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Verizon Confirms Plan To Switch Away From Unlimited Data Plans

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-the-wireless-tubes-are-infinite dept.

loafula writes "Looks like Verizon is going the way of AT&T by not offering new unlimited data plans and switching to a tiered-only plan within six months. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said the new plans would be different from what AT&T offers, but didn't provide further details. 'We're not sure we agree yet with how they valued the data.' Everybody take a good look at your contracts; this will be a nice opportunity to jump ship without the hefty fee."

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  1. Re:Come on... by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Troll

    It probably doesn't make sense to add intermittent tiers between 200 MB and 2000 MB, when the difference is only 10 dollars in pricetag. Personally I like Cricket's wireless plan. No need to worry about getting killed with overage fees:

    - $40 for unlimited - 2500 MB at full speed, and anything above that at ISDN speed.

    VirginMobile is good too:

    - $1.50 per MB (for people like me who barely get online)
    - $10 for 100 MB
    - $40 for unlimited ("Virgin Mobile does not restrict your speeds based on data usage caps.")

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