This is why I'm having such trouble with the idea of switching carriers, even with the news of the price increase for UDPs. Verizon may be charging a lot of money, but they also have very wide coverage, and (to my knowledge) are the only major carrier that does absolutely no throttling on LTE. When I break down my usage (about 20-30GB per month), the per GB price is actually pretty low, even after the $20 increase. $115 per month (after increase), divided by 30GB used, is about ~$3.83/GB. That includes minutes/texting (I barely use 200 mins/500 texts per month), if I take just the data charge ($50/mo), that's only ~$1.7/GB. Compare that to their latest 18GB plan, which is $120/mo, or $6.66/GB ($5.55 if you only count the $100/mo data charge). While T-Mobile is technically cheaper and "unlimited", their network is not nearly as large and they do throttle after you use 21GB, if you're in a congested area.
That being said, while you're on 3G, they can/do throttle when they feel it's necessary (not sure if it's only during congestion or after you use a certain amount). When they first rolled out LTE (I had an HTC Thunderbolt which was one of the first), they still offered UDPs. That was the last time I was able to use an upgrade, once 4G really rolled out they realized quickly that they could make a lot of money with tiered data plans. Now that all the plans are tiered, I have a feeling they won't be allowing UDPs on 5G (unless you're still on contract, which very few people will be). At the very least, the cost will go up again and/or they'll throttle you after a certain amount.
And as far as I can tell, there is nothing in place to prevent them from either throttling on 5G, or making you switch plans in order to have access. So it's really hard to know if I should keep paying the high price now, hoping it'll pay off later in the form of unlimited 5G, or if I should switch and save money now, since VZW will either throttle or increase the cost again when 5G rolls out. As it stands, I may switch, simply because it's hard to afford $115/mo on top of paying for devices at retail price, especially when I look at comparable plans on cheaper carriers. Add together the cost of my phone and I'm paying nearly $2000 a year!