Verizon "Unlimited" Plan Experiences
Since Verizon started offering an "unlimited" plan, it has me wondering whether or not it would be worth making the switch from my more standard "limited" plan. Like the other carriers, you supposedl...
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We didn't switch to the "Unlimited" - we have a 50gb Verizon wireless plan and would have liked to save the money, but it just wouldn't work for us. First - the 22gb is spread across all devices on the plan. Once you hit that 22gb limit, all devices are subject to "reprioritsation" - you'll still get 4g, but you'll be kept at the bottom of the list of folks who can get onto a congested tower. That would have been livable.
The killer is that EACH DEVICE (phone, mifi) is limited to just 10gb before being dropped to much lower speeds for the rest of the month. We actually had our primary internet switched to that lower speed for a few minutes to test it. It was unusable. (Can't remember if it was 3g or 2g, but I think 2g.) And there are NO mifi-type devices that are exempt from those rules. As we fulltime and Verizon is our only internet most of the time, the restrictions are impossible for us. Maybe next time the competition forces a plan change, things will change. I'm not holding my breath.
All that said, we don't have any experience with actual use of the plan. Just that one test.
al
The killer is that EACH DEVICE (phone, mifi) is limited to just 10gb before being dropped to much lower speeds for the rest of the month. We actually had our primary internet switched to that lower speed for a few minutes to test it. It was unusable. (Can't remember if it was 3g or 2g, but I think 2g.) And there are NO mifi-type devices that are exempt from those rules. As we fulltime and Verizon is our only internet most of the time, the restrictions are impossible for us. Maybe next time the competition forces a plan change, things will change. I'm not holding my breath.
All that said, we don't have any experience with actual use of the plan. Just that one test.
al
