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The New York Times reported this week that when you upgrade a device that has an unlimited data plan, that you will lose it going instead to a shared data plan with the other devices on your family "network." http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/verizon-clarifies-shared-data-plans/
We have one smartphone with a data plan and one dumb clamshell. What isn't clear is that the terms and conditions will be of the shared data plan for both of us if we upgrade the clamshell to a smartphone. Do we still get 5 Gb for $30 or is Verizon going to trim that down exposing us to overage charges?
I am not happy about the ambiguity that is floating around and Verizon doesn't seem to understant two key issues.
First, I need to be able to get straight answers. CSRs don't have the answers
Second, while a shared data plan sounds a lot better than two $30 data plans, if I come out worse, that would really be a deal breaker.
