo]

I'm wondering if I should switch...

Currently have their 24GB plan and we're on safe mode because we went over this month with 7 days left.

So, unlimited then tethered down after 22GB with no employee discount or 24Gb with discount and rollover data? Hmm...

 

[BeSweeet]

I think the full HD streaming is almost worth getting back on unlimited, I mean who wants to stream or even watch 480 resolution anymore?

I watch all my non-60FPS YouTube videos at 480p on my GS7, mainly because that's what the app goes to by default and I find that it looks fine at a reasonable distance.

same with T-Mobile there's is throttled at 28gb but at least Verizon gives you 10gb 4g hotspot and HD streaming vs 480p streaming.

You aren't throttled... I don't understand why this is so hard for people to understand.

it will be capped at 22GB

No, you're not capped at 22GB...

For many years I've been using unlimited data plan. It annoys me greatly when iOS requires me to connect Wi-Fi to do backups or d/l some large app. Please allow me to live Wi-Fi free.

One can hope that Apple loosens up the rules, but I don't think they'll be doing this anytime soon (probably at the request of carriers).

 

[Zerog46]

Okay so I just switched my plan to the unlimited plan. I have 6 phones on my account and was on the 30GB plan. I can no longer use my corp. discount with the new unlimited plan. My plan went down. In the end I pay $26.10 less per month now. Not a bad deal for me.

 

[imronburgundy]

So, what would 2 lines cost? I want one for both me and the better half, but I don't need four lines.

$150/mo assuming you're not paying device payments. The data rate is lowered to $110/mo for 2 versus $80/person.

 

[Macintoshrumors]

Hmmm this could make me dump AT&T

$20 service fee for a smartphone? Give me a break. I pay about $45 for unlimited from sprint (service is great in my area and surrounding areas). My company has a 25% corporate discount hehe.

 

[imronburgundy]

Remember when the unlimited data plan was $30/mo? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

 

[Jacoblee23]

Wow. I'm on the xl 16gb plan with two phones and Two tablets plus an employee discount. My bill will go up by over $50 if I switch. This sucks.

 

[zzoomp09]

I just switched. We are on the 24GB plan and with my employer discount, bill only increased by 24.20, plus taxes and device payments. We go over 24G/mo but we have 4 extra gigs because of device payments. I consume around 12-16G/mo and I'll definitely not hit the 22G deprioritization, unless I stream a lot and tether.

Did VZW throttled before? How are they implementing it?

Old plan 24G + 2GB + 2GB
85.20 (including employer discount)
60.00 (20/line, 3 lines)
Total = 145.20

Unlimited Plan
110.00 (shared unlimited)
60.00 (20/line, 3 lines)
Total = 170.00
-10.00 autopay

Plus taxes, fees and device payments

 

[Chupa Chupa]

I have the grandfathered ATT unlimited plan and this really has me thinking. ATT just went up $5 and there is no tethering on the grandfathered plan. Plus Verizon works on the subway here, ATT does not.

So what is holding me back?

1. ATT has had modest price increases ($10 over 10 years) but they never outright kicked me off the plan or even defacto by jacking up the price to match, say a 15GB plan. It's also upgraded the plan to include the current data speed generation.

2. Verizon did kick its initial unlimited plan customers off that plan and forced them into a data bucket plan.

Bottom line: I'd like to switch but I don't trust Verizon that in a year or two they'll repeat their own history. I see this as a ploy to destroy T-Mob and Sprint. Once that is accomplished, VZW is back to being VZW. Either that or this plan won't transfer to upcoming 5G. There is a gottcha here somewhere - just haven't figured out what it is yet. Anyone else?

 

[Xavier]

So, it's not unlimited. Oh boy, here we go again.

 

[Zerog46]

Nope. I switched a reaping the benefits. Not gonna worry about what hasn't happened.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

So, it's not unlimited. Oh boy, here we go again.

It's unlimited, just not unlimited 4G. For most consumers that is effectively unlimited. It's also easier to market and understand than "22GB 4G + unlimited 3G). I don't really see the problem here.

 

[spazzcat]

$20 access fee + taxes, puts back to their over priced plans...

 

[doctor-don]

My T-Mobile bill is under $160 - with 5 lines.
$80 per month for one line or $45 per month for 4 lines? I'll opt for 4 lines. Can't beat $45 for 4 lines.

 

[dslrjunky]

I was almost going to switch but losing the emp 22% discount was a deal breaker

 

[Xavier]

It's unlimited, just not unlimited 4G. For most consumers that is effectively unlimited. It's also easier to market and understand than "22GB 4G + unlimited 3G). I don't really see the problem here.

Fair point. I didn't think of it that way. 3G isn't entirely useless I suppose.

 

[MartinH]

So glad i'm living in Denmark. 20Gb data + free talk time that I can use in 47 countries without paying extra. Price 28 USD

 

[kazmac]

There's also now a 5GB for $55 plan that has a thread going here on the forum too. There's no reason to be paying so much for 3GB at this point.

That's great...thank you for posting this.

 

[coolbreeze]

Remember when the unlimited data plan was $30/mo? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Does Pepperidge Farm remember the other half of the bill that was required? It wasn't $30 out the door.