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New Verizon Prepaid Pricing February 1
New $60 and $70 Options With 500MB or 2 GB of Data
Phone Arena has nabbed a leaked internal screenshot suggesting that Verizon will be introducing new prepaid pricing plans starting on February 1. Verizon has traditionally had a half-hearted approach to competing in the prepaid space, and these new plans don't appear to change that. The new plans will offer users unlimited talk and text and 500MB of EVDO data for $60 a month, or unlimited talk and text and 2 GB of EVDO data for $70 a month ($20 for each additional GB). The internal document proclaims this fairly dull pricing will help Verizon in "gaining the competitive advantage once again."
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NateCohen
join:2005-10-10
Schenectady, NY

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Why I'm canceling

This is why I'm canceling Verizon and switching to prepaid T-Mobile.
$30/month for 5GB data, unlimited texting, 100 minutes.

They might not have the best coverage, but where I live it's more than enough with HSPA+.

mech1164
I'll Be Back
join:2001-11-19
Lodi, NJ

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Re: Why I'm canceling

I wholeheartedly agree, VZW is barely doing lip service to the new reality. People have finally been forced to DO the math. Guess what WE are cheap. Give us something that saves for us we will come, in droves no doubt. Now though Tmo needs to make a point as to how much you can save. That's the killer point.
tired_runner
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I switched to Simple Mobile back in November (T-Mobile MVNO) and couldn't be happier. $50 for all-you-can-eat talk, text, domestic and international text and 4G speeds.

I am considering the same $30 T-Mobile pre-paid plan you're about to get into and simply porting my cell number to Google Voice. I just don't want my number permanently parked with Google in case I change my mind later on.

Anybody know if Google keeps your number forever or can you port it away from Google if you want?

MovieLover76
join:2009-09-11
Cherry Hill, NJ

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Re: Why I'm canceling

You can port numbers from google voice in most cases, however I've heard a lot of stories about the process being a real pain.

anon anon
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You do realize their current pricing is $80 for 1 GB. So $70 for 2 GB I would say is an improvement. Also ther is now a lower priced options for people who claim to never use much data. I'm not getting what the issue is?

Oh and good luck with that "unlimited" data from t-mobile. At least Verizon is being upfront. It's 500 MB or 2 GB. T-mobile is flat out lying when they say unlimited. Yeah unlimited 2G speeds. Enjoy the 256 kbps data.
timtom83
join:2012-11-15

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Re: Why I'm canceling

said by anon anon :

You do realize their current pricing is $80 for 1 GB. So $70 for 2 GB I would say is an improvement. Also ther is now a lower priced options for people who claim to never use much data. I'm not getting what the issue is?

Oh and good luck with that "unlimited" data from t-mobile. At least Verizon is being upfront. It's 500 MB or 2 GB. T-mobile is flat out lying when they say unlimited. Yeah unlimited 2G speeds. Enjoy the 256 kbps data.

I enjoy my 10/5 mbps on Tmobile and it is UNLIMITED.
Just sell your crappy apple phone and you will get good speed

anon anon
@charter.com

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Re: Why I'm canceling

said by timtom83:

I enjoy my 10/5 mbps on Tmobile and it is UNLIMITED.Just sell your crappy apple phone and you will get good speed

Never owned an Apple product never will. Good luck getting those speeds outside a t-mobile area which is about oh everywhere. And sorry "unlimited" data is NOT unlimited data.
timtom83
join:2012-11-15

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Re: Why I'm canceling

said by anon anon :

said by timtom83:

I enjoy my 10/5 mbps on Tmobile and it is UNLIMITED.Just sell your crappy apple phone and you will get good speed

Never owned an Apple product never will. Good luck getting those speeds outside a t-mobile area which is about oh everywhere. And sorry "unlimited" data is NOT unlimited data.

Tell me why unlimited data is not unlimited I don't get it.
Unless you live in the middle of nowhere you get ok service form tmobile. It is your choice to pay double for Verizon .
Chubbysumo
join:2009-12-01
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Re: Why I'm canceling

said by timtom83:

Tell me why unlimited data is not unlimited I don't get it.
Unless you live in the middle of nowhere you get ok service form tmobile. It is your choice to pay double for Verizon .

Its "unlimited*", not unlimited. Tmo outright states they will throttle you past a certain point, depending on your area. AT&Ts old "unlimited*" plans get throttled at exactly 2GB now, regardless of area. Just because your data amount isnt limited does not mean they can limit your data amount by cutting your speeds to dial-up era speeds. False advertising needs to stop.

Forsaken77
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Do you realize the article states EVDO data, not LTE. So Verizon is giving you REAL 2G with their plan. EVDO is "technically" 3G, but with average speeds between 600kbps-1400kbps, I'd call a spade, a spade. Meaning most users will get around 750kbps. With Tmo & AT&T you get full use of their 4G networks on prepaid. Imo, this is more of a reason not to get VZW's prepaid plans than the price.

habskilla
join:2005-09-19
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Do you a link for that? Or is it a grandfathered old plan?

J E F F4
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said by NateCohen:

This is why I'm canceling Verizon and switching to prepaid T-Mobile.
$30/month for 5GB data, unlimited texting, 100 minutes.

They might not have the best coverage, but where I live it's more than enough with HSPA+.

Wow..exactly. These large companies need to do better than this. $29 for unlimited for me....(after 5GB it does throttle down)

tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Gulfport, MS

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... and half the price. Always a good thing.
podstolom
join:2010-01-25
Wichita, KS

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switching carriers

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are always saying they are leaving Verizon, yet Verizon keeps adding post-paid customers by the millions every quarter. And the more exorbitant their plans get, the more people they snare. Me being one of them.

I just don't get it.
tired_runner
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join:2000-08-25
CT

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Re: switching carriers

It's their TV commercials. They make you feel all warm and fussy inside.

battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Re: switching carriers

No. Cowsumers find that it is easier to bitch, moan, and complain than it is to do something about it.
Terabit
join:2008-12-19

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Re: switching carriers

Well there what are the choice in the American market?

AT&T or VZ, who are basically (over)priced the same

TMobile, who is a few dollars cheaper yet has the smallest network and uses a 3G freq that no one else on the planet uses.

The you have sprint, who still assumes that value means paying as much as the first two, but offering unlimited. And of course, everything is 'coming soon' - 8 years and counting now

Most of the prepaid choices are half-baked companies who couldn't care less about CS.

battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Re: switching carriers

So in retrospect maybe leaving all of those companies to save a buck years ago didn't turn out to be such a great idea after all. Just like the days of Dial Up short term consumer greed ran all of the choices out of business because people left to save a buck or two. Now you can fast forward many years to where there is little choice because the many choices that once existed either went bankrupt or saw the writing on the wall an sold out before it was too late.

If you want to bitch at anyone bitch at your fellow cowsumers...

juilinsandar
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Verizon is the Mercedes/BMW/Cadillac of the cellphone world. You get what you pay for.

If you want a better pricing while still using Verizon's 3G(not 4G(yet)) network try their mvno, Page Plus Cellular. I signed up for the $55 plan which has unlimited talk & text and 2Gb of data per month. For $69.95 you can get up the data upped to 5Gb of data.
tired_runner
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Re: switching carriers

Sorry to say but that's a bunch of bullshit.

Verizon operates a network just like the next carrier. There's nothing high class about them other than the choke hold they place on people's wallets for this very same perception of service.

The only exception to that is Sprint. They REALLY don't know what they're doing anymore.
Terabit
join:2008-12-19

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Re: switching carriers

You mean Sprint and their dialup speed 3G evdo network or their decade long 'coming soon' saga.

Verizon is the best in the American market and they know it. That is why the price the way they do. They don't need to bother trying to compete.
en103
join:2011-05-02

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Re: switching carriers

Its all about perception.

Verizon perceives that it is the American markets next best thing since sliced bread, and has enough people sold on that perception that they can charge for it, and get away with it, for 'fear' that you might not have precious LTE in every corner of the county.

Sorry - I'm not going to pay for something I don't need.
axus
join:2001-06-18
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More like Lexus; an overpriced Toyota with some bling, still very reliable AT&T is the Escalade that's stuck in traffic.

MovieLover76
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People on forums like this are not the typical consumer, the typical consumer has Verizon in NJ, most users also don't think about changing carriers. the different between Verizon and Sprint or T-mobile coverage was night and day in NJ, 5 years ago, now any of them is good enough.

The fact that you couldn't get a subsidized handset and hold onto unlimited day, lost them quite a few of the users here, but not so much among the average users. Also GSM handsets are so much easier to swap and often cheaper at second hand places like ebay.

Bill Neilson
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Where else would most go?

In most cities that I have worked in, there is only 1-2 choices to actually make when it comes to getting good signals around the cities....AT&T or Verizon....sometimes Sprint/T-Mobile but their signals are just atrocious in most places that I have been.

anonphoneuse
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what about lte ?

hopefully they will offer the option of an swappable LTE sim instead of service on a cdma device.

MovieLover76
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Re: what about lte ?

Maybe eventually, right now Verizon seems to want to keep all prepaid users on it's old 3G network, while it's Post-paid users migrate to LTE and free up the 3G network. Makes sense, they are going to have to keep around the 3G network a considerable amount of time as it carries their voice, need to get some users on the network so it's not mostly a wasted network they have to support.

AT&T is doing the same thing, LTE is post-paid only.
AT&T mvno's only have access to HSPA, though admittedly that's not as harsh of a downgrade as evdo is.

Sprint and T-mobile are expected to open up their LTE networks to prepaid quicker, but even that won't be for awhile I think.

juilinsandar
Texas Gooner
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Re: what about lte ?

I'm happy with 3G on my phone.

Thankfully, it's not the main connection to the internet at home as I have cable internet.

For those in areas without cable or dsl though, who use their phone as a hotspot, 3G might not be fast enough for their needs.

Eddy120876
join:2009-02-16
Bronx, NY

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Well i can't denied it

But Verizon has one heck of a service all over the northEast. Where ever you go you get service but i do agree. Their pricing SUCK!!!. I mean come on you want more customers then compete pricing wise. Why is it that you have to pay over 60 for 500 mb? i mean even the MVNO give you better heck even MetroPCS give you all you can eat for that price.

linicx
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Meh

Verizon isn't any better than AT&T in rural America, in fact it sucks in most cities because most cities are AT&T regional territory - at least in the Midwest. Verizon is NOT rushing to replace CDMA or 3G in rural America, nor will it, as rural is a cash cow. Why else would you pay $0.10 to $0.25 to text when it costs the company nothing to send or receive?

It makes no difference where you buy your phone. There are only two choices: CDMA or GSM. Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Straight Talk, TracFone, google, blah, blah, blah all use one or the other.

The first cell phone that uses both interchangeably, and can be used during travel out of the U.S. will be the best phone ever made. Ain't gonna happen. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !
neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA

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Tiered Data prices

I guess will never get away from Tiered data pricing.
I think once TMobile and Sprint start to hitting 60 to 70+ million subscribers they will have to do Tiered Data pricing because they wont be able to support the data load. I still think in this day and age it should not be that way.