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mikestock
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Jul 30, 2018

Have I misunderstood the Verizon unlimited plan

I have had at least 2 Verizon phones for years. At times I have added a Jet Pack or smart phone for additional hotspot capacity in the RV.

Before my current trip I added the third phone for hotspot purposes, which I thought would allow me 15 GB additional access. We watched about 5 hours of movies in two nights when we had no view of DirecTV satellites. Also connected with laptop to check emails and some searching for local attraction info.

I was shocked to see that we had used 19+ GB of data and email content would not load. I called Verizon to try to get an explanation of why the use was so high. I had expected about 6 GB of use.

The real shocker I got from the agent was that, after I reached 22 GB of total use, all three of my phones were in this slow down, 3g mode.

I have had Verizon for years and have been told by in person and customer service agents that I had 15 GB of 4g hotspot data for EACH line. I have, in past years, maxed out one line and still had hotspot access on other lines. This was my reason for adding the third line. We expected to be on the road quite a bit during the current and next few monthly billing periods.

Am I the only one who expected to have 15 Gb of hotspot data for EACH LINE?
  • Wife and I each have unlimited lines but we don't stream movies and such so throttling has never been an issue.
  • shastagary wrote:
    never take there (sic) word for what you are getting when you sign up always ask for it in writing so you are sure what you are getting.
    It's in writing on the website. The sales crew just forgets to point that out.
  • never take there word for what you are getting when you sign up always ask for it in writing so you are sure what you are getting.
    make them print out the plan details so you can see for yourself make the customer rep sign and date it so you can go back if they do not give you what it says.
  • coolmom42 wrote:
    There are different versions of "unlimited" but even the most expensive reduces your speed at some point.
    Especially when using the phone as a hotspot, something I do a lot.
  • your "unlimited" data becomes throttled speed when you are in a high usage area, and over 22 GB. If you are in a low use area, no problem. The data pool is shared among all devices on the same plan. It is not "per phone".

    I recommend you go to a REAL Verizon store and talk to a person there. This version of "unlimited" may not be the best setup for your purposes. There are different versions of "unlimited" but even the most expensive reduces your speed at some point.

    Verizon unlimited plans
  • Not sure about your particular plan, but my data is not per phone. 5 hours of movies would definitely exceed 6 gig. Also, I think those agents are salesmen rather than helpful representatives. Sorry about your problems.

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