Verizon to up the cost of unlimited data plans
It looks like Verizon is going to raise the price of it's unlimited data plan for those of you that still have one. Verizon ups cost on unlimited data plans
Forum Discussion
The new Verizon pricing policy gives unlimited plan holders the right to buy new phones and pay for them on monthly plans. Although this isn't a huge benefit, it does reduce the pain associated with upgrading.
On other forums some people have speculated that maybe this price increase is a good signal from Verizon that it is no longer trying to end unlimited plans and is willing to "live with them" albeit at higher prices.
This may be wishful thinking, but the FCC and the courts made it clear to AT&T last year that they can't change the groundrules on their unlimited customers. In AT&T's case they were throttling speeds for higher data usage customers and were told to stop doing it. Verizon knows that they, too, have to continue to play by the rules of the contracts it signed with customers.
With data prices slowly coming down it probably won't be all that long before most "unlimited" customers aren't getting much, if any, discount relative to what they would pay with standard plans. There always will be a few of us using ~75-150 GB/mo but we will be a small minority. JMO.
On other forums some people have speculated that maybe this price increase is a good signal from Verizon that it is no longer trying to end unlimited plans and is willing to "live with them" albeit at higher prices.
This may be wishful thinking, but the FCC and the courts made it clear to AT&T last year that they can't change the groundrules on their unlimited customers. In AT&T's case they were throttling speeds for higher data usage customers and were told to stop doing it. Verizon knows that they, too, have to continue to play by the rules of the contracts it signed with customers.
With data prices slowly coming down it probably won't be all that long before most "unlimited" customers aren't getting much, if any, discount relative to what they would pay with standard plans. There always will be a few of us using ~75-150 GB/mo but we will be a small minority. JMO.
