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Verizon Boosts Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans By $20 (theverge.com)
nicholasjay writes: In November, Verizon Wireless is going to start charging its customers with the grandfathered "unlimited data" plans an extra $20 for the data. This is obviously an attempt to get people off of the old unlimited data plans. Even though a Verizon spokesperson confirmed the change, I'm hoping they won't go through with this plan — but right now I'm weighing all my options.
Those bastards!
Grandfathers are usually on fixed incomes.
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"Even though a Verizon spokesperson confirmed the change, I'm hoping they won't go through with this plan"
I hate to break it to you, but they are going through with this plan.
This is not a breach of contract (and likewise can't be used to get out of your contract without paying the ETF) because it doesn't go into effect until the contract ends for the folks that are still under contract. Now most folks who have unlimited data are not under contract but there still a number of them that use loop holes that allow you to continue with unlimited data and get subsidize phones but make you sign up for a contract. Generally the loopholes involve transferring the upgrade to a second line, doing the upgrade on that line, and transferring the new phone back.
Sadly, PS/2 was yet another victim of USB, which doesn't care what you plug into it, the electrical slut.
Darth Vader: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Verizon: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
Kind of hard to tell them apart if you ask me.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
Because Verizon got rid of unlimited data plans, and then coaxed people into staying with Verizon by assuring them they'd be grandfathered in on their current plans - only to jack the prices way up later.
It's a breach of trust and it rightly should send people fleeing to other carriers.
"It's a breach of trust and it rightly should send people fleeing to other carriers."
Where there would be no unlimited data plan.
"Can you fear me now?"
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
T-Mobiles 'unlimited' isn't.
It's near enough. Their highest tier 4G/LTE (yes, annoyingly called unlimited) allows for 21GB of high speed data before dropping down to 128KB/s. Same with AT&T's grandfathered plan. Don't know about Sprint, but I doubt its any higher.
You also get data stash - I have 20GB in my stash and build it every month. Occasionally I dip into it (like when I do a lot of driving around for trips or business).
With TMO, you get 7GB/mo of tethering with that plan - and the data stash can leverage that so you can in one month tether 10's of GB if you need it.
Also music streaming is zero-rated on TMO with most streaming services (Apple music, Google, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, etc) covered. So you're not going to have to spend GB's on that either.
Maybe you can get unlimited with VZ, but do they allow for tethering as well? Do they zero-rate music streaming?
T-mobile is as good as you can get right now without going for the "unicorn" of truly unlimited.
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