VERIZON CHANGING DATA PLANS AGAIN

I never heard they could raise the price but did hear they could not cancel the data plan unless we entered into a new contract... My two year CELL PHONE contract was up a long time ago... One one account we have purchased a new cell phone a couple of times from someone else and they just changed the name of the phone on our original account...

In my case both my data plans are a good ten years or more old... I was told by Verizon the terms in the contract would be in force until 2030 something. Thought that meant the rates too but probably not...

We are definitely not big data users.. Just a few TV shows from time to time and when I am on RV trips I probably get pretty close to maxing out my 3GB monthly plan...

Some four year ago they was wanting to move us to a different dataplan which was more cost but didn't do it unless we would change the contract terms??? That was when they dropped the 3GB MIFI plan for a 5GB MIFI plan...

Guess we need to call them up and see what the deal is going to be in our case...

I do have my Internet Radio scanner freqs going all the time and that is never of 300mbs a month I see on the bill... One account is still using the UNLIMITED TEXT big time each month but I don't think that comes under the data plan at all...

We was going to switch to AARP phones on Consumer Cellular but found out they may not be on the VERIZON TOWERS so that is out for us...

Sooner or later perhaps another carrier will put a close by tower here for us.. We are just over the hill so to speak for from other carriers...

Just to be clear, Verizon is not changing plans again or eliminating it. They are raising the cost of your current plan.

Do you know how much data you actually use for those 3 lines? The 3GB for the Mifi is marginally cheap to add to Verizon's current pick you size plans. When we had 2 smartphone lines with unlimited data, I think we paid about $150/mo. That's about the cost of the 18GB plan plus two smartphones today. Add a 3rd smartphone for $20 to share. I suspect that 6GB per line per month is plenty for most people that do not stream audio/video all day. Add the Mifi for $10. Probably less than you are currently paying for all the services, and you get unlimited texting and voice minutes.

Once your two years ran out they can raise the price to whatever they want. You really should do a business case by looking at their shared data plans based on your required data usage. You can have all of your devices use the same pool of data and have all you use cheaper than you think....

There was another thread running on this a few weeks ago. It had this link in it with information. I would guess that under the last contract you had, the rate was only guaranteed until the contract went month to month and is now subject to change, so you likely won't have any recourse to paying the new rate other than dropping the plan.