Staying for now, I have unlimited, and the service in the areas I work in is the best.
I guest I'll save up for my next phone so I can keep my unlimited.
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Did they say that you can keep your plan if you buy a phone at full price? I thought I read you can buy a phone but they didnt mention repercussions.
It's easy for me. If I can buy a phone at full price and keep my unlimited data I am fine with that. If they force me to switch I will drop my data plan all together.
If I switch the value of the service goes down. Currently I am a 5-6GB user, nobody else has a smart phone on my plan. We have the 1400 minute plan that we never come close to touching.
I use 6gb and I get a 15% employee discount.
Paying for 1 smartphone, 2 regular phones, the discount and splitting the talk and text package into a 3/5 (I pay) - 2/5 split I pay around $129.57.
Under the new plan I would pay for two phones and a smart phone: 100 + 40.8(plus plan cost - $140.80. I lose at least $11.23 a month and gain nothing. If we crushed texts and phone usage I would be ok.
If I drop to 4GB of data my overal cost drops to $131.50 a month. So I spend an extra 1.93 and I lose more data and gain nothing.
If I want to "Pay for a new phone every two years and keep my data plan (If Verizon will even allow this to happen) I would have to save $25 a month for a $600 phone.
So I lose out by either having to watch my usage or pay more just so I can stream music, have an instant child entertainment at my fingertips or look at video clips with my buddies.
When I told my wife I was going to get rid of my cell phone she asked me what would happen if she needed to call me. I told her she could call the work landline or wait until I get home. She said "what if it's an emergency", I said leave me a note I will get it.
I do not trust Verizon to keep these plans in place long. They will either modify them because people leave or modify them to choke people more. I am waiting this one out until they force my hand.