Verizon intros new batch of 'unlimited' plans, including four with Apple Music [u]

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• Reply 1 of 15

  jwestveer Posts: 11member

  August 2, 2019 4:02PM

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  
• Reply 2 of 15

  MustSeeUHDTV Posts: 310member

  August 2, 2019 4:51PM

  I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....
• Reply 3 of 15

  MplsP Posts: 4,063member

  August 2, 2019 5:09PM

  jwestveer said:

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  That was my exact thought - 'unlimited' limited to 6 gb.  
  
  MustSeeUHDTV said: I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....
  I switched my daughter to Verizon several months ago for coverage reasons but I would have been over $100 per month more to switch the rest of the family over from T mobile. on top of that, our T-mo plan has per-line data caps, rather than the 'shared family data' that Verizon has, so my teenage son is limited to 2GB and can't burn though the rest of the family's data. When I asked Verizon about limiting the data on one line all I got was 'No' 

  edited August 2019
• Reply 4 of 15

  tylersdad Posts: 310member

  August 2, 2019 5:17PM

  MplsP said:

  jwestveer said:

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  That was my exact thought - 'unlimited' limited to 6 gb.  
  
  

  MustSeeUHDTV said:

  I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....

  
  I switched my daughter to Verizon several months ago for coverage reasons but I would have been over $100 per month more to switch the rest of the family over from T mobile. on top of that, our T-mo plan has per-line data caps, rather than the 'shared family data' that Verizon has, so my teenage son is limited to 2GB and can't burn though the rest of the family's data. When I asked Verizon about limiting the data on one line all I got was 'No' 

  The current Verizon Beyond Unlimited plan is on a per phone basis. Our entire family has it and each of us get 22 GB each before we _may_ be throttled. 
• Reply 5 of 15

  bobbo22 Posts: 3member

  August 2, 2019 5:19PM

  I have two Verizon lines with 4GB data shared for $101(+$15/mo for shared AppleMusic). Verizon's web site tells me switching my account over to 2-lines "Play More Unlimited" is $172/mo. Fail!
• Reply 6 of 15

  avon b7 Posts: 8,077member

  August 2, 2019 5:19PM

  MplsP said:

  jwestveer said:

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  That was my exact thought - 'unlimited' limited to 6 gb.  
  
  

  MustSeeUHDTV said:

  I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....

  
  I switched my daughter to Verizon several months ago for coverage reasons but I would have been over $100 per month more to switch the rest of the family over from T mobile. on top of that, our T-mo plan has per-line data caps, rather than the 'shared family data' that Verizon has, so my teenage son is limited to 2GB and can't burn though the rest of the family's data. When I asked Verizon about limiting the data on one line all I got was 'No' 

  I'm fairly sure you can control his data allowance from his phone's settings. Would that help in your case?
• Reply 7 of 15

  ITGUYINSD Posts: 553member

  August 2, 2019 5:55PM

  Thought there was a link but not the same plans.

  edited August 2019
• Reply 8 of 15

  MplsP Posts: 4,063member

  August 2, 2019 6:08PM

  avon b7 said:

  MplsP said:

  jwestveer said:

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  That was my exact thought - 'unlimited' limited to 6 gb.  
  
  

  MustSeeUHDTV said:

  I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....

  
  I switched my daughter to Verizon several months ago for coverage reasons but I would have been over $100 per month more to switch the rest of the family over from T mobile. on top of that, our T-mo plan has per-line data caps, rather than the 'shared family data' that Verizon has, so my teenage son is limited to 2GB and can't burn though the rest of the family's data. When I asked Verizon about limiting the data on one line all I got was 'No' 

  I'm fairly sure you can control his data allowance from his phone's settings. Would that help in your case?

  Possibly, but there's nothing on the phone itself that I'm aware of, and it would have to be lockable under parental controls.
  
  I specifically asked Verizon about limiting data usage on individual lines and people at two separate stores gave me a flat 'no.' It looks like there may be some plans with per-line data now, but it's really hard to tell from the web site. Either way, right now we have 1 line with 6GB and 4 lines with 2 GB (total of 14GB if you want to look at it that way) for $130 per month, plus taxes. All taxes & fees included it's $155 per month. Verizon can't touch that.
• Reply 9 of 15

  avon b7 Posts: 8,077member

  August 2, 2019 6:16PM

  MplsP said:

  avon b7 said:

  MplsP said:

  jwestveer said:

  "I don't think that word means what you think it means" --Princess Bride, 1987 un·lim·it·ed /ˌənˈlimidəd/ Learn to pronounce adjective not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent. "the range of possible adaptations was unlimited" synonyms: inexhaustible, limitless, illimitable, boundless, unbounded, immense, vast, great, extensive, immeasurable, incalculable, untold, unfailing, everlasting, infinite, endless, never-ending, bottomless, measureless, inestimable, cosmic "the land has unlimited supplies of water"

  That was my exact thought - 'unlimited' limited to 6 gb.  
  
  

  MustSeeUHDTV said:

  I wonder if there is a per device fee. If not, I may consider going to Verizon.....

  
  I switched my daughter to Verizon several months ago for coverage reasons but I would have been over $100 per month more to switch the rest of the family over from T mobile. on top of that, our T-mo plan has per-line data caps, rather than the 'shared family data' that Verizon has, so my teenage son is limited to 2GB and can't burn though the rest of the family's data. When I asked Verizon about limiting the data on one line all I got was 'No' 

  I'm fairly sure you can control his data allowance from his phone's settings. Would that help in your case?

  Possibly, but there's nothing on the phone itself that I'm aware of, and it would have to be lockable under parental controls.
  
  I specifically asked Verizon about limiting data usage on individual lines and people at two separate stores gave me a flat 'no.' It looks like there may be some plans with per-line data now, but it's really hard to tell from the web site. Either way, right now we have 1 line with 6GB and 4 lines with 2 GB (total of 14GB if you want to look at it that way) for $130 per month, plus taxes. All taxes & fees included it's $155 per month. Verizon can't touch that.

  I think it's in mobile data settings somewhere and I remember that you had to create a four digit password to set the data limit itself.
  
  Better to control it conveniently at carrier level though. Shame it doesn't seem easy to do.
• Reply 10 of 15

  seanismorris Posts: 1,624member

  August 2, 2019 6:41PM

  I currently pay $90 for Unlimited on my iPhone + iPad, then - $10 because I use less than 2GB on the iPhone.
  So, my monthly bill is $80 (no additional taxes charged separately on T-mobile)
  
  The only other service I’m eyeballing is $40 Unlimited on Visible. (Runs on Verizon)
  Visible also gives you Unlimited tethering at 5Mbps.
  
  I don’t really care about Apple Music... I get plenty music included in Amazon Unlimited + a decent movie selection for occasional viewing.
  
  
  

  edited August 2019
• Reply 11 of 15

  AppleExposed Posts: 1,805unconfirmed, member

  August 2, 2019 7:00PM

  Hope Apple makes deals with more carriers.
• Reply 12 of 15

  trumptman Posts: 16,464member

  August 3, 2019 5:49AM

  These plans are $10 per month more expensive than my current plan with Verizon which is already more expensive than competing carriers. I guess they need another quarter of negative subscriber growth before they will get a clue.
  
• Reply 13 of 15

  shrek Posts: 8member

  August 3, 2019 7:50AM

  I look at the  table and .... wow. These are outrageous prices .
  
  Prices in US are generally much cheaper than in Europe but this is not  the case with  mobile plans.
• Reply 14 of 15

  dewme Posts: 5,824member

  August 3, 2019 3:30PM

  How they get away with calling something "unlimited" when it has hard caps and throttling tiers is beyond insane. Do they think consumers have monkey brains? Since our toothless legislators aren't going to do anything to reign in these lies or jeopardize their PAC payoffs all we can do is vote with our wallets. The real problem is that every one of the wireless service providers are doing the same thing and getting away with it. I guess the real issue is that our legislators DO in-fact have monkey brains.
  

  
• Reply 15 of 15

  netrox Posts: 1,519member

  August 4, 2019 7:17PM

  It's still unlimited, it's just throttled back to slower speeds if you exceed the caps and it's during peak times. That is totally reasonable and still unlimited - you don't lose connection to the internet and you don't pay extra for exceeding the limit. Bandwidth is NOT free. I am tired of people thinking that bandwidth is "free" and it's not. It's being shared across users and it costs money to keep building wider bandwidth.