Verizon to increase out of contract unlimited data by $20/month

[Artdeco]

I wondered what they'd do to us.

Bastards.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/8/9478093/verizon-increasing-unlimited-data-price

 

[cliftonite]

I guess my ATT bill will go up by 20 soon.

 

[dainthomas]

I'll keep my unlimited everything for $80 with T-Mobile.

 

[s44]

I guess my ATT bill will go up by 20 soon.

It wasn't real unlimited anyway.

I guess I'll be testing Band 12 coverage in New York really soon.

 

[openwheel]

Pay it! Worth every penny.

 

[cpacini]

Pay it! Worth every penny.

For a few folks it might be, but I bet a lot of folks on unlimited plans don't use enough data to justify the added cost.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Two lines, unlimited data/talk/text, $100. T-Mobile.

Too bad my reception sucks.

 

[RockinZ28]

I've been using my hotels WiFi to decrease data usage. Not anymore!

Need to figure out how to get my unlimited line back on contract. Was considering getting a landline isp when I move in to my new house, but will probably just stick with the lte.

 

[openwheel]

I am HHonors Diamond and travel often. I never use hotel wifi even though I get the premium wifi for free. Speed is always better tethered from my phone.

 

[Red Storm]

I am HHonors Diamond and travel often. I never use hotel wifi even though I get the premium wifi for free. Speed is always better tethered from my phone.

Never mind the speed. Hotel wifi is some of the most insecure stuff you can connect to. I never use it.

I ditched my Verizon unlimited data years ago and have had no regrets. Paying hundreds of extra dollars a year just so that I have LTE in the middle of no where is a huge waste of money IMHO. GSM also opens up many more device choices for you.

If you live in some unfortunate place that only Verizon serves well, then that sucks and I'm sorry you have no choice of good service.

 

[openwheel]

Never mind the speed. Hotel wifi is some of the most insecure stuff you can connect to. I never use it.

I ditched my Verizon unlimited data years ago and have had no regrets. Paying hundreds of extra dollars a year just so that I have LTE in the middle of no where is a huge waste of money IMHO. GSM also opens up many more device choices for you.

If you live in some unfortunate place that only Verizon serves well, then that sucks and I'm sorry you have no choice of good service.

I am with you. I am only with Verizon because it is fully reimbursable.

 

[jdoggg12]

Well, I knew something had to give eventually... I'm glad they're not getting rid of it altogether so, I'll stick with my unlimited data, even at this new price.

I'm paying $90+ for my cell for 450 minutes of talk and unlimited everything else. I only use ~90 talk minutes/mo and around 1k text messages. It's ridiculous. HOWEVER.... throttle-free unlimited 4G is impossible to come by these days. I go out of my way to use my data to its potential to make it worth it to me. I go through 30-60GB per month with pandora, games, and using it as a hotspot for Netflix on my tablet (no torrenting or other illegal activities).

This price hike hurts but it only makes me want to use more data. My current data use, on a tiered plan, is easily $300+. If they decide to drop me from unlimited, I'll happily give my money to the competition... for 1/2 or 1/3 the price.

 

[openwheel]

Exactly. Fact is, Verizon makes plenty of money from unlimited data users even when we use a ton of data. We just don't bend over as much as those on tiered data.

 

[notposting]

I've been using my hotels WiFi to decrease data usage. Not anymore!

Need to figure out how to get my unlimited line back on contract. Was considering getting a landline isp when I move in to my new house, but will probably just stick with the lte.

Seen reports all across the board, but the short of it is being on contract doesn't mean squat (data is just a feature). They'll notify us, maybe we can bail out without repercussions, but that would be it.

I'm on contract through 8/16 myself. :hmm:

edit: ahh, Droid-Life with info here
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/10/0...ore-details-about-who-it-impacts/#more-175621

 

[openwheel]

So only those on contract is affected. My three unlimited lines are in contract until 2017. Verizon can suck it.

 

[cpacini]

How are you guys on contact still with unlimited? I thought they stopped reviewing contacts for unlimited years ago?

 

[boomhower]

How are you guys on contact still with unlimited? I thought they stopped reviewing contacts for unlimited years ago?

There have been various loop holes and screw ups over the years that have allowed contract renewals. I did once with the iPhone 5S.

That said, I dumped my unlimited plans with them when AT&T did the double data promo. I have 30GBs with them which is plenty. Screw Verizon.

 

[Mopetar]

I was helping my mom pick out a new phone recently and the sales guy asked about changing our plan, but we said no since my younger brother is still on their unlimited plan. The sales guy said maybe one of the new plans would be a better deal and I said that I doubted it. He looked at my brother's data usage for the previous month and about lost it when he saw my brother had used about 74 GB.

He stopped trying to push a new contract on us after that.

 

[notposting]

How are you guys on contact still with unlimited? I thought they stopped reviewing contacts for unlimited years ago?

Wizard hats.

Ferengi skills.

Fine. Slickdeals, AT, HoFo, Droid Life, etc...

 

[Red Storm]

Well, I knew something had to give eventually... I'm glad they're not getting rid of it altogether so, I'll stick with my unlimited data, even at this new price.

I'm paying $90+ for my cell for 450 minutes of talk and unlimited everything else. I only use ~90 talk minutes/mo and around 1k text messages. It's ridiculous. HOWEVER.... throttle-free unlimited 4G is impossible to come by these days. I go out of my way to use my data to its potential to make it worth it to me. I go through 30-60GB per month with pandora, games, and using it as a hotspot for Netflix on my tablet (no torrenting or other illegal activities).

This price hike hurts but it only makes me want to use more data. My current data use, on a tiered plan, is easily $300+. If they decide to drop me from unlimited, I'll happily give my money to the competition... for 1/2 or 1/3 the price.

I've got unlimited data on T-Mobile, which you can still get today. I cleared ~22GB last month, no throttling whatsoever.

 

[jdoggg12]

I've got unlimited data on T-Mobile, which you can still get today. I cleared ~22GB last month, no throttling whatsoever.

My brother has T-Mobile with unlimited data too. The difference? My signal is much better 95% of the time here in California, wherever we go. Speeds are also 2-3x faster.

At my home, typical speeds are 50Mbps down, 8Mbps up. His almost never gets past 20 down or 3 up.

Service quality and speed is the difference. It's the only reason I accept their ridiculous pricing.

 

[Artdeco]

They must be losing customers, I called to cancel, they offered to extend me another year for the same price with unlimited data

 

[chin311]

They must be losing customers, I called to cancel, they offered to extend me another year for the same price with unlimited data

Nice. I didn't go to that measure yet, but I am attempting to do the old razzle dazzle through BB and see if I can't make the fee increase wait til 2017.

 

[s44]

They must be losing customers, I called to cancel, they offered to extend me another year for the same price with unlimited data

Shit, I should try this. The Band 12 device situation on TMo still sucks (along with everything else Android this year).

 

[jdoggg12]

They must be losing customers, I called to cancel, they offered to extend me another year for the same price with unlimited data

How much data are you using? I'm sure there's no incentive to keep you if you use data like I do... but if you're only using a couple GB/month then of course they're going to try to keep you on a plan that charges a premium for service you're not really using