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Verizon to Phase Out Unlimited Data Plans

'Grandfathered' customers will be shifted to data-share plans upon upgrade

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted May 16, 2012 4:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – Verizon is scrapping the $30-a-month unlimited data plan that it still gives to 3G customers who signed up for it before the company switched to a tiered system, reports FierceWireless. When the "grandfathered" customers upgrade their devices, they will be shifted over to Verizon's new data-share plan that is launching mid-summer.

"A lot of our [90 million] 3G base is unlimited. As they start to migrate into 4G, they will have to come off unlimited and go onto the data-share plan," Verizon's CFO said at a tech conference, reports PCMag. Verizon stopped offering new customers unlimited plans for their smartphones in July 2011. Its upcoming data-share plans will allow users to connect multiple devices to one account.

Verizon on a Blackberry in 2008.
Verizon on a Blackberry in 2008.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
A customer at a Verizon store in 2011.
A customer at a Verizon store in 2011.   (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, file)
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la_chica_bonita
May 16, 2012 11:28 PM CDT
Boooo. Just like Verizon to find a way to screw their loyal customers. They don't understand what it means to be "grandfathered in".
Cat-Lover
May 16, 2012 8:10 PM CDT
Cel [mobil] phones do more than make or accept phone calls or text messages?  Why?
offspringdude235
May 16, 2012 6:50 PM CDT
I just think the whole 4g marketing push is redundant. Look how fast our 4g is! Look how much you can do on it! Yeah but good luck after 2 gigs... There is almost no point to even having 4g! You can't do anything that the awesome speed allows, HD video streaming, wi-fi hotspots, video chatting(without wi-fi) for very long at all! I donno It's just stupid... And don't even get me started on putting limits on home internet use.... 

 
Verizon • smartphones • telecommunications • 3g • data plans

 
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