Verizon unlimited data plan ending??

[LAURENSMOM]

I was told that beginning Jan 1, 2013 Verizon will not longer have unlimited data plans even for those customers currently grand-fathered in....is this true or has anyone else heard this??  Thanks for the info

[rcschnoor]

Where did you get this information. Do you have a link to the source?

[LAURENSMOM]

We have Verizon with the company I work with and our IT guy said when he had called about a phone upgrade he was informed by the representative.  My daughter is currently on unlimited and due for a phone upgrade in December so I do not want to upgrade if there is a chance she will no longer have unlimited.

[silver6056]

So there are different possible meanings of this!   On June 28th of this year, Verizon changed the rules so that if you upgraded at subsidized pricing, you would no longer have unlimited.   So that has already happened.  After June 28th, you could keep unlimited by any of  a) not upgrading, b) upgrading at full price, c) buy a phone from elsewhere and activate that.  (or using an upgrade from another line)

The other meaning is that unlimited is really going away for all, i.e. there is no plan that will include unlimited, even on month to month.  While some of us expect that to happen some day, we don't think it will happen as early as Jan, especially as people upgraded June 27th 2012 expecting to keep unlimited for two more years. (Strictly speaking, Verizon isn't bound by that as it is "feature", but it would be a PR disaster).

[rcschnoor]

This sounds quite likely, especially if the OP's company ONLY upgrades at a discounted rate and signs 2yr contracts on the lines.

[silver6056]

rcschnoor wrote:

This sounds quite likely, especially if the OP's company ONLY upgrades at a discounted rate and signs 2yr contracts on the lines.

What sounds likely, that there will be a change on Jan 1, 2013?    The OP says it is for everyone, not just the OP company. 

I guess it's possible that business accounts weren't impacted by the June change and will be in Jan, maybe someone with a business account can let us know!

[mrpearsoy]

I sure as heck hope this is true. I'm tired of the entitlement and people scamming the system to retain it.

[rcschnoor]

silver6056 wrote:

rcschnoor wrote:

This sounds quite likely, especially if the OP's company ONLY upgrades at a discounted rate and signs 2yr contracts on the lines.

What sounds likely, that there will be a change on Jan 1, 2013?    The OP says it is for everyone, not just the OP company. 

I guess it's possible that business accounts weren't impacted by the June change and will be in Jan, maybe someone with a business account can let us know!

No, what sounds likely to me is the company ALWAYS signs a new 2yr contract when they upgrade and therefore will NOT have unlimited data anymore and that the next upgrade they will be getting is Jan1, 2013.

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mrpearsoy wrote:

I sure as heck hope this is true. I'm tired of the entitlement and people scamming the system to retain it.

While I'm sure the OP is confused because she didn't even know her daughter couldn't upgrade and keep unlimited in the first place I do thin it would be pretty cruddy for Verizon to end unlimited so so after saying people could keep it if they paid full price for a phone. At most those people would get 6 extra months of unlimited So if you got a GSIII for $600 instead of $230(  200 + $30 upgrade fee ) on July 1st those people basically paid $62 a month extra to keep unlimited. I think Verizon should give at least a year's notice not 3 months. But as I said I think this lady is confused about her facts.

[#10]

Brian68 wrote:

mrpearsoy wrote:

I sure as heck hope this is true. I'm tired of the entitlement and people scamming the system to retain it.

While I'm sure the OP is confused because she didn't even know her daughter couldn't upgrade and keep unlimited in the first place I do thin it would be pretty cruddy for Verizon to end unlimited so so after saying people could keep it if they paid full price for a phone. At most those people would get 6 extra months of unlimited So if you got a GSIII for $600 instead of $230(  200 + $30 upgrade fee ) on July 1st those people basically paid $62 a month extra to keep unlimited. I think Verizon should give at least a year's notice not 3 months. But as I said I think this lady is confused about her facts.

People on unlimited data pay for that program. its not as another said an entitlement.

Having said that in the op post I believe company plans without a contractual relationship may be reverted to the new tiered plans.

In the government agency I worked for my contract could not be changed for the length of our contract with additional renewls. Verizon and the state of NY have an existing cell contract which Verizon has the option to not renew after the initial term. however this is different than say a company like Martys Appliance or smaller corporations with changable contracts.

In state government it is a multi vendor situation, so if Verizon on contract renewal did not give agencies unlimited data another vendor would love to have that contract and give the data plan that the state requires.

Being multiple vendors AT&T or any other company would then get the contract resulting in the loss of more customers and revenue which would have verizon continue with the data feature unchanged.

Because Verizon wants to jack up revenue per subscriber it does not normally cancel a service when if the customer is paying full price for their phone.

Its the ones who want to get a new subsidize phone ever year, two years that drains verizons revenue stream. not unlimited data users. I have the unlimited data and although I don't use that much its good to know if I had to I could. And at $30

Now my wife is a different matter she loves Slacker and Netflix and You Tube