Verizon To End Unlimited Data Plans By July 7 [UPDATE]

[UPDATE] A Verizon Wireless rep has reached out to The Huffington Post with the following details:

On July 7, we are offering customers more smartphone data plan options. Customers may choose from $30 for 2G, $50 for 5GB and $80 for 10 GB data plans. Customers who have feature phones have an additional option of $10 for 75 MB. Customers currently using an unlimited smartphone plan will be able to upgrade to another 3G or 4G LTE smartphone and keep their unlimited data plan.

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[PREVIOUSLY] We knew this day was coming: Verizon will end unlimited data plans by July 7.

The company has planned to move new customers over to tiered data plans for a while now, a pricing structure that competitor AT&T already implements. DroidLife first reported the date and pricing of the shift in late June.

A Verizon spokesperson confirmed with FierceWireless that new Verizon subscribers will be able to choose from three different data plans: $30 for 2GB, $50 for 5GB or $80 for 10GB, with overage charges of $10 per GB of data. Customers who are already on unlimited plans can still upgrade and keep their old plans.

LTE mobile hotspot use will also begin to cost $30 a month for unlimited service.

Verizon already throttles speeds for especially heavy data users.

Comments

[davidf6]

09:00 AM on 08/19/2011

why would these companies worry about losing customers, they can just go to the government and ask for a bailout.

[i kyle]

02:15 PM on 07/23/2011

Anyone else who doesn't agree with this, sign this petition and have Verizon realize the error of their ways: http://www.change.org/petitions/bring-back-unlimited-data

[Terri L Coleman]

10:09 AM on 07/08/2011

I use a StraightTalk phone on the Verizon Network and only pay $45.00/mo. for unlimited talk, text and data. They have flip and smart phones. I don't use the Internet by phone very often, but it is nice to have the option. I was with Verizon for many years, but they, as well as most of the major providers, are just too expensive now.

[Marines1371]

08:45 AM on 07/08/2011

These new data plans don't help me at all.

I have an iPhone 4, which I use all the time (unlimited plan) and my wife has a busted, old Android that uses a LOT of Data for just sitting in her purse. Even though we still have an unlimited plan on her phone, she does not use anything close to 2GB. So when she upgrades to an iPhone 5, she will use even less data....

They should have offered a plan that was less than $30.00/month for less than or up to 2GB of data....

What a rip-off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tone67]

09:37 AM on 07/07/2011

I still dont get it,

"Customers who are already on unlimited plans can still upgrade and keep their old plans."

upgrade to what? with all the times the phone freezes, restores and phone replacements i've done in the past 4 years, i think its time to go back to a regular flip phone.

[Maxx Cognos]

12:06 AM on 07/07/2011

Hey Verizon! You're doing it wrong!

[Alan Ray]

08:10 PM on 07/06/2011

I'm kind of regretting recently switching to Verizon. I switched from AT&T hoping that I would get better service but so far I had just as good of service with AT&T. It's my impression that Verizon is highly overrated and all the Verizon workers I've dealt with give that impression. Once the contract ends with this phone I might switch to a smaller cell phone provider.

[onlythetruthcounts]

07:55 PM on 07/06/2011

I believe that all of these "unlimited data" plans actually are limited and do have an unadvertised cap. So now they are just telling you where your cap is...

[leoellion]

06:44 PM on 07/06/2011

Boost Mobile, here I come.

[blueknight41]

07:57 PM on 07/06/2011

that wont do any good if its the industry standard

[Ampoliros]

05:16 PM on 07/06/2011

I don't pay for this service, because it was ridiculous before they cut unlimited data, now its just "Why?" I have a cell, and I hardly use it for talking or texting let alone surfing. It's a useful tool, but not a necessary one. However, unlike a lot of people I don't need one for my job.

[Larry ELC]

02:29 PM on 07/06/2011

Unlimited talk, text and data on a nationwide 3G network. No contract. No credit check.
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[whoknew42]

11:53 AM on 07/06/2011

This is why I don't have Verizon!

[vulpecula762mm]

10:54 AM on 07/06/2011

Aint it great sitting at a bar with a row of people with their noses in their Droids? Aint we supposed be trying get some 8====>... 8 going on?

Lame

[Alan Ray]

08:50 PM on 07/06/2011

I'm sure why so many people seem to dislike smart phones considering that people would probably have their nose in their phones texting even with an older phone. I see a lot more people just texting on their phones than I see people actually going on the internet, including smart phone users.

From my encounters it seems to me that there are primarily two groups of people who seem to strongly dislike/complain about smart phones. The first group is people who are jealous and just don't want to or can't afford to buy one. They sometimes say stuff like these new phones are way too complicated, why do you need to do so many things with a phone? Then there are the people who are usually older and dislike technology in general, in particular smart phones. They often complain about how things were better when they were growing up and they actually worked for what they earned. Also they talk about how kids these days don't know how to do manual labor because the only thing they're competent with is smart phones. These people can't accept that life is always changing from generation to generation and the generation before them had it even harder.

I don't see why it matters to them that they're against people paying for a smart phone. I'm not going to impose my will on other people especially when what they're doing doesn't affect me.

[bigerstick]

09:30 AM on 07/07/2011

Its not that it matters to them/us, its the point of 1, why should we spend so much for a dumb phone and 2, why spend all that time texting? Its a waste. I don't know where you are getting your "thoughts"from but most of us don't go around thinking the way you do.

[Andman0121]

10:31 AM on 07/06/2011

Maybe if people didn't ruin it for the rest of us by spending endless hours and data on mindless apps, constant texting, and web surfing on their smart phones.

[bansheemarc]

12:09 PM on 07/06/2011

What does unlimited mean to you?

[Andman0121]

12:16 PM on 07/06/2011

What does common business sense mean to you? When they came out with unlimited they had no idea their data would be consumed with so much avarice by mindless teenage/teenage-like imbeciles. Now here we are and there are no more unlimited data plans.

[Benjamin Rosenfeld]

05:13 PM on 07/06/2011

Don't forget streaming television.

[aearthling59]

10:29 AM on 07/06/2011

Verizon: TV, Internet, land line, cell phone $210.00 a month. anyone know cheaper plans??

[whowhatwhywherewhen]

12:41 PM on 07/06/2011

AT&T U-verse

Plus, just having one bundle and then cell phone, I was paying less than that. So try breaking it apart.

[Ampoliros]

05:00 PM on 07/06/2011

Yeah, I'm waiting for Clear to be available where I am, soon as that happens buh bye UFail.

I never liked cable anyways though. As soon as they let me choose my own channels I might come back but I'm not holding out hope that will ever happen.