Verizon Dropping Data Rates, But Current Customers Have To Call

New submitter executioner writes with this news from Consumerist: In spite of Verizon Wireless' recent boasts that it's 'a leader, not a follower,' a new announcement from the nation's biggest wireless company shows that Big V is indeed following the competition down the path of charging customers less for their data plans. However, current Verizon subscribers will need to let the company know they want to save money (or get more data). It's a little confusing, so stick with us for a moment. Verizon MORE Everything customers who currently have monthly data allotments of 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, or 4GB will have an option on how they want to save.They can either get more data for their money by getting 1GB of additional data per month for no extra charge OR they can have their bill reduced by $10/month.So someone with a 2GB plan is currently paying $50/month. If they take the free data option, that goes to 3GB for the same price. Or they can elect to stick with the 2GB and their data bill drops to $40/month.

Comments

Re:Okay, so?

[monkeyzoo]

That's a damn good point. And to think my submission on backyard solar powered nuclear fusion was rejected!

Data by the GIG still?

[Lodlaiden]

I know y'all knock T-Mobile for the pink, but for 5+ years, I've been happy with "unlimited everything".

Re:Data by the GIG still?

[monkeyzoo]

And the only major US carrier that will sell you a SIM card so you can B.Y.O.D.!!!

My plan went up for new subscribers...

[SSonnentag]

My 10GB shared plan currently costs $80/month. The new rate jumps up to $100 for the same 10GB. In order to get any cheaper than my current $80 I would need to drop down to 6GB for $70. Not a bargain of an idea in my opinion.

Re:Still sucks

[monkeyzoo]

Oh shit, I forgot the best part. That €20 UNLIMITED CALLING includes calls to landlines in OVER 100 COUNTRIES in the world (basically everywhere you would ever call, and then ten times that moreover), and to landlines/mobiles in the USA and Canada.

Oh, and it's MONTH-TO-MONTH!!!

Oh, and it includes roaming in 35 countries.

I've got to give it to the French in this race.

Then again, large parts of downtown Paris are on 1MB ADSL, sooooo, there's that. Hello 1999 all over again.

T-Mobile super-awesome, especially international

[SuperKendall]

I moved to T-Mobile (from Verizon) late last year, it has been fantastic. A little worse coverage outside cities but I finally have a bill that is the same month to month, even when traveling internationally... ANYONE who travels internationally should without question use T-Mobile just because of the free international data aspect (it's a lower speed, you can opt to may more for a faster data rate but even the lower speed is pretty good).