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

Hmmm. What happens when you have six phones and one tablet? I have an AT&T 15GB Mobile Share plan with my family's six phones and tablet. Is there a way to have the unlimited plan with all seven devices?

Also, all of the phones are still locked in the Next plan. What would happen if I wanted to change the carrier?
 
campingsk8er said:
Just had to double check the calendar to make sure it's not April Fool's Day.

At first I thought it meant it was $80 for unlimited data, but then saw it includes talk and text as well. So by my understanding, for me being on a solo plan I could get unlimited talk text and data for JUST $80 a month? That hardly seems true. What's the catch?
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stanman64 said:
This is what I am wondering as well. That's crazy cheap.
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The catch is that you have to be gullible.
 
I'm sorry but this is so ironic....Verizon has been trying to get it's customer's off unlimited and now they are offering new ways to get back on unlimited. I think for the customer's that got swindled into giving up their unlimited data plan with Verizon (and there are many out there) here is your chance to get back on it, although at a slightly higher cost.
 
jschel said:
Hmmm. What happens when you have six phones and one tablet? I have an AT&T 15GB Mobile Share plan with my family's six phones and tablet. Is there a way to have the unlimited plan with all seven devices?

Also, all of the phones are still locked in the Next plan. What would happen if I wanted to change the carrier?
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If you switched to Verizon's new plan, each phone would have *unlimited data etc. plus the usual line fees and taxes.
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MrGuder said:
I'm sorry but this is so ironic....Verizon has been trying to get it's customer's off unlimited and now they are offering new ways to get back on unlimited.
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I will be all over this tomorrow. I will take advantage of their change of heart while I can. :D
 
dmylrea said:
So all these people willing to leave AT&T and "jump ship" to Verizon just happen to have CDMA phones lying around to use? Or they're going to pony up $600+ per phone to get a Verizon-compatible phone?

How do you "jump ship" from AT&T to Verizon? (and no, not everyone bought an unlocked Verizon iPhone 7 to use on AT&T waiting for this very day to happen!).
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Get a new phone on a device payment plan. Sell your current phone to partially offset the cost. Enjoy your unlimited data on the nation's largest 4G LTE network. Sorted. :)

Personally, I have no interest in switching to Verizon. I'm fine with AT&T. I'm on an older plan with $15 line access fees.

However, Sprint just announced a new unlimited data plan. So we may be seeing another price war brewing and that can only help the consumer.
 
Breaking Good said:
Get a new phone on a device payment plan. Sell your current phone to partially offset the cost. Enjoy your unlimited data on the nation's largest 4G LTE network. Sorted. :)

Personally, I have no interest in switching to Verizon. I'm fine with AT&T. I'm on an older plan with $15 line access fees.

However, Sprint just announced a new unlimited data plan. So we may be seeing another price war brewing and that can only help the consumer.
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Sprint's new unlimited plan offering will only last a year. After that, they hit you with the normal monthly rate.
 
I hope some will report back here tomorrow after this goes into effect, this almost sounds too good to be true.
 
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Breaking Good said:
Get a new phone on a device payment plan. Sell your current phone to partially offset the cost. Enjoy your unlimited data on the nation's largest 4G LTE network. Sorted. :)

Personally, I have no interest in switching to Verizon. I'm fine with AT&T. I'm on an older plan with $15 line access fees.

However, Sprint just announced a new unlimited data plan. So we may be seeing another price war brewing and that can only help the consumer.
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Seems like a lot of trouble. Maybe not so much for a single line, but a family of 4 or more, what a pain to switch.

I'm like you, though...happy with AT&T. Got 10GB plan + rollover + 10GB free data each month for 30GB total. Never come close to using it all. Plus Hotspot and Roam North America. 5 lines. I have DTV and would switch to unlimited but they don't allow hotspot. Maybe they will change now.
 
blaine07 said:
Sprints service is so slow it doesn't matter; couldn't use enough of it in 30 days for them to have reason to limit you ‍♂️
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I was with them for 15+ years. And in my area of normal traversing, I can attest to the slow speeds with constant buffering thrown in for free each month. Most of my signal was 3G and the LTE was very spotty. With Verizon, I haven't seen any 3G connection yet, and my speed and coverage has been great. I am so glad I switched to Verizon last December.
 
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Hmmm, I will wait and see what the additional fees are. I am paying $73 now for 3 gigs of data (from the older Verizon plans) and would possibly consider if this isn't over $100 with taxes and fees. It would certainly make me rethink my dislike of streaming if I knew I could watch movies or scenes during my commute without burning through my data plan within days.
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
If you switched to Verizon's new plan, each phone would have *unlimited data etc. plus the usual line fees and taxes.
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But this says $80 for one phone or $180 for four phones. It doesn't say what happens after you get past four phones...
 
kazmac said:
Hmmm, I will wait and see what the additional fees are. I am paying $73 now for 3 gigs of data (from the older Verizon plans) and would possibly consider if this isn't over $100 with taxes and fees. It would certainly make me rethink my dislike of streaming if I knew I could watch movies or scenes during my commute without burning through my data plan within days.
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It will be $100.00 plus local and state taxes + phone payment plan (if you have, or get one).
 
Gotta thank Obama and his Federal Communications Commission and Justice Department for this. Their decision to block the T-Mobile-AT&T merger led directly to the sequence of events and the competition that bring us here today. Unfortunately the process of treating cable and landline companies in a similar way is now being blocked by Trump's FCC, so we're not going to see a similar effect on our cable and DSL service unless the wireless companies can really put 5G on a level playing field with landline service--or unless Google Fiber gets a lot more ambitious, or unless state legislatures stop being bought by the phone companies and start letting a lot more cities and towns develop their own municipal broadband.

With VZ and T-Mobile now with serious, workable plans and with Sprint at least trying on a bit of flim-flam at a very low price, will AT&T stop trying to hawk satellite TV subscriptions and start doing a serious plan of their own?
 
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Here's how I see it. For a multi-line plan:

$110 - Unlimited Data
$20 - Line Access Fee (non-contracted lines, $40 for contracted)

So for 4:
$110 - Data
$80 - Lines
-$5 - Paperless Billing
-$5 - Auto Pay
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$180 + Taxes, Fees & any Devices Pmts

So for 6:
$110 - Data
$120 - Lines
-$5 - Paperless Billing
-$5 - Auto Pay
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$220 + Taxes & Fees & any Devices Pmts

So for 10:
$110 - Data
$200 - Lines
-$5 - Paperless Billing
-$5 - Auto Pay
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$300 + Taxes & Fees & any Devices Pmts
 
C DM said:
I believe to get those particular prices that's the case, but you don't have to agree to those things (or at least to all of them) and just pay a bit more.
How does that apply to all of this at this point?
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True. To get the new plan price you have to agree. I like getting a paper bill etc. However, I am willing for forego said preferences for Verizon unlimited. :cool:
 
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