Speaking at an investor conference in Boston today, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said the carrier will launch a “data share” program this summer that all customers who still have an unlimited data package from the days in 2011 and before when they were still offered will be migrated on to. That means that in the coming months, all Verizon customers will be moved to tiered pricing — no more $30 for all you can eat. “Everyone will be on data share,” Shammo said. “When they migrate off 3G (to 4G LTE) they will have to go to data share. “ Verizon’s pitch for the data share plans are that customers can add multiple devices to a single plan. That’s good news for light and medium data households or businesses who use 3G and 4G connections on multiple smartphones, tablets and other devices as it will eliminate the need to buy a data pack for each device. No tiers or pricing information have been released yet, and it’s not clear how this will shake out for Verizon customers — like yours truly — who started on a 3G unlimited plan and have already upgraded to a 4G device. It would seem that either I’ll get a rude notice sometime this summer asking me to pick a data -sharing tier, or perhaps grandpa and I will survive until my next upgrade. Via: Fierce Wireless At least for now…. it looks like that might have been a good decision. I just called AT&T and they confirmed I’ll get to keep my Unlimited Data Plan when I upgrade my iPad 1.0 to the new 4G LTE iPad (The NEW iPad) and the same goes for the iPhone 5 when it comes out. All that being said — this Verizon news just goes to show a contract means nothing. My guess is AT&T will soon chop all us old “grandfathered” users like Verizon just did. Looks like the contracts aren’t worth the paper it’s signed on. Month-to-month baby! https://www.groovypost.com/reviews/stop-paying-outrageous-prices-for-cell-service-for-a-discounted-phone/ So far, Virgin Mobile has been great. I just helped a family member sign up for it and he got an account on eBay that allowed him to be grandfathered into the cheaper rates. Comment Name * Email *
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