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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...nlimited-data-plans-for-existing-subscribers/

Verizon Wireless subscribers who have held onto their $30-a-month unlimited data plans will soon be forced to upgrade to a new tiered offering the company plans to launch this summer, according to the Web site Fierce Wireless.

Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference today, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo told investors that the company's 3G unlimited data plans that customers were allowed to hang onto last year when Verizon switched to a tiered offering will soon go away entirely. Instead, the company will migrate its existing and new 4G LTE customers to a new "data share plan."

The company has yet to announce the details of this new plan, but it has said previously that the data share plan will be introduced in midsummer. The plan will allow people on the same family plan to share buckets of data each month, much like they share voice minutes and text messaging. It will also allow individuals to share data across different 4G LTE devices.

Verizon eliminated its unlimited data plan for smartphone users last July, about a year after AT&T had done the same thing. Like AT&T had done previously, Verizon told its existing unlimited data plan customers that they could keep their unlimited data plans even after their contracts expired. And Verizon has allowed its 3G wireless subscribers to upgrade to 4G LTE devices, while keeping their unlimited data plans.
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I may be looking at Sprint now, that's bullshit
 
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Basebuck;2155661; said:
I would love to hear how they can do that legally mid contract. I can see how it can happen when starting a new contract but I don't believe they can do it now. Any corporate lawyers around?
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Pretty sure if you read the Terms that it will state that Verizon has the right to raise rates/change service at anytime.

EDIT: From the Verizon website:



Can Verizon Wireless Change This Agreement or My Service?

We may change prices or any other term of your Service or this agreement at any time,but we'll provide notice first, including written notice if you have Postpay Service. If you use your Service after the change takes effect, that means you're accepting the change. If you're a Postpay customer and a change to your Plan or this agreement has a material adverse effect on you, you can cancel the line of Service that has been affected within 60 days of receiving the notice with no Early Termination Fee if we fail to negate the change after you notify us of your objection to it.
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Better read those Terms and Conditions better in the future.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ23kosLFec"]South Park - Butters reads the iTunes Agreement. - YouTube[/ame]
 
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They're allowed to change stuff and customers are allowed to leave without an early termination fee if the terms of their contract are changed.

Most are guessing that this will be implemented when you change your contract. I think most of us knew this was coming, we just figured it would be between contracts, not in the middle, as this could be.

Please VZW, give me an excuse to save $20-30/mo x 24 mo by going with Sprint or TMobile.
 
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Honestly I?m to the point that getting the prepaid phones makes more sense. I pay for 5 smartphones in my family and I?m already paying about 120.00 more than I would be on a prepaid plan. Having 3 kids on with limited data scares me to death. Some of the iPhone games they play eat up a ton of data even when they are away from the phone.

The rebellion from my kids on not having the cool phones might be too much to bear though.
 
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Basebuck;2155671; said:
Honestly I?m to the point that getting the prepaid phones makes more sense. I pay for 5 smartphones in my family and I?m already paying about 120.00 more than I would be on a prepaid plan. Having 3 kids on with limited data scares me to death. Some of the iPhone games they play eat up a ton of data even when they are away from the phone.

The rebellion from my kids on not having the cool phones might be too much to bear though.
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Then take the devices away completely permanently for 3-4 months, then they will absolutely LOVE whatever prepaid phone you give them.
 
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looks like Verizon has clarified what will happen

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/05/17...mited-data-applies-to-new-subsidized-devices/

Customers will not be automatically moved to new shared data plans. If a 3G or 4G smartphone customer is on an unlimited plan now and they do not want to change their plan, they will not have to do so.

- When we introduce our new shared data plans, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to customers when purchasing handsets at discounted pricing.

- Customers who purchase phones at full retail price and are on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to keep that plan.

- The same pricing and policies will be applied to all 3G and 4GLTE smartphones
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So If I read this right, it basically means, if I keep my phone, i keep my current plan..also I can keep my plan IF i buy a phone at full price ($600 or whatever for that phone)

But If I buy a phone at the $200 or $150 (basically signing a new contract) then that's when I have to switch plans
 
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Tips have Acer, ASUS and Toshiba showing Windows 8 tablets at Computex, color us unsurprised

We know Computex will involve nothing less than a deluge of new laptops, but if we believe Bloomberg, it's going to be a Windows 8 tablet-topia as well. Hot on the heels of the Windows 8 Release Preview, it's claimed by the ever-present "people with knowledge of the matter" that Acer, ASUS and Toshiba will all be showing tablets with the new OS at the Taipei show. ASUS will reportedly get the star treatment at Microsoft's keynote and show off Transformer-style Windows 8 tablets that we suspect are hinted at in ASUS' slightly cryptic trailers. Processor loyalties could be split across the wider group, though: ASUS is said to be spreading the love by showing both an Intel-based tablet as well as one using NVIDIA's ARM-powered Tegra line, but Acer's previously rumored tablet is poised to go the Intel-only route, and Toshiba's may exist solely in a TI OMAP-based ARM camp. It's not apparent if anyone else will join the Windows 8 tablet frenzy, although Qualcomm is expected to show yet another Snapdragon-running test device. We'll be on the ground at Computex next week, so you can be sure that we'll give you
the full rundown on Windows 8's opening salvo.
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I might actually have to get a tablet now.
 
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Holy hell Verizon

http://www.neowin.net/news/verizon-announces-data-sharing-plan-share-everything

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As you can see from the chart above, the new plans start at $50 a month with 1 GB of data shared with up to 10 devices, with unlimited talk and text. You can go up to 10 GB for $100 a month, again with unlimited talk and text. There's also an extra per line price of $40 a month for smartphones, $30 a month for basic phones, $20 a month for mobile hotspots, notebooks, netbooks, and USB devices and $10 a month for tablets.
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