Verizon Unlimited plan resurrected with 4G, talk, text for $80 per month [u]
Verizon has re-launched an unlimited data plan for the first time in years, with Verizon Unlimited giving subscribers unlimited data, talk, and text for $80 per month with a single line.
Verizon's YouTube channel first announced the plan. The first line costs $80 per month, with $60 for the second line, and $20 per additional line after that, up to ten max requiring paper-free billing and auto-pay enabled. Data may be throttled in congested areas after a single user hits 22GB.
The plan includes a "Mobile Hotspot" feature with 10GB of 4G LTE data. After the 10GB is consumed, speeds drop to 3G equivalent rates.
Calling and texting to Mexico and Canada are included in the plan, as is up to 500MB per day of 4G LTE roaming in either country as well.
Additionally, video streams are transcoded to 720p resolution. Audio streams will also be compressed, according to Verizon.
T-Mobile offers it's own "One" plan for $70 per month, but with lower bitrate video. Sprint has a similar plan for $60. AT&T's unlimited plan requires participants to be enrolled in DirecTV, and still costs $100 per month.
Verizon dropped its previous unlimited plan in 2011, around the same time AT&T dispatched its own that debuted with the original iPhone.
Verizon's YouTube channel first announced the plan. The first line costs $80 per month, with $60 for the second line, and $20 per additional line after that, up to ten max requiring paper-free billing and auto-pay enabled. Data may be throttled in congested areas after a single user hits 22GB.
The plan includes a "Mobile Hotspot" feature with 10GB of 4G LTE data. After the 10GB is consumed, speeds drop to 3G equivalent rates.
Calling and texting to Mexico and Canada are included in the plan, as is up to 500MB per day of 4G LTE roaming in either country as well.
Additionally, video streams are transcoded to 720p resolution. Audio streams will also be compressed, according to Verizon.
T-Mobile offers it's own "One" plan for $70 per month, but with lower bitrate video. Sprint has a similar plan for $60. AT&T's unlimited plan requires participants to be enrolled in DirecTV, and still costs $100 per month.
Verizon dropped its previous unlimited plan in 2011, around the same time AT&T dispatched its own that debuted with the original iPhone.
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That said, I do expect that in the next few years with 5G coming online that wireless companies will undercut cable companies just like the landline companies are withering.
The profit motive for firms isn't an ends unto itself, it is one means to the end of maximizing the long run expected well-being of society. At least that's the ends that matters to most people, and it's the reason that most people support the system. But if the system becomes increasingly skewed so that the profit motive isn't making society as a whole better off, and instead is just enriching a small group of oligarchs, then the profit motive will lose political support. And that would be a shame, because it is a powerful tool -- when used in combination with other tools that mitigate the downsides of the profit motive.
I went to the site and for 4 lines, it works out to $45/ line. Something's not right in what you wrote.
I'm not into semantics sorry if I wasn't clear, I'm referring to the current state principle (or was last time I watched the news, it may well have changed already) that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites as opposed to recent appointments obviously intended to reverse this or so it seems from where sit.
If you were paying $80/month for 2Mbps internet with a 5GB data cap I bet you wouldn't be saying Oh companies want to make money...outrageous!!! These companies know damn well people want smartphones that will require a data plan to function properly so they think they can charge whatever they want because people will just pay it. I mean they gotta have access to FaceBook on their phone!
You don't like it then use other service. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and other prepaid services are available.
Unlimited Single line pay $80 but family share plan is $110(it can connect up to 10 devices.)
I think single line is pointless. If you can get family share plan then this is more make sense. $110 + each smart phone for $20.
All telemcom figure out as they can handle up to 20-22GB per month for each subscriber.(Of course dense population will bottle neck effect anyway)
So they kill initial unlimited plan without no throttle point and create new unlimited plan with 22GB cap.
An long as each of your family members not use 22GB per month then you are getting bang for the buck.
I have 10GB+2GB(free) for $80+4 line+fee & tax other bs=around $181 per month.. new unlimited plan, $180($10 discount for autopay and paperless billing)+fee,tax = around $200 I guess.(12GB plan is around $45 per person compare to around $50 per person for unlimited.. $5 per month I think I can manage for worry free data over usage.)
When my 2 year contract is over, I might change to unlimited plan.