The verizon plans I posted will be the new pricing scheme starting monday.

For page 2

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/01/14/verizon-wireless-to-overhaul-its-phone-and-data-pricing-plans/













[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM. Reason : ]

1/14/2010 2:30:54 PM

ah so i got in while the gettin was good!

1/14/2010 2:42:33 PM

Thanks for posting the links. This makes a lot more sense now. As much as I dislike this now being a requirement, so long as its stated as a requirement when I purchase a particular phone, I'm good with that. I'll take my business elsewhere if I dislike strongly enough, or, find a different phone model that doesn't have this requirement.

[Edited on January 14, 2010 at 9:25 PM. Reason : .]

1/14/2010 9:24:39 PM

Or you'll pay for it, use it, and like it.

1/15/2010 9:35:18 AM

Official Verizon announcement

http://news.vzw.com/news/2010/01/pr2010-01-14c.html

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"Verizon Wireless Offers Simple, Affordable Convenience With New Unlimited Voice Plans New Nationwide Plan Options Include Unlimited Talk and Text to Pair with Robust Data Plans on the Latest 3G Phones 01/15/2010 BASKING RIDGE, NJ — New monthly service plans from Verizon Wireless make connecting to the nation’s most reliable wireless network easier than ever. Beginning Jan. 18, customers may sign up for a new Nationwide Unlimited Talk plan that allows customers to call anyone in the United States for $69.99 monthly access or a Nationwide Unlimited Talk & Text plan to call and send text, picture and video messages to anyone in the country for $89.99 monthly access. Nationwide Family SharePlans® will also have new unlimited options. Nationwide Unlimited Talk Family SharePlans will be $119.99 monthly access while the Nationwide Unlimited Talk & Text Family SharePlans will be $149.99 monthly access. All Family SharePlan pricing includes the first two lines of service. Standard text message rates will apply for customers on the Nationwide Unlimited Talk plans who do not sign up for a text messaging bundle. Data Packages The company also announced the expansion of the 25 megabyte for $9.99 per month data package requirement to include all Verizon Wireless 3G Multimedia phones, which gives customers quick access to Mobile E-mail, games and the Internet. The data package requirement was introduced last year with the LG enV® TOUCH and the Samsung Rogue™. Today’s announcement expands that list to include new activations of the LG Chocolate Touch™, LG enV®3, LG VX8360, Motorola Entice™ W766, Nokia 7705 Twist™ and Samsung Alias™ 2. The company expects to introduce a host of 3G Multimedia phones in 2010. The $19.99 data package option for 3G Multimedia phones has been discontinued. Customers using Simple Feature phones (Mobile Web-enabled) will continue to pay $1.99 per megabyte or choose either the $9.99 or $29.99 data packages. The consumer data package for 3G Smartphones such as BlackBerry®, Windows Mobile® or Android devices will remain at $29.99 per month. Prepaid Plans Verizon Wireless will also offer customers new prepaid plans beginning Jan. 18. For those who prefer pay-as-you-go options, but want a no-holds approach to calling and texting, new Monthly Unlimited Prepaid plans will give customers the same great calling options as monthly contract subscribers for just $5 more per month. Prepaid Monthly Unlimited Talk is now available for $74.99 per month while contract subscribers pay $69.99 for the same unlimited calling option. Prepaid Monthly Unlimited Talk & Text will be available for $94.99 per month. The 450- and 900-minute Monthly Prepaid plans will also be available for $5 more per month than comparable postpaid plans. Existing Customers Today’s announcement will not have an impact on existing customer contracts, although customers may choose to move to any of the new plans. The company allows customers to change their service plans at any time without penalty or contract extension. To move to the newly announced plans, customers may go online to their My Verizon accounts at http://www.verizonwireless.com or contact Customer Service at 1-800-922-0204. For more information on the complete lineup of new Nationwide Calling plans, go to http://www.verizonwireless.com, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store or call 1-800-2 JOIN IN. About Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia."

1/15/2010 10:32:38 AM

holy fuck verizon sucks.

right now (from alltel) I have:

1200 anytime
unlimited nights & weekends
unlimited m2m
unlimited data
unlimited text
10 free #s
for $110/month

the new plans have me losing 750 minutes and my 10 free #s for about the same price...

[Edited on January 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM. Reason : .]

1/15/2010 11:48:20 AM

Quote :

"T-Mobile responds to Verizon’s lower pricing by lowering smartphone prices by Boy Genius on January 15th, 2010 at 11:31am Filed under: Breaking News, Exclusives, Featured, T-Mobile, Whisper 17 Comments One of our connects just hit us up with some awesome info — T-Mobile’s responding to Verizon’s lower pricing. Here’s what we’ve got:Note: SRP = Standard Retail Pricing and NET = price after 2 year agreement. We’ve been told on average pricing dropped around “$30-$50.” BlackBerry Curve 8520 — reduced SRP and NET pricing Samsung t349 — reduced SRP and NET pricing HTC Touch Pro II — reduced SRP and NET pricing Samsung Gravity — reduced SRP and NET pricing Samsung Highlight — reduced SRP and NET pricing Nokia 3711 — reduced NET pricing BlackBerry Bold 9700 — reduced NET pricing Samsung Behold II — reduced SRP and NET pricing Motorola CLIQ — reduced NET pricing T-Mobile G1 — reduced SRP and NET pricing HTC Dash 3G — reduced SRP and NET pricing"

1/15/2010 1:21:14 PM

T-mobile still has the worst network to have a smart phone on hands down. The absolute worst, especially in NC.

1/15/2010 3:04:23 PM

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"AT&T messes with plans in wake of Verizon's moves, slashes unlimited voice pricing By Chris Ziegler posted Jan 15th 2010 5:16PM Breaking News Sprint's talking about it, but AT&T's straight-up doing something about Verizon's plan adjustments this morning with a series of its own tweaks this afternoon. Starting Monday, January 18 (conveniently the same day that Verizon's changes go live), unlimited talk will run $69.99 on individual plans, a nice little cut of $30 against the $99.99 the carrier charges today; family unlimited, meanwhile, comes in at $119.99. Unlimited talk and text costs another $20 on top of unlimited talk alone -- no change from the current add-on pricing. Similarly, unlimited talk plus smartphone data goes for $99.99, meaning that you're paying $30 for the data package -- exactly the same as you're paying now, so really, this all boils down to a big adjustment in what carriers across the board are charging for voice. The principles of Econ 101 have us believe that voice isn't as popular as it used to be -- we are now sending billions upon billions of texts, after all -- and as we ease off the voice infrastructure, it makes sense that these guys would want to upsell everyone into unlimited plans (remember that we're living in an "all you can eat" kind of nation) while still banking big on precious kilobytes and characters. Well played, AT&T; you too, Verizon. Well played, indeed."

ha. Verizon has started an unlimited pricing war

1/15/2010 6:19:17 PM

Quote :

"the new plans have me losing 750 minutes and my 10 free #s for about the same price... "

verizon-to-verizon is free, in my list of contacts i only know about 2 people not on verizon... you'd be surprised at how little minutes you need (and certainly don't care about 10 people not on you network) if you're on verizon.

1/15/2010 6:23:10 PM

Quote :

"holy fuck verizon sucks. right now (from alltel) I have: 1200 anytime unlimited nights & weekends unlimited m2m unlimited data unlimited text 10 free #s for $110/month the new plans have me losing 750 minutes and my 10 free #s for about the same price... "

On the new VZW plan you could have all of that with unlimited minutes for about the same price.

Unlimited Talk & Text $89.99
Unlimited Smart Phone Data $30
Total: $119.99

For $10 more a month you do not have to worry about who is in your circle anymore.

1/15/2010 9:00:39 PM

I got my enV Touch in October, right before it became must-have-data-plan. That was the dividing line between it & the Samsung Rogue. So far I've enjoyed my smart dumbphone.

1/15/2010 9:46:08 PM

Just don't be dumb and fuck it up, or your insurance replacement will come with a data package for you to pay on every month. Congrats!

1/15/2010 11:41:57 PM

I'm guessing you could use that as a loophole and grounds for termination without cost due to adverse effects.

Quote :

"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 send you written notice first. If you use your Service after the change takes effect, that means you're accepting the change. But if 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."

[Edited on January 15, 2010 at 11:57 PM. Reason : ]

1/15/2010 11:46:42 PM

Quote :

"holy fuck verizon sucks. right now (from alltel) I have: 1200 anytime unlimited nights & weekends unlimited m2m unlimited data unlimited text 10 free #s for $110/month the new plans have me losing 750 minutes and my 10 free #s for about the same price... "

The new prepaid plans are crazy unless I've been spoiled by Alltel. My current plan is:

Unlimited texts
Unlimited nights and weekends
10 cents/minute otherwise (but I just text before 9 during the week)

for $23/month. The cheapest VZW plan is $65? Lame.

1/17/2010 1:21:31 AM

Quote :

"The cheapest VZW plan is $65? Lame."

do people still use prepaid plans? i thought that was for grandmothers

[Edited on January 17, 2010 at 2:10 AM. Reason : .]

1/17/2010 2:09:09 AM

^Hell I was thinking about doing one for my wife. She works a block from home at a bank, so she can't be chatting on her cellphone anyways; it has to be off. She was using my VZW employee line phone, but my boss at my main job got pissed at Verizon and cut our business lines all off, and we are switching to USCellular, I believe. So until he does I was hoping to put her on a cheap ass prepaid plan with her cellphone. But not for $65 damn bucks!

1/17/2010 9:49:45 AM

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"On the new VZW plan you could have all of that with unlimited minutes for about the same price. Unlimited Talk & Text $89.99 Unlimited Smart Phone Data $30 Total: $119.99 For $10 more a month you do not have to worry about who is in your circle anymore."

the point is, is that I wanted to downsize, but downsizing wouldn't do a damn thing anymore. I don't need unlimited minutes. I need like 450. so $59.99 + $29.99 ~= $90... which is only $15 cheaper than what I pay for now (1200 minutes, unlimited m2m/n&w/text/data).

[Edited on January 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM. Reason : .]

1/17/2010 10:24:22 AM

Quote :

" do people still use prepaid plans? i thought that was for grandmothers "

Sorry for having a plan which lets me talk for free when I actually use the phone, and is much cheaper in this case than a contract.

1/17/2010 10:44:21 AM

ttt for the "official" release. well, I've been looking at it and I never get to choose the $29.99 unlimited data plan... only the $45 unlimited or the $30 unlimited email plans...

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM. Reason : .]

1/18/2010 10:33:55 AM

ooh online exclusive for a free entice or rival. "hey, here's a new phone but it's gonna cost you $240-$700 more over the term of your 2 yr contract"

^ the 29.99 unlimited plan is for the "3G Multimedia Phones". They still have the 29.99 or 44.99 data plans on the blackberries and smartphones.

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 10:52 AM. Reason : ]

1/18/2010 10:50:59 AM

Quote :

"Simple Feature, 3G Multimedia or 3G Smartphones $29.99 Unlimited — Data package of $9.99 or higher required for 3G Multimedia Phones. All 3G Smartphones require a data feature of $29.99 or higher, or a data plan."

I even tried a multimedia phone - no option for $30 plan... maybe I'm just seeing where to get a data plan instead of feature...?

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 10:54 AM. Reason : .]

1/18/2010 10:53:15 AM

It should be under data package. For simple feature phones, it shows pay per use, 9.99, and 29.99. 3G multimedia show 9.99 and 29.99 and smartphones should show 29.99 or 44.99. Pick a phone, choose a plan and then it'll give you the options (messaging, data, insurance, etc) on the next page.

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 10:56 AM. Reason : ]

1/18/2010 10:56:14 AM

oh that's a bunch of bullshit. I thought it was just the $30 for unlimited data like the home page says... it's not, it's fucking $45 for unlimited data. so if I get a new phone, I have to change my plan and I'dd end up paying more for a lot less. I hate verizon.

1/18/2010 11:01:28 AM

what kind of phone are you talking about? The $45 data option is for corporate blackberries and smartphones. The 29.99 option is still "unlimited" on blackberries/smartphones on consumer plans.

1/18/2010 11:05:12 AM

ohhhh, it just has a different label. the $29.99 just says email & web which I figured meant some type of email access and limited web app access. I'm used to being on an unlimited data plan that is called an unlimited data plan...

1/18/2010 11:13:29 AM

yeah, the 44.99 plan is required for BES access and apparently corporate accounts for the other smartphones.

1/18/2010 11:17:15 AM

good enough. doesn't matter to me now though My mom and sister are on my plan and I just realized that the idiots at verizon used my last upgrade opportunity for my sister... so my contract has another 15 months or so. Her contract is done next december, but I don't want to do anything that extends any of our contracts in this family plan since my phone/plan is what makes the entire plan so expensive (I was going to get my own plan). I doubt they'll let me cancel my sister's contract, move her number to my contract, change her (and my mom's) plan and then let me be free...

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 11:24 AM. Reason : .]

1/18/2010 11:23:38 AM

Which plan do you have? If it's over 49.99 (which all of the family plans are) and you're on my verizon, the main line can upgrade annually.

In other news, I had the storm on my own verizon contract and terminated it yesterday since I got the droid on a line I had on my parents alltel plan. Fucktards wouldn't let me transfer my number to that phone.


[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 11:29 AM. Reason : ]

1/18/2010 11:27:53 AM

it's an old alltel family plan... $110/month. the site says my I'm not eligible for an upgrade until 5/11 (contract expires 9/11)

1/18/2010 11:33:46 AM

hmm...not sure if alltel plans are eligible. They give you the NE2 credit though so maybe they do the annual upgrade. I know if a line on an alltel plan is eligible, you can transfer all lines to a verizon plan and upgrade all previous alltel equipment to verizon phones regardless of contract dates but none of your lines are eligible and verizon plans are about $20 or more than comparable alltel plans. I suppose you could terminate a line but I don't think they'd let you port that same number to a verizon contract from talking to CS yesterday.

1/18/2010 11:47:24 AM

we're actually all on verizon phones now, just with the old alltel plan. and at the time if we were to transfer to a verizon plan, we would have paid about $30 more per month and lose quite a bit, so we didn't.

looks like I'm stuck for a while

1/18/2010 12:03:15 PM

yup. Verizon costs you an arm, leg and your first born. oh well, at least the unlimited plans are cheaper.

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 12:06 PM. Reason : ]

1/18/2010 12:06:31 PM

lol.

I'm still bummed about not being able to downsize my voice minutes and save money.

1/18/2010 12:09:07 PM

Quote :

"In other news, I had the storm on my own verizon contract and terminated it yesterday since I got the droid on a line I had on my parents alltel plan. Fucktards wouldn't let me transfer my number to that phone. "

Just port it out to boost mobile and then port it back in on the line you want it on. You can get a boost mobile SIM kit for >$10 on ebay. You do not even really need the phone lol.

1/18/2010 1:53:11 PM

lol verizon is stupid. $40 on top of the 29.99 data for wireless tether. Which it's fairly easy to enable it on the Sprint Pre so I doubt it'll be too hard to do it on the Pre Plus and get it for free.

Quote :

"Verizon Wireless confirms Palm pricing; Wi-Fi Hotspot to cost $40 monthly by Kelly Hodgkins on January 21st, 2010 at 3:48pm Filed under: 1xRTT, CDMA, EV-DO, Handsets, News, Palm, Verizon 11 Comments Verizon Wireless made official the leaked prices on the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus that emerged this weekend. Big Red is going to match Sprint dollar for dollar on the price of each webOS handset with the Pre Plus coming in at a cool $149.99 and the Palm Pixi Plus at a mere $99.99. Both quoted prices are after a $100 mail-in rebate and require a new two-year customer agreement. The Pre Plus also includes the new Wi-Fi hotspot software that is exclusive to Verizon Wireless. Usage of the Pre Plus as a 5-device Wi-Fi hotspot will come with a high price tag, though, as Verizon is going to tack an additional $40 charge for 5GB of data with this 3G-based Wi-Fi connectivity. The $40 charge is levied on top of your calling and data plan so a Wi-Fi mobile hotspot-activated Pre Plus on a 450 minutes Talk and Text plan would cost you a whopping $129.99 per month ($59.99 for calling plan, $29.99 for Email and Web data plan and $40 for the Wi-Fi feature). Those that are ready to jump on the webOS bandwagon Verizon style can score a Pre Plus or Pixi Plus starting January 25th."

1/21/2010 4:08:11 PM

So I'm on the Alltel plans as well. I called just now to see if I could keep the Alltel plans if I wanted to upgrade to smartphones (for myself and my wife) while locking in a contract.

She said yes but the phones would run faster on the Verizon plans. Does anyone know, is it true that they are somehow restricting Alltel planned phones to a slower network. I haven't kept up with phone network nuances to know if this makes sense that they are somehow restricting phones that are still paying Alltel prices.

Anyone?

2/28/2010 6:05:41 PM

Ha it's BS. Wont be any difference

2/28/2010 7:38:09 PM

Going to be the same speed. The only speed differentiator is whether the phone you get is Rev. A or not which has nothing to do with the plan.

2/28/2010 8:59:34 PM

What's the big deal?

If you don't like it, go with another carrier next time your contract is up. It doesn't affect you until then, anyway.



I mean, I don't see how this is a smart move, but whatever. It's their business.

2/28/2010 9:22:17 PM

Neither t-mobile or at&t offer 3g in this area (AT&T actually covers it on base, but not between base and where I'll be living) and Sprint doesn't offer the phone I want.

Isn't the free market cool? Buy up a competitor then jack up the prices.

2/28/2010 9:50:53 PM

AT&T has their own text/data requirement for their messaging phones. It's more flexible though as you can get $20 unlimited texting, $20 unlimited data or a combination of text and data. Also the $30 family texting option covers the requirement.

3/1/2010 6:56:56 AM

im on verizon and i pay $122.34 per month and i get the following

-900 minutes w/ 5 "friends & family"
-unlimited texts
-unlimited m2m & nights & weekends (duh)
-unlimited data with email & web access
-250MB aircard

i think its a pretty good deal actually. i can talk and text whoever i want whenever i want. check my email & do webstuff unlimited and can get online with my netbook anytime, anywhere.

3/1/2010 12:37:10 PM

So, can you pair the 39.99 plan w/ the 29.99 data for $70?

3/1/2010 3:40:43 PM

yes

3/1/2010 3:51:28 PM

awesome, thanks

3/1/2010 4:22:12 PM