Good ol’ VZW just released details about its new unlimited plans and AT&T should probably take notes. The voice-only plan dropped from $99 to only $69 and the voice/text plans is now only $89 instead of $119. The same plans are available on a pre-paid basis for only $5 more per month. The new, lower-priced plans are available today, and just like all of Verizon’s services, current customers can switch to these plans even if they are under contract with another rate plan.
Data packages were also revised, but not nearly as much. The $9.99 for 25MB data package is now available for all VZW 3G multimedia phones. Previously, this plan was only available with select featurephones, but not anymore. Now anyone but smartphone users can opt for that package.
Speaking of smartphones, Verizon didn’t touch the $29.99 per month plan. It’s still the same and probably not going to drop anytime soon. That’s going to be Verizon’s bread and butter as the carrier launches more and more Android and Blackberry devices.
good for verizon.. now i can afford a smart phone..
I hope AT&T sees this and does the same. I’ve been talking to a lot of people the past few days about how OVERPRICED AT&T is compared to the rest of the providers and considering dumping AT&T because of it. I love my iPhone but just waiting to see the Nexus One in person and I may make the switch to Verizon in the spring when they get it. Unless of course, AT&T adjusts their rate plans. We shall see…
$89 for unlimited talk/text is good, but when you add a data package that brings the price to around $120 plus appicable taxes. Still pretty high when compared to Sprint.
Still pretty high when compared to *any* other carrier.
Except AT&T. Verizon is about the same, but $50 cheaper over two years compared to AT&T for a smart phone. And you can actually get a 3GS connection reliably on Verizon.
Wish verizon would get rid of that cap of 5gb for data plans or boost it to 10gb… But I guess verizon’s a money hog and just out there 4 themselves!!!!