Data plan Increase

[IMANUT46]

I read that Verizon has a special on Increasing your data plan to keep pace with AT&T. I've been trying to get an increase in my data plan without additional cost. I have a basic plan for 1 phone and 500 mg of data. How can I get more data without additional cost.

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[sweetypie31]

I don't believe you will be able to get more data without paying more than what you pay now.

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[1Coopgt]

I don't believe you will be able to get more data without paying more than what you pay now.

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+1 You probably shouldn't have bought a smart phone if you can't afford the data cost . Or you need to learn how not to use your data so you don't in cure overage charges for data. You won't get more data for free . It's just one of the ways carriers make money . You want more data I'm sure they would bump it up for you but you need to pay for it .

 

[AZgl1500]

Alll of the carriers have switched over to selling data, not phone calls.

IIRC, they all now have unlimited calling to anywhere in the CONUS areas including Hawaii and Alaska and Puerto Rico.

When the big data war got in full swing, Verizon sent out a note to all of us that we could get 50% more data for "free" to make our current plans "almost equal" to what T-Mobile and Sprint are doing.

But, with proper attitude about how you use your phone, it really doesn't make any difference.

I had 2 gBytes and now I have 3 gB/month.

Woopie! I am really going to enjoy that..... maybe.... I and my family average about 850 mB/month day in, and day out. We have all of our phones set up to login into all of the WiFi signals around where we frequent. And of late, just about anywhere you go that has a table and chair, also has a WiFi signal....

So, for my Verizon Family Share Plan with 3 gB, it is a non-issue.

The only time we ever pushed the limits was 3 years ago when we were moving from Arizona to Oklahoma and we did a lot of surfing on the highway during the moving trips. We moved ourselves with a pickup and huge box trailer, took 3 trips, but it was still cheaper than a big van.... just too much crap in our family that is non-freight-able w/o a lot of extra charges. On that month's use, we still came in about 150 mb short of the 2 gB limit we had at the time.

 

[elvyb]

Verizon switched my data from 6 gig -10 and didn't raise my bill.

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[IMANUT46]

Verizon switched my data from 6 gig -10 and didn't raise my bill.

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I don't have any of the plans, more everything etc. I just have the basic single phone plan. I was stuck with the 250mg plan so I just changed up to 500mb for an extra 250mg for 5$ more. But they won't give me more data without paying more for the data. I've tried the store and the 611 call. Any suggestions.?

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[elvyb]

Not sure but the way I understand the free extra was that you had to already be on th e 6 gb for $80 a month to move up to 100 b for the same $80

 

[Almeuit]

I don't have any of the plans, more everything etc. I just have the basic single phone plan. I was stuck with the 250mg plan so I just changed up to 500mb for an extra 250mg for 5$ more. But they won't give me more data without paying more for the data. I've tried the store and the 611 call. Any suggestions.?

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The single line plans did not get this promotion. It's for 8 GB and up lines.

 

[sweetypie31]

I'm just realizing that we all offered the same solutions to this OP a few weeks ago

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[AZgl1500]

The single line plans did not get this promotion. It's for 8 GB and up lines.

whoa charlie..... I already posted that I received an increase of 50% and I only have 3 lines and 2 gB, and only two of them were smartphones at the time. The 3rd was an old era flip phone.

I had/have 2 gB Family Share Plan and they upped me to 3 gB shortly after the data wars started...

 

[Almeuit]

whoa charlie..... I already posted that I received an increase of 50% and I only have 3 lines and 2 gB, and only two of them were smartphones at the time. The 3rd was an old era flip phone.

I had/have 2 gB Family Share Plan and they upped me to 3 gB shortly after the data wars started...

When did you receive it though? They haven't changed the promotion from what I am seeing -- If you got something for being a loyal customer that is different. Also th OP wants an increase on his 500 MB plan which i highly doubt they will do ... Unless he comes out of pocket more which he also doesn't want to do.

Also as you said you're on a family plan .. they treat family different from a Single Line Plan (like the OP has). It is really rare for a Single line to get a really good promotion going -- Trust me as I know since I have pretty much always been on a single line plan and always see the deals for family ones instead of single line ones.

 

[AZgl1500]

Almeuit

As I said already, I got the increase shortly after the data wars started. 6 weeks later? I dunno, and the information email I received has long been deleted.

 

[Almeuit]

Almeuit
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As I said already, I got the increase shortly after the data wars started. 6 weeks later? I dunno, and the information email I received has long been deleted.

Understandable. Just saying someone on an individual plan is very unlikely to get anything free -- They only do that for family plans since they're getting more money from them.

 

[anon(9126477)]

I'm on AT&T The base plans offering 300MB and 1GB for $20 and $25, respectively, remain unchanged. But new and existing customers opting for the revised $40-a-month plan will now get 3GB data instead of a 2GB bucket. Similarly, those who choose the $70 a month plan will get 6GB, up from 4GB. The $130-a-month plan offers double the data at 30GB.
Verizon Users, the $80- a-month plan gets 10GB data instead of 6GB and the $100-a-month plan gets 15GB, up from 10GB. The change also applies to the $130- and $150-a-month plans, which now offer 30GB and 40GB

 

[macawmatt]

My question is, and the chat rep at VZW doesn't have a clue, how long is the extra data good for? For as long as I keep paying $130 a month will I get to keep 30GB, or will it drop back to 16GB as some point in time?

 

[Almeuit]

My question is, and the chat rep at VZW doesn't have a clue, how long is the extra data good for? For as long as I keep paying $130 a month will I get to keep 30GB, or will it drop back to 16GB as some point in time?

You will keep the extra data for as long as you keep that data plan (as in don't change the data bucket). If you change the data bucket you will lose it then.