Verizon Axing Unlimited Data Plans

[Demon_Skeith]

Say goodbye to care-free browsing and Netflix streaming because Verizon is going the way of AT&T and will no longer be offering unlimited data plans starting as early as this summer, according to Reuters.

Instead of unlimited plans, data will be available via tiered pricing. Specific prices and data limits have not been announced, but if it resembles anything like AT&T's plans, it could set you back $15/month for 200MBs of data or $25/month for 2GBs.

Verizon's Chief Financial Officer explained that, in turn, the wireless provider will begin offering family data plans. Previously, family plans were only available for voice services; the change will allow a family to pay one price and share a single data cap.

While a good deal for families with multiple smartphones, we can personally do without tiered pricing for a single line.

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[froggyboy604]

These plans sound kind of expensive since if you are a huge YouTube users you go over your data cap in a day or two or less.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

clearly the phone company's are losing money and need to make more.

 

[Black Angel]

Didn't they do this last summer? I ask because last July my brother got a contract with them that had unlimited data, because he knew that Verizon was getting rid of their unlimited data plans, and he wanted to be grandfathered in.

Either way, it's not surprising to me, and while I'd say something to the effect of being glad that I only pay $25 for 5gb of data and no overages, on T-mobile, I am uncertain of their future seeing as how they've been bought by AT&T a few months ago.