No more unlimited data?

**cfox10** · 05-19-2011, 03:02 PM

How sad, verizon is making tierd plans now.

Hope this means I can at least keep unlimited 3g while I still have my Fascinate, or hopefully I can get unlimited 4g if I upgrade before this happens.

**MegaSoundwave76** · 05-19-2011, 03:43 PM

As long as you don't upgrade or get a new phone when those new plans come out, you will basically be grandfathered in. The minute you sign a new contract, all bets are off. Get your unlimited data while supplies last!

**cfox10** · 05-19-2011, 03:58 PM

Got unlimited, now I just don't know which 4g/lte device to jump into. I don't want to be stuck with 3g. I also don't have an upgrade so it looks like I'll be paying full price asap to get a new device.

**curley** · 05-19-2011, 05:15 PM

Same here, I all in on unlimited, but if you just wait until the device is 6 months old, you can get it for nothing.

**gapi** · 05-19-2011, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by MegaSoundwave76

As long as you don't upgrade or get a new phone when those new plans come out, you will basically be grandfathered in. The minute you sign a new contract, all bets are off. Get your unlimited data while supplies last!

Please clarify that for me, I'm behind on this one. I have unlimited now. I am waiting for the Bionic. My contract is up 1/1/12 but I am eligible for an upgrade discount now with a contract renew.

What are my options for keeping unlimited. Or say, what will cause me to lose it?

Thanks

**big_limits** · 05-19-2011, 08:24 PM

I can tell you this... if I have to pay more for the amount of data I currently use, verizon and cdma will be a hot potato. After 11 years of being with them there is only a couple of things keeping me around. I think they may all be gone now. that's cool lots of phone possibilities now

**piizzadude** · 05-19-2011, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by gapi

Please clarify that for me, I'm behind on this one. I have unlimited now. I am waiting for the Bionic. My contract is up 1/1/12 but I am eligible for an upgrade discount now with a contract renew.

What are my options for keeping unlimited. Or say, what will cause me to lose it?

Thanks

If you dont get the bionic before the plans switch, when you upgrade you will lose the unlimited option and have to pick a tier

**dacp283** · 05-19-2011, 09:03 PM

Been a long time Verizon customer but with this news, it's bye bye when my contract is up.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

**fadepoint89** · 05-19-2011, 09:09 PM

That's bull. I want to upgrade sooner or later but with this happening I'm better off getting a prepaid plan for 50 bucks a month with unlimited everything.

Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

**mjngiants2k11** · 05-19-2011, 09:20 PM

thankfully i just renewed my 2-year unlimited contract at the end of last year, but once the contract is up, i will most likely be switching to another carrier. guess this change doesn't effect me much, but it will be bad news for verizon.

**NotJustAPhone** · 05-19-2011, 09:28 PM

We all knew this day was coming. AT&T doesn't offer unlimited to New customers and TMO's New contracts cap data speeds after 2 gigs. After Verizon goes to capped data, how long before Sprint follows suit?

**cordoni** · 05-19-2011, 09:32 PM

This has been floating around for almost a year now. I will believe it when I see it. Just look at what happened to tmobile when they tried to do this in the uk.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

**gapi** · 05-19-2011, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by piizzadude

If you dont get the bionic before the plans switch, when you upgrade you will lose the unlimited option and have to pick a tier

Thanks, That's cut and dry enough. I hope it comes before the changes. Everything I googled says it is for iPhone users but I guess it will be across all phones eh?

**zombiebot** · 05-19-2011, 09:46 PM

I haven't read the story behind this, but I'm gonna look into it. Maybe the carriers want to get their money's out of cell service before there's proprietary public wifi or 4G coverage everywhere.
I'll probably keep my unlimited plan and just get new phones when they get cheap. You can activate phones without consequence, correct?

**piizzadude** · 05-19-2011, 10:11 PM

Yeah as far as i know, unless they changed it you can activate a phone without issue. The way it worked, and more than likely still does is that once your contract runs out, you automatically get switched to a month to month contract under the same terms as the one that just expired. My wife had an ancient plan (dirt cheap too) for 16 years, just just kept activating newer phones on that same plan.

No it is gonna be for all data, not just iPhoneys

**big_limits** · 05-19-2011, 10:12 PM

When ur contract ends you will be forced into it regardless

**nugiene** · 05-19-2011, 10:44 PM

I'm not so sure everyone will be forced into a tiered contract. I believe that if you are a current customer under contract when you renew your contract you will still be a current customer, therefore you should be grandfathered. I think, because we have changed our contract many times in the past couple of years due to cost, we were given options and informed of certain consequences of changing to different plans. Simply, you can renew with no penalty but if you change contract(cheaper one), you may be forced into a cap. I think....

**dacp283** · 05-20-2011, 12:12 AM

If you change/renew your contract after the new data standards are in place you will not be grandfathered in. The only way to keep unlimited data is to let your contract play out then stay month to month.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

**cfox10** · 05-20-2011, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by dacp283

If you change/renew your contract after the new data standards are in place you will not be grandfathered in. The only way to keep unlimited data is to let your contract play out then stay month to month.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

This would be correct, and why you should be trying to get on to an LTE plan before the tiers roll into place. The way it worked for AT&T (and still does) is that you may opt out of your contract without having to pay ETF, or you can continue your contract, when you renew it, you will have to select from a tiered plan. If you stay month to month after your current contract is up, you will be grandfathered in, the only way at that point to keep unlimited data and upgrade phones is to pay retail with no contract/2 year. It's not bad if you already buy your phone outright. Sprint will probably gain new customers, and at some point do the same thing. At some point, we won't have unlimited data unless via wifi, and I'm damn sure at that point we'll still have to pick from a tiered plan anyway.

**MrSmith317** · 05-20-2011, 07:15 AM

Now I know I'll be in the minority here, but what's the point of trying to fight it? All the wireless carriers are going to do it eventually and let's face it 5GB isn't unlimited...it's less limited than what is currently on the table(2GB & 4GB data caps). So what's the big deal? I usually come in at about 1.2GB/month and was high on 1.8GB one month. I think that most people that are scrambling to worry about this don't have much to worry about. Yes it would be nice if VZW kept up the farce of limitless wireless data, but they're not. I pay verizon for better coverage and that's about it, they're not exactly the cheapest player out there. I like my service and I for one just plan on keeping a level head and purchasing the best plan for me if/when that time comes.

**cfox10** · 05-20-2011, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by MrSmith317

Now I know I'll be in the minority here, but what's the point of trying to fight it? All the wireless carriers are going to do it eventually and let's face it 5GB isn't unlimited...it's less limited than what is currently on the table(2GB & 4GB data caps). So what's the big deal? I usually come in at about 1.2GB/month and was high on 1.8GB one month. I think that most people that are scrambling to worry about this don't have much to worry about. Yes it would be nice if VZW kept up the farce of limitless wireless data, but they're not. I pay verizon for better coverage and that's about it, they're not exactly the cheapest player out there. I like my service and I for one just plan on keeping a level head and purchasing the best plan for me if/when that time comes.

I pay for unlimited, I use well over 5gb's a month, that's without tethering. I have high speed internet at home and work, but I like to download via torrent while I'm gone. (I know, I can use a remote app but I don't use a desktop and my laptop is with me almost all the time) Sprint has unlimited, but they will probably be in the same boat as AT&T and Verizon soon enough. I would find it acceptable for the majority of people who use the phone just for browsing, and email, but I'd like to have unlimited so when we DO get netflix, I won't have any worries. Those things eat up bandwidth quickly.

**nugiene** · 05-20-2011, 01:53 PM

Ok, I'll take your word for it. What phones do we have an option to buy before they implement this?

**tropolis** · 05-20-2011, 02:16 PM

thank god.

im tired of having to subsidize the people who just bog down the network surfing online all day.

for people like me who do little browsing this will be a god send, since ill be able to get a lower rate.

ive been wishing for this for awhile.

**MrSmith317** · 05-20-2011, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by cfox10

like to download via torrent while I'm gone

While I understand it's additional money(and who wants to pay additional) but you should have an aircard/mobile broadband connection. Not saying anything negative about how you use your network connections but a torrent over a 3G(or 4G) phone tether....I wouldn't do it. But that speaks to what I do use my tethering for, which is pretty rare and only for a connection for my wifi only g-tab. I think the biggest problem is that Verizon and AT&T were never truly unlimited anyway and people taking the advertised "unlimited" literally may make them feel a certain way about the new tiered plans. Yes I'd rather have my current "unlimited" data plan but I'm not going to cry about it especially when there are ISP's in a growing part of the world using metered internet service.

**dacp283** · 05-20-2011, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by tropolis

thank god.

im tired of having to subsidize the people who just bog down the network surfing online all day.

for people like me who do little browsing this will be a god send, since ill be able to get a lower rate.

ive been wishing for this for awhile.

Yes great for you, bad for anyone who uses their 600 dollar phone to it's full potential. I use netflix, hbo go and my daughter steals my phone on trips for netflix. This move is simply to suck the user of dollars since the phone companies know more data intensive apps are coming out regularly. They know they have the money and the technology to boost their network to support the extra traffic but why miss an opportunity to make a bigger profit? We should have options. Make the capped plans considerably cheaper and leave the unlimited where it is. This way those that don't need it save some cache and those that do don't get screwed.

Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk